White House defends Guantanamo releases

US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has defended a prisoner exchange with the Taliban for a US soldier. Source: AAP THE White House has defended the release of five Guantanamo detainees in exchange for a US soldier held by the Taliban, saying...

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Businesses worried about budget cuts

MORE than half of Australia's businesses are worried about the fallout from the federal government's tough budget will have on them. Nearly 60 per cent of businesses surveyed by Dun & Bradstreet expressed concern about the budget. Retailers...

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Lucy rejects Malcolm leadership talk

Malcolm Turnbull says claims he might mount a leadership challenge are 'demented' and 'unhinged'. Source: AAP MALCOLM Turnbull's fluey quest for spicy soup has been miscast as a leadership challenge, the cabinet minister's wife and former...

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Brown wooed as face of Tasmanian tourism

Greens patriarch Bob Brown is being courted as the face of Tasmania's tourism campaigns. Source: AAP BOB Brown is being wooed as the face of Tasmanian wilderness tourism. The former Greens leader has been sounded out by the state's tourism...

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Better airliner tracking announced: IATA

AVIATION industry plans to improve global tracking following the Malaysia jet disappearance will be ready in September, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. Announcing the date, the association's chief Tony Tyler repeated...

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NATO, Russia views on Ukraine 'far apart'

NATO'S and Russia's views on the crisis in Ukraine "remain far apart," a spokeswoman for the military alliance says after its ambassadors met with Moscow's envoy to NATO, Alexander Grushko, for the first time since March. "It is clear that there...

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Ex-Montana gov, others seek money for mine

A GROUP of investors that includes former Montana governor Brian Schweitzer is seeking $10 million from a mining company in exchange for access to a huge copper and silver reserve - a move the company's chief executive says was "extortion" and included...

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Moose disrupts handicraft class in Sweden

SCHOOLCHILDREN in western Sweden received a surprise visit during their handicraft class when a moose jumped through the window. The teacher and a dozen teenagers fled the classroom on Monday to another part of the school and locked themselves...

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