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Australian authorities are searching for survivors of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370 in the ocean off Perth. Australian Maritime Search Authority (AMSA) spokesman John Young told a press conference that RAAF personnel were “doing their level best” to find and rescue any passengers who may have survived whatever happened to the plane. Related: Aussies […]

Australian authorities believe they may have spotted debris from the missing Malaysian airliner MH370 off the coast of Perth. Earlier today the Australian Maritime Search Authority (AMSA) announced it had received satellite images of objects – some as large as 24 metres in length – awash in the Indian Ocean 2700 kilometres south-west of Perth. Related: Who […]

The wife of former MP Craig Thomson has said her husband is “a good man” who is sorry for the “hurt” he has caused. Zoe Arnold was one of nine friends and family members who tendered character references to the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday. “My husband is a good man,” Zoe wrote. ”I know Craig […]

The chances of Australia’s competing department store chains Myer and David Jones merging any time soon is less likely following an unexpected six-month rise in revenue at DJs and a dip in profits at Myer. At Myer, interim net profit fell 8.1 per cent to $80.8 million as it was hit by higher rents, labour […]

The Queensland attorney-general will appeal the 20-year non-parole sentence handed down to Daniel Morcombe’s killer, Brett Peter Cowan, last week. Cowan was sentenced to life imprisonment  in the Queensland Supreme Court last Wednesday after he was found guilty of abducting and murdering the 13-year-old schoolboy in December 2003. The attorney-general Jarrod Bleijie said yesterday that […]

Prince Harry frequently got drunk and telephoned his ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy, a London court has heard. The 29-year-old royal would call blonde Chelsy, who he dated on and off until 2011, and “shout his affections to her down the phone,” the court investigating phone hacking at now-defunct British tabloid The News of the World heard […]

Model and fashion designer L’Wren Scott has been found dead in her New York apartment. She was 49. L’Wren – who has been dating Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger since 2001 – is believed to have taken her own life. Jagger, who is Perth preparing to kick off the Rolling Stones’ Australian tour, is “completely […]

Devoted Aussie grandparents on holidays with friends, teenage sweethearts starting school in Beijing, a couple with a baby waiting at home – they were all onboard the mysterious flight MH370 which disappeared without a trace 10 days ago.

Bruce and Denise Morcombe hope their son’s murderer dies in jail long before he gets the chance to apply for parole. Brett Peter Cowan was sentenced to life in prison on Friday but will be eligible for parole in 20 years, outraging many in the community. But Daniel’s parents say they are happy with the […]

The search for Flight MH370 has expanded yet again as officials name hijacking as one of the lead causes for the planes disappearance. Lead investigators believe the Malaysia Airlines plane may have evaded the radar of at least three countries by dropping to altitudes as low as 1524 metres (5000 feet) to engage in a […]