Senior police officer charged with sexual assault

The fallout stems from allegations WA minister Don Punch has been “missing in action” and initially failed to visit front-line elders in Port Hedland and South Hedland during a critical nine-week child welfare emergency.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sounded the retreat on the sale of the barracks in Paddington, Sydney.

Hong Kong must focus on the “practical work” of building a safe and convenient environment and reassurring the international community amid criticism of its legal system, the justice minister has said, after 10 countries issued a joint statement decrying the latest jail sentence on opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung. “It is inevitable that their criticism will continue… Political realities have to be dealt with, but I do not think we should allow them to distract us from our focus,”...

REIWA president Rob Mandanici said while prices are now declining, strong growth over the past few years had made purchasing a property increasingly expensive.

Hong Kong is forging deeper ties with the mainland across artificial intelligence (AI), aviation and professional services, industry insiders at China’s global import expo have said. Tech executives and accounting veterans discussed how to leverage Hong Kong’s strategic position, such as through the Northern Metropolis megaproject near the mainland Chinese border, while the city’s flag carrier introduced its refrigerated sea logistics link to Dongguan, Guangdong province. These were signs of a...

Africa is home to ancient cities, rock art and striking natural landscapes, yet its sites are sorely under-represented on Unesco’s World Heritage List. According to data released by the UN body, of the 1,273 sites on the list – which are formally protected under the World Heritage Convention treaty – just 115 are in Africa. But as Beijing seeks closer cultural ties with the continent, it is offering help to change this through funding, guidance on how to navigate the nomination process and...

Singapore Airlines $2.26 billion cabin refit tells a much broader story about the battle to cater to the premium traveller that is playing out against the constraints of the industry and regulators.

A Queensland police spokesperson said the senior sergeant had been stood down.

This article was first published on November 9, 2006. Margaret Chan wins WHO race in coup for China, HK by Mary Ann Benitez Hong Kong’s former director of health Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun made history yesterday (November 8, 2006) when she was nominated World Health Organisation director-general in a resounding victory that saw her lead all the way in four rounds of voting. Dr Chan, 59, is expected to be endorsed today by the 193-member World Health Assembly, making her the first Chinese to lead...

Community feedback and site constraints prompted a change of heart.

A bungled roll-out for parents and adults seeking to ADHD diagnoses and medications has caused frustration and confusion after patients were pointed in the wrong direction.