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- Oscar Pistorius trial live - 10 April
- South Australian election: counting error did not affect result, commission says
- Malcolm Turnbull directs NBN Co to use mixed-technology model
- British Airways jet fire re-ignited repeatedly as crew tried to put it out
- India elections: millions turn out in first big day of voting
- Cyclone Ita upgraded to category five as it heads for Queensland north coast
- Royal couple go walkabout in New Zealands South Island
- Bitcoin firms dumped by National Australia Bank as 'too risky'
- Silvio Berlusconi's judgment day you choose the sentence
- Man suspected of 40 murders in US
- Royal couple's first New Zealand walkabout in pictures
- Bank of Greece hit by car bomb
- WA Senate: union that endorsed Joe Bullock calls on him to resign
- Quotation quiz: Bob Carr or American Psycho's Patrick Bateman who said what?
- Ten Network's 'ageing' entertainment line-up has viewers switching off
- A guide to understanding Bob Carr and his many and varied passions
- Bob Carrs diary: what weve learned
- More Australian teenagers are just saying no to alcohol
- Tony Abbott goes to China 'to be a friend', not to chase deals
- Girl killed, 14 hurt as car crashes into Florida day care centre
- Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in March from February's 6.1%
- As Indian politicians court the female vote, women still fear walking home
- Joe Hockey says raising pension age would be 'fiscally prudent'
- Bob Carr accused of bigotry over diary claims of pro-Israeli foreign policy
- NSW child deaths report finds a fifth were known to protection services
| Oscar Pistorius trial live - 10 April Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:28 AM PDT Prosecution resumes questioning of Pistorius Chief prosecutor yesterday took aggressive tack Pistorius refused to look at picture of dead girlfriend
Nel's reading glasses enjoy a small but interesting role here. He brandishes them like a poker tell, indicating when he's about to attack.
What was important to her was not important to you, says Nel. That's a harsh interpretation, responds Pistorius. Nel quotes a Steenkamp message, in which she says they are both unhappy. Nel again goes on the attack. By brushing her off when she touched your neck in public, telling her to stop chewing gum, you're humiliating her "especially in public", asserts Nel. Pistorius says he was trying to help her by telling her not to chew gum.
#OscarPistorius Nel hammering home the point that he sees the runner as an egocentric, selfish, moody man who cares only for himself
Nel is trying to show that Pistorius has a temper, screaming not just at Reeva Steenkamp but his previous girlfriend, Samantha Taylor. #OscarPistorius Nel asks if he screamed at RS.'You screamed at Samantha Taylor.(his ex). OP denies this,'never shouted at RS, ST told lies
So in the first half-hour of the trial, Nel has managed to show that the relationship was not as rosy as Pistorius portrayed for the defence. "You do everything to throw tantrums," says Nel. Pistorius says it is an exaggeration. Nel refers to a "public scene" at an engagement party. Nel picks up a phrase from yesterday, please answer the question. Nel quotes Steenkamp again: "I'm scared of you sometimes". Why would she be scared asks Nel. Because you shouted at her.
A message flashes on the court monitor as Nel says it shows him "picking on her". Pistorius denies it, saying they had a good relationship. "I never picked on her". Nel keeps going back to Steenkamp's words in the message - "You have picked on me incessantly" since you got back from Cape Town.
#Pistorius: "I would describe my relationship with Reeva as good... We opened up to each other."
The session has started and Nel begins by asking Pistorius about the nature of his relationship with Steenkamp. How he would describe it in January and February. Pistorius says it was as good as it was at the "foundational stage." They had been going out for four months. Nel says there were arguments in February. Pistorius insists it was a strong relationship.
Oscar Pistorius can expect further sharp questioning from the chief prosecutor, who urged the athlete to accept responsibility for killing Reeva Steenkamp. He accused the athlete of lying several times. In a moment of high drama, the prosecution flashed up a picture of Steenkamp's bloodied head, on court monitors, drawing gasps from the courtroom. Nel also started to poke holes in details of Pistorius' version of the events of the fatal night. The Paralympian conceded that his claim in a statement a year ago that he went out onto a balcony at his home before the shooting was incorrect. Pistorius said he went to the edge of the balcony but not outside. Continue reading...      |
| South Australian election: counting error did not affect result, commission says Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:08 AM PDT The Liberal party had claimed more than 1,000 misallocated upper house votes might have changed the outcome An error in the counting of more than 1100 votes in the South Australian election last month did not affect the result, the electoral commission says. The commission says an investigation has found that the error occurred when some votes for the upper house from one booth in Adelaide were transposed.       |
| Malcolm Turnbull directs NBN Co to use mixed-technology model Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:06 AM PDT Government drops fibre-to-the-premises delivery without doing a cost-benefit analysis of new version The federal communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has directed the company building the national broadband network to begin using the Coalitions preferred mixed-technology model, despite a cost-benefit analysis of the model yet to report. The departure from Labors fibre-to-the-premises model was widely expected, but Turnbull had been critical of Labor for implementing its plan without assessing its costs and benefits.       |
| British Airways jet fire re-ignited repeatedly as crew tried to put it out Posted: 10 Apr 2014 01:06 AM PDT Struggle by crew to control fire on jumbo jet carrying 274 passengers has been described by air accident investigators A struggle by cabin crew to put out a fire on a British Airways jumbo jet carrying 274 passengers has been described by air accident investigators. Five extinguishers had to be used as the blaze on the Heathrow-bound plane "appeared to re-ignite repeatedly", said a report. Continue reading... |
| India elections: millions turn out in first big day of voting Posted: 10 Apr 2014 12:48 AM PDT 14 states and territories including Delhi and Uttar Pradesh go to the polls on third day of voting for Indian parliament Millions of people have turned out to vote across Delhi and the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh amid tight security on the first big day of the Indian general election. Outside a polling station in a middle-class neighbourhood in south Delhi, six policemen guarded the entrance and journalists were asked to keep their distance as a steady trickle of voters arrived. Continue reading...      |
| Cyclone Ita upgraded to category five as it heads for Queensland north coast Posted: 10 Apr 2014 12:31 AM PDT Weather bureau predicts Ita will land north of Cooktown on Friday night Cyclone Ita has been upgraded to a category five and is on its way to hit far north Queensland's coast. Ita was upgraded late on Thursday afternoon. It is predicted to land north of Cooktown on Friday night, with a strong chance of coinciding with a 7pm high tide.       |
| Royal couple go walkabout in New Zealands South Island Posted: 10 Apr 2014 12:23 AM PDT Duke and Duchess of Cambridge lay a wreath at war memorial in Blenheim before meeting the Union Jack-waving public The royal couple at the war memorial video The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured New Zealand's war dead at a sombre ceremony on Thursday then delighted the crowds when they went walkabout in the small South Island town of Blenheim. The royal couple laid a wreath of red roses at the town's war memorial for the centenary of the first world war and marked a minute's silence before moving along ranks of aged veterans lined up with medals pinned to their chests. Continue reading...      |
| Bitcoin firms dumped by National Australia Bank as 'too risky' Posted: 09 Apr 2014 11:56 PM PDT NAB writes to affected business customers saying it will close their accounts in May The National Australia Bank is severing ties to digital currencies, saying they are too risky. NAB has sent letters to business customers who primarily trade in bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies saying their accounts would be closed on 2 May. Continue reading...      |
| Silvio Berlusconi's judgment day you choose the sentence Posted: 09 Apr 2014 11:41 PM PDT House arrest or community service in a care home? The former Italian prime minister is due to find out in a court hearing beginning on Thursday in Milan how he is to serve his one-year sentence for tax fraud. Dress Berlusconi in a sentence of your choosing and find out why some would be more fitting than others. Milan's Tribunale di sorveglianza has five days to issue a verdict Will court make him a care worker or a clown? Continue reading...      |
| Man suspected of 40 murders in US Posted: 09 Apr 2014 11:30 PM PDT Investigators say Jose Manuel Martinez, facing charges in several states, admitted decades-long career as hitman A suspected contract killer charged in California with killing nine people and also wanted in other states for murder has confessed to investigators that he carried out up to 40 slayings in a career spanning decades, according to a prosecutor. Jose Manuel Martinez, 51, told investigators he carried out the crimes working as an enforcer for a drug cartel, said Errek Jett, the district attorney in Lawrence County, Alabama. Continue reading...      |
| Royal couple's first New Zealand walkabout in pictures Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:56 PM PDT People packed Seymour Square in the New Zealand town of Blenheim to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Thursday. After laying a wreath to mark the centenary of the first world war, and meeting 20 service veterans, Prince William and Kate began their first walkabout Continue reading...      |
| Bank of Greece hit by car bomb Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:42 PM PDT Explosion in Athens followed telephone warning and comes as government re-enters bond markets after debt crisis A car bomb went off outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens early on Thursday, smashing windows in nearby shops but causing no injuries, police and witnesses said. The blast happened hours before Greece planned its first foray into the international bond markets since it plunged into a debt crisis four years ago, and a day before a visit by the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. Continue reading...      |
| WA Senate: union that endorsed Joe Bullock calls on him to resign Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:19 PM PDT United Voice, which did a deal with Bullock's rightwing Shoppies, now says senator-elect is unfit to represent Labor The leftwing union that did a deal to put controversial right-winger Joe Bullock at the top of Labors Western Australian Senate ticket is now calling for him to stand aside. In light of his recent comments we no longer believe he is fit to represent the ALP in the Australian Senate. If Joe Bullock really believes in the Labor party, if he believes in making Australia a better place, he should seriously consider resigning his position, said Carolyn Smith, the secretary of United Voice WA. Continue reading...      |
| Quotation quiz: Bob Carr or American Psycho's Patrick Bateman who said what? Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:12 PM PDT One is Australia's former foreign minister, the other a fictional investment banker and serial killer. But both share an obsessive attention to detail about diet, exercise and lifestyle. Can you tell who said what? Continue reading...       |
| Ten Network's 'ageing' entertainment line-up has viewers switching off Posted: 09 Apr 2014 10:09 PM PDT Channel's management blames 'ageing' and 'disappointing' shows for near $8m loss Ten management has blamed a schedule of disappointing entertainment shows and ageing program franchises for posting a $7.98m loss for the first six months of the networks financial year. While Tens ratings performance was momentarily lifted earlier in the year by the Big Bash League cricket and the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, the network had failed to capitalise on momentum, executive chairman and chief executive, Hamish McLennan, told the market on Thursday. Continue reading...      |
| A guide to understanding Bob Carr and his many and varied passions Posted: 09 Apr 2014 09:55 PM PDT From the one-legged Romanian deadlift, to steel-cut oats and cross flow, micro-filtered, hydrolised whey protein powder Bob Carrs diary has been a titillating read for political enthusiasts. The book has revealed extraordinary details about the formation of policy on asylum seekers and Israeli settlements, and Carrs view on former prime ministers Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. But there have also been a lot of inexplicable references. Heres a guide to help explain some of the more unusual terms and activities Carr mentions. What is the wonderful one-legged Romanian deadlift?       |
| Bob Carrs diary: what weve learned Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:40 PM PDT Part foreign policy diary, part travelogue, part inner monologue about diet and exercise some other stuff to be learned from from Bob Carrs diary A 2012 dinner at the Kissingers: A sea of emerald gladioli; potted orchids; spot-lit paintings in gold frames; Nancy Kissinger tall and lean and welcoming in a dress that trails, and Henry deliberate at 88, same stubborn wavy hair, outsize square-frame glasses and alert, humorous eyes Henry Kissinger, just as in all the documentaries about foreign policy and US politics in the 70s. My favourite world-historical figure. We were first at the dinner he was hosting in my honour in his apartment in River House on 52nd Street, Midtown East Continue reading...      |
| More Australian teenagers are just saying no to alcohol Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:33 PM PDT Survey of 2500 teens shows rate of young people choosing not to drink rose from a third to over half The number of young people who abstain from drinking alcohol has dramatically increased, new research shows. Surveys of the drinking habits of more than 2,500 teenagers show that in the decade leading up to 2010, the rate of young people choosing not to drink climbed from about one in three to over half.       |
| Tony Abbott goes to China 'to be a friend', not to chase deals Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:05 PM PDT Prime minister stresses co-operative disposition of 'Team Australia' and its commitment to building the Asian century The prime minister, Tony Abbott, says he wants to accelerate free trade talks with China, but he is in the country to be a friend, not to do a deal. In remarks that are a clear attempt to move past recent frictions in the relationship, and to segue from his warm reception in Japan and South Korea to a round of intense diplomacy in the Peoples Republic, he told a major business forum in Boao: Australia is not in China to do a deal, but to be a friend. Continue reading...      |
| Girl killed, 14 hurt as car crashes into Florida day care centre Posted: 09 Apr 2014 07:53 PM PDT Police looking for driver of SUV that struck a smaller car and sent it through wall of building in Orlando area A car has smashed into a Florida day care centre, killing a girl and injuring 14 other people including at least a dozen children. Authorities said an SUV left the scene after causing the chain reaction crash. Continue reading...      |
| Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in March from February's 6.1% Posted: 09 Apr 2014 07:39 PM PDT Official figures also show full-time employment fell while number of part-time jobs rose The unemployment rate has fallen to a four-month low, in what is being read as a sign of an improving economy. The jobless rate was 5.8% in March, down from 6.1% in February, according to seasonally-adjusted figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.       |
| As Indian politicians court the female vote, women still fear walking home Posted: 09 Apr 2014 07:30 PM PDT Contesting leaders in India's elections are making political promises, but lack of security and basic services still a concern The road is dark and there are men - drunk on cheap liquor sold in plastic bags - loitering along its length. But for the working women of Lakarpur village, a ramshackle collection of brick and cheap cement homes on the outskirts of Delhi, this forbidding ten-minute walk from the main highway is the only way home. Continue reading...      |
| Joe Hockey says raising pension age would be 'fiscally prudent' Posted: 09 Apr 2014 06:48 PM PDT Treasurer outlines dire budgetary consequences of ageing population, including health and aged care costs The treasurer has intensified efforts to soften voters up for budget cuts in May, signalling that raising the pension age would be fiscally prudent. In a speech delivered in Washington, Joe Hockey pointed to just-released work from the International Monetary Fund which nominated increasing the pension age as a worthy consideration in achieving long-term budget repair. Continue reading...      |
| Bob Carr accused of bigotry over diary claims of pro-Israeli foreign policy Posted: 09 Apr 2014 06:41 PM PDT Former foreign minister hammered over assertions that party donors had enormous influence over Julia Gillard Bob Carr has been accused of bigotry and exaggerating the influence of the pro-Israel lobby to sell his book after asserting in his new political memoir that Australian foreign policy had been subcontracted to pro-Israeli donors. Carr has not backed away from the observations in Bob Carr: Diary of a Foreign Minister where he describes a bitter dispute with the then prime minister, Julia Gillard, in late 2012 over her insistence Australia should support Israel and vote against Palestinian observer status in the United Nations.       |
| NSW child deaths report finds a fifth were known to protection services Posted: 09 Apr 2014 05:41 PM PDT Ombudsman urges improvements to welfare services to reduce mortality rate A New South Wales ombudsman report has found almost 20% of children who died in the state have a background with child protection services. A study of causes of death of all children between 2002-2011 released on Thursday has found those with child protection histories also have a higher mortality rate than children who havent. The mortality rate is higher still for particular causes of death such as assault, fire and suicide. Continue reading...      |
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