Salty shot dead

A THREE-METRE saltwater crocodile has been shot dead at a beach in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. The animal was spotted about 1km south of Cable Beach Surf Club on Monday and was shot after it couldn’t be trapped, the Department of Parks and Wildlife said.

New arrest warrant

A SECOND arrest warrant has been issued for Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink and his uncle Clive Palmer has been ordered back to Federal Court to help locate his elusive, globetrotting nephew. Mr Mensink’s continued avoidance of court has caused a judge to order the former federal MP to present himself on May 9.

Fire at brewery

A FIRE has broken out at the XXXX brewery in inner Brisbane, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the dusk sky. Firefighters were greeted with the billowing smoke at the Milton brewery after a fire alarm went

Bishop backs treaty

FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop insists an extradition treaty with China remains in Australia’s national interest despite the deal being withdrawn from parliament as it teetered on the brink of defeat. “It is very much in Australia’s national interests for us to have the highest level of cooperation with China and other countries with whom we have an extradition treaty,” she said.

Dinosaurs tracked

PALAEONTOLOGISTS have identified an unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks on a 25km stretch of coastline in Western Australia’s north that was earmarked for a massive gas processing plant. James Price Point near Broome was the proposed site for the Woodsideled Browse gas plant that sparked protests about dinosaur prints and Aboriginal heritage.

NBN raid ‘improper’

NBN documents seized by federal police during raids on the office of a former Labor senator will be withheld from investigation after a Senate committee found it was an “improper interference” on the functions of parliament.