Petra Rees

A MID-OCEAN transfer of asylum-seekers from an Australian customs vessel to a Sri Lankan navy cutter could take place as early as today.

UNIONS Tasmania is being investigated over how it spent a grant to assist injured workers.

CONVICTED child sex offender Rolf Harris faces a hefty bill to repay the costs of his legal trial, which will put a dent in his $18m fortune.

JACQUELIN MAGNAY in London

AN independent body is needed to monitor the impact of coal-seam gas production on underground water supplies.

THE world has been overly optimistic about reform in Myanmar, says Aung San Suu Kyi.

CLIVE Palmer’s key lawyer, Michael Dunham, has issued a public apology in a court row that revolves around more than $12m in missing funds.

RISING costs on the holiday island are also fuelling thefts against locals.

DEBORAH CASSRELS

ANNE Kennedy has already sold her Santos shares “with bitterness”.

THE water trigger that protects underground reservoirs from coal seam gas production and coal mining will be weakened.

ROLF Harris performed oral sex on an alleged victim while his daughter Bindi was asleep in the same room, a court has heard.