An Australian labour-hire company has been fined AUS$60,000 (€42,000) after a young Irish woman was scalped by a fruit-packing machine. One of her ears was also ripped off.

They had to call the police, fire brigade and paramedics to get him out. SCARLEH for him.

AUSTRALIA’S government is reportedly considering a taxpayer levy to help pay for massive flood rebuilding, while preserving the budget’s path back to surplus in 2012-13, as one major bank warned yesterday the damage bill could reach AUD$20 billion (€14.9bn).