Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea News

As part of the statewide 2nd Saturdays program on July 13, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh will feature two free programs plus free admission to the exhibition Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware.

GUIDED TOUR: Bowral Art Society's Fiona Fudge, back to camera, gave Narooma arts representatives a guided tour.

WIN AND LOSE: Proposed changes to the seat of Kiama would extend Gareth Ward's territory in Shoalhaven but reduce it in the Southern Highlands and Shell Cove.

NEW laws giving landholders greater rights when it comes to mining access may be passed by the NSW Upper House as early as today.

FOLLOWING WORLDWIDE OUTRAGE over a spate of brutal sorcery-related murders in Papua New Guinea, the government has rolled out a new hard-line approach to spiralling crime.

Police are investigating an attempted home invasion and robbery Friday night at a private Southern Highlands home.

A metro officer was taken to the hospital after being involved in a crash. It happened just after 3:30 a.m. near Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon.

The Voice frenzy that has gripped Kangaroo Valley over the past couple of months reached fever pitch on Saturday, as hometown hero Danny Ross and his famous mentor Joel Madden rolled into town ahead of Monday's final.

Metro Police are investigating a home invasion on the 4000 block of San Alivia Court near Southern Highlands Parkway and Stonewater Lane.

Medieval: Bystanders watch as Kepari Leniata, a woman accused of witchcraft, is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea on Feb. 6. On a tropical island where most people live in huts, assailants armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed the wooden house by night.

In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, hundreds of bystanders watch Helen Rumbali, a woman accused of witchcraft, being burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea.

The shooting rampage in Santa Monica claimed the lives of five people and wounded several others on Friday before authorities shot and killed the gunman.

In this Feb. 6, 2013 file photo, hundreds of bystanders watch Helen Rumbali, a woman accused of witchcraft, being burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea.

A RENOWNED local artist, a prominent former politician, tireless community workers and three military personnel are among a host of Australians honoured in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Robert Balentine was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Business Person of the Year Awards, hosted by the Metro Atlanta Chamber and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

"Energy," explains Mark Jacoby, unit director at Southern Highlands. "Kids need energy so we hire energy to help with the kids."

Belief in sorcery and witchcraft is on the rise in the Pacific, experts warned Wednesday after a young woman accused of killing a boy with black magic was burnt alive in Papua New Guinea.

Hundreds of bystanders watched as a woman accused of witchcraft was being burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea, Feb. 6, 2013.

IT'S the first-world problem that was around long before issues with iPhones and technology: the fitted sheet, and how the hell do you fold them? Blame poor design, lack of time, lack of space, lack of energy but whatever it is, you are not alone.

Australian miner Cockatoo Coal has announced it will sell its 30 per cent stake in Hume Coal to Korean steelmaker POSCO, with Cockatoo leaving the companies' controversial joint venture at Sutton Forest.