Her death was confirmed on Sunday evening. Ms Gaudron was born in the northwest NSW town of Moree in 1943 to working class parents, and was awarded a scholarship at the University of Sydney in 1960.There, she earned both an arts and law degree, graduating in 1965 with first-class h ... »»»

GENEVA: Four more current and former officials are now under criminal investigation in the probe into Switzerland's Crans-Montana fire disaster, sources close to the case told AFP on Thursday (Apr 16)."The investigation has been extended to include four new individuals, bringing the total number of»»»

GENEVA - Switzerland has widened its probe into a fatal fire at a ski bar that killed 41 people on New Year’s Day, adding four more defendants, prosecutors said on April 16. “I can confirm that the investigation has been extended to four additional people,” the Valais prosecutor’s office said in a »»»

Geneva: A huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter. KitKat, owned by Swiss food giant Nestle, confirmed in a statement sent to AFP on Saturday that "a truck transportin»»»

Geneva: A huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing shortages in stores right before Easter. KitKat, owned by Swiss food giant Nestle, confirmed in a statement sent to AFP on Saturday that "a truck transportin»»»

Swiss government officials pay tribute to the victims of a fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Jan. 3. (Reuters-Yonhap) GENEVA (AFP) -- Swiss prosecutors on Monday said five more current and former local officials were under criminal investigation over the New Year bar fire in the ski resort of Cra»»»

The Swiss canton of Valais has banned pyrotechnic devices in all indoor public venues following the devastating fire at a bar on New Year's Eve where 40 people were killed and 116 were injured. Authorities said each of the victims would get a 10,000 franc ($12,500; £9,200) emergency payment, with a»»»

Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the owners, who are suspected of involuntary homicide, involuntary bodily harm and involuntarily causing a fire. A Swiss court ordered three months of pretrial detention on Monday for the co-manager of a bar that burst into flames during a»»»

People gather at the Temple de Lutry in Lutry, Switzerland, during a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the fire at the ‘Le Constellation’ bar. (EPA Images pic) LUTRY: A tiny Swiss village is reeling from the “unimaginable” loss of numerous young people in the New Year inferno at a ski resor»»»

GENEVA: Swiss families priced out of Geneva and forced to live just across the border in France are reeling from another blow: their children are now being elbowed out of Genevan schools. The Geneva authorities’ decision to bar pupils who live in the Swiss city’s surrounding French suburbs and vill»»»