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Prosecutors have dropped five charges against a South Australian MP accused of child...

New figures show the number of medical compensation claims in Australia has increased,...

The Family Court in Brisbane has excluded the media from its proceedings over an...

The Australian share market has hit a six-month low, wiping $32 billion off the All...

Indian police have arrested Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach for allegedly...

ANZ Bank chief executive Mike Smith says European wholesale funding markets for banks...

Australian research has found that an experimental cancer drug could prolong survival...

A passenger has bus plunged into a river in Vietnam's central highlands, killing 34...

A New Zealand jury has found one of the so-called accidental millionaires guilty of 30...

A former political staffer and reality television show contestant has been jailed for...

Former Adelaide United coach Rini Coolen has launched legal proceedings against the...

An investigation by the Commonwealth Ombudsman has cleared the CSIRO of its links with...

Consumer advocacy group Choice says Qantas is charging $100 million in excess credit...

A report has found people who live in the city fare better in terms of health,...

Three Indonesians convicted of people smuggling have been released from Albany Prison...

A glittering lunch to be held to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth has...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has turned the first sod at the Inpex liquefied natural...

The United States is suspending sanctions barring American investment in Burma in...

Two men have been injured in a light plane crash in the central west of New South...

The local share market is on track for its lowest close since November, as worries...

Police in Perth are searching for a gang of four people they say are responsible for...

NSW teachers have held a stop-work meeting, voting to ramp up industrial action unless...

A 26-year-old man from Lismore in New South Wales has provisionally set a new world...

The owners of Victorian Retravision stores will meet this morning to discuss cash-flow...

Tasmania is to become the first Australian state to ban battery hen farming and will...

The Federal Court has heard Speaker Peter Slipper is deeply distressed over sexual...

The competition regulator will investigate clothing importers who are making deals with...

The removal of an Aboriginal tent embassy from Brisbane's Musgrave Park on Wednesday...

The head of the main Syrian opposition body says he is ready to quit, following...

An Australian frigate is preparing for joint exercises with the Chinese navy, just days...

Concern about the health of Spain's banks and the prospect of Greece exiting the...

Carmaker Holden will resume sales of the Commodore to North America under the Chevrolet...

Iran is threatening to sue Google for removing the name of the body of water to the...

For the first time in the United States, the number of non-white babies being born...

As Facebook prepares to offer stock on the US share market, test how much you know...

An investigation into animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs has recommended action be...

The euro crisis spread to Spain overnight as Greece swore in an interim government and...

A family has been threatened with machetes, hammers and iron bars in a home invasion in...

Facebook has announced a price of $US38 per share for its record-setting initial public...

The AFP and Customs officers have seized 120 kilograms of illegal drugs being imported...

New South Wales public school teachers have stopped work for two hours this morning...

Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems like Love to Love You Baby became the...

Casey Stoner has shocked the motorcycle racing world by announcing he is retiring...

British PM David Cameron says eurozone leaders need to back the group's weaker...

Gunmen dressed in Afghan police uniforms and wearing suicide vests have stormed a...

The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic has been suspended...

The world's oldest surviving Chinese junk returned home to Taiwan on Thursday, nearly...

A Frenchman who lost his limbs in an electrical accident has braved strong winds and...

A confidential audit of the Royal Life Saving Society Queensland (RLSSQ) has revealed...

The Federal Government will release three Indonesians convicted of people smuggling...

Police have visited a home in north-west Victoria in their search for four girls at the...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has praised China for putting pressure on ally North Korea to...

New Zealand's prime minister John Key will meet Julia Gillard over the planned rise in...

The New South Wales Industrial Court has agreed to hear an application for the Health...

The share market has closed in negative territory as deepening turmoil in Europe...

After 21 years together, The Wiggles have announced there will be a change of skivvies...

Former high-profile lawyer Andrew Fraser has been cleared over his involvement in a...

The Government and unions reject suggestions by BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser that...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has brushed aside a formal complaint from the man who...

SA Premier Jay Weatherill will make a formal apology in July to people affected by past...

Four more charges have been laid against Melbourne star Liam Jurrah in relation to...

Bill Shorten has warned that the labour movement is facing a "gathering storm" from an...

Authorities are planning to release the man who fatally shot Sydney heart surgeon...

More charges have been laid against a mining company after it allegedly desecrated a...

Commonwealth Bank has recorded a 3 per cent jump in quarterly cash profit, putting it...

After accumulating almost a billion users and nearly $4 billion in annual revenue,...

A report has found a US man was executed over a 1983 murder because he was the...

As markets prepare for the prospect of a Greek exit from the euro, one prominent...

The University of Queensland is carrying out an integrity review in the wake of last...

A man who shot dead three people in Adelaide is likely to be detained for life in a...

Sydney's Star Casino acted appropriately over sexual harassment claims against its...

Visitors to the Art Gallery of NSW have picked Jenny Sages's "deeply personal"...

Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has slammed a decision by British American...

East Timor's new president says the 10th anniversary of his country's independence from...

A United States Army Apache helicopter accidentally dropped an inactive missile over...

The FBI has launched a probe into leaks about a plot to blow up a United States-bound...

Global markets are jumpy and safe haven assets such as gold are plunging as the...

Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight's hopes of parole in two years have been dashed...

A new Palestinian government in the West Bank has been sworn in, in a move that has...

For the first time scientists have provided the most complete climate record of the...

An opera inspired by Melbourne's "body in the boot" case has made its debut, despite...

Police say they have charged four people involved in a large-scale drug supply ring in...

It was a volatile session on Wall Street overnight as investors sold down early gains...

The Treasurer Christian Porter has handed down his final state budget before the...

A group of exotic reptiles, including three rare chameleons, may need to be put down...

A young survivor of the Norway massacre has told Anders Behring Breivik's trial she...

French president Francois Hollande has unveiled a government of mainly moderate...

The Greens say public confidence in Federal Parliament is so low it will move to set up...

The NSW Teachers Federation is defying a direction to move planned strike action...

Bashar al-Assad says the results of a recent election vindicate his policies, as...

Facebook has increased the size of its initial public share sale by 25 per cent.

Authorities seized an increased amount of illegal drugs in the last financial year,...

A paralysed woman has used a thought-controlled robotic arm to lift a drink to her...

Indigenous leaders in South Brisbane have refused to elaborate on the outcome of their...

Union stalwart Bill Kelty has issued a wake-up call to the Labor Party, saying the hope...

Debt-laden Greece will go to the polls for the second time in less than two months on...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has accused prosecutors at a United...

Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic taunts survivors of the worst massacre in...

The government in East Timor has shown off a European-built pipeline which it says can...

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has distanced the Coalition from the National...

Australians are enjoying a high profile at Cannes this year, with all eyes in the film...

Prosecutors in Bali have detailed their case against an Australian man accused of...

For the first time, surgeons in the United States have used a new type of operation...

A man has been jailed for three months for starting a brawl at a Sudanese beauty...

Stocks have suffered their worst drop this year as escalating financial and political...

New ACTU boss Dave Oliver says a retired Federal Court judge has been appointed to lead...

A parliamentary committee has recommended authorities investigate the collapse of Trio...

The chairman of BHP Billiton says the company's Australian operations are facing...

A Family Court judge has refused to hear applications aimed at keeping four girls with...

A centuries-old diamond passed down through generations of European royalty has fetched...

A Japanese consortium confirms it will pay $4.4 billion for a stake in a West...

Scientists are meeting in Darwin to discuss how to create the perfect domesticated...

A former bank manager from the mid-north coast of New South Wales has been charged over...

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has found that most of the union funds spent...

Feral cats, rabbits and foxes are causing problems in many parts of Australia, but...

Union leaders are describing the rise of insecure jobs as the new frontier in the...

A group of women infected with hepatitis C after being treated at a Melbourne clinic...

The Australian share market struggled in morning trade, touching a two-month low amid...

A man who said alien voices told him to kill has been found not guilty of murder in a...

Are farm efficiency and bigger yields changing dietary habits and promoting rising...

The victims of a Black Saturday bushfire in Victoria's north-east have won a $32.5...

The construction arm of St Hilliers Group has been placed in voluntary administration,...

Firefighters have doused a blaze at an abandoned warehouse that sent a thick plume of...

Police investigating the murder of Ah Bee Mack almost four years ago in Perth have...

Prosecutors have upgrade charges against a truck driver accused of killing three people...

Aboriginal activists have rallied at Queensland's Parliament and Brisbane's police...

Worries about eurozone instability continue to weigh on consumer confidence despite the...

With Greece's political and economic future teetering on the edge, two economists take...

The Australian Federal Police are investigating the leaking of a video showing Kevin...

Banksy's parachuting rat stencil has been accidentally destroyed by a builder in...

JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon narrowly defeats a move to curb his powers, as the...

Former US president George W Bush has thrown his support behind the likely Republican...

The corporate watchdog says there have been more breaches of insider trading in the...

Conservationists and commercial fishermen are calling on the Federal Government to...

The Federal Government will contribute $100 million a year for three years to support...

Reporters, protesters and onlookers used smartphones to cover the shutting down of...

The political turmoil in Greece has kept pressure on financial markets overnight, with...

Millions of union members across the country could be slugged with a new levy to pay...

France and Germany have vowed to unite to tackle Europe's economic storm and keep...

A man has set himself on fire outside the Oslo courthouse where Anders Behring Breivik...

Iran has hanged a man it claimed was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad,...

Rights groups say 20 people have been gunned down at a funeral in Syria, in a day of...

The Salvation Army says an annual survey has found more than half of respondents...

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, has angrily...

Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza to mark...

Hundreds of police have broken up an Aboriginal tent embassy in Brisbane, escorting and...

New data shows Europe's largest economy, Germany, has saved the euro zone from slipping...

The former head of the International Monetary fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is...

Two people will face court in Sydney today after police seized ice, heroin and ecstasy...

Greece will have to hold fresh elections after talks on forming a new government broke...

Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson mounts a stanch defence of the federal budget,...

Former Treasury boss Ken Henry has defended key advice he provided to the former Rudd...

Socialist leader Francois Hollande has been sworn in as president of France at a solemn...

One of four Queensland girls caught up in an international custody battle is allowed to...

The parliament in Papua New Guinea has been dissolved to allow the mid-year general...

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is being sued for defamation over comments he made about...

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, has been...

The staff member who has made accusations against House of Representatives Speaker...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has wrapped up his high-level meeting in Beijing with the man...

The Australian share market slipped today and the local currency remains under pressure...

Bianca Elmir, one of Australia's top medal prospects for the London Olympics, has been...

The former chairwoman of ABC Learning has told a Brisbane court the company board moved...

The chairman of a parliamentary committee into Australia's food industry has accused...

The payments clearing association says there is no need to phase out cheques despite...

About 70 people gathered at the steps of Parliament House in Perth to protest against...

A Melbourne councillor is pushing a health initiative in which fast food chains will be...

The New South Wales Government has asked the state's Industrial Relations Commission to...

A Melbourne court has heard a man committed a double murder believing his friends had...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pledging to work alongside union leaders as they deal...

Police investigating the murder of the teenage son of a Sydney bikie last year believe...

A struggling panel-beater from south-west Victoria has given away his business after...

Rangers at Elcho Island off the Arnhem Land coast of the Northern Territory have shot a...

The South Australian legal fraternity has been shocked by the sudden resignation of a...

A report ranking the world's biggest polluters puts Australia in seventh place, behind...

A court has been told a former rugby league player was injured and fell into crime and...

It seems borrowers can thank commercial banks for the Reserve Bank's decision to slash...

A woman spent her partner's money, despite knowing it came from an $8 million deposit...

Australian authorities have intercepted an asylum seeker boat north-west of Christmas...

Police are searching for four children from Queensland's Sunshine Coast who have gone...

The Government and farmers welcome the dollar's fall below parity with its US...

A member of Victoria's Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission board has resigned...

A former high-ranking Victoria Police officer has avoided a conviction for leaking...

Australian environmentalist Paul Sharp is about to set off on the fishing trip of a...

Police have been accused of using motorists to create a roadblock to stop a "maniac"...

Take a look at the language used in budget speeches and replies made by the Treasurer...

One of the most powerful women on Wall Street is leaving JP Morgan in the wake of...

The Greek political stalemate and banking problems in Spain weighed on trade on Wall...

United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has fractured his hand after falling while...

Explore the life of Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, who has spent decades battling...

The New South Wales Supreme Court has rejected a police application to stop a...

The International Criminal Court is seeking new war crimes charges against Bosco "The...

ABC journalist Paul Lockyer and cameraman John Bean, who died in a helicopter crash...

Wildlife groups hope to mobilise support to deal with a liver disease killing the...

Union officials from across the country are gathering for the Australian Council of...

Even the sun shone for Manchester City as the Premier League champions celebrated its...

New South Wales train agency RailCorp is to be split in two, as the State Government...

There is renewed uncertainty in Papua New Guinea over whether the country's general...

New clashes in Syria have left at least 30 people dead and further eroded confidence in...

Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have agreed to end a hunger strike, in return for...

There is a stand-off between council officials and Indigenous activists who are...

Australia's best-selling author Bryce Courtenay has spoken for the first time about...

Two giraffes at a Polish zoo died of stress after unidentified vandals went on a...

Share markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt dived overnight as political leaders in...

Ron Paul, who has led a stubbornly persistent bid for the Republican presidential...

The latest Newspoll shows Labor gaining ground after the budget, as the Coalition's...

Paul Watson, the founder of conservation group Sea Shepherd, remains in custody in...

As survival rates increase, there are calls for specialists to rethink how cancer is...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr says his first visit to Beijing has been dominated by China's...

The Opposition has labelled the Government's television advertisements on the carbon...

A Labor backbencher will put forward a private member's bill to her party that will...

Video game and software retailer GAME has appointed administrators to its Australian...

The Federal Government is facing a potential class action lawsuit over the halting of...

Brent Tate has earned a State of Origin recall after being named on the wing for...

A plane has crashed near a treacherous high-altitude airport in northern Nepal's...

The share market has shaken off losses late in the session to end slightly higher,...

Don Ritchie, the man who saved more than 150 people from suicide spot The Gap in...

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has recorded an annual loss of...

Same-sex parents and their children have hit back at a group of prominent doctors who...

US media is reporting that three top executives of JP Morgan will resign this week...

The Health Services Union's East branch has asked to have an administrator...

A joint parliamentary inquiry has heard counselling for problem gamblers does not work...

Arrest warrants have been issued for a couple who failed come to the opening of an...

One of Australia's most respected neurosurgeons says children and adolescents who are...

Former AFL player Jason Akermanis was among several people robbed during a football...

An appeal hearing is told confidential murder details a man divulged were akin to...

Offshore gas and petroleum exploration zones will be expanded off four states and the...

More than 50 police have escorted a Woodside convoy past anti-gas hub camps north of...

Qantas has rejected claims plans to close heavy maintenance operations in Melbourne or...

The Australian share market has started the week in positive territory as moves by...

The trial of former ABC Learning director Martin Kemp has begun in the District Court...

The former agent of St Kilda footballer Nicky Winmar has questioned the authenticity of...

Agencies hoping to prevent a famine crisis in the landlocked West African nation of...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has welcomed Afghanistan's move to have local forces take...

Federal politicians are reluctant to support a formal code of conduct on...

The Australian dollar dips below parity with the US dollar as investors seek safe...

A man has been attacked with a samurai sword during an attempted carjacking in Perth's...

Former state Labor MP Angela D'Amore has lost her court case against the New South...

Police believe they have broken a major drug operation between Tasmania and...

Cars were battered and leaves were stripped from trees as hail the size of golf balls...

US researchers find an alarming link between playing football and brain damage,...

Hazardous materials crews are dealing with a shipping container that has been leaking...

A woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her former partner to...

Meet Beppe Grillo, the clown prince of Italian politics who is giving his rivals a...

Sydneysiders may be in store for extreme temperature rises, with a new report...

A survey has found a high number of children under the age of 16 are caring for...

Police have rescued a couple whose catamaran ran aground near Gabo Island, in eastern...

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire at a car wrecking yard and...

Ugandan troops have captured a senior member of the Lord's Resistance Army in a...

Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson has stepped down in the face of allegations he...