A royal commission which heard testimony from more than 400 people has found Australia's system for responding to bushfires deficient and has called for major...

An Australian sculptor has asked people to donate the cremated remains of their relatives for making an 'interesting artwork about mortality'.

Hackers at DefCon are gathering to prove that smooth talk works better than software skills any day, in order to launch a computer network attack.

A church in Florida has created a controversy by saying that it would burn copies of the Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the...

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has reiterated his disappointment over being passed over for the nomination of vice-president of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

A Sydney Morning Herald/Nielsen poll has revealed that Leader of Opposition Tony Abbott and the Coalition could sweep to power against Prime Minister Julia Gillard's...

An Indiana policeman was reportedly made to pay an entry fee of five dollars to enter the LaPorte County Fair so that he could make...

A council has warned its women employees not to wear short skirts to office or else they could be sent home.

Cricket Australia and New Zealand Cricket's nominee for the ICC vice-presidency, Alan Isaac, has come out in support of creating windows for the Indian Premier...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday threatened legal action over claims he was once used as a "double agent" by...

WALK WITH THE PEOPLE. NOT WITH THE BIG POLLUTERS. We're doing our bit on climate change. It's time to make our government do theirs....

A CONFERENCE ABOUT RADICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY. "If the climate were a bank, they would have bailed it out already". - Venezuelan...

Join the action and the Socialist Alliance refugee policy launch at Maribynong Detention Centre. Saturday July 31 1pm 53 Hampstead Road, Maidstone...

The Australians struggled with swing in the drawn series with Pakistan last month and Saker said his fast men would be working on shaping the...

Australia's Katherine Hull has played one of the rounds of her career to surge to within four shots of the lead heading into the final...

Victorian Premier John Brumby has apologised for the failings of the state's emergency response on Black Saturday. His comments came ahead of a special...

Police have made a last-ditch appeal for information ahead of an inquest into the mysterious death of a woman whose body was found floating in...

Former Liberal foreign minister Alexander Downer says comments he made about Kevin Rudd have been misinterpreted. News Limited is today reporting that Mr Downer...

10-point victory over the luckless Brisbane Lions at a damp Gabba on Saturday night - the club's third win in four games. Significantly the...

Clarence football club coach Brett Geappen has been charged with drink driving after a party at Bellerive Oval on Friday night. Geappen says he...

Two prisoners who escaped from jail and led police on a marathon pursuit in southern New South Wales have been charged. The men, aged...

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian Greens Party unveiled its biggest ever national election advertising campaign today, seeking to win enough votes in the Aug....

A new advertising campaign has been launched saying every Australian will "get whacked" by the federal government's proposed resources tax. Four television ads and...

Doctors who haven't taken a holiday in the last year and are working long hours are far more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression,...

He's only been in the head coaching caper for a couple of games but new Cronulla mentor Shane Flanagan clearly has one eye on his...

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has defended the previous Howard government's immigration policy, saying Australians accepted a record intake of migrants because asylum seeker boats had...

The Australian share market is expected to open the week a little stronger in muted trading after a flat lead from Wall Street. Futures...

A windstorm - possibly a tornado - has caused millions of dollars damage in the South Australian town of Penola. Extreme winds hit the...

A frustrated Wallabies camp questioned the severity of Drew Mitchell's Bledisloe Cup punishment after he became the first Australian to be sent off in 32...

HEAVY drinkers are taking a toll on their colleagues, forcing them to work longer and harder while costing the Australian economy over $400 million each...

VOLUNTEER firefighter Ron Philpott is "a bit disappointed" that the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission final report has not cleared him of the blaze that claimed...

DODGING space junk is becoming as arduous as a peak-hour commute, but a Canberra group is helping satellites to negotiate the increasing clutter of cosmic...

Somewhere stashed away in evidence storage are Megan Mulquiney's nightie, bed linen and hairbrush.They've been there for 26 years now; it's been that long since...

FOR two months John Love sat helpless on the sidelines, a blood clot in his leg restricting the influential Belconnen Magpies on-baller to the role...

a month each in fees to pension funds. The Labor government also plans to boost superannuation contributions from employers to 12% from the current...

Nathan Hauritz is walking freely again but is unsure whether he will be fit for Australia's two-Test series in India in October. Hauritz wore a...

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are perfectly placed to give Red Bull a 100th grand prix to savour after leaving their rivals gasping for breath...

Claims of shoddy construction in the venues for India's Commonwealth Games emerged this weekend as the organising committee head denied the latest in a slew...

Australian international midfielder Tim Cahill scored a hat-trick as Premier League side Everton defeated second-tier Championship newcomers Norwich City 4-2 in a preseason friendly. ...

Another loss was painful enough for Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss, but the consequences of their 10-point defeat at the hands of Melbourne were truly...