Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will play Rome Masters final after emerging as survivors during a week on clay plagued by...

Melbourne, May 11 : Rumours that Aussie model Megan Gale was pregnant was making rounds until supposed dad, Andy Lee, dismissed them on his radio...

Melbourne, May 11 : Much like drugs and alcohol, the BlackBerry smartphone has become an addiction that is not only controlling lives and increasing stress loads, but is even threatening relationships with loved...

Perth, May 11 : A courageous mum risked her life to save a man savaged by a 4m shark just off a popular beach in Western...

Hundreds of Vietnam veterans have begun arriving in Townsville for the 40th anniversary of the battle of Firebase Coral. The battle lasted 26 days and left 25 Australians dead and another 63...

WESTPAC Banking Corporation is likely to offer $35 worth of its scrip for St George Bank shares, or about $20 billion, if a merger proposal announced by the two banks today...

The ACT Magistrates Court has been played CCTV footage of an Ainslie man assaulting an elderly woman at a Canberra shopping centre last year. Matthew Raymond Nicholls is alleged to have shoulder...

The south-east New South Wales passenger airline is under attack over its decision to cancel services to Cooma. The operators of the Cooma airport say the airline is not giving the real reason for...

Cody Crocker has won the Rally of Canberra for a fourth consecutive year. Crocker finished almost three minutes ahead of fellow Australian Dean Herridge, who leads the Asia Pacific Rally...

Victoria's peak farming body has accused the major supermarket chains of ripping off consumers and farmers by labelling the same products differently. Grocery chains often have up to three different...

The Nation Lib staffer accused of racial abuse THE crisis in the Victorian Libs has deepened with claims a staffer allied to Ted Baillieu called a candidate a "greedy f...ing...

A conference in Brisbane has been told that society needs to change the way it thinks about alcohol before there will be a reduction in binge drinking. The Alcohol and Drug Foundation organised the...

West Australians from Collie to Port Hedland are celebrating today after winning five of the eight Division One prizes won in Saturday's Lotto draw. WA's spectacular Mothers-day weekend saw $2.5...

Liberal frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull says he's not concerned about Labor strategists scouring his background for potential dirt.Mr Turnbull narrowly missed out to Brendan Nelson for the Liberal...

Families marked Mother's Day in Sydney on Sunday by planting trees to celebrate and remember their mums.Trees for Mum is a national event founded in 2002 by Sydney women Deena Raphael and Lauren...

An education lobby group wants a moratorium on the future of closed school sites until after the ACT election in October. Some sites will be converted into community facilities and neighbourhood...

FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan says he will look at the details of any proposal that comes out of merger talks between Westpac Banking Corp and St George...

Police have charged a 29-year old Hamilton Hill man over a traffic crash in which a 23-year-old Yangebup man died. It will be alleged that at 8.30pm on January 15, the 29-year-old was driving a...

FORMER NSW Opposition leader Peter Debnam has quit the Opposition frontbench in protest over the Coalition's qualified support for electricity...

The Tasmanian Liberal Party has launched a 10 point plan to improve disability services in the state. The policy announced in Launceston this morning, includes services provided on a regional basis...

A 14-year-old boy has been left with horrific facial injuries requiring stitches after he was senselessly bashed at a school fete in far north Queensland. Michael Geoghegan had to have his mouth...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets were mixed Monday, with Japanese stocks sliding on exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. on a strengthened yen and a drop on Wall Street, while higher...

A legal challenge over the findings of the Coroner's report into the 2003 bushfires has wrapped up in the ACT Supreme Court. Four senior emergency services staff at the time of the firestorm want...

Hudson, 29, shot dead Brendan Keilar and wounded Dutch backpacker Paul de Waard and former Sydney model Kaera Douglas on June 18 last year. In Melbourne Magistrates' Court today Hudson entered a plea...

AUSTRALIA Zoo's Terri Irwin says she will fight a move to mine an environmentally sensitive area dedicated to her late husband. The 135,000ha Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve on Queensland's Cape York...

A WOMAN is in a critical condition after falling almost 7m from a balcony during a romantic embrace with a male friend. Police said the pair were at a party at a Bellevue Hill unit block in...

The promise of a national network delivering high-speed broadband services to 98 per cent of Australians is a key element of next week's federal budget. The Rudd government has signalled a tough...

A clean-up has started of a toxic seaweed at the North Haven marina in Adelaide. Caulerpa taxifolia was found near the boat ramp last week, prompting urgent action to stop it from spreading. Divers...

TEN people will face court today after a home invasion west of Brisbane yesterday that ended with the assault of a woman. The group will appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court after they allegedly...

Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews has backed calls for the AFL Hall of Fame tribute game to be played every four years. Lions forward and Victorian captain Jonathan Brown says the match is one of...

Acting defence chief Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie said Afghan custom, which requires a quick burial, meant the baby's cause of death was not known. "We're not sure of what the circumstances...

An 18-year-old man accused of twice raping of an 82-year-old woman in a Sydney park tried to obscure his identity during a Sydney court appearance today. Robert El-Chammas, of Ermington, north-west...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian swimmer survived a great white shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as it dragged him through the water after badly savaging his left...

After repeated queries, the online auction company said late Friday it will not institute such a rule in the United States. But it remains unclear whether eBay will still try it in other countries....

An Adelaide University ecologist says highly saline water must be pumped out of the Coorong to save the area. Dr David Paton says salinity levels are so high that the Coorong, south-east of...

The Federal Government has announced an increase in the Bass Strait passenger vehicle subsidy. The federal member for Denison, Duncan Kerr says the increase honours an election promise and will...

Tasmanians have been caught out by new legislation aimed at reducing the number of people smoking in cars with children on board. A woman in Devonport has been fined $120 for smoking with two...

The Productivity Commission is holding a public hearing in Hobart today as part of an inquiry into ways to better support parents with newborn babies. The Federal Government has asked the commission...

Humour is the latest weapon in the battle against the scourge of diabetes. Diabetes Tasmania has launched an advertising campaign that highlights the prevalance of the lifestyle-related disease. ...

The Tasmania Fire Service is investigating a possible arson attack at a school in North Hobart. The blaze broke out in a storage building attached to Lambert School shortly after six pm last night. ...

Murray Bridge has been named the 2010 regional centre for culture. The Murray Bridge community was one of four regional finalists that included Mt Gambier, Coffin Bay and Goolwa. The assisting Arts...

A 17-year-old youth is in a serious condition in hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a nail gun on Brisbane's bayside. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the...

A 35-year-old WA man has been arrested in Sydney for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine in bottles of alcohol. Customs officers at Sydney International Airport stopped the man for a routine...

Sydney - Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia's Big Four high street banks, is in merger talks with fifth-placed St George Bank, and a marriage would create Australia's largest financial...

The South Australian Liberal Party is holding a summit at Parliament House in Adelaide on the need for tax reform. Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith says about 90 people from business, industry...

Treasurer Wayne Swan has won the backing of the Business Council of Australia for his comprehensive review of the tax system. The review will be announced as part of Tuesday's federal budget, the...

AN Australian man is believed to have been killed during heavy fighting in northern Lebanon over the weekend. The 41-year-old man was from Melbourne, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

The Department of Foreign Affairs is warning Australians not to travel to Sudan. The Sudanese Government has accused its neighbour Chad of backing a rebel assault on the capital Khartoum at the...

The federal government fears a calamity if help doesn't get to the millions of Burmese left homeless and hungry after Cyclone Nargis savaged their country.Australia has boosted its aid to the...

Victorian Liberal leader Ted Baillieu has pledged to reform the state party and clean out "cancerous elements" after two staff members were sacked for posting damaging comments on a website...