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The prime minister has the support of the union movement over Kevin Rudd, as Labor heads to a federal election in three months.

Political uncertainty has been a drag on the economy this year, and there is still almost three months to polling day.

Claims have been made that logging contractors in Tasmania have kept their businesses going despite receiving government money to exit the industry.

A lawyer acting for six men charged with escaping from a far north Queensland detention centre says the men plan to plead guilty to the charges.

The fatal bashing of a 73-year-old man in his Adelaide home by his boarder meant he missed the weddings of his grandsons, court told.

Police from divers have found the body of a man who fell into waters at the Fernhook Falls camp grounds, near Walpole in WA's Great Southern region.

The former partner of a Perth woman, whose three-year-old son died after becoming stuck in a washing machine, has denied lying about her parenting skills.

Victorian police have released information on two women who disappeared decades ago in the hope social media will help close the cases.

A report into the flooding at Yallourn coal mine in Victoria has found there were design flaws in the Morwell River diversion.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says the time has come for the state to pass same sex marriage laws.