Australia will contribute $1 million to support emergency relief efforts in China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan Province.
Three people have been charged over raid that uncovered a hydroponic cannabis farm in a house at Blair Athol in south-western Sydney.
Two young Melbourne police officers involved in a deadly shoot-out with a violent criminal have had death threats against.
Defence contractors are preparing to cull hundreds of kangaroos at a Canberra site, after the federal government refused to foot the bill to move them.
Some farmers have nearly gone bankrupt because of fertiliser being withheld by suppliers ahead of price rises, a Senate committee has heard.
It looks like snot, it's the size of a grain of rice, and it's taking the marine science world by storm.
A coroner has been unable to determine who killed a man stabbed during a brawl between rival gangs outside Melbourne's Salt nightclub.
Federal Families Minister Jenny Macklin failed to placate desperate carers angry about the budget, then added insult to injury by parking in a disabled spot.
Three models of imported baby cots sold on Australian internet auction sites have been recalled over fears infants could fall out.
A 23-year-old man has walked into a Perth police station and confessed to a four-year-old robbery, police say.
Welfare groups say the NSW Department of Community Services (DoCS) should not run early intervention programs for children due to its poor image.
Hundreds of pensioners, some shirtless, have protested in Melbourne against the Rudd government's lack of support for seniors in the federal budget.
A West Australian Liberal MP says an incident in which he was reportedly "squirrel-gripped" by party leader Troy Buswell had been dealt with.
Fourteen people have been charged in a two-day police operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs on the Sunshine Coast.
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