 Banks in Australia profiteering says regulatorAustralia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia... | |
 Some US schools closed down after threat receivedA number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking... |
| 'How could he inflict such a painful death to my child', asks Gurshan Singh's mum Three-year-old Indian toddler Gurshan Singh's mother has said that she was horrified by her boy's death and cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little... |
| Australia secure Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with six-wicket Auckland win Australia secured the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy on Thursday with a six-wicket win against New Zealand in the fourth one-day international played... |
| Clarke's decision to leave New Zealand not a 'last-minute' move Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke's decision to leave New Zealand in the middle of a tour over the drama surrounding his fiancee, Lara Bingle, is not as last-minute as it was portrayed, and it is believed that he had made his decision at least 48 hours before he packed his... |
| Australia-New Zealand film festival holding "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective" "Indian Film Festival 2010" in Australia and New Zealand is holding special "Rani Mukherjee... |
| 40,000-yr-old site in Australia may hold world's southernmost traces of early human life Reports indicate that Australian archaeologists have uncovered a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, which they believe is the world's southernmost site of early human... |
| Lara Bingle's agent 'trying to sell her story for 1m dlrs ' Lara Bingle's agent Max Markson is said to be trying to cash in on the latest twist in her love-life... |
| Why Michael Clarke is dumping Lara Bingle Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke is reportedly considering ending his relationship with Lara Bingle because she had signed an exclusive tell-all nude photo scandal deal with a women's magazine, it has... |
| Gilchrist happy with IPL security, says Oz cricket bosses apply double standards Adam Gilchrist has backed comments by Damien Martyn that suggest Australian cricket bosses are applying double standards when it comes to assessing security threats on the subcontinent. He said adequate security measures are in place for the Indian Premier League... |
| Robert Pattinson lives life like a vampire Robert Pattinson's real life is not much different from that of the vampire he plays in the hit Twilight series, for the actor rarely steps out in daylight in fear of being mobbed by over enthusiastic... |
| Unfair if Clarke's captaincy aspirations harmed by personal reasons: Waugh Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh has said it would be unfair if Michael Clarke's captaincy aspirations are harmed by his decision to return home from the tour of New Zealand for personal... |
| Women happier than men - but only by 15mins a day When it comes to how much pleasure we get out of life, its the women who walk away... |
| Clarke desperate to return to Test side Michael Clarke, who abandoned the ODI series in New Zealand to return to Sydney and decide whether or not to continue his relationship with fiancee Lara Bingle, is expected to rejoin his Australian teammates on Saturday for the Test series against the... |
| Oz team sympathetic towards Clarke Australian vice captain Michael Clarke has got the sympathetic backing of his teammates over abandoning the ODI series in New Zealand to return to Sydney and decide whether or not to continue his relationship with fiancee Lara... |
| Tiger Woods and wife Elin 'caught kissing' Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren have reportedly... |
| After Indians, now Canadian assaulted in Australia After a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney Tuesday, reports here... |
| Aussies Want 4-1 Win Don't expect any slacking off from Australia now that it has the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy sewn up going into the last game against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday.Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz, who... |
| New Zealand Aim To Finish Lost Series On A High on Thursday , leaving Saturday's fifth game a dead rubber. There is more for New Zealand to gain in the last encounter before the two-Test series and their batting is the area where most work is... |
| Australia Zinc Miner Cbh Says Gets Takeover Offer , which recently failed in a bid to acquire CBH for A$148 million ($135.5 million), and analysts said the pending deal could be another attempt for Nyrstar to get involved with... |
| Paralympic Boss Happy With Snowfall Australia's Chef De Mission for the Winter Paralympic Games says there has been excellent snowfall ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony in Vancouver. Michael Hartung says Australia has sent its... |
| Nbl Delays Expansion Decision The National Basketball League (NBL) has postponed an announcement on the make-up of teams in next year's competition. The clubs to be granted licenses to play in the 2010/11 season are now expected... |
| Cole Sidelined For Phoenix Clash Sydney FC will again be without Socceroos defender Shannon Cole for Saturday night's A-League preliminary final against Wellington Phoenix at the Sydney Football Stadium. Cole is still suffering... |
| Premier Says Relatives Are 'exemplary' Employees The Premier, John Brumby is defending the employment of several of his relatives in Labor offices. Four of Mr Brumby's relatives are employed in electorate offices, including his daughter, who works... |
| Ex-idol Wins $30k Music Prize Former Australian idol contestant Lisa Mitchell has won the Australian Music Prize for 2009. Mitchell beat out a field of eight other short-listed Australian artists - Sarah Blasko, Kid Sam, The... |
| East Timor Bones Affair 'embarrassing' For Australia East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is critical of the amount of time it has taken to test bones believed to belong to his country's first prime minister. [File image] (Reuters: Mick... |
| Dragun Inquest Hears Drug Side Effects Under Reported An inquest into the death of a newsreader on anti-depressants has heard there is an 'under reporting' of the side effects of prescription drugs in Australia. The inquest has heard that Channel 10... |
| Antarctica Once Had Tropical Climate, Scientists Say An international team of scientists who have arrived back in Hobart from Antarctica say they have evidence the icy continent once had a tropical climate. The team studied ice and mud cores from the... |
| Panel Named For Maternity Unit Review ACT Health Minister Katy Gallagher has named a panel of four people to review the Territory's public maternity units. The Government last month ordered two external reviews of the Canberra... |
| Man Hurt In Hills Shooting A man in his 20s has been shot at a house at Mount Barker in the Adelaide hills. South Australian police say he suffered a gunshot wound to the groin, buttocks and a finger and is in a serious but... |
| Accused Pleads Guilty To Twin Fatalities A man has admitted causing the deaths of two friends by dangerous driving last year. A lawyer for Ben Jerimah Harkin, 23, of Mount Barker, told Adelaide Magistrates Court the man wanted to plead... |
| Bulls Poised For Stunning Win Sheffield Shield finalist Queensland has put itself in position for another stunning Gabba comeback victory after ripping through the Western Australia top-order on Friday. Last-placed WA needs only... |
| Murder Accused Wife Weeps In Court An Adelaide woman has pleaded not guilty to murdering her husband by setting him alight at their Unley home in 2008. Rajini Narayan, 45, wept in Adelaide Magistrates Court as she denied a charge of... |
| Redmond Plan To Cut Government Ad Spend Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond has pledged to cut $100 million from the government advertising bill if elected on March 20. She says Mike Rann committed in 2001 to a review of advertising, but... |
| Mckenzie Keeping Reds 'on Their Toes' Queensland coach Ewen McKenzie says the changes he has made to his squad to face the Western Force are largely designed to maintain competition for places in the Reds' line-up. McKenzie predictably... |
| Rugby Sevens: Adelaide Squad Named New Zealand sevens coach Gordon Tietjens today named a 12-man squad for the Adelaide leg of the IRB sevens world series next weekend. Tietjens has named a largely unchanged squad from the Wellington... |
| Canadian Recovering After Beating In Australia A Canadian man who was viciously assaulted in Australia has come through surgery and has spoken to his mother from his hospital bed in Sydney."Everything went well with the operation. He sends... |
| Sister Of Australian Wheelchair Attacker Blames Canadian Victim For Brutal Beating A Canadian man who was viciously assaulted in Australia has come through surgery and has spoken to his mother from his hospital bed in Sydney."Everything went well with the operation. He sends... |
| Wade Extends Vics' Lead To 160 A half-century to Victorian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade stretched the Bushrangers' lead to 160 over Tasmania on day three of the Sheffield Shield match at the MCG on Friday. Wade was the last man out,... |
| Starpharma Sees Positive Safety Results Biotech Starpharma Holdings Ltd says the first trial of its VivaGel vaginal microbicide in sexually-active women has shown Vivagel to be as safe as the placebos used in the trial. VivaGel is being... |
| Women Bullied On Hmas Success: Inquiry A "predatory culture" on board HMAS Success saw young female sailors routinely bullied and coerced to have sex with senior sailors, an inquiry has heard. In an opening statement to the independent... |
| Asio Launches Recruitment Campaign Australia's spy agency ASIO has launched a campaign for recruits as the organisation continues to grow. A major plank in the campaign is a new website using videos to show the life of a spy. The... |
| Credit, Debit Card Transaction Fall 22% The total value of credit and charge card transactions, including advances, fell by 22 per cent in January, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures released show. Australians spent $17.18 billion on... |
| Keneally Says Talks With Rudd Positive NSW Premier Kristine Keneally says she has a "lot of hope" for positive change after a meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the federal government's health reforms. Ms Keneally said she and Mr... |
| Police Called To Tree Protest police car were converging at the Thornlie site where he has been protesting among the branches since December 7.“I am being told that the police are here to control traffic while the loppers... |
| Bushfire Inquiry Ignored - Former Mp HE man who chaired a parliamentary inquiry into the fatal 2003 Canberra bushfires says investigations of last year's Black Saturday disaster are going over old... |
| Wa's Horror Collapse Chasing 106 HORROR RUN: WA skipper Marcus North might be in the Test team, but he can't make a run for WA, falling for a first ball duck in the Warriors run chase against... |
| Man Accused Of Wife's Murder To Stand Trial Kane Rodney Jonathon Allen pleaded not guilty to murder in the Adelaide Magistrates Court today.Magistrate Maria Panagiotidis found Allen had a case to answer and remanded him on continuing bail to... |
| Man Shot With Homemade Gun The injured man was taken to Northam hospital before being transferred to Perth for further treatment.Police will allege the victim, a 53-year-old man, was shot in the wrist during an argument with a... |
| Australia Joins Iran As 'internet Enemy' A TOP media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet... |
