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1 hour 49 min ago
Tony Abbott has pledged a Coalition government would free up 3,000 beds for high-care patients as part of its aged care policy unveiled today.
2 hours 19 min ago
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed senior Hamas commander Issa Batran and wounded 11 other people.
2 hours 21 min ago
Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.
2 hours 30 min ago
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused the Coalition of a "disgraceful political attack" against Kevin Rudd after a story published today claimed he leaked against his own party.
2 hours 49 min ago
Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says the World Heritage Committee has included 11 Australian convict sites on the World Heritage list.
2 hours 59 min ago
Police have seized $8 million worth of heroin from a car at Mascot in Sydney's east.
3 hours 20 min ago
The father of an American woman who died on her honeymoon while scuba diving says he had concerns about her taking up the sport.
3 hours 40 min ago
Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter has married her long-time boyfriend in the picturesque New York village of Rhinebeck in what has been dubbed America's royal wedding.
4 hours 30 min ago
The controversial zebra herd sculpture on Lake George just outside Canberra has been removed for repairs after a savage attack by vandals.
4 hours 43 min ago
A computer hacker has demonstrated a technique to remotely make an ATM spit out cash using the internet.
5 hours 19 min ago
A national survey of young Australians has revealed body image, alcohol and bullying are the three main concerns of young people who are homeless.
5 hours 21 min ago
An 80-year-old French man is recovering in a state of shock in hospital after being freed from a year locked in a laundry room by a wife half his age and her alleged lover.
5 hours 35 min ago
The New South Wales police riot squad was called to a restaurant in Sydney's CBD this morning, to help break up a brawl that involved up to 100 people.
6 hours 11 min ago
Former Liberal foreign minister Alexander Downer says comments he made about Kevin Rudd have been misinterpreted.
6 hours 20 min ago
A federal Labor MP has raised doubts about the Opposition's promise to offer up to 100 vacant Defence houses in the Northern Territory for private sale at their current location.
6 hours 29 min ago
The Federal Government says it will continue to allow art to be part of self-managed superannuation funds despite a review that proposed it be excluded.
6 hours 30 min ago
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has announced he will go to the Pacific Islands Forum in Vanuatu this week.
6 hours 38 min ago
A Labor government would allow workers to choose a low-fee superannuation scheme to help boost their retirement savings.
6 hours 44 min ago
The Northern Territory independent Member for Nelson says he is disappointed the Federal Government is not planning to roll out fibre optic cable to Indigenous communities identified as growth towns.
7 hours 7 min ago
The fossilised remains of a 37-million-year-old whale are stuck at Cairo airport because of a row over customs duties.