Australian Breaking Stories

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.

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed senior Hamas commander Issa Batran and wounded 11 other people.

Two men were being questioned Sunday after one parcel bomb was sent to Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.

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.

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says the World Heritage Committee has included 11 Australian convict sites on the World Heritage list.

Police have seized $8 million worth of heroin from a car at Mascot in Sydney's east.

The father of an American woman who died on her honeymoon while scuba diving says he had concerns about her taking up the sport.

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.

The controversial zebra herd sculpture on Lake George just outside Canberra has been removed for repairs after a savage attack by vandals.

A computer hacker has demonstrated a technique to remotely make an ATM spit out cash using the internet.

A national survey of young Australians has revealed body image, alcohol and bullying are the three main concerns of young people who are homeless.

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.

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.

Former Liberal foreign minister Alexander Downer says comments he made about Kevin Rudd have been misinterpreted.

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.

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.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has announced he will go to the Pacific Islands Forum in Vanuatu this week.

A Labor government would allow workers to choose a low-fee superannuation scheme to help boost their retirement savings.

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.

The fossilised remains of a 37-million-year-old whale are stuck at Cairo airport because of a row over customs duties.