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There was a movie of the 60s - 'a cat on a hot tin roof'. It is now the case of bikini clad girls on top of a croc-trap in a crocodile infested river in the Northern territory. The photo...

Kevin Rudd may be the most controlling prime minister Australia has had, and he has a massive agenda on his plate, but will he ultimately be remembered for landmark achievements or an unwillingness to make tough decisions? A S HE...

New Zealander O'Brien criticised the Australian's handling of the scrum during the All Blacks' dour victory over the Italians at the San Siro Stadium in Milan on Sunday. He then later visited Graham Henry's side after the game and apologised...

The two-year-old conjoined Bangladeshi twins were separated by a 16-member surgical team during marathon surgery at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital this week. Lavlee Mollik, 22, handed over her girls to an orphanage in Dhaka one month after birth because she...

The New Mexico soccer player whose dirty play in a conference tournament game became a national news sensation two weeks ago has finally broken her silence. Elizabeth Lambert granted an interview to The New York Times in which she apologized...

Reserve Bank of Australia company as part of an international bribery investigation. Warrants were executed on Thursday to search the Mont Albert North home of Securency managing director Myles Curtis and the Roxburgh Park home of company secretary John Ellery....

Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say. Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian Broadcasting...

Organisers named them as Gary Tierney, the 60-year-old driver, and co-driver David Carra, 43. Their 1974 Porsche 911 RS skidded off a right-hand bend and struck a tree on Norsworthy Road, Forreston, about 40 kilometres northeast of Adelaide. A police...

Children’s rights advocates are taking 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), to highlight legal advances, but say when it comes to education, healthcare and protection in conflicts and natural disasters, children...