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00 Updated December 5, 2009 09:49:00 Police are investigating a security incident during the Prime Minister's launch of a children's television channel at the ABC studios in Sydney last night. ABC News has been told a threat, understood to be...

Scott says it will make three or four shots difference per round. Seven New Zealanders have made the cut. Share this Article: Australian Stuart Appleby is leading the field at the Australian Open in Sydney with a two stroke lead...

The 29-year old man had taken full precautions when he went diving off the coast of NE Australia – he wore a full length ‘stinger suit’ that covered the whole of his body except his face so that he is...

New South Wales' new Premier Kristina Keneally has had to spend most of the day fighting off claims that she is a puppet. Nathan Rees, the premier she replaced, said yesterday that she would be in thrall to a discredited,...

Even tournament leader Stuart Appleby, who somehow repeated his opening 66 to open up a huge gap on the field, was dismayed that the second round was suspended for 5-1/2 hours when a 60km/h southerly buster made the NSW GC...

The father of Kristina Keneally said he is proud the U.S. national was named premier of the Parliament of New South Wales, Australia. John Kerscher said his daughter became the first female premier of the New South Wales Parliament after...

That takes the CBA's standard variable mortgage rate to 6.61 per cent per annum, effective from December 9. The move places CBA's increase between NAB's 25 basis point rise yesterday and Westpac's heavily criticised 45 basis point move on Tuesday....

THE Australian share market closed firmly in the red today after mining stocks led a broad-based decline, following a weakening of commodity prices overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 72.4 points, or 1.52 per cent, at 4702.2 points, while...

THE chief architect of the new V8 Supercars track at Olympic Park, Mark Skaife, had warned people not to look at it on a piece of paper and prejudge it as boring. He said that the subtle rises and falls...

Sounds like Britney Spears had herself a very happy birthday indeed! The singer, who turned 28 yesterday , received a shiny new white BMW convertible with a ribbon on it and balloons inside during a party at her Calabasas home....