SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the "public spat" over the Liberal Party presidency was not a good look and has warned against future contestable elections.

(AAP) - Prime Minister Julia Gillard believes the federal government is capable of winning a legal stoush with big tobacco over plain packaging of cigarettes because it's on the right side of the a

(AAP) - Aspiring Olympic swimmer Nick D'Arcy acted in self-defence when he attacked a stranger in a Sydney bar, leaving him with "catastrophic injuries", a court has heard.

(AAP) - A $3 million compensation package has failed to placate out-of-pocket beef farmers, who would rather the federal government focus on resuming live exports.

(AAP) - Bob Hawke's daughter, Sue Pieters-Hawke, says she did not slap or touch her stepmother Blanche d'Alpuget as reported on Monday.

(AAP) - A group of prominent scientists and researchers from around the world has urged Australia not to go ahead with human trials of genetically modified (GM) wheat.

(AAP) - The company behind one of Australia's largest resource infrastructure projects says the development faces significant hurdles after a major foundation customer closed its mid-west iron ore

(AAP)- Australia's preparation for a successful netball title defence is on track after a four-day training camp ahead of next week's world championship.

(AAP) - The mammoth rebuilding task facing the Hockeyroos ahead of the London Olympics has been laid bare with an unthinkable loss to New Zealand at the Champions Trophy.

(AAP) - Police divers have found the body of a man who was thrown from a runabout into Botany Bay in Sydney's southeast.