SYDNEY (AAP)- The federal opposition has jumped on Medibank Private's estimate that 37,000 members could drop their cover if the government succeeds in its plan to means test the health insurance r

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - Australian rock band Silverchair is going into "indefinite hibernation".

Tony Morris and Warwick Todd smashed a bedroom window to rescue a baby girl in a cot inside a burning home.
The rescuers had no idea where the eight-month-old baby was inside the house.

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - Former AFL coach Paul Roos will front a code of conduct hearing on Friday night after running on to the field during a Sydney junior match.

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - NSW supporters can take heart from the performance of their generation-next, as the Blues pipped Queensland 18-16 in a thrilling under-16s Origin league curtain-raiser at Su

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - Public schools face a funding cut of more than $300 million if current financial arrangements aren't overhauled, a new report suggests.

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - Stevedoring company Patrick has accused waterside workers of holding the country to ransom after a worsening pay dispute delayed the unloading of 20 ships.

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - The Labor government has no plan to sell the publicly-owned health provider Medibank Private, Finance Minister Penny Wong has told a Senate hearing.

SYDNEY (AAP) - May 25 - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says Labor taxes on alcopops and cigarettes are overwhelmingly slugging less well-off families.

Cigarettes look set to be put in plain packages, with WA Nationals MP Tony Crook supporting Labor on the issue and Liberal MPs prepared to cross the floor to vote with the federal government to mak