Test centre Greg Inglis is confident his hip injury won't mean a lengthy stint on the sidelines after undergoing scans.

In a tale of two Hollywood careers, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth's newly-minted star status has shone bright at the North American box office while the former king of Tinseltown, Mel Gibson, fl

Abu Bakar Bashir has escaped the death penalty in relation to the discovery of a terrorist cell and paramilitary training camp after prosecutors dropped two key charges against the radical Muslim c

While households await their fate from Tuesday's federal budget, motorists may finally be in for some good news at the bowser.

Qantas passengers face delays after the airline's engineers voted to stop work for an hour because wage negotiations "hit a brick wall".

Julia Gillard says moving more people off welfare and into work will be at the heart of her first federal budget as prime minister.

Children and sick asylum seekers could be among those sent to Malaysia under Prime Minister Julia Gillard's new refugee swap deal.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Anthony Mundine led the tributes for Australian boxing great Lionel Rose, who died aged 62 on Sunday.

Gutted and grumpy, the NSW Swifts lamented missed opportunities after suffering their first-ever loss to the Northern Mystics in the trans-Tasman netball minor semi-final.

The decision to significantly cut the number of asylum seekers to be housed at a regional West Australian detention centre will put "minds at rest", the Northam Shire president says.