(AAP) - A rare disease, not seen in humans in South Australia for more than 35 years, has been detected in birds in the state's lower Murray region.

The fate of the forthcoming Foo Fighters album Wasting Light was sealed in Jameson's Irish Whiskey almost exactly a year ago.

(AAP) - The Greens have vowed to fight a Canadian company's bid to mine uranium in Western Australia but hope the federal government will reject the proposal on environmental grounds.

(AAP) - Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal for a refugee processing centre in East Timor has effectively been ruled out as an option until after an agreement on a regional framework for addres

(AAP) - A man who threw his four-year-old daughter to her death off Melbourne's West Gate Bridge has been found guilty of murder.

(AAP) - Barry O'Farrell's first job as the premier of NSW will be to audit the state's finances, and he's vowed to deliver on his election promises regardless of what he finds.

AAP-March,28-Australia's Vic Darchinyan will get the chance to win his IBO bantamweight world title back in his April 23 clash with former IBF champion Yonnhy Perez in Los Angeles.

(AAP) - Former transport minister John Robertson has thrown his hat in the ring for the leadership of the NSW Labor Party, despite damning criticism from some ALP heavyweights.

(AAP) - Federal independent MPs have launched a passionate defence of their support for the Labor government, as they came under fire from the Nationals in the wake of the NSW state election.

(AAP) - An American man has been charged after allegedly being caught with 3kg of cocaine hidden inside the lining of his suitcase at Sydney Airport.