More affordable homes could be built in the country under a $200 million Labor plan
to take the pressure off overcrowded cities - as the debates on immigration and

The latest opinion poll has Labor in trouble at the election, with the coalition
getting an early swing.

All hail Jason Day after Australian golf's hottest prospect defied huge odds to make
the British Open cut on Saturday.

A dominant Hawthorn midfield display set up a 17.16 (118) to 7.1 (43) thrashing of a
limp Brisbane in their AFL match in Launceston on Saturday.

Tough-tackling Collingwood powered their way to top spot on the AFL ladder with a
48-point demolition of St Kilda at the MCG on Saturday.

Police have cleared part of downtown Perth as they try to talk a naked and possibly
armed man down from the top of a billboard.

Both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are trying to move forward and leave their pasts
behind, former Liberal leader John Hewson says.

Former Victorian Police Commissioner Christine Nixon has quit as chairwoman of
Victoria's Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority, revealing her sudden

As Australians head to the polls on August 21, workplace relations has emerged as
the first major battleground between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition

Defiant Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith has dismissed talk of a NRL season
boycott and says his side will play to win as long as they're together.