When Catholic priest John Sidney Denham walked through the playground of the NSW
school he taught at 35 years ago, boys would call out "bums to the wall, Denham's on
the crawl".

Torres Strait islanders have reacted with jubilation after winning a nine-year court
battle to secure native title rights over a vast tract of ocean to Australia's
north.

An 88-year-old Perth man wanted in Hungary for the alleged murder and torture of a
Jewish teenager during World War II has successfully appealed his extradition.

Ungracious in defeat, Roger Federer vowed to dominate tennis again before making a
hurried escape out the Wimbledon exit gates.

US President Barack Obama would have felt sorry for Kevin Rudd when he was deposed
last week, the US ambassador says.

NSW Acting Premier and Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt has rejected opposition claims
an agreement between state and federal governments on health reform is a sham and

The partner of an Australian commando killed in Afghanistan has described him as her
guardian angel.

Cleared terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef has launched defamation proceedings against
the Howard government's immigration minister Kevin Andrews.

A man has been charged and his father and brother arrested over a drive-by shooting
- the latest in a series of violent incidents involving two alleged Melbourne crime
families.

Julia Gillard is set to finalise a deal with miners on the contentious resources
tax, ending a two-month fight that has threatened Labor's re-election chances.