The power of the press - and a just-as-powerful digital voice recorder - loom as
vital to salvaging Socceroos' star Tim Cahill's World Cup.

Aquila Resources Ltd has accused Brazilian mining giant Vale of using a legal row as
a smokescreen to delay the development of their joint venture Queensland coal
project.

A prominent National Trust member says inner-city heritage houses should be razed
and replaced with Singapore-style high-rise developments.

Health Minister Nicola Roxon has launched an attack on Tony Abbott and his religion,
accusing the opposition leader of letting his "personal beliefs" in Catholicism

An Australian special forces soldier was shot in the arm in a major two-day
operation in Afghanistan's northern Kandahar province ahead of the coalition

Parents of a nurse killed in a light plane crash in Sydney say the pilot would have
done all he could to try to avert disaster.

Parramatta are reviewing Andrew Johns' position as an assistant coach following his
admission to a racial slur while his former NRL club Newcastle seek more
information.

It may not have been worth the early morning wake-up call but more than two million
Socceroos fans tuned in to watch their team get smashed by Germany in the opening

Besieged West Coast coach John Worsfold says there's no way the Eagles will finish
this year with the AFL wooden spoon as speculation mounts that both he and the

An Australian commando who suffered a suspected drug overdose while serving in
Afghanistan has been flown home.