An elderly Holocaust survivor is lucky to be alive after another house fire caused
by ceiling insulation installed under the federal government's botched scheme.

The lives of 1500 Australians lost on the roads each year has been remembered with
1500 pairs of shoes lined up.

Perseus Mining Ltd says it is on track to begin producing gold at its Central
Ashanti project in Ghana next year.

An Australian naval vessel has stopped a boatload of pirates believed to have been
plotting attacks on merchant ships off the east coast of Africa.

"Phoney Tony" has been at it again, says the federal government - this time on whaling.
It's accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of flip-flopping on whether Japan should

A world-class research facility has been launched where Australian scientists will
study cancer from the overlooked perspective that it is "actually two diseases".

NSW has no hope of saving the State of Origin series if they take the same squad to
Suncorp Stadium for the return bout, says Queensland great Wendell Sailor.

Hawthorn captain Sam Mitchell says he has been annoyed by questioning of his
leadership position, but admits at times even he thinks Luke Hodge should be
skipper.

Out of $20.6 billion of savings in defence plans for the next decade, almost a
quarter is an artefact of accounting and it's uncertain how much of the rest can be

Lawyers for embattled bushfire reconstruction chief Christine Nixon say "gratuitous"
allegations the former top cop deliberately misled the royal commission should be
dropped.