An iron ore miner is blaming the federal government's new super profits tax for its
decision to cancel planned exploration projects in Australia and move to Africa.

A $200,000 painting by renowned Australian artist Rupert Bunny has been found at a
Melbourne home nearly 20 years after it was stolen.

Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is finally ready to go ahead with a $53
million facelift to help it attract major international exhibits and rival some of

NRL chief executive David Gallop has urged Johnathan Thurston and Israel Folau to
not turn their backs on rugby league, but insists the sport cannot be held to ransom

Essendon vice-captain Andrew Welsh has put his character on trial at the AFL
tribunal and lost.
His bid to halve a four-match ban for kneeing Hawthorn midfielder Xavier Ellis in

Defence is moving to update its complex personnel management system including its
problematic pay system.

The West Australian government has launched an inquiry into the flu vaccinations
that caused adverse reactions in hundreds of children across the nation.

A Melbourne man has been shot and run over by the driver of a car he was a passenger
in, police say.

A 60-year-old man from Victoria has died in a gyrocopter crash in regional South
Australia.
Police have confirmed the man, from Hesket north-west of Melbourne, died when the

Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with the discovery of two badly
charred bodies in a burnt-out car in Perth's southern suburbs on Saturday.