Embattled former police chief Christine Nixon has been called back to the Victorian
bushfires royal commission to explain her movements on the day of last year's

A new opinion poll reveals half of all Australians believe current immigration
levels are about right, but two-thirds think all asylum seekers arriving by boat

A Perth woman killed in Spain when an allegedly drunken van driver ploughed into a
pack of cyclists, was an energetic explorer who lived life to the full, says her

(AAP) - Daniel Anderson is standing by his struggling Parramatta side despite rumours a cull of the NRL underperformers was looming.

(AAP) - A call by China's top steel industry body for a two-month boycott of iron ore produced by BHP Billiton Ltd, Rio Tinto Ltd and Brazil's Vale is grandstanding and doomed to fail, analysts say

(AAP) - Port Adelaide know they have to ramp up their defensive efforts against Brisbane at home on Saturday if they are to keep their unbeaten AFL record intact.

(AAP) - The nation's big banks wasted no time in passing on Tuesday's official interest rate rise in full to borrowers and deposit holders, blaming wholesale funding pressures and the scramble for

(AAP) - The Crusaders have Carter but the NSW Waratahs believe they possess their own Dan the Man to turn Saturday night's Super 14 crunch match in Christchurch.

(AAP) - Tasmania's caretaker premier David Bartlett is to visit the governor on Wednesday and advise him to commission Liberal Leader Will Hodgman as the state's next premier.

(AAP) - Homeowners could face even more pain next month with some economists pencilling in yet another interest rate rise on top of Tuesday's increase by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).