The Rudd government has presented a proposal to the International Whaling Commission
(IWC) calling for an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean within five years.

Asylum seekers in an Indonesian detention centre have begun a hunger strike in a bid
to win a resettlement deal like that given to the 78 Tamils involved in last year's

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib has been given the green light to sue
the Australian government in a landmark Federal Court ruling.

The government has moved to reassure Australians about the security of their
passports after fraudulent documents were used by suspects in a political
assassination.

Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade says prize recruit Barry Hall is nervous ahead of
his AFL debut for the club, but there is little danger he will fly off the handle.

Former British child migrants sent to Australia and other parts of the Commonwealth
have received the apology they've waited a lifetime for. But for many it was too
late.

A private contractor who developed a NSW government website allegedly hacked into by
a Sydney newspaper has admitted the site was accessible to outside users.

An Australian banker in Papua New Guinea has escaped conspiracy charges but will be
tried for misappropriation in a messy feud with controversial PNG businessman and

The voice of Melbourne's Indian students has been discredited by the state's police
chief as thousands across Australia gathered in a show of solidarity with the Indian
community.

Clough Ltd will spend between $55 million and $98 million to take a major stake in
smaller fellow engineering and construction contractor Forge Group Ltd.