Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is stripping away a woman's right to have her baby at
home, protesters around the country have been told.

The Australian men's hockey side are still planning to take part in the World Cup in
India after being assured there has been "no change to the threat environment" in
the country.

Kevin Rudd will try to reclaim political ascendency next month when he hosts a visit
by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, just weeks before the arrival of

The multi-billion-dollar home insulation program should be suspended immediately, an
industry leader says, as safety issues dog an industry that has been unregulated for
decades.

With chequebooks at the ready, NRL rivals Parramatta and Canterbury have welcomed
revelations from gun playmaker Daniel Mortimer that he wants his long-term playing

Coastal communities in central Queensland are bracing for severe thunderstorms as a
system that caused flash flooding in the southeast moves north.

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott learned firsthand just how dangerous country
roads can be when a semi-trailer narrowly missed ramming his official car.

An Australian man arrested in Bali will learn next week if he will be extradited to
face drugs charges in NSW.

The Victorian government has dumped the board of a stolen generations support group,
cut its funding and called in the police to investigate alleged misappropriation of
funds.

The federal coalition is promising no workers will be worse off under its new
industrial relations policy but can't guarantee an absolute hands-off approach to
penalty rates.