Swiss superman Roger Federer is confident fatherhood won't be his career kryptonite
as he goes into his first Australian Open as a dad.

An Australian man on his honeymoon in Thailand has been killed in a four-wheel drive
accident.
Another three people - two women and a child - have been admitted to hospital, the

Australians have been quick to donate generously to appeals for help for victims of
earthquake-ravaged Haiti, with money providing clean water and shelter.

The competition watchdog is reviewing Telstra prices, just months after the federal
government aired concerns about a lack of competition in the telecommunications
sector.

Australian tennis officials have thrown their support behind embattled Jelena Dokic
despite her entourage being embroiled in an air-rage incident on route to the
Australian Open.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has indicated his much-anticipated climate change
policy will contain concepts and ideas rather than "exhaustive detail".

Australia's Aborigines have the worst life expectancy rates of any indigenous
population in the world, a United Nations report says.

A building worker has fallen to his death, narrowly missing two pedestrians as he
plunged seven floors at a Melbourne construction site.

Australians have pledged $300,000 so far to help victims in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
One aid agency said it was one of the biggest responses since the 2004 Boxing Day

Police have recovered the body of 15-year-old Nick Delaney, who died the same day
his now grieving canyoning companions were rescued from NSW's rugged Blue Mountains.