Fire authorities made no plans to evacuate Marysville or to protect locals
sheltering at the town's oval as the Black Saturday inferno bore down, the Victorian

Treasurer Wayne Swan has tipped his hat to his "sparring partner" and predecessor
Peter Costello for his commitment to serving Australia.

A man says he co-wrote Alex Lloyd's hit song Amazing on the back of coasters in a
Sydney pub.
Mark Edward O'Keefe, who is taking action against Mr Lloyd for the rights to the

Brumbies captain Stephen Hoiles believes his recall to the Wallabies training squad
is his last chance to revive his stop-start international rugby career.

Senior Liberals have called on federal colleagues to get behind leader Malcolm
Turnbull in the wake of a new poll that shows disunity is damaging the coalition.

His teammate Michael Zullo felt it was "hilarious" but the A-League independent
match review panel certainly didn't think Danny Tiatto's gesture was a laughing

The announcement of a $300 million water-saving grants scheme aimed at helping
farmers in the Murray Darling Basin has angered irrigators and brought ridicule over

A first attempt has failed to plug a well which has been leaking oil into the Timor
Sea off Australia's northwest for more than a month.

Injury looks set to be as influential as NRL finals form when Test selectors sit
down to finalise their Four Nations squad on Wednesday.

Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd and Canada's Ivanhoe Mines Ltd are to develop a $US3
billion ($A3.38 billion) gold and copper project in Mongolia after signing an