Police are searching for a woman who hasn't been seen since leaving her Townsville
home to deliver pamphlets.

Victims of crime want the Victorian government to set up an advisory panel to help
judges pass sentences that more closely reflect community attitudes.

The Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania has installed its new moderator at
a special meeting in Melbourne.

Australian authorities have rescued 54 suspected asylum seekers whose boat broke
down more than 500km from land.

A mother-of-four killed when she fell out of a minibus on the way home from a
Christian camp, died doing what she loved, her distraught husband said.

A 64-year-old Australian businessman allegedly involved in dubious gold investment
schemes in Thailand is being held in a Thai prison after his arrest last week.

Opposition frontbencher Christopher Pyne has accused Deputy Prime Minister Julia
Gillard of being "all foam and no beer" for refusing to discuss a troubled youth

A 23-year-old convicted kidnapper who failed to appear in court for sentencing last
week has been found in Singapore.

Police fear a 25-year-old woman from central Victoria who has been missing for
almost a week may have met with foul play.

The Wallabies' recurring nightmare continued on Saturday night with a thumping 10th
straight defeat in New Zealand leaving them with the Tri-Nations wooden-spoon.