Sharon Henderson has been so excited about reuniting with her husband, who has been
aboard HMAS Sydney for six months, she didn't get around to planning a special

Senior Liberal Andrew Robb, one of the opposition's star performers, is to take
three months' leave to undergo treatment for depression in a move his colleagues say

The pain on their faces is still visible today.
For tens of thousands of people who were abused as children in the state's

British backpacker Jamie Neale says he has donated $16,000 of his own money to the
rescue agencies that searched bushland during his 12 days lost in the Blue
Mountains.

Greens Leader Bob Brown has been awarded the Australian Peace Prize.
Senator Brown will receive the award from the Peace Organisation of Australia (POA)

Port Adelaide have locked up the services of speedy winger Danyle Pearce for three
years, while also securing assistant coach Jason Cripps for a further two.

A US scuba diver who left his wife to sink and die on the ocean floor has had his
one-year jail term extended by six months in a decision expected to provoke fresh

Nine people who came into contact with sick horses from a Hendra virus outbreak in
north Queensland have returned negative results.

Melbourne's water level storages have improved in the past week but a jump in use
has authorities worried ahead of summer.

Sacked South Sydney coach Jason Taylor says he has the support of at least "90 per
cent" of the playing group, and former club patriarch George Piggins fears those