The wreck of the sunken Tongan ferry Princess Ashika has been found a week after it
went down, but wild weather and deep seas have stopped divers from reaching it.

Explosives used in last month's terrorist attacks on two Jakarta hotels were
smuggled inside by a hotel florist who disguised the weapons as flowers, police say.

The Senate has approved a federal government request to refer the fake OzCar email
affair to an upper house inquiry.
The vote on Wednesday was passed 34 to 32.

An Afghan police officer has been shot dead and another wounded by Australian
soldiers after they failed to stop at a security checkpoint.

Beijing appears to have dropped claims of spying against Stern Hu but the Australian
could still face up to seven years in jail after he was officially arrested for

Debris, body parts and plane wreckage are all that remain of possibly Papua New
Guinea's worst air crash disaster that was a tragic end for nine Australians making

Three more swine flu-related deaths have been recorded in Queensland, authorities say.
A 78-year-old woman, who died at Caboolture Hospital, and a 52-year-old man, who

Tamsyn Lewis's late-career change of event has hit a barrier, with the Victorian
failing in a bid to better the final qualifying mark in the 400m hurdles for the

The rotten injury luck that has cursed Hawthorn's AFL premiership defence has struck
again.
Key forward Jarryd Roughead needs knee surgery and his season is over, while

NRL boss David Gallop believes sponsors will stick by the code provided the
governing body is seen to be doing its best to clean up the game's image.