An Australian man has been extradited from Indonesia to NSW to face child sex charges.

Australian soldiers in Afghanistan have helped capture four Taliban leaders who had
planned to detonate explosive devices ahead of upcoming elections in the war-torn
country.

A man in his 70s has become the 16th person with swine flu to die in Queensland.

Rangers are searching for a dingo that attacked a four-year-old boy who was walking
with his family along a Fraser Island beach.

A man who brutally murdered his grandchildren and wife in rural NSW told his
daughter it's "because I love you" as he tried to kill her with an axe.

A woman at the centre of the worldwide search for Madeleine McCann is claimed to
have been waiting for a child to be delivered just days after the British
three-year-old vanished.

Melbourne fullback Billy Slater admits the workload of NRL players needs to be
looked at as he heads into Friday night's match against North Queensland following

Essendon's midfield has been hit hard by the loss of Andrew Lovett and Andrew Welsh
for Saturday night's crucial AFL clash with Brisbane at the MCG.

Proposed laws which would stop mothers from accessing registered midwives for
homebirths would jeopardise the health of thousands of women and babies, a peak
maternity group says.

The competition watchdog has rejected proposals from three grain port operators who
were asked to improve access for grain exports.