The father of a South Australian man who fell to his death while hiking in Canada's
Rocky Mountains says his son died doing what he loved.

The NRL plunged to an embarrassing low on Monday with the Sydney Roosters fined
$50,000 and Queensland Origin star Nate Myles suspended for six games for defecating

Australians are opening their wallets and spending their stimulus cheques on
computers and televisions, business leaders say.

Local Islamic banking co-operative, the Muslim Community Co-operative (Australia)
Ltd (MCCA) is confident of securing a banking licence in three years to become

Australia will have a new British High Commissioner by October.
Baroness Valerie Amos, a former Leader of the House of Lords, will take over from

The NSW government must release regular data on the reliability of the state's
electricity supply after almost 10,000 power outages in the past 12 months, the NSW

Television identity Gavan Disney has denied sexually assaulting a junior male
colleague almost 30 years ago, telling a court the teenager was not a "shy, retiring
type".

A man with serious medical problems including diabetes has become the second person
to die in NSW after contracting swine flu, health authorities say.

Under-fire South Sydney coach Jason Taylor has played down his decision to hook
struggling five-eighth John Sutton from the field midway through his team's

Further disciplinary action could be taken after four sailors on the navy supply
ship HMAS Success were sent home for allegedly staging a contest to see how many