The distraught family of Tina Watson, an American honeymooner who died while scuba
diving off Queensland, will seek justice in the US after an Australian court jailed

Employers are reluctant to let staff go, with the struggle of finding suitable
workers during the recent skills crisis still firmly etched in their memories.

The Wallabies plan on introducing their newfound ruthless streak to the rugby world
in Saturday night's season-opening Test against Italy in Canberra.

The politics of global warming is heating up, with the federal government accused of
taking the green energy sector "hostage".

A West Australian miner owes his life to an underground rescue chamber where he
found refuge as hundreds of tonnes of rock tumbled and crashed around him.

Professor Chris O'Brien was a healer who touched the heart of a nation, and his
legacy will endure through a cancer centre that will be named in his honour.

A group of Melbourne schoolgirls on a trip to Samoa have been quarantined in their
motel after one student displayed flu symptoms, in the latest swine flu scare.

Natasha Chaku

The best start to a snow season in a decade should have all of Australia's major ski
fields up and running by the weekend.

Australia's oldest man and the nation's last World War I serviceman has been laid to
rest.
Jack Ross, who died last week at the age of 110, was honoured by his family, his