Human remains have been found at a disused mine on South Australia's Yorke
Peninsula, police say.
The decomposed remains were discovered by walkers on Sunday near a mine about 10

Australia's foreign minister says Fiji is now in effect a military dictatorship and
the international community must find ways to bring the Pacific nation back to
democracy.

Canberra is urging the Thai government to resolve peacefully and lawfully its
growing political turmoil, with up to 55,000 Australians thought to be working or

The holiday road toll has reached 12, with the deaths of a truck driver in NSW and a
mother and son in Queensland on Easter Sunday.

One of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest aides has been forced to resign
amid a scandal over a series of damning emails designed to smear the Conservative
Party.

A man has died trying to save his younger sister and her friend in rough surf on the
NSW far north coast.

Skipper Phil Waugh insists "it's not panic stations" for NSW quite yet despite the
Waratahs falling back to the pack with a disappointing 20-6 Super 14 loss to the

Pop princess Kylie Minogue has splashed out Stg40,000 ($A82,704.44) on an
anti-ageing spa break in Spain.

Adelaide put a week of controversy behind them with a topsy-turvy 24-point AFL victory over Fremantle in an error-riddled clash at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.

Tryscoring "freak" Brett Stewart returned from NRL exile to put defending premiers Manly back on a track with a spectacular hat-trick of tries at his beloved Brookvale Oval on Sunday.