A section of a major highway west of Sydney has been closed in both directions as
police search for a man who may be armed following a road rage incident.

The national holiday toll has risen to 53 after a man died when his car hit a tree in central Queensland.
The man died at the scene, raising Queensland's holiday road toll to 11.

At least three Australians were among those injured when a fire swept through a Bangkok nightclub, killing at least 59 New Year's Eve revellers.

Queensland's transport minister has promised a full and independent investigation into a collision between a garbage truck and a passenger train which killed thetruck driver.

A 22-year-old French tourist has died in a cliff fall during New Year's Eve
celebrations on the NSW north coast.

Collingwood star forward Travis Cloke has been hurt in a confrontation with several
men while holidaying in Queensland.

Australians took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's advice and enthusiastically welcomed
the start of 2009.

Wallabies five-eighth Matt Giteau will play out the 2009 Super 14 season with the
Western Force, ending months of speculation following the collapse of his lucrative

The national holiday toll has risen to 53 after a man died when his car hit a tree
in central Queensland.
The man died at the scene, raising Queensland's holiday road toll to 11.

At least three Australians were among those injured when a fire swept through a
Bangkok nightclub, killing at least 59 New Year's Eve revellers.