The ABC will axe eight specialist programs from Radio National in a move it says is necessary to boost its online presence within budgetary constraints.

A senior adviser to federal Labor MP Maxine McKew has been accused of a conflict of interest after it was revealed she held shares in a company awarded big government contracts linked to her boss'

(AAP) The Rudd government has gone on a massive $10.4 billion spending spree in a bid to spare Australia the worst effects of the global economic crisis.

(AAP) The federal government's $1.5 billion boost to the first home buyers grants scheme has aroused concerns that housing affordability will only worsen as a result.

(AAP) The last Australian soldier missing in action in the Vietnam War has been laid to rest in Sydney with full military honours.

(AAP) A recovering Lleyton Hewitt should not be plotting to reclaim the world No.1 ranking because his body can't cope, doubles legend Todd Woodbridge says.

(AAP) Muslim convert Joseph Terrance Thomas took an airline ticket and cash from terrorist group al-Qaeda while trying to get out of Pakistan, the Victorian Supreme Court has been told.

(AAP) Australia has been accused of bungling international whaling talks and setting back a campaign to save whales.

(AAP) Centre Berrick Barnes rates Australia's upcoming Spring Tour as a tougher assignment than a rugby World Cup and believes it's the Wallabies' big chance to win back respect on foreign soil.

(AAP) Like many pensioners Phillipa White has watched her savings dwindle as she tries to make ends meet on $280 a week.