Workers at Fairfax-owned newspapers have walked off the job over the companys plans to outsource production work at its regional newspapers.
The worlds biggest miner, BHP Billiton, says it is freezing all board-level major project approvals for six months.
The Federal Government will provide $3 million to help establish a general practice super clinic in Northam.
Independent MP Janet Woollard has admitted the publicity surrounding her sons boat crash has affected her chances of re-election.
A court has been told tragic misunderstandings led to a man being killed in a brawl after Australia Day celebrations.
Papua New Guineas parliament has elected Peter ONeill as the countrys prime minister.
Thousands of Burmese migrant workers have welcomed Burmas opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Bangkok.
A convicted armed robber, once described as Australias most wanted man, has pleaded guilty to firearms and ammunition charges in the Perth Magistrates Court.
Londons Supreme Court is due to hand down its judgement in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assanges extradition case tonight. Follow developments in our live blog.
Ellyse Perry is an incredibly inspiring figure. Her feats in representing Australia at both football and cricket are worthy of the highest praise.
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing West Australian schoolgirl Jessie Cate and burying her body in a shallow bush grave at Bouvard, south of Perth.
The time frame appears to have pushed out to the last possible moment for a board decision on any expansion of the big Olympic Dam mine.
The High Court has ruled an elderly man can stand trial for raping his former wife nearly half a century ago.
Mental illness in young men costs the Australian economy $3.3 billion a year in lost productivity as male workers drop out of work or education, a report shows.
The New South Wales Government is to allow hunting in some national parks, as part of a deal it has cut to get legislation to sell electricity assets through State Parliament.
A magistrate has lashed out at VicRoads as a car parking company tried to access information to chase unpaid fines.
A legal claim has been settled out of court over the death of a 52-year-old Adelaide man allegedly after eating contaminated smallgoods.
Dentists caught up in an audit of a billion dollar public dental program have been given a reprieve.
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to killing West Australian schoolgirl Jessie Cate and burying her body in a shallow bush grave at Falcon, near Mandurah.
The ACT Government will spend more than $4 million on child care and community facilities in next weeks budget.
The New South Wales Government has cut a deal to get its legislation to sell its electricity assets through State Parliament.
Western Australias Agriculture Minister says he supports the establishment of a foreign ownership register in WA.
Dandenong will become the first outer-metropolitan railway station to be patrolled by armed guards after dark.
Family First MP Robert Brokenshire says new figures show long waiting times for some cancer surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH).
More than 100 truck drivers have descended on a Coles supermarket in inner Sydney to protest against what they say are dangerous working conditions.
Police investigating an attack on a young woman in the Perth suburb of Nedlands say they are following leads from calls to Crime Stoppers.
Authorities have confirmed two outbreaks of hendra virus in horses in Queensland.
For the first time in WA, the Department for Child Protection has forced a ban on the consumption of alcohol in a home.
Tony Abbott and Christopher Pyne scrambled for the exits in the House of Representatives this morning as suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson lent his "tainted" vote to the Opposition.
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