AUSTRALIAN soldiers may have accidentally killed a number of Afghan police during a special forces operation, the military has conceded.
PAN Pharmaceuticals founder Jim Selim has been cleared of criminal charges but a judge has savaged the conduct of his collapsed firm.
VICTIMS have lashed out at the sentence given to a former high-profile lawyer who stole more than $500,000 from his clients and law firm.
GM Holden has admitted their claim that a range of Swedish cars would be carbon neutral over their lifetime was misleading and deceptive.
A CAT has been found skinned, gutted and hanging over a sign in Wagga Wagga in NSW's central west.
THE Australian stock market rebounded today after Wall Street rallied in a late-session turnaround early this morning.
HOW times change - bogans and petrolheads are now getting into Oxford.
BAD boy surf gang leader Koby Abberton could avoid US jail time for assaulting a policeman and be punished instead by picking up rubbish in a Hawaiian park.
QANTAS has been labelled Australia's worst-performing airline by a new federal government report showing record rates of delays and cancellations.
TELSTRA will axe 800 jobs as the introduction of new systems means it needs fewer staff supporting those who face customers.
THE man accused of killing cruise ship passenger Dianne Brimble is working at a Mildura winery. He has built a new life with his partner.
AN Australian man has refused consulate assistance after being arrested in a Bali nightclub district on suspicion of drug possession.
STEPHANIE Rice says Brisbane has produced the best Olympic parade yet, despite it being the first welcome home she has attended.
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd today said the global economy was in for a rough time for the rest of the year, while 2009 was an "open question".
STEPHANIE Rice says Brisbane has produced the best Olympic parade yet, despite it being the first welcome home she has attended.
A MASTERPIECE by French impressionist Paul Cezanne has been bought for a record $16.2 million by the Art Gallery of NSW, in its most ambitious purchase ever.
FORMER New South Wales premier Morris Iemma quit parliament today , triggering yet another by-election.
SURFERS Paradise could be turned into a souk and Cavill Avenue into a kasbah as part of a bold plan to make the Gold Coast a 'Ramadan-friendly zone'.
ACCUSED pedophile Dennis Ferguson has been awarded $2250 in criminal compensation for being run out of Ipswich - and taxpayers may foot the bill.
A FACEBOOK group created to protest changes to the social networking website has attracted one million members.
MARINE scientists may spend years learning the secrets of hundreds of new lifeforms found by a huge study into what's in the sea.
Show of force: Balinese demonstrators, some in ceremonial masks, protest against the "porn" Bill. Picture: AFP
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PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has rebuked Labor MP John Murphy for publicly complaining about the meals in Parliament's staff dining room.
AUSTRALIA might not go ahead with a $1b uranium sale to Russia, with fears the former communist super-power was at a "turning point".
FIRST it was the Bali bombers, now it is law-makers in faraway Jakarta that threaten to drive Aussies from the resort island.
EVER wondered how Todd Russell and Brant Webb survived 14 days of hell trapped underground after the fatal Beaconsfield rockfall?
THE carnage on the global financial markets shows no sign of ending with the Australian stock market crashing to a three-year low yesterday.
ACCUSED killer Gordon Wood spoke of his girlfriend in "magical" terms, but when Caroline Byrne went to her doctor two days before her death she was very depressed, a court has heard.
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd continues to shrug off criticism of his decision to head to the United States in the midst of the latest bout of global financial turmoil.
A SERIAL killer labelled a psychopath by a judge has won the right to appeal his conviction for the murder of a woman tending her grandmother's grave.
POLICE in Perth have charged a 24-year-old sports coach with a number of sex offences against a 12-year-old girl.
A LEARNER driver has been caught driving solo and with a blood alcohol reading 10 times the legal limit in Canberra.
BRONCOS coach Wayne Bennett has joked about allegations Darren Lockyer tackled a bar manager.
IN the latest of a spate of attempted child abductions a nine-year-old girl escaped being pulled into a car by biting her assailant on the arm.
THE lawyer for multiple murder Martin Bryant has been jailed for more than two years for stealing half a million dollars from his clients and law firm.
AN amphetamine user who stalked a woman to her home and raped her has been jailed for 11 years.
A MAN has been killed and crane operator trapped and seriously injured after a concrete pylon toppled at a construction site in north Queensland.
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