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A group of fire fighters have appeared in court, accused of indecently assaulting a colleague at a Sydney fire station more than 20 years ago.
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Locals see hope in the return of pelicans to parts of the Murray's drought-affected lower lakes.
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A leading surgeon has won a defamation case against Channel 9 for its story about a Gold Coast meter maid whose breast enlargement went wrong.
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A serial flasher who repeatedly exposed himself to more than 100 children will spend at least seven years in jail.
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There is a row in Queensland over who holds the record for the state's biggest pumpkin.
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Premier Mike Rann says there is an in-principle agreement for more Qld floodwaters to reach SA.
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The State Emergency Service (SES) is mobilising extra crews across north-west NSW as major flooding isolates communities and farms throughout the district.
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Paul Keating says Tony Abbott is an 'intellectual nobody' who panders to right-wing 'nutters' within the Liberal party.
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The MFB says the number of house fires linked to insulation have more than doubled over last year.
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Melbourne skiier Cameron Rahles-Rahbula won Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games bronze in the standing men's slalom on Tuesday (AEDT).
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A man has been taken to hospital after being freed from a stormwater drain at Strathfield in Sydney's inner west.
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The chairman of Gunns Limited says he has been under pressure to resign from the timber company's board of directors.
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Opposition frontbencher Vickie Chapman says the SA Liberals are facing unfair leadership questions.
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The Government denies reports it is moving to transfer hundreds of asylum seekers from Christmas Island to Darwin for processing.
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The US State Department is trying to play down the rift with Israel, describing the two countries as strategic allies despite a dispute over Jewish settlements.
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More than 60 suspected members of the Georgian mafia have been arrested by police in raids across Europe.
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The Rural Doctors Association says the Federal Government's plan to train more doctors will not overcome GP shortages in the bush.
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An estimated 10,000 people are continuing to pack evacuation shelters in Fiji and many schools and businesses remain closed as Cyclone Tomas batters the islands.
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Barack Obama cuts his Australian visit to just 24 hours as he battles to get his domestic health reforms onto the statute books.
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The NSW Opposition says responses to the Waterfall train crash inquiry should be investigated by the ATSB.
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Australia's first female Winter Paralympic Games medallist Jessica Gallagher is not doubting her ability to contend for giant slalom gold in Vancouver on Wednesday.
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The weather bureau says a category four cyclone in the Coral Sea poses no immediate threat to the Queensland coast.
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Australian families have made serious allegations of corruption within Australia's inter-country adoption program with Ethiopia.
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The Good Guys and National Australia Bank (NAB) are among the winners of Australia's best suppliers of goods and services handed out by consumer watchdog Choice.
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British prime minister Gordon Brown says he will stay on as the Labour Party's leader even if it fails to win a majority at the general election expected in May.