Security forces in Bahrain have vowed to do whatever necessary to shut down anti-government demonstrations. The government has banned protests and the military is cracking down on dissent. Three people have died and 231 were injured when police broke...
Tropical Cyclone Carlos is continuing to thrash the Territory's coastline with gale force winds and widespread flooding. Darwin has seen 400 millimetres of rain, which has cut main roads and inundated at least 30 homes. Schools are remaining closed t...
Italys Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will have to stand trial on charges of paying sex for an underage prostitute. Now under Italian law, sex workers must be aged 18. The prime minister is also accused of abusing the power of his office by interve...
Two months on from the Christmas Island boat disaster, the first funerals will today be held for those killed in the shipwreck. Family members of 12 of the victims live in Sydney and requested they be buried there. Seven survivors will travel from Ch...
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists the health deal reached yesterday with the states and territories is a lasting one. The original demand for the states to kick in a third of the GST revenues been dropped. The agreement will produce the bigges...
The Australian share market has snapped aseven-day winning streak after unrest in Egypt sent global markets tumbling.The All Ords and the ASX200 closed down nearly three quarters of a per cent. Despite a record annual profit of $14 billion, Rio Tinto...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet state and territory leaders at a COAG meeting on Sunday to try to finalise the health deal that Kevin Rudd signed with them last year. The Government has dropped its demand for 30 per cent of the states GST reve...
Today, some Perth residents who had their homes destroyed by a bushfire say they don't hold a grudge against the man who's now accused of starting that fire. An off-duty policeman is being charged with causing the bushfire that destroyed those homes...
Senior Liberals have come out in force to defend Tony Abbott over comments he made about the death of an Australian soldier in Afghanistan. Channel Seven has broadcast Mr Abbott saying shit happens when discussing the circumstances surrounding the de...
Residents in the Perth hills are counting the cost of bush fires that have burnt out of control for two days. Sixty-eight homes in the suburbs of Roleystone and Kelmscott have been destroyed - that's a new figure this morning. Another 32 houses have...
Firefighters are battling strong winds as they try to contain two large blazes on the outskirts of Perth. One fire in the south-eastern suburbs of Roleystone and Kelmscott destroyed up to 40 homes. One firefighter has been injured; a dozen people hav...
Thick cloud over central Australia around Ex-Tropical Cyclone Yasi is causing heavy rain and storms. A cloud band across southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria is bringing rain which is easing. A closer look at the states now: Isolated storms...
European Union leaders gathered in Brussels for an economic summit on the debt crisis facing the continent. Germany and France asked European neighbours to back unified cross-border policies in a bid to start governing the eurozone economy as one, bu...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will be out and about in north Queensland later this morning to inspect the devastation. Yasi is gradually petering out as it moves west across the state. The monster storm battered several small coastal communities. Tull...
Cyclone Yasi has been further downgraded to a category 3 storm, but has still left a trail of destruction in its wake. Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell and Innisfail are among the worst-hit communities. Early reports coming out of Tully say the town ha...
