Global Burden of Disease study rates Australia highly
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Global Burden of Disease study rates Australia highly

AUSTRALIANS have the world's third longest life expectancy and we rank second in living fewer years in an unhealthy state before we die.

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$40 a pack to hit ‘smokefree’ goal
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$40 a pack to hit ‘smokefree’ goal

Study finds hefty price rise would make 75 per cent of NZ's 650,000 smokers give up

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NT miner denies desecrating sacred site
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NT miner denies desecrating sacred site

A MINING company which admitted damaging an Aboriginal sacred site should have realised its actions could have caused part of a rocky outcrop to collapse, a Darwin court…

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Australians ‘naive’ about credit card debt
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Australians ‘naive’ about credit card debt

Credit card users owe almost $50 billion but two in five people have no idea what interest rate they are paying on their card.

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Melbourne siege comes to an end
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Melbourne siege comes to an end

The siege involving convicted rapist Antonio Loguancio in Melbourne's north has ended.

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Human remains discovered in Wollongong
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Human remains discovered in Wollongong

Human remains have been found under a Wollongong house as part of an investigation into an alleged murder.

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Police negotiate with fugitive
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Police negotiate with fugitive

Police are continuing to negotiate with convicted rapist Antonio Loguancio holed up in a northern Melbourne house as the stand-off passed its 24th hour.

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Emergency alert for Lockyer Valley
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Emergency alert for Lockyer Valley

An emergency alert has been issued for the Lockyer Valley region, west of Brisbane, with residents told to evacuate if needed.

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Reinforcements needed for WA fires
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Reinforcements needed for WA fires

  Firefighters are being brought in from around Western Australia to help battle a bushfire raging through Perth’s semi-rural northeast over fears approaching winds will increase its intensity.…

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Australian Dollar Advances as Gold Prices Increase
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Australian Dollar Advances as Gold Prices Increase

Australia’s dollar gained against most of its major peers, erasing earlier losses, as advances in metal prices supported demand for the currency of the resource- rich nation. The…

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