5:26 PM AEST | Australian soldier, 25, killed in a roadside bombing attack in Afghanistan, the youngest Australian soldier to be killed in the conflict so far.
5:15 PM AEST | Canberra could become the light rail capital of Australia with a $1 billion system linking the city centre, airport and parliamentary triangle.
5:08 PM AEST | Greens leader unveils balance of power policy agenda topped by climate change, euthanasia, maternity leave and a better deal for pensioners.
11:30 AM AEST | Didn't take an induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame to tell us that Rolf Harris was an icon.
11:20 AM AEST | HAVE YOUR SAY: It is because custodians got so much right that Canberra inflames so many passions when it comes to planning its future.
9/07/2008 | Cleaners, retail and hospitality staff, child-care workers and farm labourers will be among the low-wage earners to receive a $21.66 wage rise.
9/07/2008 | Australia's farmers are poorer and more depressed as a result of the drought, according to a report on the impact of the big dry.
9/07/2008 | Eight of the world's most powerful leaders agree to halve carbon emissions by 2050.
9/07/2008 | Christie Brinkley had everything she wanted: a family and an old Hamptons farmhouse brimming with children's music and art and beloved pets. But at her divorce trial yesterday, she testified that her ...
9/07/2008 | While much criticism might be levelled at governments for not doing more great things, of the order of a national gallery or a national museum, it would be hard to argue that Canberra has been anythin...
9/07/2008 | Drinking a cup of coffee with a plate of carbs will help athletes recover from their training sessions faster, Australian research shows.
Melbourne scientists showed pairing caffeine with food dra...
9/07/2008 | More than 3000 newsagents across Australia are unable to process bill payments or pre-paid mobile vouchers after the collapse of payments company Bill Express.
The company, which until last year was ...
9/07/2008 | The Australian stockmarket closed at its lowest levels since August 2006 after falls from the financial sector dragged the market down.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 69.6 points, or 1.39 per cen...
9/07/2008 | World leaders are not renowned for their modest wine selections or reticence at the G8 summit's cheese board. True to form, discussing the global food crisis spiralling grocery prices in the develope...
9/07/2008 | Monday's round of the ACT Mixed Winter Tournament was washed out and has been rescheduled to next month.
The round-four fixture will now be played on Monday, August 4.
The tournament semi-final wil...
9/07/2008 | Whether the name was inspired by Queensland, or is from African tradition, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban look set to start a new trend by calling their daughter Sunday.
Little Sunday Rose Kidman U...
9/07/2008 | Singapore had shown interest in buying up to 100 of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft over coming decades, matching Israel's tentative plans, the general in charge of the program ...
9/07/2008 | A baby's smile gives a new mother a high like a drug hit and is equally addictive, a study of the female brain shows.
Neural scans involving 28 first-time mothers show that when a woman looks at a ph...
9/07/2008 | A tablet said to date back to the first century BC could redefine links between the Christian and Jewish religions by predicting a messiah who would rise again after three days.
Biblical studies pro...
9/07/2008 | Overt racism is bad enough, but it is unintentional insults that hurt young indigenous Australians the most, a United Nations youth representative says.
Melanie Poole, 23, of Turner, has talked to...