SYDNEY - Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. said Wednesday it has pulled one of its A380 super jumbos out of service after cracks were discovered in its wings, despite Airbus assuring that...

MELBOURNE - Global mining major BHP Billiton is planning a rethink on its focus areas for investments including the American shale gas venture, with weakening global commodity prices pulling down the...

Former Test fast bowler Nathan Bracken will be suing Cricket Australia (CA) for $1 million over a knee injury that ruined his career.

Bracken, who played five Tests and 116 One-Day Internationals...

The emergence of New South Wales (NSW) wicketkeeper Peter Nevill has put incumbent Australian Test keeper Brad Haddin under pressure.

Already under siege from Matthew Wade at Australian one-day...

Australian captain Michael Clarke has anointed likely one-day debutant Peter Forrest as a future Test player.

Forrest is poised to make his international debut for Australia in tomorrow's one-day...

The Twenty20 explosion has made veteran left-arm spinner Brad Hogg Australia's most sought after cricketer.

Four years after retiring from international cricket, the eccentric wrist spinner, who...

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has claimed Australia's bowling attack is their weakness, and his team would look to expose it in Friday's one-day international at the WACA.

He said if his...

Australian coach Mickey Arthur has said he wished that the Ashes series is held quickly to test his resurgent side against the English.

"I wouldn't mind it actually. I wish it was this summer in...

Former Australian pacer Nathan Bracken is suing Cricket Australia for 1.07 million US dollars for failing to adequately deal with a knee injury that finished his playing career.

Bracken has argued...

Shane Watson's short-term international future remains uncertain as he recovers from a calf strain, but Australia's coach and selector Mickey Arthur sees the possibility of the 30-year-old making his...

India defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets in the second match of the ongoing Commonwealth Bank ODI tri-series here on Wednesday.

At Perth today, India achieved the modest target of 234 runs set by...

Australia's ODI and Twenty20 specialist David Hussey said he is still not giving up the hope of bagging his maiden baggy green.

The 34-year-old Hussey said the prospect of being dropped for the 15th...

A new play being staged by a Sydney's newly formed company has caused public outcry, as it portrays extreme sexual assault in the name of art.

The play has apparently blurred the line between art...

Child pornography in Australia has risen exponentially as paedophiles are increasingly exchanging images of themselves molesting a child with other abusers.

With the rise of file swapping, the...

** FILE ** Firefighters surround a Qantas Airbus A380 superjumbo jet after it made an emergency landing with 459 people aboard at Singapore’s Changi International Airport after having engine...

Qantas will inspect its entire fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbo jets for cracks on parts inside the wings.The airline said it would check all 12 of the aircraft it operates for structural damage...

Australia on Sunday. Kohli, the only India centurion during the tourists' dismal 4-0 Test series loss to Australia, again upstaged his more celebrated teammates with an impressive knock of 77...

DUBAI // Emirates Airline could be fined more than A$1 million for allegedly breaching a flight curfew at an Australian airport on three occasions. According to local media, Australian government...

BRISBANE, Australia, February 8. ASHLEY Callus, an Olympic gold medalist as part of Australia's winning 400 freestyle relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, has announced his retirement from the...

Australia , Gina Rinehart's name is likely to be met with quizzical looks - but all that could be about to change, because the 57-year-old from Western Australia is on track to become the...

THE future of under-fire Gold Coast Health chief Adrian Nowitzke is in doubt following the district's budget blowout.Dr Nowitzke was in hot water this week from Health Minister Geoff Wilson and...

Three teenagers used knives to rob a pizza delivery driver of cash, a pizza, and a bottle of soft drink in Reid early this morning. The victim was hailed down by a teenage girl and two teenage boys,...

An Australian man has been found dead in a Laos hotel room.The 22-year-old, who was in Luang Prabang when he died, is the third Australian tourist to die in the south-east Asian country in the past...

''So that means there are children who can't access a vital life skill which is swimming lessons, water survival skills.''Muslim woman Nasreen Rahman said at age 47 she was...

Australia was an ''integral'' element of the potentially illegal detention of prisoners of war at a secret Iraqi desert prison in 2003, according to a US military document.The...

The bitter split in Canberra's arts community over the future of Kingston Foreshore's Fitters Workshop descended to new levels of acrimony yesterday. An ACT Legislative Assembly committee...

Parents have described the alleged stabbing of a teenage boy with a chisel at a north Canberra college as ''disturbing'', but have defended the school's reputation and said...

Two satellites costing $620 million - designed to deliver high-speed internet services to 3per cent of the population - will have an intended lifespan of 15 years.The United States company...

Canberra's oldest schools are not being left to ''crumble and fall away'' at the expense of building flashy multi-million dollar schools in newer suburbs, educators say.ACT...

A new watchdog would be established to investigate complaints about, and report on the quality of, residential facilities for the elderly under a blueprint for overhauling Australia's aged-care...

Australia is losing the ability to build roads and bridges, with a worsening skills crisis resulting in a shortfall of more than 28,000 engineering jobs in road construction, a Senate inquiry has...

Josh Dugan's latest alleged driving offence has embroiled the star fullback in a deja vu nightmare for him and the Canberra Raiders on the eve of the NRL season.While Dugan's manager Paul...

The man has been issued with an eviction order to vacate the premises after residents endured weeks of parties and loud music up until 4am as well as swearing, fights on the street, vehicles parked...

Kiwi favourite Mike Harris has the first crack at Quade Cooper's No.10 jersey but Wallabies tourist Ben Lucas will fight him all the way to Queensland's Super Rugby opener against NSW.Reds...

THE fast-tracking of Jetstar's Japan domestic network to start in July has delighted the Far North's tourism industry. Plus: what are the top five things to do in Cairns? Have your...

Shane Watson's days as an opener could be limited but coach and selector Mickey Arthur says the all-rounder remains one of Australia's most important players despite the team's success...

"As a whole the operation has been successful in cleaning up a significant number of juvenile property and vehicle crimes. This week alone, an additional three offenders have been caught and...

A forum will be held for candidates in the upcoming state and local government elections to address issues affecting LGBT people, including health services, violence and...

A comfortable first-up win against the Western Force was a good start but backs coach Stephen Larkham knows the ACT Brumbies face their first real test when they meet reigning Super Rugby champion...

IT was voted Cairns' favourite pub in last year's timeOUT Awards and now the Cairns Courthouse Hotel can again claim to be Cairns' top watering hole, with its inclusion in the Great...

The Little Tern species use spots along Cowley Beach, Coquette Point, Tully Heads and Hull Heads to nest during summer, but human impact and king tides in the areas are gravely affecting their...

Rouse Hill 2155 The New South Wales Opposition has taken aim at a western Sydney Coalition MP who is claiming thousands of dollars through an allowance supposedly reserved for country...

Treasury has a staff of slightly over a thousand people, but it directs and controls many tens of thousands of public servants in other agencies.It is the keeper of the flame of free market...

SA Researchers at Flinders University are assembling an online database of computer software written in Australia and New Zealand.The Australasian Heritage Software Database will include everything...

Moorebank 2170 A P-plater has been caught driving nearly 100 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on a suburban street in Sydney's south-west.Police say they clocked the 20-year-old...

THE 20-page colour booklet What a Carbon Price Means for You, which was mailed to 10 million households in August, may become something of a collectors item.The Audit Office has found the Climate...

KEVIN RUDD is refusing to grant an interview to the ABC's Four Corners program as both sides of the leadership divide grow increasingly paranoid about an upcoming episode about Mr Rudd and...

A COLLECTIVE of woolgrowers, scientists and carbon specialists known as the Wool Carbon Alliance (WCA) has reviewed the latest research on wool's role in the natural carbon cycle, from...

AUSTRALIA'S record-sized cotton crop will probably emerge about 10 per cent smaller than originally anticipated when floodwaters in southern Queensland and North West NSW finally recede.But a...