ABC News
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ASIC issues warning to self-funded retirees
ASIC wants self-funded retirees to be required to acknowledge that they are not covered by the banking regulator's guarantees following the collapse of Trio Capital.
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Facebook shares dive further as Wall St gains
Facebook shares slumped to a new low overnight while Wall Street closed higher as trade resumed after the Memorial Day holiday long weekend.
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Two new hendra virus cases reported in Qld
There are reports of two outbreaks of hendra virus in horses in Queensland. The ABC understands the virus has been found in a horse at Cawarral near Rockhampton in central Queensland, and another at Ingham in the north.
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Flame virus sparks UN cyber war alert
A United Nations agency says it is poised to issue its "most serious" cyber security warning about the risk of the Flame computer virus, which was recently discovered in Iran and other parts of the Middle East.
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Teenager pleads for end to child detention
An Iranian teenager who was held in Australian immigration detention centres has pleaded with the Government to change its migration policy.
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Cockatoo jail birds escape Sydney's Taronga Zoo
Five red-tailed black cockatoos have flow the nest, escaping from Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
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Inquiry into Qatar inferno that killed 13 children
Investigators search for clues into a deadly fire at a Doha shopping centre as heartbroken relatives and friends began to bury the victims.
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Claim CSG river leak caught on video
Environmental campaigners say they have video evidence coal seam gas (CSG) is leaking into a major southern Queensland river.
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Packer casino bid to give Kennett a Star role
Billionaire James Packer will reportedly ask shareholders to dump the head of Sydney's Star casino in favour of former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett.
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Xenophon accuses Labor of gambling back-flip
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has accused the Federal Government of conducting a "complete about turn" on gambling regulation.
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Search for survivors after quake hits Italy
Rescue workers search for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit Italy, killing at least 15 people in an area still recovering from an earlier quake nine days ago.
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Police 'never complained' about Medich bracelet
The company tracking the movements of accused murderer Ron Medich over the past 18 months says it is "perplexed" by criticism from the New South Wales DPP that its GPS bracelet is faulty.
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Union at odds with Bowen on foreign workers
A major union is at odds with the Federal Government about the number of overseas workers to be brought in for the Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara.
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NSW to transform schools into community hubs
The NSW Government is transforming 15 schools into community hubs in a bid to lift results in Aboriginal and other disadvantaged communities.
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Rare pink diamond sells for $17m
After six minutes of frenzied bidding, one of the world's rarest gem stones - a large pink diamond - has sold at auction in Hong Kong for $17.4 million.
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Fears for elderly pilot missing since take off
A search is underway for an elderly pilot who has not been seen since taking off from an airfield in south-west New South Wales on Monday morning.
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Industry rallies against national deposit scheme
Environmentalists say an advertising campaign against a national drink container deposit scheme is a con job because such a scheme has been operating successfully in South Australia for more than 30 years.
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Fairfax planning to send jobs offshore
Fairfax media is planning to relocate production of its regional newspapers to New Zealand.
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One killed as quake shakes northern Italy
At least one person has been killed by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook northern Italy, Italian media and officials say.The strong earthquake has hit just nine days after a quake in the same area killed at least six people and left ...
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Market pushes higher despite Spanish woes
The market has posted strong gains for a second straight day.
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Syrian diplomats expelled from Australia
Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has announced that Australia has expelled two Syrian diplomats from the country.
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Dotcom allowed to return to NZ mansion
Alleged internet pirate Kim Dotcom has welcomed the relaxing of his bail conditions and says it will improve his ability to fight extradition to the United States.
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Expert backs Government's interim gambling report
A gaming researcher backs a proposed recommendation to prohibit micro-betting, including ball-by-ball wagers on sporting games.
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Chinese mine workers allegedly being ripped off
The Immigration Department is investigating allegations Chinese workers on a West Australian iron ore project are being paid half the wage of their Australian counterparts.
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Qantas pulls directors from Air Pacific board
Qantas has removed its four directors from the board of Air Pacific because it believes the Fijian government wants to take total control of the airline.
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Lower speed fines but higher demerits for SA
Fines are being reduced for some speeding motorists in South Australia but demerits points will double.
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Housing industry gloomy despite sales upswing
Sales of new homes rose in April as buyers in Victoria rushed into the market before the axing of that state's first home owner bonus, new figures show.
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Defence cut more expensive, dangerous: Army
The Chief of the Army has conceded that one of the Federal Government's Defence cuts will expose troops to greater harm and be more expensive over the long term.
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Shares look for direction in early trade
Australian stocks have edged into positive territory in morning trade after mixed leads from European markets overnight, with Wall Street closed for the Memorial Day public holiday.
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PNG judge appears in the dock
A senior judge has appeared in court in Papua New Guinea charged with sedition, the second in less than a week.
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Court frees Medich of faulty monitoring bracelet
A Sydney court has given accused murderer Ron Medich permission to have his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet removed, because it has stopped working.
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Business urges calm in mine visa debate
Big business is urging Labor MPs not to be swayed by emotional debate about the use of foreign mine workers on Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill project in Western Australia.
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European markets waver as Spain weighs
The Australian share market is expected to take its lead from European markets today, with Wall Street closed overnight for the Memorial Day public holiday.
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ADFA cadet fronts court over indecent acts
A 21-year-old international ADFA cadet has faced a Canberra court charged with committing two acts of indecency on a fellow cadet.
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Monks burn for Tibet in Lhasa
Two Tibetan men set themselves on fire outside a temple in Lhasa and one died, reports said, as a wave of self-immolations in China's Tibetan areas spread to the heavily-guarded capital.
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Abu Qatada refused bail ahead of Olympics
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has been denied bail ahead of his deportation hearing in Britain.
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Egypt heads for divisive run-off election
Egyptian authorities have confirmed the presidential election will go to a run-off next month between a conservative Islamist candidate and a former prime minister in the now-ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak.
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Failed trucking company's assets auctioned
Administrators of failed trucking company 1st Fleet say unsecured creditors are not likely to get any of the money recovered by selling off the company's vehicles and machinery.
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Reed road building contracts terminated in NSW
The New South Wales Government has begun the search for new road contractors, after its decision yesterday to terminate the services of Reed Constructions.
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Union to challenge Hastie stand downs
The Electrical Trades Union (ETU) will meet with hundreds of workers affected by the collapse of Hastie Group in Melbourne today.
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Newman unveils $2b government buildings plan
The Queensland Government is to unveil a $2 billion master plan to revamp the government office precinct in Brisbane's CBD.
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Labor Caucus to vote on foreign workers plan
Backbencher anger over a scheme to import foreign workers is expected to see Labor Caucus backing a resolution calling for more protection for Australian workers when MPs meet in Canberra today.
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Army parade boots falling apart in hot weather
The Australian Defence Force has admitted the rubber soles are falling off the Chinese-made dress boots that soldiers are expected to wear for official parades.
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Children killed as fire rips through Qatar nursery
Thirteen children were among 19 people who died after a fire tore through a nursery in a Doha shopping centre.
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Hewitt out early, Tomic through
Iron-willed Lleyton Hewitt made an early French Open exit, while Bernard Tomic picked up his first Roland Garros victory.
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Gillard's personal rating up in Newspoll
The latest Newspoll shows a four-point surge in the Prime Minister's personal popularity, but the Coalition continues to maintain an election-winning lead.
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Cab driver charged over deadly hit and run
A Sydney taxi driver has been charged over a fatal hit-and-run accident in the city's north-west.
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Blair chose not to fight Murdoch press
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has told the inquiry into media ethics that he made a strategic decision while he was in office not to fight against the power of the press.Mr Blair says Britain's press is the best in the world, ...
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Loud explosion rocks Nairobi
A loud explosion has rocked the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
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Senior Fair Work official embroiled in HSU fighting
Fair Work Australia vice-president Michael Lawler has had direct involvement in the internal politics of the Health Services Union, the ABC has revealed.Leaked documents show Mr Lawler wrote a letter of complaint to New South Wales polic...
