GUNSHOTS have been heard in Cronulla after racial violence erupted in the southern Sydney area again overnight. Police could not confirm reports a person had been shot, but reporters in the area said they heard gunshots near the Northies Hotel...

POLICE investigating an alleged Melbourne terror cell logged 4392 hours of covert surveillance of their suspects and have identified 237 secretly recorded conversations that could form part of the case against the men...

STATE Government ministers and bureaucrats are steeling themselves for criticism by the Auditor-General over handling of the Commonwealth Games Village in Parkville...

MACQUARIE-controlled Sydney Airport has refused to concede defeat in its three-year battle with Virgin Blue over landing fees...

MARK COLVIN: After eight weeks of evidence, a Supreme Court jury in Darwin will retire tomorrow to decide its verdict in the trial of the accused murderer Bradley John Murdoch.The Chief Justice, Brian Martin, has nearly finished summing up the...

A WOMAN who claims she reached into Melbourne Zoo's lion enclosure for a flower ended up losing the tip of her middle finger...

LIKE a long-dormant volcano, the violence at Cronulla on Sunday erupted with unexpected ferocity, as if some subterranean reservoir of hate could no longer be contained...

The Federal Government has reissued a travel advisory for Indonesia warning of attacks over the Christmas and New Year period...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on his return from a down under trip to New Zealand and Australia, has clarified his remarks about “identity”...

FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Peter McGauran has blamed protesters angry about voluntary student unionism laws for vandalising his electorate office...

Tears, laughter and a congregation resplendent in loud shirts have farewelled flamboyant businessman Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay...

Sydney - Young Australians are becoming too drugged and too fat to serve in the military, the defence force said in a recruiting plan published on Monday...

Sydney - A lion bit off and apparently ate a woman's finger at Melbourne Zoo, after she climbed over a barrier to pick flowers next to the animal's enclosure, an official said on Monday...

A Darwin jury has been told it would be unfair to reason that Peter Falconio's alleged murderer was a man of bad character because he ran illegal drugs across the country...

KAREN PERCY: The Howard Government's hard-won senate majority could be at risk, with outspoken Queensland National Party Senator Barnaby Joyce raising the prospect of moving to the crossbenches.Senator Joyce says he would consider sitting on the...