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4:57 PM AEDT | A dangerous fugitive who escaped WA police yesterday, sparking a massive manhunt before being captured in Swanbourne, faced court today.
Cyclone Ului weakens, still bound for coast
4:54 PM AEDT | Cyclone Ului has been downgraded to a category two system and is unlikely to re-intensify, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's latest advice.
Ironman tragedy: teenage competitor dies
4:49 PM AEDT | Police will mount an investigation into the staging of the national surf life saving titles on the Gold Coast after the death of a teenage competitor.
Man armed with shotgun breaks into home
3:26 PM AEDT | Police have arrested a 25-year-old North Melbourne man in relation to an aggravated burglary in Ballarat East.  | CommentsComments (1)
Petrol prices soar - and no relief in sight
11:44 AM AEDT | Petrol prices have soared to a 16-month high and analysts say drivers can expect little relief in the short term. Unleaded petrol, which has surged 16 cents a litre to $1.38 since the end of February, is expected to push even higher as the price of crude oil climbs on international markets.   | CommentsComments (3)
The Man who had it all is jailed
10:52 AM AEDT | POLICE had been hearing rumours for months about an eastern suburbs cocaine dealer known as ''the Man''.
10:41 AM AEDT | Six men have been charged over a terrifying brawl at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s east yesterday.  | CommentsComments (2)
10:26 AM AEDT | A schoolgirl was robbed at gunpoint and indecently assaulted on a street in Sydney's west yesterday.
Man charged after police pursuit
9:40 AM AEDT | Police have charged a 34-year-old South Australian man following a pursuit at Ballarat last night.
9:08 AM AEDT | The frontrunner to take over the safe Labor seat of Canberra is poised to quit the race amid claims Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was about to personally intervene in the contest.
Election battle opens with health debate
8:59 AM AEDT | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has effectively launched the federal election campaign, calling the first of three debates with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
8:47 AM AEDT | A drink-driver whose children were in the back seat when she crashed her car into a Kambah house has been banned from driving for three months.
Obama postpones Australian trip
8:00 AM AEDT | United States President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Australia and Indonesia to concentrate on the passage of his healthcare legislation which he has made the centrepiece of his first term.
4:00 AM AEDT | State MPs arrived at Macquarie Street yesterday to find themselves confronted with the fallout from a serious leak - but not the political kind. Instead, parliamentary staff were busy mopping up on four levels after a mysterious flood overnight.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE Keneally government is frustrating attempts by the opposition to enshrine the rights of the state's 750,000 carers in law, even though mirror legislation was introduced into Federal Parliament on Wednesday.
4:00 AM AEDT | A POLICY of the Department of Forensic Medicine relating to bodies of people who were HIV positive is being challenged on the grounds of discrimination.
4:00 AM AEDT | NOTORIOUS pursuers of publicity though they may be, parliamentarians' egos shrink alarmingly when in Canberra.
4:00 AM AEDT | AUSTRALIA pays vastly more than other countries for defence equipment, a study has found.
4:00 AM AEDT | TASMANIA'S embattled Labor government is continuing its attack on the Greens as tomorrow's state election looms - to the fury of some in the party.
4:00 AM AEDT | AUSTRALIA is one step closer to exporting uranium to Russia, after the government rejected concerns raised by a Labor-dominated committee into an export agreement reached by John Howard and Vladimir Putin.
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