CONCERN over a possible terrorism link to a missing plane has grown as Malaysia says it is investigating four people who were on flight MH370.

PHARRELL Williams features in top spots in both the ARIA singles and albums charts, with Happy at No.1 and G I R L at No.2 respectively.

ANOTHER pilot who was flying ahead of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has revealed he made contact with aircraft before it vanished.

CHINA says it will tighten environmental legislation and force polluters to pay compensation.

AN out-of-control 15th birthday party in Perth's southeast ended with police being pelted by bottles as they tried to break up a knife fight.

PLANE'S disappearance a "horrible, horrible" business, says Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

The identities of four people on missing Malaysia Airlines flight are in doubt as authorities launch terrorism probe and families continue to wait for news.

Oil spill sighting confirmed as authorities investigate passengers who bought tickets from Chinese codeshare partner, including two travelling with stolen passports.

Questions mount over mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines flight with six Australians on board, amid fears that two passengers were travelling on stolen passports.

Sarah Palin has offered Barack Obama some unsolicited advice on containing Russian aggression.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hosed down suggestions he has described Rupert Murdoch as a ??demented plutocrat,?? arguing the News Corp head is the ??most normal?? media mogul he knows.

Two men believed to have been on missing Malaysia Airlines jet revealed to have had their passports stolen, as Australian families await news of loved ones.

Milk crates, buckets and other household items are better at getting kids active and promoting their creativity than traditional school playground equipment, an Australian study has found.

A baby girl has died after she was struck by a car which was reversing out of a driveway in suburban Perth.

Australian Paralympic flag-bearer Cameron Rahles-Rahbula has withdrawn from all events in Sochi due to injury.

The driver of an allegedly stolen truck has had his leg amputated below the knee after sustaining injuries during a pursuit with police.

The 41-year-old man was driving a truck that had allegedly been stolen from a concreting business in the eastern Perth suburb of Bassendean.

Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull says there is a strong argument to change cross-media ownership rules due to the rise of the internet.

People in NSW calling an ambulance for trivial matters will be taken to their GP instead of hospital in a new trial.

Cricket Australia (CA) will reportedly try to negotiate with India and England to have a key exemption, which protects the big three cricket nations from Test relegation, removed from the controversial reforms, which would be discussed at International Cricket Council (ICC) meetings next week. A promotion and relegation system is one of the key planks of a draft that recommends a radical ...

Warning cricket boards against the International Cricket Council draft proposal that pushes for dominance of the governing bodies of India, Australia and England, former ICC president Ehsan Mani has said the proposed changes would adversely affect the sport if it was to come through. Mani said the authors of the paper (Board of Control for Cricket in India, England and Wales Cricket Board and ...

England has managed to avoid a prospect of 10-0 Ashes and one-day series whitewash following their 57-run win in the fourth one-day international (ODI) against Australia at the WACA Ground on Friday. Australia's decision to rest a host of star batsmen backfired as they fell well short in a daunting run chase of 317 after being bowled out for 259 in the 48th over despite another century from ...

Tamworth 2340 Lee Kernaghan may have taken out the most Golden Guitars, but the 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards was Sara Storer's night.Kernaghan's single Flying with the King took out Single of the Year and Video Clip of the Year, while his Beautiful Noise took out Top Selling Australian Album of the Year.He was also named Male Artist of the Year.But Storer was the toast of the ...

Sydney 2000 The Sydney Sixers have maintained their unblemished Big Bash League Twenty20 record against cross-town rivals the Sydney Thunder, but could be without their two frontline spinners for their looming semi-final.An eight-wicket win over the Thunder at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night lifted the Sixers above the Perth Scorchers to second on the ladder.Perth can regain the higher ...

Bargara 4670 Residents in the south-east Queensland town of Bargara are still reeling from last year's devastating Australia Day tornadoes.Twelve months after the series of tornadoes and waterspouts crossed the Wide Bay coast, some homes and businesses are still yet to be rebuilt, and some people remain traumatised.Andrew and Michelle Cooney's home was right in the path of the tornado ...

Emergency warning in Vic downgraded to watch and act but fire authorities say residents should leave now as conditions may quickly worsen.

SA's Opposition has vowed cost of living relief if elected, while Tony Abbott says Canberra would work constructively with a Liberal government.

Excessive speed, alcohol and a young driver are believed to be factors in a crash that killed four people in Victoria's north.

The end may be in sight for a long-burning blaze at the Hazelwood open cut mine in Victoria's east, with firefighters saying the fire could be under control by tomorrow.

The driver of an allegedly stolen truck has had his leg amputated below the knee after sustaining injuries during a pursuit with police.

The prime minister says the government will keep a commitment to index eligibility for the Seniors Health Care Card.

Labor can defeat Abbott at the next election, Gillard says

A woman who fell from a cliff in southeast Queensland may have tumbled 40 metres.

Halfway through the media launch of Sydney's first connection to the network, it cut out.

British actress Keira Knightley has married singer James Righton in a discreet ceremony in the southern French village of Mazan, according to the mayor.

A fun day at the beach turned sour for a Sydney grandfather and his six-year-old granddaughter after somebody saw the little girl swimming naked and called police.