FOUR boys have been sentenced to detention for killing a man, while the victim's mother told them to make a better future for themselves.

MINING baron Nathan Tinkler has been named as a witness for NSW's latest corruption inquiry.

THE Australian Army's Chief of Joint Operations says Anzac Day is a time to pay tribute to soldiers still risking their lives around the world.

FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd will appear at a royal commission into Labor's home insulation program on May 14.

BREWER Heineken says its business in Western Europe grew by 3.4 per cent, but earnings were lower.

WHITEHAVEN Coal has reduced production guidance by up to 900,000 tonnes due to problems at its mines.

Paul Keating was dubbed the Lizard of Oz when he touched the Queen. But it seems Australian leaders just can't keep their hands off the royals.

Royal couple wrap up a day in the nation's capital with an intimate reception hosted by the Governor-General.

One man is in hospital and another is in custody after an apparent dispute between neighbours in Sydney.

Labor warns of "law and order auction" after Premier axes Department of the Attorney-General.

It took falling down the stairs for this mother-of-two to admit she had a problem - with her phone.

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US President Barack Obama has vowed to defend Japan in its dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea.

A rock climber has died in the Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia's far north.

Barry O'Keefe, a former New South Wales Supreme Court judge and commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), has died.

Four boys have been sentenced to more than four years in detention over the death of Mandurah man Tauri Litchfield.

The boys, aged between 15 and 17, were part of a group who set upon Mr Litchfield in March last year as he was walking home along Pinjarra Road.

The 28-year-old had been involved in an altercation with the boys moments earlier after one of them tried to steal his wallet.

He ran away from the group and hit his head when he fell from a car park wall. He later died in hospital.

On the eve of Anzac Day, veterans are warning the Federal Government not to touch military pensions in next month's budget.

The ABC has learnt the Coalition's razor gang will consider savings which could leave some former Defence personnel worse off.

One of the proposals is believed to involve closing an old Defence pension scheme and forcing members into a modern version.

Veterans say changes to the military pension would be "an act of bastardry".

Families of Anzacs killed in Gallipoli are restarting a campaign to exhume mass graves containing fallen soldiers.

The debris found on a beach in Western Australia is not linked to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) official said Thursday. "We've carefully ...

A gay Indian student, who fled his country to escape his oppressive family and an arranged marriage, has been granted refugee status in Australia. The 25-year-old commerce graduate, who lives with ...

The Australian agency coordinating the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 says unidentified material has washed ashore in western Australia and officials are investigating whether it is related ...

England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow has said that it is disappointing for him that he would not play again in the team with Kevin Pietersen, who was sacked following the team's 5-0 Ashes whitewash in ...

A new study has shed light on how an estimated one million-strong population of wild camels thriving in Australia's remote outback have become reviled as pests and culled on a large ...

Authorities in Australia say material washed ashore is not related to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) examined photographs of debris, which ...

A memorial and biography is being planned to honour the life of a Tasmanian soldier who is regarded as the "Duke of Anzac."

An 80-year-old man has been arrested after another man was shot in the neck during a neighbourhood dispute in Sydney.

Four boys have been sentenced to detention for killing a man, while the victim's mother told them to make a better future for themselves.

If the Bluefin-21 doesn't find wreckage of Flight MH370, more powerful underwater technology is likely to be deployed to re-scour the search zone.

A 120-year-old chalice used on the beaches of Gallipoli 99 years ago has helped mark an Anzac Day Eve remembrance service in Sydney.

As the royal tour of Australia draws to a close Prince William has paid tribute to the nation's bravery on the eve of Anzac Day.

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.