Federal Labor's industrial reforms will inevitably have to be wound back to improve productivity and Australia's competitiveness, former prime minister John Howard says.

Manly prop Brent Kite launched a stunning attack on the media for fuelling the hysteria surrounding the violent NRL brawl that has thrown his side's premiership push into disarray.

Rupert Murdoch and his son James are to be questioned under oath in Britain's High Court about the phone hacking scandal, a newspaper reports.

The federal government has slammed the Wikileaks website for publishing a US diplomatic cable that details 23 Australians believed to have links to Yemeni terrorism.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan will be reminding authorities during his trip to Hong Kong and China that market-based currencies in developing countries are among the structural reforms agreed to by

The alleged basement beating of a young patron inside the Ivy nightclub was recorded by cameras installed at the premises, court documents show.

Melbourne has finally knocked Vancouver off its perch as the best city in the world to live in.

Australia's chief medical officer says people shouldn't be worried about reports that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading across Asia and beyond.

Daniel Morcombe's funeral may be funded by the public if his parents accept an offer from the Queensland premier.

The competition watchdog says it cannot accept a crucial aspect of Telstra's move to structurally split its retail and wholesale arms.