AAP - Russell Crowe will not be wearing tights when he plays Robin Hood - and the Sheriff of Nottingham - in a new Hollywood epic.

AAP - Cadbury has recalled a line of its chocolates from Australian supermarket shelves in the latest fallout from China's toxic milk scandal.

The man with hockey's Midas touch - Ric Charlesworth - is set to work his magic with the Kookaburras.

The federal opposition is continuing to attack Prime Minister Kevin Rudd over his trip to New York.

Some footballers play their entire careers and never reach a grand final. Others like Israel Folau know no different.

An immigrant from a tiny Pacific Ocean nation is appealing to the Australian government to assist in evacuations because she says her homeland is sinking under rising sea levels.

He might not be considered the best footballer in his own family but Manly lock Glenn Stewart has become the most dangerous attacking forward in the NRL.

Forty per cent of Australians believe some ethnic groups do not belong in the country with one in 10 having outwardly racist views, a new study shows.

AAP - The federal government will invest an initial $4 billion to boost competition in the mortgage market, which has been stifled by the global credit crunch.

AAP - Administrators for Lehman Brothers Australia (LBA) say they are starting to run the ruler over $800 million of debts and have begun talks with Nomura Holdings Inc over picking up potential a