A survivor of the Christmas Island boat tragedy has told an inquest that more people would have survived if rescue boats had arrived sooner.

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 26 - A Victorian man has told a court he only wanted to make fireworks after being charged over the discovery in his house of a substantial amount of explosives and items used t

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 26 - Prime Minister Julia Gillard has boasted that many world leaders would cut off their right arm to be in Australia's financial position.

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 26 - Parramatta are expected to be in the box seat to snap up Willie Tonga from 2012 after the Maroons centre was released from the final year of his North Queensland Cowboys co

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 26 - About 20 asylum seekers are staging a peaceful protest and hunger strike on the roof of a detention centre in Darwin, immigration officials have confirmed.

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 26 - Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott may finally have found an economist who agrees with him in the carbon price debate - the president of the Czech Republic.

SYDNEY(AAP) - July 26 - A manifesto by Anders Breivik has been dismissed as "deluded rantings" by former Treasurer Peter Costello, who is named in it along with former prime minister John Howard.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Penrith coach Steve Georgallis has thrown exciting young playmaker Harry Seijka in for his NRL debut for Saturday night's must-win clash against North Queensland.

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 26 - The Australian government has welcomed reports that the alleged terrorist, Umar Patek, is set to be handed over to Indonesia to face trial in relation to the 2002 Bali bomb

Australian Rocker Jimmy Barnes has had another health scare.
The 55-year-old became ill on Tuesday and has been ordered to take it easy.