Bulk goods retailer Costco is expected to build up to six more stores over the next three years as it dips its toe into the Australian market.

The names of lost Australian soldiers recently identified in a Fromelles mass grave have been read out to mark the 95th anniversary of the bloody battle.

South Australian police are set to become the first force in the country to launch a mobile phone app.

The NSW government has called the bluff of crossbench MP Fred Nile, saying they won't scrap school ethics classes to retain his support, but remain open to changing the program.

The parents of a young rugby player who died after being knocked unconscious in a tackle say they will donate his organs.

Four men allegedly broke into a western Sydney home to whip a man as punishment under religious law for drinking alcohol, a court has been told.

One of two teenagers charged over a $1 million fire at the prime minister's old school in Adelaide has been granted bail.

Former AFL player Andrew Lovett told police that a woman he is accused of raping could not have mistaken him for his teammate Jason Gram.

When Emily Seebohm couldn't even beat her 12-year-old brother in her pet swimming stroke, she knew she'd hit rock bottom.

Wallabies' coach Robbie Deans is looking to move on from the outpouring of indignation over Australia's shock loss to Samoa, instead turning his attention to Saturday's Tri Nations opener against S