News Archive

Tanerau Latimer's omission from the All Blacks' 2008 squad kick-started his playing career.June 7, 2009, 1:58 pm

The managing director of car maker GM Holden, Mark Reuss, says Holden will not be sold, at least in the near term.June 7, 2009, 1:45 pm

Lebanon goes to the polls on Sunday in a high-stakes election that could see an Iranian-backed coalition headed by Hezbollah take the parliamentary majority from a Western-supported alliance.June 7, 2009, 1:45 pm

Hawthorn will be without nearly its entire first choice defence for Sunday's game against Sydney at the MCG after Campbell Brown and Thomas Murphy were late withdrawals due to injury...June 7, 2009, 1:44 pm

US President Barack Obama took time out from diplomacy on Saturday, whipping his family off for a private tour of the famed Notre Dame cathedral, followed by dinner in a traditional century-old bistro.June 7, 2009, 1:30 pm

John Faulkner faces significant challenges in his new role as defence minister, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says.June 7, 2009, 1:15 pm

North Melbourne president James Brayshaw says coach Dean Laidley will not be judged solely by his win/loss record when the Kangaroos decide in a month's time whether to continue with Laidley as coach for next year...June 7, 2009, 1:02 pm

Australia's Geoff Ogilvy has roared into contention after the third round at the PGA Memorial Tournament at Muirfield, Ohio on Saturday, after carding a stunning nine-under par 63 to sit just two shots off the lead.June 7, 2009, 1:00 pm

Rocky Elsom's return to the Wallabies against Italy in Canberra next Saturday is in doubt as the flanker awaits an assessment of his leg injury.June 7, 2009, 12:45 pm

A 26-year-old taxi driver who allegedly nudged a police horse with his car then almost drove into an officer will appear at Perth Magistrates Court tomorrow.June 7, 2009, 12:15 pm

More than 1,000 Australians have tested positive for swine flu.June 7, 2009, 12:15 pm

Australia's living standards are unlikely to fall because of the global financial crisis, opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says.June 7, 2009, 12:00 pm

More women should have been elevated to the ministry in Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's front bench reshuffle, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says.June 7, 2009, 12:00 pm

Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha grabbed 4-21 as defending champions India overpowered Bangladesh by 25 runs in the World Twenty20 on Saturday.June 7, 2009, 12:00 pm

Chris Gayle ended a torrid two days for Australia's cricketers with a captain's knock that led the West Indies to an emphatic seven-wicket victory in their first match of the World Twenty20 tournament on Saturday.June 7, 2009, 11:45 am

"I stopped doing them - how many years ago? They are terrible, they are bad, and they are not funny," said Sandra Bullock about a movie genre she has been long associated with: romantic comedies.June 7, 2009, 11:45 am

Port Adelaide's under-pressure players are improving but will need to deliver on a consistent basis after their side lost its third man to a minor knee injury in a fortnight...June 7, 2009, 11:39 am

A revived England all but booked their World Cup finals place Saturday by swatting Kazakhstan 4-0 as Holland became the first European nation to seal their berth for South Africa.June 7, 2009, 11:30 am

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 6-2 in an all-Russian final of the French Open on Saturday to take away her second Grand Slam title.June 7, 2009, 11:30 am

Barack Obama vowed that the world will never forget the dead of D-Day as he joined fellow leaders in France on Saturday at the site of the Allied landing which changed the course of history.June 7, 2009, 11:15 am

A revived England all but booked their World Cup finals place Saturday by swatting Kazakhstan 4-0June 7, 2009, 10:50 am