Rudd backers adopt 'play dead' strategy, calculating any move now could bring on no-confidence motion.
The head of Corrections Victoria says convicted killer Adrian Bayley will need protection from other inmates during his time in prison.
55 minutes agoA victim's group says a convicted murderer now accused of attempted rape while on parole in Sydney should never have been released from jail.
12 minutes agoQueensland's coroner has been told there is not enough evidence to commit anyone still alive to trial over the brutal murder of two nurses in the 1970s.
28 minutes agoThe union and Victoria's opposition leader says the ANZ bank owes it to its workers to reveal the future of 600 call-centre jobs in Melbourne.
1 hour, 0 minutes agoReporters for The Age newspaper charged with accessing restricted data want the matter dealt with through a diversion program, a court has heard.
1 hour, 0 minutes agoA Victorian policeman was allegedly three times over the blood alcohol limit when he was involved in a collision while off duty.
1 hour, 5 minutes ago
A man who tried to rape a woman at a Sydney bus stop has been refused bail, with the NSW government confirming he was on bail at the time of the offence.
1 hour, 27 minutes agoA vote on the government's legislation to crack down on 457 skilled migrant visas is unlikely to be taken before next week.
1 hour, 42 minutes ago
The Senate has voted down a bill to recognise under Australian law the status of same-sex marriages entered overseas.
1 hour, 49 minutes ago
A falling Australian dollar has improved sentiment in the manufacturing sector.
1 hour, 50 minutes agoA gambling addict stole more than $200,000 from a Melbourne kindergarten and bet the money on horses, greyhounds and the AFL, a court has heard.
1 hour, 57 minutes agoPrime Minister Julia Gillard is deliberately dividing Australia in the same manner as Pauline Hanson says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
June 20, 2013, 11:49 amAn Adelaide masseur is appealing his conviction for indecently assaulting a client who said he touched her breasts 15 times during a massage.
June 20, 2013, 11:47 am
The Queensland Nurses' Union says an investigation is needed to determine why a private Brisbane hospital concealed a legionella death two years ago.
June 20, 2013, 11:26 amPolice have arrested two sex offenders who escaped from a residential facility in regional Victoria.
June 20, 2013, 11:25 amBusinesses hoping for a sustained drop in the Australian dollar could be disappointed, the Australian Chamber fo Commerce and Industry says.
June 20, 2013, 11:25 amA man has been charged with murder and a woman with manslaughter over the death of a baby girl, north of Brisbane.
June 20, 2013, 11:21 amThe MP trying to introduce same sex marriage laws in South Australia says her bill will likely face a High Court challenge if it passes.
June 20, 2013, 11:12 amA leading business group says the early calling of a federal election date has caused greater uncertainty for business.
June 20, 2013, 11:05 amProperties bought under the Victorian government's Black Saturday bushfire buy-back will be offered for sale to neighbours, but will never be built on.
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