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THE two car makers left standing following Ford's decision to get out have reaffirmed their commitment to Australia, for now at least.

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says we have lost a wonderful Australian with the death of former first lady Hazel Hawke.

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says we have lost a wonderful Australian with the death of former first lady Hazel Hawke.

A 35-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a baby boy while he slept in his nursery in Perth's northern suburbs.

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It might sound hard to believe, given it's nearly the end of May, but Australia's mango harvest has only just wrapped up.

's Northern Territory started on Wednesday to cull 10,000 wild horses by shooting the animals.

OneWind Australia , a venture backed by private equity fund Denham Capital Management LP, expects the first of as much as $2 billion in wind farms it plans in the country to start operating by 2015.

Police have charged Kevin James Corbett, 48, with murder over the stabbing death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18.

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has said it is "remarkable" that Senator Stephen Conroy's department is looking into greater transparency over the use of section 313 of the Telecommunications Act .

Sierra Club Organizing Director Bob Bingaman speaks at the "Australian Our Land, Our Water, Our Future: Beyond Coal and Gas" conference.

Ford Australia says it will close its Australian manufacturing plants in October 2016, with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

We've noted before just how popular cycling holidays have become in recent years as active and adventurous travelers look for new ways to explore their favorite destinations.

Australian shares fell 1.5 percent in late morning trade on Thursday, after Wall Street retreated over worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may consider winding back its economic stimulus programme, and weak data from China.

GINA Rinehart is still Australia's richest person with a net worth of $22.02 billion, according to the 2013 BRW Rich 200 list.

Director Baz Luhrmann brought "The Great Gatsby" home on Wednesday for its Australian premiere, with box-office success for the Sydney-produced film bolstering hopes for the resurgence of the local film industry.

The upcoming tour for the Adelaide-based ASQ will be the final season for two of its long serving members.

The barrister for an English tourist charged with sexually assaulting a young woman he met at a trendy nightspot near Bondi, in Sydney, Australia, said the act was consensual and the pair were "interacting in a way that suggested they have an interest in each other" prior to the incident.

The romance of train travel is alive and very much kicking, thanks in no small part to the world's really special journeys - the Orient Express, South Africa's Blue Train and the Ghan in Australia.

Marine researchers at Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia are using satellite trackers for the first time to monitor two sea turtles that have been returned to the ocean today, reported ABC News.