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Police Minister Rob Johnson will consider giving police more powers. Map: Wooroloo 6558 The WA Police Minister Rob Johnson says he is very concerned about the potential for open warfare between bikie gangs in ...

The AFL's commissioners have been briefed on two matters certain to occupy plenty of their attention for the next few weeks - Ben Cousins and GC17.

AAP Mark Viduka may have taken a step closer to returning to the Socceroos' fold, joining them in Brisbane today as he turns to the national team's medical staff to help him overcome a debilitating injury.

AUSTRALIA was pressing hard for victory over India at lunch on the final day of the first Test, reducing the home side to a nervy 2-41 in pursuit of 299 in Bangalore.

The Federal Government will still have to compromise to get some key pieces of Budget legislation through the Senate, despite winning support from Family First Senator Steve Fielding.

European governments attacked the financial crisis on several fronts Monday buying into banks and giving huge new loans in a campaign that brought relief to shell-shocked share markets.

SENIOR Victorian Government minister Theo Theophanous has stood down from the government as he had become the subject of a police investigation, he said today.

MARK Viduka may have taken a step closer to returning to the Australia fold, joining them in Brisbane Monday as he turns to the national team's medical staff to help him overcome injury.

Australia grabbed two quick wickets after setting India a victory target of 299 on the final day of the first test Monday.

INDONESIA will next week announce details about the executions of three Bali bombers, the Government said today.

The Australian dollar plunged more than 14 per cent in the past week to a five-year low as investors panicked by the global financial crisis dump the unit in favour of the US dollar, according to dealers.

Tests were conducted on three crocodiles captured from the Endeavour River. Map: Cooktown 4871 Police in far north Queensland have confirmed that human remains have been found in material taken from a 4.5-metre ...

James Hardie management never expressed a problem with the term "fully funded" in a statement announcing the company's plan to meet its asbestos compensation liabilities, a court has been told.

Twelve percent of voters have a higher opinion of Arizona Sen. McCain after the debate, while 26 percent said they had a worse opinion of him.

VICTORIAN Marc Leishman is in line for a US PGA Tour card after blitzing the field by a whopping 11 shots to win the Nationwide Tour's WNB Golf Classic in Texas.

AMERICAN Zach Johnson, the 2007 Masters champion, fired a final-round six-under par 64 today to win the Texas Open by two strokes.

NSW Finance Minister Joe Tripodi says he's had no contact with his one-time friend and former departmental employee Joe Scimone since the Wollongong Council corruption scandal "blew up". At a parliamentary ...

John McCain has decided to dial it down. Last week featured Republican rallies so boisterous and foul-tempered that reporters began covering the interjections - "Terrorist!" "Treason!" "Off with his head!" - of ...

WHEN seven-year-old Chloe Fox was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year, her mother felt deeply shocked and angry.

THE Federal Government will provide $12 million to the McGrath Foundation for 44 new breast care nurses across the country.