- Shares dive as spooked investors run for cover
The Australian share market has hit a six-month low, wiping $32 billion off the All Ordinaries Index, as investors headed for the exits amid fears about ongoing instability in the eurozone.
- Pomersbach arrested in Delhi
Indian police have arrested Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach for allegedly molesting a woman and assaulting her fiance in a New Delhi hotel.
- Media shut out of 'missing' girls hearing
The Family Court in Brisbane has excluded the media from its proceedings over an international custody dispute involving four Italian-Australian girls.
- Drug may help melanoma patients live longer
Australian research has found that an experimental cancer drug could prolong survival for sufferers of advanced melanoma.
- Union says BHP workers will strike next week
The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says workers at BHP Billiton's coking coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin will strike again from next Thursday.
- Court hears of Slipper's distress over sex claims
The Federal Court has heard Speaker Peter Slipper is deeply distressed over sexual allegations made by former adviser James Ashby.
Justice Stephen Rares has started hearing the civil case that political adviser James Ashby lodged against Mr Slipper and the Commonwealth.
Mr Ashby alleges Mr Slipper only hired him in order to pursue a sexual relationship.
- European funding markets frozen: ANZ chief
ANZ Bank chief executive Mike Smith says European wholesale funding markets for banks have effectively frozen as financial markets panic amid ongoing instability in the eurozone.
- Five child porn charges dropped against MP
Prosecutors have dropped five charges against a South Australian MP accused of child pornography offences.
The MP was facing a total of 12 charges and has pleaded not guilty to the remaining seven.
- Ex-reality star jailed for attempted murder
A former political staffer and reality television show contestant has been jailed for up to 16 years for attempted murder in New South Wales.
- City dwellers fare better than country cousins
A report has found people who live in the city fare better in terms of health, education, employment and wealth than their rural counterparts.
- Veteran woodchopper fails to make the cut
Champion veteran woodchopper Vic Summers has finished second in the double saw competition at the Gympie show.
- Maroons keeping it low key in Torquay
Queensland coach Mal Meninga cancelled a scheduled training run on Friday to keep his Origin players fresh and relaxed before game one.
