Australia

Federal sports minister Greg Hunt says a government inquiry into the Essendon doping saga is possible after the 'Justice for the 34' group presented him with new information.

ANZ's move to cut credit card interest rates by up to 2 per cent is cold comfort for the bank's customers, Choice says.

Commemorations marking the bombing of Darwin on this day 75 years ago have been held in the Northern Territory's capital.

Brumbies co-captain Christian Lealiifano reveals he is in remission after a successful bone marrow transplant, and is targeting a return to rugby.

The busiest week of the domestic reporting season will capture most of the attention in coming days.

After making her move in the third round, Su Oh hopes the wind will be up again as she attempts to snatch victory at the Women's Australian Open.

Brumbies co-captain Christian Lealiifano reveals he is in remission after a successful bone marrow transplant, and is targeting a return to rugby.

The NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for the Carwoola fire, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.

When residents returned to the Carwoola fire ground, what they found there was a landscape transformed.

The NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for the Carwoola fire, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.

A regional Australian company behind a bio insecticide that is safe for bees and other beneficial insects secures funding to ensure its production remains on home soil.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns residents in Sydney, the Hunter region and the central coast of New South Wales to prepare for another round of storm activity.

Commemorations marking the bombing of Darwin on this day 75 years ago have been held in the Northern Territory's capital.

Survivors of the Japanese bombing of Darwin in 1942 have gathered to commemorate the attack's 75th anniversary.

An 87-year-old woman in Alice Springs has her front tooth broken with a golf club after challenging intruders in her home.

A Queensland man bitten on the leg by a shark remains in a critical but stable condition following emergency surgery.

A meningococcal vaccine will be free to all Queenslanders aged 15 to 19 under a new $6-million State Government health program beginning next school term.

More than 20 tonnes of watermelon are smashed all in the name of fun and games as part of the annual Chinchilla Melon Festival on Queensland's Western Downs.

Outdated trams are being considered at an inflated price by the SA Government so they can be in use before the state election, the Opposition says.

More than 80 luminous floats light up North Terrace in Adelaide to kick off the Adelaide Fringe Festival.

The State Government moves to ban super trawlers from Tasmanian waters and wants the Federal Government to follow suit.

The garden former Hobart home of the father of Australian landscape painting John Glover is open to celebrate his 250th birthday.

Former Greens leader Bob Brown recently helped inspire the creation of a brand new oboe concerto, premiering at the Sydney Opera House next week.

Federal sports minister Greg Hunt says a government inquiry into the Essendon doping saga is possible after the 'Justice for the 34' group presented him with new information.

More than 20 people are taken to hospital, many in a critical condition, after overdosing on drugs at a dance party in Melbourne.

Melbourne's biggest arts festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people, as the city's most iconic buildings were brought to life with spectacular light shows.

Police in Western Australia's north are concerned about an increase in children committing sexual assaults, a trend child advocates say is being seen nationally.

WA Labor says it expects the Prime Minister will back down on a threat to prevent $1.2 billion in Perth Freight Link funding being diverted to the party's flagship transport project Metronet.

The WA Liberal Party denies its surge in the polls is due to a preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation, instead attributing the gain to a growing lack of faith in the Labor Party.