Australia

Media giant Fairfax enters a trading halt pending an announcement about the future of its highly profitable real estate advertising business, Domain.

A plane crashes into a retail outlet near Essendon Airport, in Melbourne's north. Follow live.

A coal lobby group claims using "clean coal" would be a cheaper way to lower carbon emissions than renewable energy sources.

The Commonwealth Bank is accused of refusing to pay the full employer superannuation entitlement to more than 7,000 part-time workers.

The Australian Antarctic Division investigates a new year-round runway site on the icy continent.

Australia are upbeat the pitch in Pune will ensure the toss does not decide who takes the early advantage in their four-Test series against India.

Earlier this month two men allegedly stormed a Gordon home.

As if riding a unicycle wasn't hard enough, try riding one up and down a mountain.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus.

There is a new program helping migrants launch their own businesses in an effort to tackle unemployment in the community.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus.

A mother of four who died in a house fire in Sydney's south this morning was asleep when the blaze broke out, NSW police say.

There are now 200 more people employed by the NT's three utilities companies than before their split, which could cost Territorians

Glenice Grieve says she sent her son, Zak, news stories of a report criticising Darwin prison's facilities but the Corrections Department blocked their delivery.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus.

Former Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink fails to turn up to court to be cross-examined over the company's collapse, risking an arrest warrant being issued.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred weakens to a tropical low as it begins to make landfall on the Gulf of Carpentaria's southern coast.

An Adelaide man is jailed and his wife given home detention after they concocted death threats at their workplace.

A Heysen masterpiece returns to South Australia before being auctioned next month where it is tipped to break a record price for a watercolour painting.

There are fears giant kelp forests are almost extinct, as inquiry into the impact of climate change on sea life begins.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus.

Tasmanian mayors hit back over claims they should be doing more to fund urgent water and sewerage upgrades.

A plane crashes into a retail outlet near Essendon Airport, in Melbourne's north. Follow live.

Five people die as a result of Victoria's worst civil aviation accident in 30 years, after a plane crashes into a shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport, authorities say.

A high security mental health facility in Melbourne, which houses killers and other serious criminals, is set to expand.

Housing blocks as small as 80 square metres will soon to go on sale in Perth.

A crash that left a woman dead after her car was struck by a vehicle driven on the wrong side of the road is investigated by Major Crime Squad detectives.

There are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus.