Jennifer Borchardt, 49, was found dead in a pool of blood inside her kitchen at her Westbank Terrace house about 4pm on Tuesday after she failed to show up at work.

A dovish policy statement from the US Federal Reserve and a mid-week iron ore rally spells good news for Australian travellers.

Nick Philippoussis will likely remain inside San Diego's tough Central Jail on $3.2 million bail for another night.

After footage of the frenzied brawl circulated widely on social media on Wednesday, a 22-year-old handed himself into a western Sydney police station.

"What good is a camera if it is not being used when it may be needed the most?"

Alleged Australian drug smuggler Cassandra Sainsbury appeared before the media briefly ahead of her hearing in Bogota.

Analysis: Confusion over section 44 of the constitution threatens to obliterate confidence in the finely balanced 45th Parliament.

NSW Labor is set to move into campaign mode from this weekend – more than a year before the next NSW and federal elections – with plans to open nominations for all seats by March 2018.

Matt Groening's new animated show Disenchantment, set in a crumbling medieval kingdom, will air on Netflix. Read more here: http://ow.ly/De7X30dV5qZ

Europe's highest court has suggested in a non-binding ruling that even products containing the French sparkling wine may not be able to use the name "champagne".

After losing his luggage, comparing the hongi to a headbutt and being upstaged by a rare lizard in New Zealand, Boris Johnson is pleased to be in Australia.

Renters have to walk a fine line between making themselves feel at home and making changes that will cost them their bond.

Despite the best efforts from hospital staff, Kawa Sweeney had failed to respond to a function test and was declared brain dead.

"That is a great example of social learning where information is passed between populations and individuals not through genetic information but culturally by learning new things."