The former guard claims Greens senator Sarah Hanson Young was given the code name raven and put under surveillance while visiting the island. The whistleblower also says managers shredded reports that raised concerns about safety. Wilson Security has...
Today's top stories. A sydney carpenter who repeatedly stabbed his estranged wife and cut her throat has been found guilty of murder. Christopher Cullen was arrested at a fishing club in Taren Point in Sydney's south in january last year. The body of...
World soccer is in turmoil this morning over claims of widespread corruption. 14 people, including nine current and former fifa officials,have been arrested and charged. Seven of them were taken into custody after a raid at a luxury hotel in the swis...
The government's new counter-terrorism measures are set to be put to the test, with reports that islamic state fighter Khaled Sharrouf's wife and children are seeking to return to Australia. The prime minister Tony Abbott says new plans to strip citi...
The federal government has warned a new three-and-a-half billion dollar childcare package won't be delivered unless the senate passes cuts to family tax benefits. Under the changes, most middle-income families would get increased childcare subsidies,...
Early exit polls indicate a much better than expected result for the Conservatives in the British election. If correct, the Tories could be short of a majority by just ten seats. The result is a blow to Labour's hope of forming a minority government....
The prime minister Tony Abbott says the government's new plan to change the age pension demonstrates next week's budget will be fair. The government is dumping last year's policy to lower pension indexation and instead is changing the eligibility rul...
Hundreds of Australian families are still desperately trying to make contact with their loved ones in Nepal after the weekend's earthquake disaster. The death toll has now reached two and a half thousand. International help is arriving in Nepal as po...
A cleaner at Leeton high school in New South Wales is due to face griffith local court today, after being charged with the murder of a missing teacher. 26 year old Stephanie Scott's body has not yet been located. She was last seen on easter sunday at...
Jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste and his two Al Jazeera colleagues will be given a retrial, after a year in prison. The trio were convicted of aiding the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation in Egypt and spreading false news. Peter Greste...
Queensland's newly elected labor government has been plunged into crisis after it was revealed that the member for Cook has an extensive criminal history. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has dumped M-P Bill Gordon from the party and urged him to resign...
Three members of the family that moved from Western Australia to South Africa appear to have been murdered. The bodies of the man,his wife and their eldest son were found in their home at South Africa. A 16 year daughter is in a critical condition wi...
Tony Abbott's leadership will come under the spotlight again today when federal cabinet meets in Canberra. Senior ministers have been defending the prime minister but that hasn't stopped talk of a leadership change. Reports have emerged this morning...
A former senior employee of the commonwealth bank has been charged with two counts of bribery. The 61 year old was arrested at a unit in Surry Hills in Sydney yesterday after an investigation involving New South Wales police and the U-S Federal Burea...
Much needed aid has begun arriving in cyclone ravaged vanuatu. Five australian military planes are delivering medical experts, search and rescue teams and emergency supplies to the capital, port vila. At least ten people are reported dead and thousan...
