A report which suggests cutting carbon emissions by 20 per cent will result in a 28 per cent hike in electricity bills is scaremongering, the Greens say.
An inquest has heard that Beaconsfield mine's senior surveyor said mining was placing too much stress on the underground rock at the gold mine.
The Queensland Nationals are pushing ahead with a vote on forming a new conservative party, despite the Liberal Party postponing its own convention.
The late withdrawal by government officials scheduled to give evidence to a Senate inquiry into the solar rebate is "disgraceful and contemptuous".
A man has been jailed for at least seven years for the brutal kidnapping of a couple who were later murdered before their bodies were burnt in metal drums.
Job creation projects in Adelaide will benefit from a $30 million industry development program sparked by the closure of Mitsubishi's car assembly plant.
Noreen Hay must be stood down while investigations are made into her involvement in the Wollongong corruption scandal, Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says.
Thousands of Aborigines are petitioning to have the Northern Territory intervention abandoned.
The son of federal Labor MP Janelle Saffin has been charged with possessing child pornography.
Police are hoping new pathology tests will shed more light on the cause of death of a baby boy found dumped at a bus stop in northern Victoria.
Water restrictions in southeast Queensland are set to be eased with the region's dams expected to reach 40 per cent capacity for the first time in three years.
Teachers in far north Queensland will hold 24-hour strikes in the next two weeks over the state of their housing.
South Australian teachers are voting on an industrial campaign that could disrupt classes for months.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will take in the views from Perth's Kings Park on Friday on the second and last day of her West Australian visit.
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