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Baz Luhrmann's film Australia was one of the big winners at the Australian Film Institute (AFI) industry awards in Melbourne on Friday night.

In recent years the number of children with food allergies has skyrocketed and now researchers say there could be a link between allergies and where you live.

Firefighters will take advantage of cooler temperatures over the weekend to strengthen containment lines around bushfires burning across New South Wales.

The Federal Court in Perth has heard former Firepower head Tim Johnston cannot account for $17 million.

A Queensland woman who stabbed a man to death 20 years ago and drank his blood is challenging a Parole Board decision not to release her.

Two major court cases next year could be affected by the suspension of a senior manager at the Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre.

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has signalled the Opposition's finance spokesman, Barnaby Joyce, will have to restrict his comments now that he is in shadow cabinet.

Thieves opened the grave of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos and stole his corpse during the night, state television has reported, interrupting its normal programming.

A Californian company is aiming to capture sunlight in space to generate a regular supply of electricity on Earth.

It's a bar tab at the boss's expense - what could go wrong?

Tiger Woods was able to hide his extramarital affairs for so long because of an unhealthy relationship with his entourage, a leading sports psychologist says.

A blogger has revealed the identity of a New Zealand Olympian who was charged with raping and beating his wife, even though a judge had suppressed the man's name.

Local government authorities in Central Australia say about 2500 feral camels have been culled so far near the small community of Docker River.

Two Indonesian fishermen will have to serve at least four years in a Western Australian jail after pleading guilty to their second offence of people smuggling.

Cult TV hit Flight of the Conchords will not be returning for a third season.

The Australian share market has broken a run of five straight days of losses with a modest rise.

The Federal Opposition has criticised the use of tents to house asylum seekers on Christmas Island.

As the Japanese whaling fleet continues its journey towards the south, the Federal Opposition says it is time for the Government to act on its legal threat.

Former government climate change adviser Ross Garnaut says it is inevitable that South Pacific countries will end up having their populations relocated to Australia or New Zealand.

A Human Rights academic has described as inhumane the Commonwealth's decision to house asylum seekers in tents.