US President George W Bush has unveiled new steps to tackle the global financial crisis, including plans to buy stakes in US banks.

Iceland's stock exchange has plummeted by an astonishing 76 per cent during the first session of trading after a three-day suspension.

The polls have opened in Canada for the country's third general election in four years, one in which strategic voting could determine the outcome.

Thailand is moving additional troops and weapons closer to a disputed border area with Cambodia.

US President George W Bush has unveiled new steps to tackle the global financial crisis, including plans to buy stakes in US banks.

Iceland's stock exchange has plummeted by an astonishing 76 per cent during the first session of trading after a three-day suspension.

The Tasmanian Government says the state is well-placed to benefit from increased federal help for first home buyers.

The NSW Govt and the Chamber of Commerce hope the PM's splurge will kick-start Sydney's housing market.

Pregnant women are being urged to improve their diets to reduce the risk of their children developing serious health problems later in life.

Catholic Church officials have described the passing of Vic's abortion law reform Bill as a betrayal of humanity.

A group of doctors is considering challenging the decriminalisation of abortion in Victoria.

The Victorian Parliament has passed legislation to decriminalise abortion.

Tasmanian politicians and interest groups have faced a barrage of questions over plans to build a new hospital at the Hobart railyards.

The ACT Liberals have rejected Labor's accusations they will fund their election promises by cutting health spending.

One hundred and sixty staff and students at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane will be screened for tuberculosis after one student contracted the disease.

They are called man's best friend, but they could also be the best weapon in the fight against childhood obesity.

A court hearing into the decision by the Papua New Guinea Government to not renew an Australian mining company's exploration licence near the Kokoda Track has been adjourned until tomorrow.

An Australian mining company is seeking to overturn a decision by the Government of Papua New Guinea not to renew its exploration licence near the historic Kokoda Track.

A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) search team has found dogtags but no remains of four airmen who were lost after their bomber crashed in Papua New Guinea during World War II, the Defence Department says.

The PNG Government is set to make sweeping changes to the country's guns laws to curb violent crime.