Aung San Suu Kyi will have to be expelled from her political party under electoral rules announced by Burma's ruling military government.

At least six aid workers have been killed in an attack by militants on the offices of a US-based charity group in Pakistan.

A suicide attack targeting a NATO-Afghan border police compound in eastern Afghanistan has killed two foreign soldiers and wounded several others.

The EU is considering a ban on the sort of complex financial instruments that may have contributed to Greece's economic crisis.

A slump in housing finance figures offset gains resulting from positive consumer confidence data on the Australian share market today.

The EU is considering a ban on the sort of complex financial instruments that may have contributed to Greece's economic crisis.

The New South Wales Business Chamber is recommending the creation of 10 'super councils' in Sydney as part of a series of ideas it has developed to fix the state.

Metro Trains says services are suffering because of problems with a number of Siemens trains.

The incidence of low birth weight among Indigenous babies is on the rise, the Federal Indigenous Health Minister says.

A new forensic service at Port Lincoln will save sexual assault victims having to travel to Adelaide for examinations.

High rates of cervical cancer among Indigenous women should be combated with increased services, a gynaecologist who used to work in remote Northern Territory communities says.

Anger over anti-abortion posters but a candidate says he will not take them down.

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service has moved to reassure Tasmanians that blood supplies to the state will not be compromised.

The chair of a long-running Federal Government inquiry into youth violence says she is starting to see a recurring connection between alcohol and aggression.

The Tasmanian Premier has reassured north-west residents that the government will buy back the Burnie hospital.

Parents at a north Queensland high school say they want answers from Education Queensland about whether their children have been exposed to asbestos fibres.

A Queensland Government trade representative says Australian business will have to be prepared to work cooperatively to succeed in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says people will "shudder in awe" at the corruption exposed by an inquiry into the country's finance department.

Papua New Guinea's corruption watchdog has condemned the government's role in the Julian Moti affair.

Claims have been aired in Papua New Guinea that politicians funded the exploits of the country's most infamous criminal.