March 25, 2013 Former speaker Peter Slipper has been granted a two week adjournment over allegations he fraudulently used taxpayer-funded taxi vouchers.

March 25, 2013 He towers 1.9 metres high and tips the scales at 140 kilograms.

March 25, 2013 Unwanted sexual encounters and unsafe sex are rife among drinkers and drug users, a survey has found.

March 25, 2013 Extreme weather due to global warming likely to threaten Australia's key industries: report.

March 25, 2013 Melbourne-born Ben Zygier was a passionate Zionist who aspired to a life of heroism but was responsible for one of the most seriousdh securityqc breaches in Israel's history.

March 25, 2013 Schapelle Corby and the two Bali Nine prisoners on death row dominate the headlines in Australia but seven other young Australians in Kerobokan prison face an uncertain future under a harsh new Indonesian law.

March 25, 2013 It is one of life's most common irritations: the song you do not like that becomes stuck in your head.

March 25, 2013 Unwanted and unsafe sex is rife among drinkers and drug users, a survey has found.

March 25, 2013 Australians are so ignorant about the carbon tax that more than half think it has pushed up the price of petrol.

March 25, 2013 Australia's high earners are surprisingly magnanimous when it comes to tax. Many think the rich should pay more. They just don't think that applies to them.