Sydney - Australia's medal-laden Olympic team Saturday appealed to the government for more money to ensure it repeats its Athens performance and retains fourth place in the medal tally at the Beijing Games. It's not rocket science, Australian Olymp...
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It was the ALP's fright night. Alan Carpenter called the WA election the day after the Liberals went 'back to the future' with Colin Barnett. He benefited from a redistribution which saw the swing required to unseat Labor...
Sydney - Australia's opposition Liberal Party was Saturday set to form the state government in the resource-rich state of Western Australia. A swing of 6 per cent against the ruling Labor Party exceeded poll predictions...
A determined Tasmanian pensioner activist has managed to secure a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and presented him with a petition calling for a $30 per week pension increase. Mr Rudd was met by Margot...