Search crew makes contact with teen sailor
Crew on a Qantas plane say they have made contact with a solo sailor who is in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean.
World Cup euphoria rocked by Mandela family death
Former South African president Nelson Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter has been killed in a car crash after leaving a concert ahead of the World Cup kick off.
ABC Collectors host on child porn charge
ABC radio and TV presenter Andy Muirhead has been charged over accessing child pornography.
Miners in Canberra as tax stand-off continues
Mining bosses are at Parliament House for high-level talks today as the resources industry applies more pressure to the Government over the proposed resources super profits tax.
Don't get burnt: Choice urges home solar caution
An analysis of home solar power systems shows that it may take the best part of half a century for the systems to pay themselves off in some states.