A 50-year-old man dies after his four-wheel drive flips off a bridge and lands in the Latrobe River in Melbourne's east.

Opposition frontbencher Tony Abbott has slammed the conduct of Labor's national conference, describing it as a gathering on Mogadon.

The weapon used to bludgeon a Sydney family to death has reportedly been found.

A coalition government would devolve the running of the nation's public hospitals to the private sector, community groups and charities, Tony Abbott says.

Rainbow flags, wedding dresses, high heel boots and disco music were de rigueur in cities across Australia, as thousands of people rallied in support of same sex marriage.

Police have charged a 26-year-old woman with the murder of a man found dead in the stairwell of a St Kilda apartment block on July 30.

Protesters attempt to hijack the ALP national conference debate on climate change.

Two separate incidents involving light plane crashes were reported in NSW on Saturday with injuries to both pilots.

The United States and Southeast Asia led international tributes to former Philippines president Corazon Aquino, who died on Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.

A Viva Palestina organizer writes: we took a guided bus tour and witnessed Gaza'sdevastation. It was clear the Israeli bombing and invasion of Gaza were adeliberate campaign to inflict punishment on the civilian population.Apartment buildings had been shelled, leaving huge

On July 27, 1953, U.S. imperialism and the Democratic People's Republicof Korea (DPRK or north Korea) signed an armistice agreement that halted theKorean War. Fifty-six years later, not only does the U.S. still refuse to signa peace treaty, but it

A spirited celebration of Fidel Castro's legendary July 26 attack on theMoncada Barracks, which launched Cuba's revolutionary movement, tookplace July 25 at Service Employees Local 1199 headquarters. A broadcross-section of New York's Cuba solidarity movement took part in thecelebration.

In a visit to four African states, Cuban President Raul Castro continued thedecades-long legacy of international solidarity with the peoples of thecontinent. Castro, who recently stepped down as chairman of the Non-AlignedMovement at its summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, was

A 59-year-old Winnipeg man died Thursday night in a single-vehicle crash near Thompson.

Winnipeggers have suffered through a record setting eight consecutive months of cooler-than-normal temperatures, says Environment Canada.

The lack of an arrest in the shooting death of a woman at a wedding reception in Winnipeg on Saturday should not be a concern to the public, says the head of the police union.

Winnipeg won't be hosting the 2015 World Police and Fire Games. That privilege was granted to Washington, D.C., on Friday.

A 27-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving after crashing into a police cruiser in Winnipeg.

A newly formed group is looking into the possibility of making Winnipeg a producer of medical isotopes.

Thousands of residents of former Indian day schools in Manitoba hope a class-action lawsuit leads to healing.