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Tatiana Tauaifaga was playing in the backyard of her home in Constitution Hill when a driver ploughed through the fence in an allegedly stolen black Audi, with police not far behind.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has visited the fire torn Adelaide Hills meeting with volunteers in the disaster zone which has razed up to 32 homes.

The people of Paris have responded in a show of peaceful defiance this evening (Paris time) to the barbaric terrorist attack that has sent shock waves around the world.

As they enter the opening of the fourth and final test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground – the very ground where Hughes suffered a fatal head injury – the boys in the baggy green are forced to relive the horrific events witnessed on that fateful day. In memory of young cricketer, Phillip Hughes […]

Katrina Dawson, who was killed during the siege in Sydney’s Martin Place last week, has been farewelled Tuesday afternoon at a memorial service in the University of Sydney’s Great Hall. The mother-of-three and successful lawyer was having coffee with a pregnant friend in the Lindt café when they were taken hostage. She was fatally shot during the […]

Tens of thousands of flowers left at Martin Place in remembrance of Sydney siege victims Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson have been cleared by nearly 100 volunteers.

She brought Jane Austen’s classic Emma to life, and took home an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love. She founded the popular lifestyle blog Goop, created a best-selling cookbook and starred in a PBS food and travel series called Spain… on the Road Again. But it seems that none of this warrants consideration for the job […]

Channel Nine’s The Today Show host Lisa Wilkinson put the Prime Minister on the spot on Monday morning when she asked him what he thought was his biggest achievement as the country’s Minister for Women. Channel Nine’s The Today Show host Lisa Wilkinson put the Prime Minister on the spot on Monday morning when she […]

UPDATE: The 37 year-old woman identified as the mother of 7 of the 8 children found dead has been arrested over the deaths of the children in the Cairns home. The woman, taken to hospital on Friday with stab wounds, is under guard at a Cairns hospital. The children were aged between 18 months and […]

The Chairman of beyondblue Jeff Kennett made the announcement on Thursday after the doard ratified Ms Gillard’s appointment at a meeting last Tuesday. Mr Kennett said: “We are particularly honoured that Julia Gillard has seen fit to join our organisation as we continue to serve those in the community suffering depression and anxiety and who are at […]