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What kind of scheme would pay more in compensation for itself than it actually collected? Australia's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, that's what kind.

AXA Asia Pacific has knocked back an $11 billion takeover offer, saying the joint approach from its key share holder AXA SA and rival AMP significantly undervalues the wealth management giant.

One of Sydney University's oldest colleges is on the defensive over reports that past and present residents set up a pro-rape website on Facebook.

New research from the Australian National University in Canberra shows women who experience early menopause do not have an increased risk of hip fractures later in life.

Victorians forced from their homes on Black Saturday could still be homeless by next winter, the head of bushfire reconstruction says.

Alan Ball's vampire series True Blood has almost single-handedly pulled the premium US cable channel HBO out of a slump.

On average guns kill or wound 276 people every day in America. By now you will have heard of Major Nidal Malak Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist who shot 13 of his colleagues dead and wounded 31 inside the Army's largest base, Fort Hood in Texas last Thursday.

Britney Spears has done it again, hitting the headlines during her first Australian tour over a row about lip-synching and a lacklustre performance that her tour promoter said had left her "extremely upset". Australian media reported that fans walked out of the first of Spears' 14 Australian performances that was staged in Perth on Friday after ...

Rescue workers are struggling to reach some of the worst affected areas. The death toll from flooding and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by the passage of Hurricane Ida has jumped to 124.

A GROUP of past and present University of Sydney students set up a ''pro-rape'' page in the sports and recreation section on Facebook, describing themselves as ''anti-consent''.

James Batley was expelled along with New Zealand's envoy last week by Commodore Frank Bainimarama.

England 9 Australia 18 LONDON: Wallabies coach Robbie Deans took a huge gamble in playing a novice combination in the centres and it worked, with Quade Cooper and Digby Ioane keeping England at bay to start the grand slam campaign with a flourish at Twickenham.

New opinion polls added pressure on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday to take a tougher stand against asylum-seekers and end a standoff involving 78 boat-people picked up by an Australian ship off Indonesia.

Despite the SPI pointing to a flat start to the week, Aussie shares jumped out of the blocks to post gains of around 1.6% by lunch.

A night of burglaries has proven to be exhausting for a Callista man who fell asleep in front of a Victoria Park pharmacy yesterday morning.

The desire to reform the tax system is a magnet for treasurers. John Howard hankered to do it when he had the job but had to wait until he was PM.

WHEN you're 14, it seems you have two choices: to be popular, or be well-liked. But by the final years of high school, it's possible to be both.

The Australian dollar opened almost a cent higher as it broke through the 92 US cent mark to a weekly high after five consecutive positive sessions.

Fergus Green is the co-author of a forthcoming Lowy Institute Analysis on the Copenhagen climate change conference.

What'd really hurt Australia? A swift US recovery. So says David Hale Enjoy Ask economic guru David Hale the worst risk facing Australia and you'll get a surprising answer.