Put kids to sleep with Chavez, mums told
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who do not want to go to sleep: have them watch his televised speeches.
Ugliest power pole competition
The small town of Woodbridge in southern Tasmania has this year attracted plenty of visitors to its annual photographic exhibition.
Dear Friend Hitler: Bollywood takes new direction
India's Bollywood film industry, famous for its lip-synched singing, exuberant dancing and wet sari scenes, is set to stray into unfamiliar dark territory with a film on Adolf Hitler.
TEEN sailor Abby Sunderland was in "great spirits" when she was spotted in the Indian Ocean, and rescuers are expected to reach her about 4.30pm.
A CORONER'S autopsy has found no evidence to link a two-year-old Brisbane girl's death with a flu shot she received a day before she died.
A TEENAGE girl is dead and a man and teenage boy are in a critical condition following a house fire in Toowoomba this morning.
MEDICAL experts have proposed the use of Tasers to subdue unruly patients in the emergency department of the Gold Coast Hospital, as nurses fear for their safety.
A YOUNG teenage boy is in a serious condition after being hit by a car near Bli Bli, northwest of Maroochydore.
LABOR veteran turned mining executive says PM must go if super profits tax dispute drags on.
THE race to reach stranded US sailor Abby Sunderland will intensify as her parents face mounting outrage for letting her sail solo around the world.
ELECTRICITY, water and rate rises are putting Queenslanders in the red with families saying they are struggling more than ever to make ends meet.
QUEENSLAND soldier Jacob "Snowy" Moerland was on patrol in Afghanistan with his best mate from school when something went terribly wrong.
HAJNAL Ban tipped off the developer who bought a $2.25 million property from an old, frail friend, tribunal documents claim.
DALBY could become home for up to 500 asylum seekers in a scheme that has shocked the mayor and the federal member.
SERIOUS doubts were raised about the validity of the Clem7 tunnel's traffic projections at least four years ago by financial analysts.
ONE in every eight taxis pulled over in a six-hour sting in Brisbane's inner north were not fit to be on the road, police said.
NELSON Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter has been killed in a car crash on the way home from a World Cup kick-off concert.
NELSON Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter has been killed in a car crash on the way home from a World Cup kick-off concert.
SEARCHERS have made contact with teenage solo sailor Abby Sunderland and she is alive and well but her boat has been dismasted..
THE Federal Court has found Queensland Rail breached workplace agreements in its rush towards privatisation, a union says.
ABC personality Andy Muirhead has been charged with a child porn offence, the broadcaster's website said today.
A FISHERMAN whose legs were broken in a boat crash swam ashore before being rescued.
QUEENSLAND tow truck drivers have called for an overhaul of the state's licensing system to stop violence and intimidation that is plaguing the industry.
YOUTH affairs advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied, 19, founded Youth Without Borders two years ago - and is in the running for a Pride of Australia award.
DANIEL Tzvetkoff allegedly harboured "unrealistic" notions about his business's expenses, which included hiring GulfStream jets and corporate sports boxes.
GOLD Coast police have taken DNA samples from almost 40 potential suspects as the hunt for a rapist who dragged a jogger from a busy road continues.
A CAR crash has closed a southbound entrance to the Bruce Highway at Burpengary.