A court in Moscow has found seven members of a skinhead gang guilty of a series of racially motivated murders and attacks.
An investigation has been launched after a Labor MP took a photo of a man trying to set himself alight in a protest.
The nation's political leaders have resorted to insults as they approach the end of the parliamentary year.
Senior Liberal Nick Minchin has criticised former Prime Minister John Howard for not giving departing Senator Chris Ellison more time in Cabinet.
Thailand's Parliament is set to vote for a new prime minister next Monday.
Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans says the Government is trying to help a family involved in several protests around Parliament House.
The Federal Opposition has raised the prospect of the Government setting up a bank.
The Queensland Government says a parliamentary debate about banning red pens is tasteless and trivial.
Aboriginal dancers from Gumbalanya put down the spears used in traditional ceremonies in the Northern Territory today and replaced them with fibre optic cables (pictured).
The Government has written to every independent school in the country warning them their funding is under threat.
The Australian Services Union is hearing concerns from its Tasmanian members about their working conditions under the new regional corporations for water and sewerage.
The sacked Cabinet Minister Paula Wriedt is looking for a new job.
Gordon Nuttall says he has been forced to sack his legal team ahead of a second corruption hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
Australian consumers will be able to look at more weekly supermarket specials on the Government's GROCERYchoice website after a change in management.
The ACT Government is looking to release more land for hotel and motel accommodation.
Both sides of politics have praised the former Labor deputy prime minister Frank Crean who died yesterday.
Unions are pressuring the Federal Government to come up with a plan to grow the forestry industry and protect jobs.
Tasmania's Parks minister says she'll consider trying to list the entire Bay of Fires on the state's east coast as a national park.
The Greens have attacked the Federal Opposition for backing down over a bill to manage water in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says there is no excuse for the banks not to pass on the full one percentage point interest rate cut.