Bob Brown and Andrew Wilkie now have better access to the prime minister than Treasurer Wayne Swan, Liberal frontbencher Peter Dutton says.
The 33 Chilean miners trapped underground longer than anyone on record will soon be able to see and talk to loved ones through a video link.
Afghan govt declares bank safe amid rush for withdrawals
The ex-producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman has been freed after four months in jail for a plot that spotlighted the talk show host's office affairs.
Samantha Stosur is the only Australian left in the US Open singles after Carsten Ball lost his men's second-round match against Spaniard Albert Montanes.
Nearly one year after launching a free application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the US space agency has created a program for the iPad.
A US cheerleader has eaten her first meal in eight months after doctors mistook a rare neurological condition that "paralysed" her stomach for an eating disorder.