An attempt by the Greens to legalise same sex marriage has been voted down in the Senate.
The woman charged over former Socceroo Ian Gray's death has been granted bail.
Television and movie studios are appealing against a judgment which found internet service provider iiNet was not responsible for illegal movie downloads by its customers.
The mother of an Australian man linked to the assassination of a militant leader in Dubai says the photo in the passport used to name him as a suspect is not his.
Record company EMI has appealed against a court ruling that Australian band Men at Work ripped off a popular Australian folk tune with their 1980s smash hit Down Under.
The Federal Government has failed in its legal bid to prevent former Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib from suing the Commonwealth.
Doctors at the newly created Sydney Burns Foundation say they are advancing towards the "holy grail" in burns treatment: full thickness replacement skin.
The oil leak from a wellhead platform in the Timor Sea late last year appears to have spread into Indonesian waters.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told MPs they must go back to their electorates and speak to voters and businesses about the Government's scrapped home insulation scheme.
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