Dozens of firefighters have battled a blaze at the former Alcoa plant near Geelong that forced the evacuation of about 30 workers.

As Australia sinks deeper into financial deficit, big bank bosses urge politicians to consider controversial budget measures.

Jean Claude Perrottet, the younger brother of NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, has been found not guilty of three counts of sexual assault.

The head of Russia's influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said on Sunday cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were "childish" compared to offences it had dished out to Christians.

Keesha Kapea is eyeing a third trophy in two weeks this weekend.

The injured NRL superstar Greg Inglis is battling depression.

It's easy to knock pirate websites down but they can quickly re-appear at a new address.

Gary Ablett has been offered a new contract by Gold Coast that will ensure he stays one of the game’s very highest-paid players from 2016.

Opening batsman takes one big shot too many and falls victim to delivery from Karn Sharma, who is bowling in his first Test for India.

Essendon midfielder Heath Hocking will miss six weeks of the AFL pre-season because he needs surgery on a persistent groin injury.

Zimbabwe will become the first full ICC member nation to tour Pakistan in six years when it plays two Twenty20 internationals and three ODIs in Lahore from May 19-June 1.

Cardinal says he was aware of the existence of clergy sexual abuse when he was a junior priest in the early 1970s but failed to recognise widespread offending at the time.

Kansas City, Missouri: A Missouri school district has apologised to the family of a blind student whose cane was replaced with a swimming pool noodle after he allegedly misbehaved on the bus.

Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho is chasing an A-League contract and the Wollongong Wolves FFA Cup match with Sydney FC could provide him the platform to get one.

Indigenous artist Dennis Nona has been found guilty raping a 12-year-old girl while he was a student at the Australian National University.

A Malaysian developer has made their foray into the Australian property market, naming low vacancy rates and strong population growth as key reasons for pouring their capital into the country.

Police are negotiating with a man who has jumped onto train tracks at Flinders Street station, causing major delays across the rail network.

Jose Antonio, chairman of Century Properties Group which developed the Trump tower, as been tapped as his country's envoy for trade to the US.

Parliament will pass a motion calling on the government to set up a royal commission on veteran suicide after Coalition MPs told the Prime Minister they would cross the floor.

Deputy NSW Labor leader Linda Burney is set to make Australian political history by becoming the first Indigenous woman to hold a seat in the federal House of Representatives.