National News
17 Aug 09 | Asia's economic recovery and open trade remain key drivers to global economic recovery, Australia's Trade Minister, Simon Crean, says.
Speaking during a break in talks at an Association of South-E...
17 Aug 09 | A mother and her four young children have died in a fire described as a ''red wall of flame'' that engulfed their Victorian home.
A 31-year-old man, husband and father Aaron Holloway, survived the...
17 Aug 09 | Teachers' pay should not be dictated by the results of their students, a new report says.
Commissioned by the former Howard government, the Rewarding Quality Teaching report by management consulta...
17 Aug 09 | A mother of three who rescued a shark attack victim and an eight-year-old boy who saved his father's life are among 67 people who will be recognised for acts of bravery.
Joanne Lucas, 54, will rec...
17 Aug 09 | The Federal Government has backed down and agreed to debate a key climate change Bill, a move the Opposition described as a ''victory for common sense''.
The renewable energy legislation which comm...
16 Aug 09 | EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Four years after his wife plunged from a city office block, David Booth wants to know what role a self-help course played in her death and wonders if he could have saved her
16 Aug 09 | THE remains of nine Australians killed in the Kokoda aircraft crash will not be returned to their families for days, possibly weeks, officials in Port Moresby say.
16 Aug 09 | THEY were 20 years old, in love and ripe for adventure.
16 Aug 09 | A SYDNEY hospital is testing if the mood swings, irritability and anxiety associated with a woman's menstrual cycle can be controlled by taking a herbal supplement.
16 Aug 09 | IT WAS a split second that changed two families forever.
16 Aug 09 | WHEN Reg and Olive Ryan bought their dream home, nightmares followed.
16 Aug 09 | FAMILIES with children are the fastest growing group among Australia's 100,000 homeless as the rising cost of living and critical shortage of affordable accommodation force people on to the street.
16 Aug 09 | HUNDREDS of people gathered in Sydney's inner-west yesterday to protest against the proposed location of a CBD Metro stop in Rozelle.
16 Aug 09 | WOMEN have been told for years that high heels are the height of stupidity but now specialists claim they can actually be beneficial.
16 Aug 09 | EVERY State Government department with a stake in the justice system will be linked to an online computer network being rolled out at local courts.
16 Aug 09 | Boxing NSW is in a total mess … Change needs to be executed. WAYNE ROSE (above)
16 Aug 09 | A BOOM in teeth whitening has prompted calls for the unregulated industry to be closed amid fears staff in shopping malls, beauty parlours and tanning salons are carrying out the potentially dangerous treatment without proper training.
16 Aug 09 | ONCE the exclusive preserve of cash-strapped students, share accommodation is becoming increasingly popular with single parents.
16 Aug 09 | AUCTION vendors, not buyers, would have to pay for building and pest inspection reports under a plan proposed by a NSW Government MP.
16 Aug 09 | LAST weekend's Sun-Herald City2Surf was a runaway success and now Sydneysiders are invited to swap their jogging shoes for a pair of bike pants and join our annual Spring Cycle on September 27.