March 23, 2013 Sacked minister Simon Crean, who sparked Labor's leadership crisis this week, says Kevin Rudd's camp had fully endorsed his intervention to demand the Prime Minister call a spill.

March 23, 2013 'Alan' promised the magistrate he would mend his ways but Google will never forget.

March 23, 2013 The battle between Coles and Woolworths has escalated with Coles using an elaborate tax haven structure to conceal its purchase of one of Woolworths' most profitable stores.

March 23, 2013 The Director of Public Prosecutions has circulated a memo to all Crown prosecutors and solicitors warning them to stop bullying one another or face disciplinary action.

March 22, 2013 Five workers at an abattoir in Sydney's south-west have been sacked over animal cruelty captured in a video that emerged this week.

March 22, 2013 After 14 years in jail, one of Sydney's most infamous and violent criminals is on the verge of being released.

March 22, 2013 Del Kathryn Barton takes out the 2013 prize.

March 22, 2013 The infamous former bushland fugitive Malcolm Naden has pleaded guilty to the murder of two young women in 2005, the attempted murder of a police officer and all other charges against him.

March 22, 2013 The lights go off - but Earth Hour organisers are urging participants to make a bigger switch.

March 22, 2013 Australian scientists spent more than 500 years' worth of time preparing research funding applications for the country's largest grant scheme in 2012, according to a survey by Queensland researchers.