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New Zealand's first innings started in disastrous fashion on day two of the opening Test against Australia at Basin Reserve in Wellington on Saturday.

A 92-year-old Melbourne woman is celebrating the return of her much-loved car after it was stolen last week.

Around 300 Melburnians have lined up to become part of the world's largest toilet queue.

A boat with 92 asylum seekers on board has been intercepted off the coast of Western Australia.

Two police officers who dragged two men from a burning car in Frankston in Victoria's south say they were just doing their job.

A man has been charged over fraud offences worth more than $6.5 million.

Marcus North reached his fourth Test century shortly before Australia declared its first innings closed at 5 for 459 during the second session on day two of the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington on Saturday.

A Canberra vet says a kangaroo that attacked and knocked unconscious a man out jogging was probably acting to protect his territory.

Police officers came close to firing a Taser at a party in Sydney's west this morning.

The hospitality industry says the cancellation of US president Barack Obama's visit to Canberra will not have a negative effect on hotel operators.

A boy as young as 12 is believed to have been involved in the robbery of an Adelaide service station early this morning.

Conservationists say the town of Eden on the far south coast of New South Wales will be blighted by toxic pollution if a plan to produce power from wood goes ahead.

The Dutch Navy has freed 20 suspected Somali pirates that it nabbed in the lawless waters off the restive Horn of Africa nation and the Seychelles coast.

The town of Goodooga in north-western New South Wales is now isolated by floodwaters which have moved down from Queensland.

New Zealand failed to make a breakthrough in the morning session, as Australia steered itself to a formidable total on day two of the first Test in Wellington on Saturday.

The former head of the UN's mission to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has criticised Pakistan for arresting senior members of the Taliban.

...feeling annoyed so much research is locked behind paywalls. *sigh*

Ada Lovelace Day will be Wednesday 24th March this year, ie, this Wednesday. The idea is to recognise and improve knowledge of women in tech and science, and you blog (or podcast or etc) about a woman you want to recognise. Quite a lot of people I read online did this last year, so here's your reminder to go for round two.

The Federal Government has signed a $500 million contract with the US Army to procure seven new Chinook helicopters.

Elvis Presley's former tour manager is among the judges at the first Australian qualifier for the Elvis World Cup.