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The boss of Firepower, Tim Johnston has complied with a court order to hand in his passport, after he made an unexpected return to Australia.

Rugby league star Matthew Johns credits his wife for his decision to rebuild his career following his group sex scandal.

Police in Thailand are hunting an Australian businessman accused of running an investment scam targeting holidaymakers.

Arthritis affects the lives of millions of Australians, but some of the new treatments being used are turning the tide against this crippling disease.

We take a peek backstage as Britney Spears launches her Australian tour in Perth tonight.

US singer Rihanna has broken her 9-month silence after being bashed by former boyfriend Chris Brown.

Taxi drivers will have to pass an english test before they can work anywhere in Australia.

Scientists are baffled after tens of thousands of dead starfish washed up in Ireland.

Indonesia has given Australia another week to resolve the Oceanic Viking asylum seeker crisis.

Indonesia will decide today whether to extend permission for the Australian Custom ship to stay in its waters.

Australia's Defence Minister John Faulkner has hinted Australia won't send more troops to Afghanistan.

Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking have rejected a Federal Government offer of resettlement in Australia or another country within a year.

Reserve Bank boss Glenn Stevens says Australia is well and truly on the road back to prosperity but warned the recovery will still be hard.

Australia has won the fifth one-dayer against India, despite one of the all time great one-day innings from Sachin Tendulkar.

Today's top headlines.

Victorian Premier John Brumby has reignited the national debate on which state has Australia's most liveable city.

Cab drivers will have to pass an English test before they can get work anywhere in Australia.

New Zealand's envoy to Fiji has left Suva.

The United Nations is pulling out more than half of its staff from Afghanistan after several workers were killed in a pre-dawn attack last week.

Victoria's mental health minister has ordered an inquiry into security at one of Melbourne's biggest psychiatric facilities after two patients were murdered.

The boss of Firepower has been found on the Gold Coast and served with an injunction ordering him to stay in Australia.

An Australia Post worker who had a big win on the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday thought she'd struck it rich finding $100,000 in an ATM cartridge.

State weather update.

A group of children from one of Australia's most remote communities has swapped the bush for the big smoke.

Diplomatic tensions between Australia and Fiji have escalated following the arrest of a Canberra University professor.

Five British soldiers in Afghanistan have been shot dead by an Afghan police officer they had been training.

Police have clashed with opposition supporters during violent protests in the Iranian capital.

Britney Spears' fans still haven't caught a glimpse of their idol who has arrived in Australia for her Circus tour.

A boat carrying 16 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted close to Australia's north coast.

Diplomatic tensions between Australia and Fiji have escalated following the arrest of a Canberra University professor.

Five British soldiers in Afghanistan have been shot dead by an Afghan police officer they had been training.

Fiji's High Commissioner has been ordered to leave Australia a day after the Pacific nation kicked out our top diplomat.

All the latest Western Australian news.

Next year's Oscars will be a double act, with Steve Martin teaming up with Alec Baldwin.

Britney Spears has touched down in Sydney, ahead of her Circus concert tour.

A Russian forklift driver lost control of his vehicle inside a vodka warehouse.

Pop star Britney Spears arrived in Australia.

Actor Jim Carrey has turned on this year's Christmas lights in London.

Actor Jim Carrey has turned on this year's Christmas lights in London.