MPs voice their concern that embattled crossbencher Craig Thomson is being pushed to breaking point because of the toxic atmosphere in Parliament.

The Federal Government has announced new measures aimed at "cutting out the cancer" of organised crime at docks around the country.

MPs voice their concern that embattled crossbencher Craig Thomson is being pushed to breaking point because of the toxic atmosphere in Parliament.

The Federal Government has announced new measures aimed at "cutting out the cancer" of organised crime at docks around the country.

US officials say up to 13 Australian meat shipments have been rejected over the past year because they contained faeces or other matter.

The governor of Bali's Kerobokan prison will meet Schapelle Corby today to begin assessing her eligibility for early parole.

Police have defended their handling of a murder suicide in Darwin involving two children.

Three Indonesian men are expected to face a retrial after a Perth jury failed to reach a verdict on people smuggling charges arising from an asylum seeker boat that crashed at Christmas Island.

Abdul Rasjid, Hardi Hans and Supriyadi had been on trial for the past three weeks, accused of facilitating the arrival of the boat that ended up crashing into rocks in December 2010.

Polling stations have reopened in Egypt for the second day of voting in the first free presidential election in the country's recorded history.

The brother of the blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has arrived in Beijing after escaping his heavily guarded home.

Four Russians decided to take a motorcycle trip in Iraq, but their adventure took a turn for the worse when they were arrested by security forces and were allegedly beaten and accused of spying.

A penguin which went missing from a Tokyo aquarium in early March has been recaptured alive and well, according to Japanese press reports.

Melbourne has reacted to its disastrous loss to Sydney, axing veterans Aaron Davey and Colin Sylvia among four changes.