Just days after being raped by a stranger, a woman received a letter from ACC saying her pain wasn't enough to deserve counselling, she says.

Judith Tizard says she bought a $155 bottle of champagne during a dinner with Australian ministers as a matter of national pride.

Almost 90 per cent of ACC claims for sex abuse counselling have been turned down or held for more information since rule changes last October.

Queensland's crime watchdog has slammed the way police handled the death in custody of Palm Island man Cameron Doomadgee.

Georgina te Heuheu must explain why she ignored warnings that a $4.8m budget allocation was given to a risky company, Labour says.

The British Government has paid off more than 1000 innocent Iraqis.

Kyrgyzstan's Government is demanding that Britain extradite the man they say is responsible for stoking vicious riots.

Govt is sounding out tech companies about the big digital TV switchover.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Len Brown insists a self-inflicted chest and head beating on Tuesday night was nothing more than a Maori gesture.

France's most prestigious newspaper is up for grabs.