Mohamed Haneef has reportedly been awarded about A$1 million in compensation for a 2007 detention.

Former Hanover Finance boss Mark Hotchin wants a $7000-a-week allowance to maintain his lifestyle on the Gold Coast. The Securities Commission gave the Hanover co-founder a $1000-a-week allowance after freezing his NZ assets.

Mark Hotchin is living a life few Kiwis could dream of, despite a court order freezing his NZ assets.

A doctor claims his career at Gold Coast Hospital was ruined by a false accusation of terrorism about him.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will reportedly appear in a London court tonight (NZT), in a second attempt to win bail. He's also issued a statement, through his mother, saying he's determined to fight for the future of WikiLeaks.

The founder of WikiLeaks has issued a plea from jail for his supporters to keep fighting, accusing Visa, Mastercard and Paypal of being instruments of US foreign policy.

Residents in the Australian state of Victoria remain on emergency alert for flooding today.

Reports are calling NSW's floods the worst inundation to hit the state in 50 years.

A five-year Australian trial appears to have confirmed that sunscreen use can help prevent the rare but often deadly form of cancer.

The oddly named Town of 1770 also specialises in quirky transport, finds Pamela Wade.

The mum of WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange fears her son may be assassinated for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US government documents.

A Queendland boy came close to dying after swallowing a small battery.

An American woman has become an unwilling focus of the cricketing world's attention during the Ashes series.

The family of Aussie miner Willy Joynson is clinging to hope the father of two is still alive.