The govt-appointed Welfare Working Group will consider unemployment insurance among options for reforming the social security system.

A decision to dump God Save the Queen from this year's Anzac Day dawn service in Melbourne has angered monarchists.

A 37-year-old man, who shot dead his three children in Melbourne, lived in NZ for five years earlier this decade before moving to Victoria.

Chrysler has emerged as the most likely manufacturer to break the Holden-Ford duopoly in V8 Supercar racing after the sport opened the door for other makes to compete from 2012.

The Formula One's car was impounded after doing a burnout near the entrance to the Australian grand prix in Melbourne.

Victoria Beckham is said to have been left "shocked and upset" at the death of her one time boyfriend, Lost Boys actor Corey Haim.

Mystery still surrounds the death of an Indian toddler in Melbourne.

Melbourne is bracing for a second lashing following yesterday's "beast" of a hailstorm.

Police are hunting for the killer of a three-year-old boy found dead hours after he went missing from a Melbourne home.

A four-year-old was hospitalised in Melbourne yesterday after falling onto a knife left in an open dishwasher.

Report shows living standards have changed little.

A man narrowly avoided being hit in the head by a falling rock at Franz Josef Glacier and his partner suffered a broken foot after jumping a barrier.

Taxi drivers are calling for perspex screens and security cameras to be compulsory in taxis, with no provisions in NZ law covering driver safety.