April 4, 2013 You may think you are an exciting individual, but chances are your consumer habits are making you ''astonishingly boring''.

April 4, 2013 Senior military policeman who falsified paperwork to hide the fact an Afghan prisoner had been held longer than the regulation 96 hours has been demoted.

April 4, 2013 Countries such as Australia who are planning to buy the troubled Joint Strike Fighter plane are entitled to rethink their purchase, the manufacturer says.

April 3, 2013 There are fears a gastroenteritis outbreak caused by contaminated oysters in Tasmania over the Easter weekend has spread interstate.

April 3, 2013 The fierce summer endured by much of Australia was directly influenced by human-induced global warming, a new report by the Climate Commission says.

April 3, 2013 Dozens of doctors penalised for allegedly rorting Medicare may seek compensation following a Federal Court ruling that the appointments of certain members of the disciplinary panel they faced were invalid.

April 3, 2013 Australia's enthusiastic approach to extending the life of pharmaceutical patents has cost the economy 'billions of dollars', an independent review has found.

April 3, 2013 Children who hit puberty early are likely to have been anxious, sensitive or bad-tempered preschoolers, a study of nearly 3500 youngsters has found.

April 3, 2013 In the end it seems the inevitable has caught up with Nathan Tinkler.

April 3, 2013 Members of a Greek political party widely regarded as neo-Nazi - and which has been linked to dozens of violent protests - may visit Melbourne with a view to opening a local office.