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.

Todd Carney completed his stunning return to league by picking up the RLIF International Player of the Year award.

Elliot Island abounds in natural wonders, writes Pamela Wade.

Police late yesterday charged the New Zealander who was responsible for a full-scale emergency on the Brisbane River.

The man at the centre of the 16-hour siege on the Brisbane River is recovering from surgery after stabbing himself at the end of the standoff last night.

A 54-year-old NZ army veteran involved in an eleven-hour standoff with Brisbane police has been seen dousing his yacht with liquid from a jerry can.

A 54-year-old New Zealand army veteran is at the centre of a standoff with police in Brisbane, causing parts of the CBD to be put into lockdown.

'If I was a James Courtney or Jamie Whincup going into the Gold Coast event I would be nervous, extremely nervous,' says David Brabham.