An Australian soldier was shot in the leg during a battle with insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Defence Force says. The soldier was on patrol with Afghan and Australian colleagues in the Baluchi Valley region of the...

Ben Keneally gave his wife-to-be a Swiss Army knife when he proposed marriage on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. It was one of the ”family snaps” Kristina Keneally furnished ABC Radio’s Simon Marnie with...

TWO men involved in a crash that killed a Wheelers Hill teenager in 2007 will be allowed to drive sooner than expected. Damian Rodi and Jarrod Rooke received jail sentences and licence disqualifications over an incident in...

HAWTHORN-Monash University bowler Lukas Hoogenboom lets fly in the Hawks’ last game of the Premier Cricket season against Richmond. The Hawks will hope to get more matches from the tearaway quick next season in tandem with...

SOUTHERN Health nurse Karen Johnson may well be feeling light-headed after losing her locks for World’s Greatest Shave. The nursing unit manager’s children, Robyn, 13 and Jill, 15, gleefully took charge of the...