Melbourne, July 15 : An Aussie woman who was nine times over the legal limit after she crashed her car has been handed a six-month jail term.

Melbourne, July 15 : Only one in five police officers Down Under believe that a woman should report being raped by her husband, says a new survey.

Sydney - Catholic youngsters from 170 countries, gathering in Sydney to meet the pope and get to know each other, were urged Tuesday to not only hold fast to their faith but also help holding back the tide of secularism.

"Don't spend your life sitting on the fence, keeping your options open, because only commitments bring fulfillment," Cardinal George Pell, leader of Australia's 5 million Catholics, told a congregation of up to 150,000 on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour for the opening mass of the week-long World Youth Day celebrations.

"Happiness comes from meeting our obligations, doing our duty, especially in small matters and regularly, so we can rise to meet the harder challenges," Pell, the archbishop of Sydney, said in his homily.

Sydney, July 15: The National Australia Bank (NAB) plans to more than halve its local technology workforce and outsource jobs to India in the next five years, as part of its massive technology tran

Sydney - A Sydney court Tuesday declared unconstitutional harsh police powers brought in for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Australia and a gathering of young Catholics, much to the joy of an a

Sydney - Australians Tuesday claimed Olive Riley, who died earlier this week at the age of 108, was the world's oldest blogger.