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Milat poems show no remorse: psychiatrist

11:51 AM | The prison poetry and letters written by convicted murderer Matthew Milat were a glorification of his acts, demonstrating "callousness" and a "shallow emotionality", a forensic psychiatrist has told a Sydney court.

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Virginity's unwitting casualties

10:46 AM | Waiting too long for Mr Right can lead to serious sexual difficulties, sex therapists warn.

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Rain to make way for cool change

8:19 AM | The mercury is tipped to drop seven degrees below average this weekend as chilly southerly winds move over southeast Queensland, weather forecasters say.

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Snubbed Rinehart fires salvo at Fairfax board

7:58 AM | Gina Rinehart has ramped up pressure on Fairfax Media after being overlooked for a board seat, warning that the current board was failing shareholders.

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Six charged over Sydney child prostitution ring

7:30 AM | Six people have been charged after girls as young as 12 were used to sell sex to older men in a case police describe as appalling and a "sad reflection of what happens in our community".

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Rain set to pound city in afternoon downpour

7:16 AM | Central Victoria is facing a day of drenching rain and possible thunderstorms, starting in the west this morning and washing over the east by this afternoon.

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Take it from an ex-addict, outlawing drugs does not work

6:57 AM | When society hates and fears you, criminal conviction means little.

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Thrills and chills

3:02 AM | Baby, it’s cold outside - but the city's entertainment is starting to heat up. Follow our guide to enjoy the best of it from June to August.

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Australian interview one giant leap for NASA's famous son of an accountant

3:00 AM | After decades of hiding his light under a bushel, Neil Armstrong has opened up about his extraordinary life - to the professional body representing Australia's beancounters.

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Restaurant denies claim it refused baby patron

3:00 AM | A woman says a lauded city restaurant discriminated against her for taking along her baby.

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Troubled waters: review says there are too many fishers in the sea

3:00 AM | THE biggest overhaul of commercial fishing for two decades in which the state government would pay fishers to leave the industry has been proposed by an independent review.

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Five held for child prostitution

3:00 AM | FOR as little as $10, three men in their 50s allegedly used two sisters to procure sex with girls as young as 12.

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Rego stickers to go but state will drive remembrance days

3:00 AM | IN ANOTHER life, Barry O'Farrell spent a few months driving unregistered. But the Premier insists motorists should have little fear of committing a similar misdemeanour after his government said yesterday it would scrap car registration stickers.

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Heaviest HP job cuts outside region

3:00 AM | HEWLETT-PACKARD'S decision to shed 27,000 staff globally - more than 8 per cent of its workforce - should fall less harshly on the Asia-Pacific region, according to an analyst.

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Rinehart turns up heat on Fairfax

3:00 AM | GINA RINEHART has ramped up the pressure on Fairfax Media after being overlooked for a board seat, warning the current board was failing shareholders.

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Crime groups rife at ports, inquiry finds

3:00 AM | AUSTRALIA'S border security is exposed to 19 ''critical'' risks and dozens of other serious vulnerabilities, which are wrecking efforts to control an epidemic of drugs and arms smuggling on the waterfront.

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Thomson treated 'worse than Ivan Milat'

3:00 AM | CONCERN is growing for the wellbeing of Craig Thomson after he pleaded publicly yesterday for an end to his trial by the Parliament and the media.

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Wilkie in talks for health rescue

3:00 AM | THE Gillard government is actively considering Andrew Wilkie's request for a special $400 million rescue package for the Tasmanian health system, with Labor's attitude towards the independent ''warming markedly'' since the Thomson and Slipper scandals threatened its knife-edge majority.

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New rules will focus on union spending

3:00 AM | THE Gillard government will next week introduce legislation strengthening the requirements for organisations like unions to have strict rules about financial accountability and spending.

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Aide says he fell victim to infighting

3:00 AM | THE former NSW ministerial adviser accused of breaching election funding laws, Tim Koelma, has broken his silence to declare his innocence, with supporters claiming he is caught in a vicious dispute between Senator Bill Heffernan and another staffer.

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