May 20, 2013 John Howard was on the baby-kissing election trail in October 2001 when he met first-time mother Vikkie Chrisoulis and held her day-old daughter, Kathryn.

May 20, 2013 Victoria Police appears unlikely to be able to share phone tap information with sport authorities.

May 19, 2013 Military police at Australia's detention centre in Afghanistan were pressured to make prisoners more "pliable" by gagging them, depriving them of sleep and denying them exercise.

May 19, 2013 Australian research has created a molecular roadmap that shows how any cell in the human body can be turned into artificial stem cells.

May 19, 2013 More Australian women are going back to work after having children, but they prefer to work part-time and the age of their children when they rejoin the workforce is getting younger.

May 19, 2013 With the Brisbane Times City2South presented by Westpac bringing runners back to Coronation Drive, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Rob De Castella recalls his famous sprint down Brisbane's iconic riverside road. By Phil Lutton.

May 19, 2013 One in four teenagers has played a gambling-style video game, leading to warnings game play could translate into gambling with real money.

May 19, 2013 Like many a six-year-old, all Ragavan wants for his birthday today is to glue himself to a Nintendo computer game.

May 19, 2013 More Australian women are going back to work after having children, but they prefer to work part-time and the age of their children when they rejoin the workforce is getting younger.

May 18, 2013 The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.