April 25, 2013 Abbott attacks government decision to double termination payouts for federal political staff.

April 25, 2013 An extract from the diary of Aubrey Wiltshire, a bank officer from Melbourne who served with the 22nd Battalion, D Company, AIF. Wiltshire was 24 years old when he boarded HMAT Ulysses on May 10, 1915.

April 25, 2013 When the world watched two planes slam into the World Trade Centre in New York, Richard King was eight years old. He knew Afghanistan was a land that Alexander the Great passed through. And it made rugs. That was about all.

April 25, 2013 Oruzgan will always be significant for Australia and its young Diggers, writes David Wroe in Tarin Kowt.

April 25, 2013 Sydney would be collapsed into 15 "super councils" serving up to 800,000 residents each in a plan to bolster council balance sheets and stop them sliding into irrelevance.

April 25, 2013 Australia's inflation rate has fallen so low the Reserve Bank is rethinking economic outlook.

April 25, 2013 Taxes and government-regulated charges have played a key part in pushing up inflation.

April 25, 2013 In a corner of the Poate family's living room, a grandfather clock stands to attention with a brass plaque fixed to its cabinet.

April 25, 2013 Within hours of finding the battered and bruised body of Kate Malonyay in her harbourside apartment, police knew exactly who they were looking for.

April 25, 2013 Tony Abbott defends his role as a big spender when he was Health Minister in the Howard Government.