March 17, 2013 Corrupt customs officials have stolen - and possibly sold - seized goods earmarked for destruction, exposing ''extremely haphazard'' governance within the agency charged with protecting Australia's borders.

March 17, 2013 Archibald Prize winner John Olsen is among 24 artists, academics and gallery owners who have signed a letter protesting against the treatment of the director of the National Art School, Professor Anita Taylor.

March 17, 2013 The state government has confirmed it will sell half its stake in rail freight business Aurizon, formerly known as QR National, in a deal worth $806 million.

March 17, 2013 An asylum seeker who was to be deported on Sunday has been given a reprieve after a last-minute injunction was lodged with a Sydney court.

March 17, 2013 The rules of every Australian football code must be changed to address growing evidence that repeated head trauma increases the risk of dementia, a leading advocacy group has warned.

March 17, 2013 By tinkering with the reproductive life of moss – and solving one of the fundamental questions about plant evolution – an Australian researcher has accidentally discovered a possible way to feed a hungry world.

March 17, 2013 The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.

March 16, 2013 As Australian forces pack up, the uncrowned king of Oruzgan watches closely.

March 16, 2013 An asylum seeker who was to be deported on Sunday has been given a reprieve, after a last-minute injunction was lodged with a Sydney court.

March 16, 2013 Victims of workplace bullying will be able to go to Fair Work Australia to seek an order preventing the offender from continuing to harass or intimidate.