Wayne Swan will lay out a plan next Tuesday to drive the federal budget back into the black within four years, defying economists' predictions of deficits as far as the eye can see.
Swan's plan to get back to black
Cancer groups say pharmacists tried to make money from chemo drugs
Pharmacists have been caught out in their attempts to get more money from the federal government for chemotherapy drugs that the government had already paid for.
ABC ponders Malcolm in the middle
The prospect of a Coalition government has Aunty lying low.
Ensure children sleep: ban mobiles, say teachers
Teachers are warning parents to ensure their children get enough sleep to do well at school, as experts fear late-night use of mobiles and computers are interfering with results.
Baby product shocks
A baby monitor adaptor that can cause electric shocks is one of two potentially deadly products being recalled across Australia.
Cleaving to hope
Louwana Miller never stopped fighting for her daughter who disappeared in April 2003.
Mrs Marsh of Colgate fame dies
The woman known to Australian TV viewers as ‘‘Mrs Marsh’’ through her commercials for Colgate toothpaste, has died at her home in Noosa, Queensland.
Australian children among the sleepiest
Sleepiness is holding Australian schoolchildren back in the international education race, a study suggests.
Coalition's plan for workers revealed
Individual workers will be able to strike a deal with their employer over hours and working conditions, but only if they remain better off overall, under the opposition's new industrial relations policy.
Liberal MPs want rethink on Coalition's climate change plan
Two Liberal MPs want Tony Abbott to review or consider abandoning parts of his $3.2 billion plan to combat climate change in light of ''dire economic circumstances''.