Australia's system of organic certification will come under intense scrutiny when two neighbouring farmers do battle in the Western Australian Supreme Court in a test case on genetically modified crop contamination.

The father of a young Olympic archery hopeful sat directly behind one of his daughter's rivals as she attempted to qualify and made a grunting noise after every shot, a Sydney court has heard.

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US increases harassment of WikiLeaks, Assange associates

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Want some facts to counter the carbon tax beat-up?

Check out this infographic, which compares the cost of the carbon price with other items of household expenditure.

For Kwementyaye Briscoe, Wednesday January 4 was just another too-hot day in a too-short life.

Noise and vibration coming from large turbines are behind an increase in heart disease, migraine, panic attacks and other health problems, according to research by an American doctor

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But it was Opposition MP Sophie Mirabella's reaction - or lack of it - that lit up the site. The Victorian Liberal was lashed for her apparent failure to react to Mr Sheikh's collapse.

But precisely because the decision saved the president from disaster on health care, it only reinforced the importance of the economic argument Obama and Romney have been having for months. And here is where Romney’s Bain problem kicks in.