Arlene Paredes

The Cairns Supreme Court heard on Monday the case against a Queensland man accused of murdering his wife by dissolving her in acid, leaving no traces of her except for six teeth.

A special panel established by the Government to look into the ageing population in relation to the economy has reported that the seniors present opportunities that the government has yet to tap.

Radio New Zealand (RNZ) journalist Phillip Cottrell was severely bashed and unconscious when he was found by a taxi driver on a quiet street in Wellington on Saturday morning. He was rushed to a hospital, but died the next day.

A survey of New Zealand working overseas shows that a quarter of Kiwi expats are not keen on going back home, the New Zealand Herald reported. A quarter of the respondents said they intend to live elsewhere, while 27 per cent are looking for work in NZ.

The state government of New South Wales says changes are necessary in the existing proceedings regarding organ donation sign ups and families overruling prospective donors’ decisions.

So it’s not as bad as previously reported, but what could be done about it? A new research has found that only 2 per cent of teenagers send sex-related messages and/or naked photos of themselves using their mobile phones, as opposed to 20 per cent reported in 2008.

The wife of an Australian businessman jailed for alleged embezzlement, bribery, falsifying records and corruption in China says she has cancer and fears her death is likely to happen sooner than her husband’s release from prison.

Wedding jitters heighten up ‘Down Under’ as temperatures drop in Sydney’s coldest summer in almost 50 years. Sydney had its lowest December minimum for 16 years on Monday, with the morning temperature dropping to 11.8 degrees. It was the coldest first week in December since 1960.

Hamilton man Andrew Hughes, 41, lost one leg to bone cancer when he was 20. This did not stop him from participating in and completing a triathlon at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand over the weekend.

The legal counsels of parties arrested during Occupy Sydney demonstrations are elevating the charges to the High Court for an ultimate ruling.

It pays to listen to the skeptics: When something seems too good to be true, it probably isn’t. Simon Finnigan, an unlicensed financial planner and Ponzi operator in New South Wales, has pleaded guilty to charges of defrauding $1.96 million from investors between 2001 and 2007.

Wisconsin girl Madisyn Kestell, 10, has been watching Grey’s Anatomy with an eye for what can be taken from the show and used in real life. When her mother had a nasty asthma attack, she put the lessons into good use.

The NSW government is being primed to help rescue the Murray-Darling Basin, but the Office of Water has set out plans to cut jobs. The NSW Office of Water has called for voluntary redundancies in Parramatta, Penrith, the city and Wolli Creek, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

According to a new study, a person’s worries and anxiety triggers are “softened” during a dream cycle, which makes us feel better after a dreamful sleep.

A computer with a wireless Internet connection can reduce sperm quality, not because of heat on a user’s lap as commonly believed, but because of radiation, a new study published on MyHealthNewsDaily suggests.

The uneven ratio of men and women in top jobs at American companies may not necessarily mean discrimination prevails in the workplace. It could mean that men are just more confident than women, says a Columbia Business School study.

Police are calling on the public to come forward if anyone has information on the mysterious disappearance of Sydney Man Patrick Hutchings, who was last seen a month ago.

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says Australia should increase its refugee intake by 50 per cent, the Herald Sun reports.

A group advocating sex education is drawing attention to the sexual lifestyle of young Australians and the youth’s awareness of safe sex practices, warning that ignorance could make the young Aussies vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.

In response to petitions and advertisers prodding, Facebook has removed many of its sexually offensive joke pages, created by users who were trying to be funny, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Locating devices called "pingers" have been fastened to cargoes aboard the ill-fated MV Rena as the salvage team moves to finish pumping oil off the grounded cargo vessel. It has been more than a month since MV Rena accidentally hit a reef and got wedged in, crippling the vessel, and causing oil spill around Bay of Plenty - the worst maritime disaster in New Zealand.

A number of survivors from the tragedy that struck the boat of asylum seekers from Indonesia on their way to Australia are reportedly trying to take their chance again to reach the country, ABC reported.

Children as young as 8 years old are being admitted to hospitals for anorexia, ABC reported. Dr. Sloane Madden of Westmead Children's Hospital in NSW have told the ABC that the children being admitted are conscious of their body shape and rejecting food to avoid gaining weight.

After over a decade since ICM registry lodged its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) for the .xxx extension, the Internet is now close to fully operating adult sites on the new top-level domain (TLD).

Five persons were arrested Tuesday night in police operations over ‘Occupy Sydney’ protests. Reporters covering the arrest of Occupy Sydney protesters in a building were unable to get clear footage of the incident as police on the operation beamed lights directly into media’s cameras.

Starz television network has announced that ‘Spartacus’ will start filming its third season in New Zealand early in 2012, said the The Hollywood Reporter.

The weather bureau announced a severe thunderstorm warning with hail and damaging winds over New South Wales. Storms have blacked out 150 traffic lights across Sydney and closed parts of a major rail line.

Tourism New Zealand expects to increase revenue by ten times with low-cost airline Jetstar. The airline has agreed to partner with the NZ government for a three-year campaign deal, in which Tourism NZ and the airline will each spend $1.5 million for traditional and online campaigns that will draw foreign visitors to the country.

A U.S. study found that Americans have an average of two close friends each, while those who reported zero close friends did not report an increase in the number as scientists had expected. With the number of "friends" one usually interacts with on the Internet, a question on the number of close friends could have made respondents ponder the subject at hand and take time to separate the online friends from those with whom they can share their deepest thoughts and feelings.