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Laws to tackle slavery offences

3:00 AM | Forced marriage and organ trafficking are the targets of new federal laws to prevent 'slavery-like' practices.

National - General

Airline blames carbon tax for axing of routes

3:00 AM | A regional airline operating out of Canberra has cited the carbon tax as a 'major factor' in its decision to axe two of its regular routes in favour of the more lucrative charter business catering to the resources boom.

National - Environment

Packer pushes for Kennett to head company behind the Star

3:00 AM | BILLIONAIRE James Packer has upped his campaign for control of Echo Entertainment - the company that runs The Star casino in Sydney - by calling for the former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett to be made the company's chairman.

National - General

Mental illness in men costs $3b, says report

3:00 AM | MENTAL ILLNESS in young men costs the Australian economy more than $3 billion per annum, a new report to be launched by the minister for mental health today reveals.

National - General

Wig maker's hair-raising transition

3:00 AM | Louise Rinaldi has worked on some famous follicles, even of the underarm variety.

National - General

Fashionistas captivated by Gucci's artisan assembly line

3:00 AM | IN CHADSTONE'S glossy Gucci boutique, a glamorous young woman is cooing over a half-made handbag.

National - General

Champion boxer struggled with drugs and mother's murder

3:00 AM | Johnny Tapia - an American prizefighter who won world titles in three weight classes in a chaotic life that included jail, struggles with mental illness, suicide attempts and five times being declared clinically dead as a result of drug overdoses - was found dead at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday. He was 45.

National - General

Panthers want released players' pay exempt to to keep AFL war chest in black

3:00 AM | PENRITH officials have asked the ARL Commission for massive salary cap relief to ensure they don't become a weak link in the battle with AFL for western Sydney.

National - Sport

Pies to recruit Rendell

3:00 AM | Controversial Adelaide recruiter on the verge of resurrecting his AFL career.

National - Sport

Tale of two Pies: a story that runs hot and cold

3:00 AM | The signed player is in stellar form, the unsigned isn't, writes Matt Murnane.

National - Sport

Richmond hopes to slash debt

3:00 AM | Tigers on-field form helps to consolidate club's position off the field.

National - Sport

Pies resist Cloke bid for five years

3:00 AM | Star forward and Magpies at loggerheads over length of a new contract.

National - Sport

Hawk Franklin gets damned by free kicks

3:00 AM | Lance Franklin is beloved by the masses, but not necessarily by the umpires.

National - Sport

Ready to ruck, one way or another

3:00 AM | Before the season even began we knew we were undermanned for ruck stocks.

National - Sport

GWS faces a gigantic task

3:00 AM | Mark Williams looks back to gee up his players, writes Peter Hanlon.

National - Sport

Cats no certainty for finals, says Scott

3:00 AM | Reigning premiership coach says no guarantees if Cats continue playing like they have been.

National - Sport

Study shows nation's economic resilience

3:00 AM | MOST Australians were better off after the global financial crisis than they had been before it, a new study shows. Fewer were missing out on the essentials of life and more were feeling satisfied with their financial situation.

National - General

New laws criminalise slave practices

3:00 AM | FORCED marriage, labour and organ trafficking are the targets of new laws being proposed by the federal government to clamp down on ''slavery-like'' practices.

National - General

Some facts on Roy Hill deal, but lots of secrecy

3:00 AM | THE heated political debate has been full of opinions about the Enterprise Migration Agreement between the government and Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill project, but few facts.

National - General

Labor sets up team to look after foreign worker deals

3:00 AM | A FEDERAL cabinet committee which counts the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, as a member will oversee the implementation and operation of Enterprise Migration Agreements, which allow mining barons such as Gina Rinehart to import foreign workers to help construct giant projects.

National - General