March 20, 2013 A senior military policeman tried to cover up the apparent beating of an Afghan man arrested by coalition soldiers by falsifying entries in a logbook, a military court heard yesterday.

March 20, 2013 A senior military policeman tried to cover up the apparent beating of an Afghan man arrested by coalition soldiers by falsifying entries in a log book, a military court heard on Tuesday.

March 20, 2013 The shock arrest of four customs officers since late last year for alleged collaboration with a crime ring importing illicit drugs through Sydney Airport would have come as no surprise to senior members of the Customs and Border Protection Service.

March 20, 2013 It is used in 25 countries, has been translated into 17 languages and is ranked by the United Nations as the leading parenting program.

March 19, 2013 A Senate gambling reform committee, set to examine growing concerns about on-air discussions of live odds, will explore whether Tom Waterhouse is bookmaker or commentator.

March 19, 2013 School-aged children are consuming ''alarming levels'' of soft drinks, partly because they are readily available at home, a study has found. Children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and boys are more likely to be big consumers of soft drinks. The study by the University of Sydney, published in the current issue of Preventive Medicine, found that 24 per cent of the 8058 kids surveyed were drinking an ''alarming'' five or more cups of soft drink a week. More than a quarter of children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds reported high levels of soft-drink consumption, compared with 19 per cent in high socioeconomic backgrounds.

March 19, 2013 ACT school canteens have produced the worst nutritional results of a nationwide analysis of food available to students by online advocacy group The Parents' Jury.  

March 19, 2013 Ten years after the US-led invasion, post-Saddam Iraq looks far from free.  

March 19, 2013 Senior ministers in the Gillard government are reconsidering their support for the Prime Minister, a sign of collapsing confidence at a critical moment.  

March 19, 2013 Cocaine is a ''luxury'' product in Australia, with users paying as much as four times for the drug as those in Britain, a global drug survey finds.