May 23, 2013 GALLERY: Ford announces total manufacturing shutdown, sending shockwaves across the country.

May 23, 2013 British police have shot and wounded two men after a man thought to be a serving soldier was killed outside a London barracks, in what eyewitnesses described as an attempted beheading.

May 23, 2013 Gina Rinehart's personal wealth has shed a staggering $7 billion in the past 12 months, but even her losses exceed the total wealth of Australia's next richest person, according to the BRW Rich 200 list, released on Thursday.

May 23, 2013 The country's air-safety investigation bureau has been castigated in its handling of an inquiry into the ditching of an air-ambulance plane in the sea off Norfolk Island in November 2009.

May 23, 2013 Two car manufacturers remain, but will they be enough to sustain the local industry?

May 23, 2013 Former speaker Peter Slipper will stand trial in December over claims he defrauded the Commonwealth.

May 23, 2013 The defamation action brought by Schapelle Corby's family against a book publisher has been dealt a blow in the NSW Supreme Court, with her brother's case dismissed and her sister's claims narrowed.

May 23, 2013 The only surprise about Ford announcement is the timing.  

May 23, 2013 Read Ford Australia's full statement on the closure of its Australian manufacturing plants.  

May 23, 2013 He helped sail a leaky fishing boat packed with 97 asylum seekers to Christmas Island but a court found he had no idea where the boat was going.