Top stories 3:36pm | The government has reversed its position again on Gonski, saying it will honour all existing deals and add an extra $1.2 billion into the system. | 2:52pm | The British multinational owner of the company that distributed drug thalidomide, Diageo, will pay $89 million to Australian and New Zealand claimants. | 3:35pm | Neighbours heard a woman's screams seconds after her husband fell to his death from the sixth-floor window of a harbourside unit at Kirribilli on Monday. | 2:09pm | The strong run for the housing market may have hit its peak, with capital city prices rising at the slowest rate in half a year. | 3:16pm | Qantas has forged a code-share deal with Asia's largest airline, China Southern, as both carriers seek to funnel more passengers onto their respective networks. | 1:22am | The leader of Thailand's anti-government movement has issued an ultimatum to prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to dismantle her administration. | 3:35pm | A teenage apprentice killed himself after allegedly being subjected to relentless, violent bullying by his work supervisor and colleagues. | 1:11pm | Air-safety investigators have found "fatigue cracking" in an aircraft that crashed after one of its wings fell off while it was water-bombing bushfires on the NSW south coast. | 3:34pm | Lowering the cost of train fares to Sydney Airport would make little difference to heavy road congestion in the area, the state's transport bureaucrats say. | 2:40pm | A magistrate is considering an application for a permanent stay in charges against former politician Peter Slipper. | As 19-year-old Zac Young clung precariously to life in the surf on Saturday afternoon, three teenage boys put the bonds of friendship before their own safety. | Michael O'Reilly | Motorists will have to be extra careful around cyclists in one Australian state. Queenslanders have decided that for cyclists, a metre really does matter. | 3:18pm | Information about ordinary Australian citizens has been offered to Australia's spying partners, according to leaked intelligence from US whistleblower Edward Snowden. | 2:24pm | Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations promise to be bigger than ever as more than a billion people cast their eyes to the harbour city as it heralds in 2014. | 1:41pm | Adam Scott led a tournament from start to finish, then melted on the final hole and watched on as his rival sunk a four-metre putt to snatch victory. | | | Advertisement  Did you miss? Advertisement  |
