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• Aussie garden wins Best in Show at the Chelsea Flower Show

  

  Australia’s audacious garden design has won the top prize at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London for the first time.

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• Kevin Rudd: why I now support same sex marriage

  

  Federal Labor backbencher and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has used his popular blog to outline his support for same sex marriage, writing that church and state “can have different positions” on the issue.

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• Former Miss Australia Erin McNaught weds UK rapper Example

  

  British rapper Example and former Miss Universe Australia Erin McNaught have married in a small ceremony at a guesthouse in northern New South Wales over the weekend.

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• Cooper must share the load more: Deans

  

  Adding fuel to the Wallabies selection fire, coach Robbie Deans says Quade Cooper needs to be less tackle-shy and share playmaking duties because his attacking game has become predictable.

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• 1000 year-old coins found in Australia could rewrite history

  

  X marks the spot but could also help rewrite Australian history in the search for the origins of 1000 year-old coins found on an island off the north coast. Australian scientist Ian McIntosh is planning an expedition to explore the possibility seafarers landed in Australia much earlier than what is currently believed.

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• New front opens in Australian war on drugs

  

  Crime fighters revealed concerns about synthetic drugs as it emerged 23.8 tonnes of illicit sports and recreational substances were seized last year.

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• Australian teenagers worst offenders of serious violent crime

  

  Recent statistics from the Australian Institute of Criminology show that teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 are the most dangerous group within Australian society, with young Australians the worst offenders of serious violent crimes including assault and abduction.

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• Stop using mining companies as ATMs, says Rinehart

  

  Gina Rinehart has drawn fire over a video message for the second time in a year, warning Australia’s economy is headed for a Euro-style collapse.

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• Abbott lays out $4bn a year spending cuts in budget reply

  

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a coalition government will make savings to allow households to keep their promised tax cuts.

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• Former League star Glenn Lazarus to lead Palmer’s Senate team

  

  Rugby league legend Glenn Lazarus has been named to lead the Palmer United Party’s Queensland Senate team at the next federal election, claiming that Clive Palmer’s fledgling party could unite and advance Australia through inspirational leadership.

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• Migrating professionals say UK more desirable than Australia

  

  Australia has been edged out of second place by the UK, in an international survey which assesses countries on their desirability as relocation destinations for migrating professionals.

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• Director Baz Luhrmann tells Cannes he expected Gatsby criticism

  

  Australian director Baz Luhrmann has told media in Cannes he expected criticism over The Great Gatsby, but he’s humbled by its early success.

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• New legislation means Schapelle Corby a step closer to parole

  

  Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is expected to apply for parole after Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed legislation designed to clarify the position of foreigners within the country’s legal system.

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• Three Brits to fly to Oz for final stage of ‘Best Jobs in the World’

  

  Three lucky contenders from the UK are among 18 finalists for Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ and will travel Down Under next month to spend a week competing in the final stage of the global competition.

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• Aussie MP criticised for branding Pitt ‘pathetic’ over praise for Jolie

  

  A Northern Territory politician, MP Willem Rudolf Westra van Holthe, has drawn criticism after a social media gaffe in which he described film star Brad Pitt’s claim that his partner Angelina Jolie was “heroic” for undergoing a double mastectomy as “pathetic”.

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• Australian aid may be propping up al-Assad’s Syrian regime

  

  Leaders of Australia’s Syrian community have urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to ensure that Australian aid does not contribute to propping up the administration of President Bashar al-Assad.

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• Abbott says staffer’s ‘cut the throat’ threats a “drunken brain snap”

  

  Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the senior staffer in a drunken brain snap won’t be out of the cold forever because of one unprofessional lapse. The staffer, Dr Mark Roberts, was overheard threatening to ‘cut the throat’ of funding of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation to its chief Andrew Penfold when the coalition won government.

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• Thank you card for DisabilityCare moves Gillard to tears

  

  A postcard from two youths with disabilities has brought Prime Minister Julia Gillard to tears as she introduced disability care legislation.

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• Hoddle Street killer launches legal action over Playstation for prison cell

  

  The perpetrator of the 1987 Hoddle Street massacre, Julian Knight, has embarked on a legal battle for access to a PlayStation and a personal computer in his Victorian prison cell, telling the Supreme Court that he would initiate proceedings against the Victorian government if his application for the personal items continued to be denied.

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• Disability care program to receive $14.3 billion to ensure viability

  

  Labor’s signature national disability care program will get $14.3 billion in new money to ensure it will be fully up and running on time.

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