Treasurer Wayne Swan is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group's Ministerial Meeting on Structural Reform.
Success in world trade talks would have helped Australia avoid being placed at risk of recession, Trade Minister Simon Crean says.
Speculation is growing that former treasurer Peter Costello will stay in politics and lead the Liberal Party to the next election.
Traditional Aboriginal owners have secured exclusive control of more than 80 percent of the Northern Territory coast.
Rents could jump a further 10 per cent this year because of the worsening housing shortfall.
GE Energy says it could build a coal-fired power station in Australia by 2015.
Former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam is undergoing rehabilitation in Sydney after a stint in Hospital.
Households who want to go green might find that installing solar panels is not the smartest way to go.
It's been revealed that frantic passengers struggled to use faulty oxygen masks as Qantas flight QF30 dropped 19,000 feet.
Truck drivers demonstrated a go slow convoy into Sydney to protest against high fuel prices.