Cycling legend Lance Armstrong today confirmed his new Radio Shack team will make their road racing debut in Australia's Tour Down Under.

LANCE ARMSTRONG is back in the saddle Down Under, if we can be forgiven for throwing three prepositions into the one sentence.

Lance Armstrong’s participation in the Tour Down Under is a “world coup” and can create a lasting legacy for cycling in Australia, according to South Australia premier Mike Rann.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s conservative government today refused to support a plan by state leaders to introduce caps on carbon dioxide emissions, saying it would devastate the economy.

Australian rail workers have realised a 145-year dream by laying the last piece of track in a railway through the heart of the Australian Outback..