Author Jane Harper has been in the vanguard of the ‘outback-noir’ genre — tense thrillers set in Australia’s desolate landscape, writes Marjorie Brennan.

The British Government has said it strongly objects to the death penalty imposed today on a British woman who trafficked drugs into Indonesia.

ANGLICAN bishops from around the world were gathering in Canterbury yesterday for the opening of the Lambeth Conference, with the 10-yearly meeting set to be overshadowed by deep splits over the roles of women and homosexuals.

GEORGE Bush, not Tony Blair, is the king of spin and news management, a new study into the effects of propaganda claimed yesterday.