April 11, 2013 A Frenchman has insisted on his innocence as he appealed his conviction for murdering an Australian student who was beaten, strangled and dumped in a car park outside Paris.

April 11, 2013 The CSIRO has duped one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies into buying anti-counterfeit technology which could be easily compromised - passing off cheap chemicals it had bought from China as a ''trade secret'' formula.

April 11, 2013 A high-speed train running down the east coast of Australia and then across to Melbourne would cost $114 billion to build but would eventually pay its way, carrying 84 million passengers a year.

April 11, 2013 The Philippine seaside home of kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell has not been sold, raising questions about the source of a $94,600 ransom paid to Islamic terrorists for his release last month.

April 11, 2013 A coronial inquest has heard two Sydney nurses killed nearly four decades ago may have been tied to a tree in the Queensland bush for up to three days.

April 11, 2013 A high-speed rail line between Sydney and Melbourne could be finished in just over 20 years, allowing travel between the two cities in less than three hours, according to a multimillion-dollar study commissioned by the federal government.

April 11, 2013 As much as $3 billion in wind farm investments may be diverted elsewhere as the state government dithers over guidelines and reporting procedures, developers and suppliers say.

April 11, 2013 A high-tech CSIRO spin-off company was so desperate for cash it crossed the line.

April 11, 2013 Just two decades ago a dial-up internet connection would have taken more than a lifetime to download a single movie, while today's broadband connections can pull down several HD movie streams simultaneously.

April 11, 2013 The southern Philippines seaside home of kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell has not been sold, raising questions about the source of a $94,600 ransom paid to Islamist terrorists for his release last month.