Jose Ramos-Horta, one of the founding fathers of Timor-Leste, is confident that Australia will return millions of dollars generated from oil fields that belong to the developing South-East Asian country under a yet-to-be-ratified international agreement signed a year ago.

A Perth woman who held a stranger's two-month-old baby as she died in her arms aboard an international flight describes the incident as "the most confronting situation one could possibly go through".

It started with an application to build a bike shed. Now, after a legal fight that originated in 1955, 87-year-old Antonio Iraci triumphs over the City of Fremantle in a battle that is set to land the council with a huge legal bill.

A Perth woman who held a stranger's two-month-old baby as she died in her arms aboard an international flight describes the incident as "the most confronting situation one could possibly go through".

Sri Lankan authorities confirm they had "prior information" of an imminent attack on churches up to 10 days before the Easter Sunday bombings claimed the lives of around 290 people.

Pressure is mounting on a government agency to provide more answers over an $80 million taxpayer-funded water deal, with Labor demanding documents explaining the purchase be made public.

The bodies of a man and a woman are found inside a tent at the four-day festival, described as a "tribal Easter party", held near Warwick on Queensland's Southern Downs.

The Eels hope to christen the brand-new Parramatta Stadium with a win when they take on the Tigers. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary in our live ScoreCentre.

The Hawks host the Cats at the MCG in an Easter Monday AFL blockbuster. Follow all the live scores and stats in our ScoreCentre.

A hotly anticipated welterweight title fight between Terence Crawford and Amir Khan ends with a low blow that Khan says left him "peeing blood", but whether it was in the leg or somewhere more sensitive is the source of some controversy.

Australia is in the Fed Cup final for the first time in 26 years after Samantha Stosur and Ash Barty hold their nerve to win the deciding doubles match in the semi-final against Belarus.