SYDNEY (AAP) - June 29 - Leading West Australian grain organisation Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) will no longer have a monopoly over the transportation of grain in the state, the competition wa

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 29 - Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has named businessman Ahmed Fahour as Australia's special envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - Bold Matildas' coach Tom Sermanni has opted to start 16-year-old Caitlin Foord in Australia's opening women's World Cup match against Brazil, with the teenager likely to sh

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - A composed Darren Lockyer intends to release the emotional pressure valve that has teammates nervous about letting him down in his 36th and last State of Origin game for Qu

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - Hawthorn thought grandma would have been amused but the AFL tribunal did not see the humour as they found Jordan Lewis guilty of head-butting.

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - National Australia Bank chief executive Cameron Clyne smiles as he says he checks mail from rival bankers to see if it's ticking before he opens it.

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - Victoria accounted for almost 60 per cent of the cocaine seized by police across Australia last year, according to the Australian Crime Commission (ACC).

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - Police need stronger powers to identify women who wear full facial veils, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says.

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - A former Catholic school teacher who says she saw priests grooming students in her classroom has told an inquiry that Victoria's child protection system is failing victims

SYDNEY (AAP) - June 28 - Julia Gillard has arrived in Darwin ahead of her first community cabinet in the Northern Territory as prime minister.