SYDNEY (AAP) – 29 SEPT - Collingwood have overlooked midfielder Dayne Beams for Saturday's AFL grand final against Geelong.

SYDNEY (AAP) – 29 SEPT - Sydneysiders' water bills will need to be increased to fund repairs to ageing pipes, the NSW pricing tribunal says.

SYDNEY (AAP) – 29 SEPT - A jury has begun its deliberations at the trial of six Comanchero bikies accused of murdering a man in a brawl at Sydney airport.

SYDNEY (AAP) – 29 SEPT - Victoria could become one of the world's leading miners of mineral sands and increase its relevance as a mining state, a resources conference has been told.

SYDNEY (AAP) – 29 SEPT - A man has been shot dead in his car by police outside a shopping centre in Sydney's north west.

SYDNEY (AAP) - 28 SEPT - Accident-prone pets are costing their owners thousands of dollars, with a consumer group finding some vet bills have risen by more than 500 per cent in the last two years.<

SYDNEY (AAP) - 28 SEPT - The Australian housing market looks increasingly wobbly as potential home buyers are put off by higher interest rates and low affordability, even as prices start to fall.

SYDNEY (AAP) - 28 SEPT - South Australians will be hit with an eight per cent hike in electricity prices to cover the cost of thousands of homeowners installing solar panels.

SYDNEY (AAP) - 28 SEPT - A convicted armed robber who escaped from a Perth hospital is now wanted for questioning over a bank hold-up a short time later, West Australian police say.

SYDNEY (AAP) - 28 SEPT - Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the long-term bank deposit and senior debt rating of National Australia Bank's UK-based Clydesdale Bank to A2 from A