SYDNEY (AAP) - Federal Labor has shown it no longer cares about western Sydney after diverting funding for critical roads projects to other parts of NSW, state Premier Barry O'Farrell says.

MELBOURNE (AAP) - Melbourne's young on-baller Jack Trengove is out for three AFL matches after failing to beat a charge of rough conduct.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Turning the next mining boom into jobs for all Australians by sharpening up workers' skills and pushing those on welfare into the workforce is at the heart of Julia Gillard's first b

SYDNEY (AAP) - Bali Nine drug mule Scott Rush has escaped the death penalty after winning a judicial review of his case, reducing his sentence to life in prison.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, the man credited with the rise and fall of three NSW premiers, has quit parliament, ending months of speculation.

SYDNEY (AAP) - A bid by electricity supplier SP Ausnet and Victoria Police to stop a class action by hundreds of Black Saturday bushfire victims from going to trial has failed.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Sparing unaccompanied minors from transfer to Malaysia could put a hole in the government's plan to deter people smuggling, the opposition says.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Michael Ibrahim was "dirty" on his brother Fadi for getting shot and described him as a wimp who thought he was a gangster, a Sydney court has been told.

SYDNEY (AAP) - OZ Minerals Ltd has agreed to pay $55.1 million, plus costs, to settle two class actions related to its alleged failure to disclose material information about its financial position.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Sydney FC have ended their Asian Champions League campaign in disappointing style, surrendering an early lead to go down 2-1 to Japan's Kashima Antlers at Tokyo's National Olympic St