SYDNEY (AAP) - Prince Harry has lived up to larrikin expectation, donning a fez and standing on a table to deliver a best man's speech for the "Dude and Duchess".

SYDNEY (AAP) - A 65-year-old man extradited from Italy has appeared in a Sydney court charged with the stabbing murders of two brothers in Sydney's inner-west two years ago.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Treasurer Wayne Swan says next week's budget will forecast 500,000 new jobs by mid-2013 but unions are warning of cutbacks to essential public services.

SYDNEY (AAP)- Two anglers have died in tragic circumstances in Sydney Harbour.

North Queensland co-captain Johnathan Thurston continued his run of form Saturday night as the Cowboys beat a fast-finishing Manly 22-20 in the NRL game in Townsville.

AAP-April,30-Star forward Jack Riewoldt kicked five goals as Richmond scored a 26-point win over the winless Brisbane Lions at the MCG.

AAP-April,30-Holden's Jamie Whincup is threatening to blow open the tightest V8 Supercar championship in years after a perfect start to a title-defining weekend.

AAP-April,30-North Melbourne posted their first win of the AFL season, pulling clear in the second half to belt Port Adelaide by 60 points.

SYDNEY (AAP) - The Baillieu government has broken its promise over putting 120 armed guards in hospital emergency departments.

Fresh from inking a new deal that will tie him to the Wests Tigers until the end of 2014, Tim Sheens revealed that he still has some unfinished business at the club.