(AAP) - An injured man was taken to hospital by ambulance following a raid on a house in Perth by tactical response Group officers after a gun was fired in the inner city suburb of Northbridge.

(AAP) - Natural disasters, death and mortality are the themes of this year's Easter messages, with religious leaders promoting a sense of hope despite the recent devastation.

(AAP)- Steve Matai put his hand up for New Zealand Test selection with a barnstorming two-try effort in Manly's 22-16 NRL victory over Penrith at Brookvale Oval on Friday night.

(AAP) - fast finishing Gold Coast lodged their first AFL victory with a comeback three-point triumph over Port Adelaide on Saturday.

(AAP) - Cronulla lamented the players they lost, but it was a player they didn't have in the first place who proved the difference as North Queensland maestro Johnathan Thurston powered the Cowboys

SYDNEY (AAP) - Apr 22 - NSW Swifts coach Julie Fitzgerald says four teams could easily finish level on points in the frantic scramble for trans-Tasman netball competition finals places.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Apr 22 - Police in Queensland snared 79 drink-drivers on Thursday, the first day of their Easter road safety campaign.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Apr 22 - NSW motorists are again being reminded to take care on the roads over the long weekend after two deaths in Sydney and the state's central west.

SYDNEY (AAP) Apr 22- Each year more and more people, from every corner of Australia, travel to Darwin for Anzac Day.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Apr 22 - Hundreds gathered at a candlelight vigil in Sydney's west to remember Kiesha Abrahams on what would have been her seventh birthday.