AAP-April,14-He's struggled to get out of first gear all season and now Sydney Roosters five-eighth Todd Carney has been given the weekend off to ensure he's back to his best for the Anzac Day bloc

AAP-April,14-NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell went bearing gifts to a meeting with Prime Minister Julia Gillard but no sweetheart deal on Sydney's rail funding was offered in return.

AAP-April,14-Laws designed to crack down on bikie gangs in Victoria could be abused to criminalise other groups the government dislikes, a legal group says.

AAP-April,14-The commonwealth watchdog will investigate if excessive force was used to quell dissident asylum seekers on Christmas Island.

AAP-April,14-The federal government may face a battle with the Australian Greens if it goes too far with its welfare-to-work reforms.

AAP-April,12-A man allegedly changed details on more than 67,000 speed and red-light camera fines in the computer system of the company which manages the data in Victoria.

AAP-April,12-A former student, who said she woke up every day at the age of 12 wishing she was dead, has won her bullying case against a Sydney private girls' school.

AAP-April,12-A young soldier on a peacekeeping mission to East Timor, taking a shower on one of the island's typically hot and humid days, suddenly realised a senior warrant officer was watching he

AAP-April,12-The federal opposition has seized on new details of the government's planned carbon tax, saying the government can't be trusted to compensate taxpayers and pensioners properly.

Cory Paterson will miss Newcastle's clash with Cronulla after the backrower accepted an early guilty plea for dangerous contact with his knees from Monday night's NRL loss to Brisbane.