AAP-March,28-Former transport minister John Robertson has thrown his hat in the ring for the leadership of the NSW Labor Party, despite damning criticism from some ALP heavyweights.

AAP-March,28-Barry O'Farrell's first job as the premier of NSW will be to audit the state's finances, and he's vowed to deliver on his election promises regardless of what he finds.

AAP-March,27-A massive five-car crash has marred the third V8 Supercar race at the Australian Grand Prix won by Holden driver Jamie Whincup.

AAP,March,27-Wests Tigers players who must battle to stay in NRL finals contention have vowed to give injured teammates Chris Lawrence and Lote Tuqiri something to come back to.

AAP-March,27-Senior Gillard government ministers are playing down the impact on federal politics of Labor's crushing defeat in the NSW state election.

AAP-March,27-Jurors say they will never be able to reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of a man who threw his four-year-old daughter off Melbourne's West Gate Bridge.

AAP-March,27-Outgoing NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has spent Sunday morning in church after her party's crushing election defeat.

AAP-march,27-The environment is shaping up as a key battleground in Queensland's next election as a new poll shows the Liberal National Party's (LNP's) Campbell Newman is set to wallop Premier Anna

AAP-March,27-Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu issued a warning and a congratulation to his newly elected NSW counterpart Barry O'Farrell on Sunday.

AAP- March,27-A triumphant Barry O'Farrell has claimed a mandate for change after the coalition demolished Labor in the NSW election, promising to return honesty and accountability to government.