The first Qantas A380 passenger flight has taken off from Sydney Airport as the
airline returns its fleet of double deckers to the skies after recent engine
trouble.

Millions of people are still without their pay as National Australia Bank (NAB)
works through the weekend to fix a computer glitch that's delayed payments.

Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs are already proving pivotal in an early swing to
the coalition in the Victorian election.

Photographs of young recidivist offenders of petty crime will be splashed across
train stations and shopping centres under new laws passed in Western Australia.

Rio Tinto said its total capital expenditure for the 18 months to December 2011
remained as forecast, at about $US13 billion ($A13.25 billion).

Come fly with me, come fly away.
Qantas boss Alan Joyce will put Frank Sinatra's lyrics into action as he boards the
first A380 flight since the fleet's safety crisis erupted.

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says taxpayers' money won't be wasted in the
rollout of the national broadband network (NBN), but admits the massive project will

Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens believes that proper process was followed at all
times by the chairman and directors of Securency, the high-tech polymer banknote
business.

It seems borrowers will be spared another interest rate rise this year, but even
Glenn Stevens admits he does not know what interest rates will do next year.

Gunns' announcement that it will slash 150 woodchip mill jobs in northern Tasmania
is a taste of things to come, the state opposition says.