Defending champions Perth are primed to turn up the heat on blue-collar battlers
Wollongong after the Hawks assumed outright leadership of the NBL.

Another win over struggling Perth Glory has raised Sydney FC's hopes of an unlikely
charge up the A-League ladder.

Striker Alex Brosque celebrated his 100th A-League game for Sydney FC with a
match-winning performance in a 2-0 victory over Perth Glory on Sunday.

Ford racer James Courtney won an incident-marred Sandown Challenge to stretch his
series lead heading into next month's V8 Supercar finale.

The federal government's attempt to win parliamentary backing for the national
broadband network (NBN) has suffered another setback, with the Australian Greens

The vast majority of Victorian home buyers would be worse off under a re-elected
Labor government.

The late Peter Brock has been voted Australia's greatest touring car driver.
Brock, who was killed in a rally crash in Western Australia in 2006, was a nine-time

Victorian Paul Dumbrell has broken an 11-year drought to take his first V8 Supercar
win.
The Ford driver beat Holden star Jamie Whincup with Ford's Mark Winterbottom third.

Ninety-one-year old Margaret Byles has never missed an opportunity to welcome
Brisbane soldiers home from war and was at the front of the crowd for their parade

Australia has rushed to help rescue 29 miners, including two of our own, trapped in
a New Zealand coalmine, but dangerous conditions are hampering the effort.