Bank rate rises no concern to economy, RBA
The decision by the big four banks to lift interest rates above the central bank's
cash rate rise does not appear to be a concern for the economy, Reserve Bank of
Investigators probe twins' shootings
US investigators remain baffled over a bizarre case in which twin sisters from
Australia were mysteriously found at a shooting range with gunshot wounds to the
head.
Swallow is the No.1 AFL pick
Gold Coast have confirmed widespread speculation by taking midfielder David Swallow
as the top pick on Thursday in the AFL national draft.
Inglis still with Storm - Gallop
NRL boss David Gallop insisted superstar Greg Inglis was still contracted to the
Melbourne Storm despite South Sydney parading him in their colours for the first
Victorian doctor jailed for rape
A Victorian doctor who raped a woman seven times in one night and photographed some
of the assaults has been jailed for six years.
Wage cost pick-up to threaten inflation
The largest quarterly rise in wage costs in nearly two years will threaten the
inflation outlook if such a pace continues into 2011.
Wild rivers inquiry to begin in Canberra
A parliamentary committee set up to examine Queensland's wild rivers laws will hold
its first public hearing on Thursday in Canberra.
Family weep as accused killer faces court
A grieving relative of the Kapunda triple murder victims has told the accused killer
he hopes he rots in hell.
Fires lit at immigration detention centre
One man is hurt after immigration detainees set fires at Sydney's Villawood
Detention Centre a day after an inmate committed suicide there.
Gillard snubs Senate order on NBN
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is defying a Senate order for the government to
immediately release the business case for the $43 billion national broadband network
(NBN).
