Prime Minister Julia Gillard has held talks with the Thai leader Abhisit Vejjajiva
on the regional processing of asylum seekers.

The federal opposition has accused the prime minister of feigning anger over huge
mortgage rate rises by major banks, an act that has done nothing to stop National

Police say they are treating the death of a man and woman in Brisbane's bayside as a
murder-suicide.

Victoria's peak union body is calling on state Labor and the Greens to form a
"progressive alliance" and ward off a conservative government gaining power on
November 27.

The lawyer for honeymoon killer Gabe Watson has asked the federal government to
release his client into the community instead of being held in a Melbourne detention
centre.

If the North Queensland Cowboys turn their fortunes around, it will be without the
help of coaching guru Phil Gould.
And that goes for the NSW Blues as well.

An acting police sergeant had ordered his officers to not approach Tyler Cassidy
moments before the teenager was shot dead, an inquest has heard.

The Queensland government has sold off another business under its controversial
privatisation program, adding $2.1 billion to the state's coffers.

Home loan borrowers could have potentially less choice in the mortgage market
following the release of new rules to crack down on costly exit fees.

The victims in the Kapunda triple murder were stabbed to death and police say their
killer may have also been injured in the frenzied attack.