Patients at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital won't be affected by plans to privatise
certain services, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has vowed.

Atlas Iron Ltd has reported a surge in iron ore shipments and says it continues to
ramp up exports of the bulk commodity.

Convicted murderer Peter Dupas showed a jailmate how he killed a young woman at a
Melbourne cemetery and said he left no forensic evidence, a jury has heard.

Fears of spiralling electricity bills in NSW has forced the state government to
slash a generous scheme paying households for solar power fed back into the energy
grid.

Michael Clarke wants to send a message to those cricket fans who sit shirtless in
the stands as they soak up the nation's summertime sport.

The coalition has been accused of photographing renegade National Tony Crook voting
in the parliament with the government in an attempt to bully the Western Australian
MP.

The man at the centre of a 16-hour standoff on the Brisbane River on Monday has been
charged with seven offences in a bedside hearing at Royal Brisbane Hospital.

The head of Australia's biggest lender has hinted that steep bank funding costs
could lead to sharper rate rises as the prospect looms of another adjustment by the
Reserve Bank.

Former prime minister John Howard has defended the coalition's current economic
team, while insisting the debate over floating the dollar and deregulating banks

Leighton Holdings Ltd has asked the Takeovers Panel to ensure that it remains an
independent entity if its German parent Hochtief is taken over by Spanish group