The return of the Sydney Kings and the possible re-emergence of an NBL team from
Brisbane has Basketball Australia chief executive Larry Sengstock sensing a return

Thoughtful Queensland Super rugby coach Ewen McKenzie says 2011 looms as an even
bigger tactical challenge for his resurgent Reds.

Some Queensland Health professionals are ready to strike over a government wage
offer that will leave most worse off, a union says.

Leighton Holdings Ltd chief executive Wal King has rejected media reports he was
forced out of his role.

Wikileaks documents could potentially imperil Afghans who work with Australian
troops in Afghanistan, Defence head Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston has warned.

The price of petrol has continued its freefall in the past week with the national
average price of unleaded dropping another two cents.

Indigenous groups, doctors and the opposition have questioned Julia Gillard's
decision to do away with a dedicated indigenous health minister.

A Queensland university lawyer who videoed himself apparently smoking joints made
with pages of the Bible and the Koran, has gone on leave.

Western Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson says his fitness and the team's confidence
have both bounced back approaching their AFL preliminary final clash with St Kilda.

It took them more than three quarters of the match to break out of their shell, but
St George Illawarra managed what they couldn't last year, progressing to an NRL