Melbourne moved to within a game of the AFL top eight after a hard-fought 31-point
win over Richmond at the MCG on Sunday.

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In front of 17,316 fans at a sun-drenched EnergyAustralia Stadium, the Knights ran
in five tries to one to keep their September dream alive.

St George Illawarra have ground the Sydney Roosters into the SCG dust with a 19-12
victory to go four points clear at the top of the NRL ladder and affirm their

A snow skier has hit a tree and died at the Perisher Blue ski resort on the NSW
Snowy Mountains.
The 55-year-old was skiing down Wombat's Trail about 10am (AEST) on Sunday when he

Nine's political editor, Laurie Oakes, says former Labor leader-turned-journalist
Mark Latham is full of bile and could be damaging to the network's reputation.

Children who wag school won't be encouraged back to class by Labor's anti-truancy
policy, Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has warned.

Amendments to the Australian constitution to recognise Aborigines will be put to a
referendum under a re-elected Labor government, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny
Macklin says.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has steered clear of big-spending policies in his key
pitch to voters, staking his bid for The Lodge on an appeal to turf out the Labor
"soap opera".

A pilot and her passenger have walked away from a light plane crash in a Melbourne
backyard, just metres from the start of the Moorabbin Airport runway.

North Melbourne are just half a game outside the AFL top eight after beating
Fremantle by 54 points on Saturday at Etihad Stadium.