(AAP) - Eight wins from their last 10 games should make the Wests Tigers one of the form sides in the NRL.

A mother and her three-month-old baby girl are missing near Newcastle.
Margaret Renshaw, aged 41, was last seen driving on Maryland Drive, Maryland, in the

A Victoria Police officer has been sacked and another suspended following
investigations by the force's Ethical Standards Department.

A slim, healthy Melbourne woman died after receiving "wholly inadequate" care from
her surgeon while she was in agony after liposuction surgery, a coroner has found.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott doesn't believe that unemployment would be higher
without economic stimulus, but a Nobel prize winning economist says Labor did a

Former North Queensland coach Ian Ferguson has labelled his treatment during his
final months at the Fury as "disgusting", laying the blame on former owner Don

Canterbury playmaker Ben Roberts has been cleared by the NRL judiciary of a careless
high tackle charge arising from his side's win over South Sydney.

Club chairmen have called on the NRL to hold off on negotiations for the next
television rights deal until an independent commission has been put in place to run
the game.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has faced fresh accusations of being a mouthpiece for
big tobacco because the Liberal Party accepts donations from cigarette companies.

Even the Liberals have dumped on the federal government for choosing to retain a
"flawed" schools funding scheme first installed by John Howard.