Despite critical and popular acclaim and a stint on Broadway, Cate Blanchett's
production of A Streetcar Named Desire has been snubbed at this year's Helpmann
Awards.

Gold Coast boss Michael Searle has labelled the decision on the playing future of
dual international Mat Rogers the toughest call he's had to make in the club's four

Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli's AAMI Stadium brain snap is set to cost him only two
matches, after the AFL match review panel ruled just one of a wild series of blows
connected.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's daughter wants to stand up to the bullies who
"cut down" a man who worked his "guts" out for the country.

A senior accountant who stole nearly $20 million from retailer Clive Peeters
contributed to the collapse of the company, a court has heard.

A Perth judge has overturned a decision to clear a construction company of failing
to maintain a safe workplace when a severe cyclone slammed into a West Australian

One child develops lead poisoning every nine days in the Queensland mining town of
Mt Isa, researchers say.

The Victorian government is unlikely to engage in a mass buyout of homes in bushfire
hot spots and is resisting a multi-billion dollar program to bury powerlines
underground.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he'll immediately begin sorting out the
asylum-seeker problem if he wins office.
He promises he would call Nauru on his first day in the job.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is happy to have another leaders' debate with
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.