North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says his players have an extra spring in their step
because they're in the AFL finals race, but they're bracing for a belated Essendon
response.

Kevin Rudd reportedly asked his chief of staff to fill his spot as prime minister at
the head of the nation's most important security body on several occasions.

A major boost to solar power and "hot rocks" geothermal energy will be at the centre
of Labor's climate change policy, to be released on Friday.

Kevin Rudd would be well credentialled to take a position with the United Nations,
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says, however at the moment it's all
speculation.

Only Melbourne Storm fans can now win the battle with the NRL over massive salary
cap penalties after the club dropped its legal action against the league.

A barrister who recently represented a bikie gang and an alleged Serbian war
criminal in the High Court is also advising the federal Labor Party on workplace
relations.

Superstar Greg Inglis' NRL future is on the backburner while Melbourne settle new
chief executive Ron Gauci into one of the toughest jobs in Australian sport.

Arsenal have stepped up their efforts to lure Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer to
the north London club by offering him a player-coach role.

Pop princess Kylie Minogue has not ruled out having a baby of her own after meeting
her newborn nephew Ethan for the first time this week.

Australian pork producers have called on Coles to extend its decision to stop
stocking meat from pigs raised in gestation stalls to imported products, or be