A Melbourne man who stabbed his wife to death in front of their young son after she
told him she loved another man, has been jailed for 19 years.

The proposed resources tax will be just one issue at the upcoming federal election
and its tax rate is at the right level, Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen
says.

Australian footage of a deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza has been
confiscated and used by Israel.

Adriana Xenides, once the glamorous hostess of television game show Wheel of
Fortune, has died.
Xenides, 54, passed away in Liverpool Hospital on Monday afternoon after reportedly

A powerful player push is believed to have saved code defector Israel Folau's State
of Origin jumper.

Former Czech international Frantisek "Franz" Straka has held out a class field
believed to include dumped Brisbane Roar mentor Frank Farina to be appointed the new

Hawthorn midfielder Chance Bateman is facing another AFL suspension, immediately
after returning from a three-week ban.

Parramatta CEO Paul Osborne admits he is surprised the NRL's match review committee
charged Jarryd Hayne but cleared Melbourne's Billy Slater after their spiteful

A security guard is dead after an armed raid on a cash van in Sydney's CBD just a
few blocks from the city's central police station.

The NSW government promises its last budget before the 2011 state election will be
broad-based, with tax cuts for business, record health spending and benefits for
families.