Kevin Rudd has opened a $100 million public policy centre at Canberra's Australian
National University.

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson refuses to concede his side's finals hopes are over
despite the Hawks slumping to their sixth straight loss in an eight-point AFL defeat

Wayne Swan has promised to deliver a no-frills budget that will put Australia in a
stronger fiscal position.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's office has denied receiving documents warning about the
risks of death, fire or injury from the government's botched home insulation scheme.

NSW have vowed to ramp up their physicality as they endeavour to keep their Super
rugby finals hopes alive with an away win over the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday.

Charges have been laid against a father-and-son company over the death of a worker
electrocuted while fitting roof insulation under a botched federal government
scheme.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer says he's shelved two big projects because of the
federal government's proposed tax, including one which would have created 3000 jobs.

Sacked St Kilda AFL recruit Andrew Lovett has been charged with a second count of
rape over an incident in Melbourne on Christmas Eve.

Britain's Conservative party is on the brink of claiming back power from Labour in
the UK, based on a major exit poll of voters which predicts a hung parliament.

Australian tennis great John Newcombe is recovering from an operation for skin cancer.
The seven-time grand slam champion and former world No.1 had a basal cell carcinoma