Queensland looks set to take a rare unchanged team into Saturday's quest to end a
six-year drought without three straight Super rugby wins.

Fremantle ruckman Zac Clarke may look more like a member of the Jackson Five but
dual All-Australian Aaron Sandilands predicts a bright AFL future for the promising
19-year-old.

Australia's largest binding trade deal, involving the Chinese purchase of about $60
billion worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a Queensland project has been
signed.

Canterbury may not have been striking fear into their NRL rivals so far this season,
but it's the 2009 version of the Bulldogs that has the Sydney Roosters wary.

Newcastle's former NSW prop Ben Cross says he's open to all offers for next season,
but the Knights' off-field dramas won't affect his decision.

ANZ Banking Group Ltd has warned the Australian economy will slow in calendar 2010
before picking up later this year.

The federal government's plan to seize 30 per cent of the states' GST revenue to
fund its hospitals shake-up is a major stumbling block, according to Western

Health is shaping up as a winner for Labor after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd found his
election mojo during a nationally televised showdown with Opposition Leader Tony
Abbott.

A major clean-up is under way after Perth took a battering from the biggest storm to
hit the city in many years.

He's barely laced a boot for Sydney yet, but prized recruit Daniel Bradshaw predicts
the Swans will boast a potent forward line in this year's AFL competition.