The federal government's bid to means test the 30 per cent private health insurance
rebate has been rejected by the Senate.

Queensland's massive floodwaters are set to make waves in NSW this week.
With 80 per cent of Queensland natural disaster-declared, northern NSW towns are

Manly coach Des Hasler is planning to exploit Lote Tuqiri's lack of match practice
when the Sea Eagles take on Wests Tigers in the opening round of the NRL season.

The coalition will continue to oppose legislation that paves the way for Telstra to
be broken up.

Australia's seafarers work to provide more than 90 per cent of the country's exports
and imports and yet the industry is in a "dire predicament", Transport Minister

Australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore has every reason to hope it will be third time
lucky this week at the Laureus World Sport Awards.

St George Illawarra fullback Darius Boyd has described Parramatta opposite Jarryd
Hayne as the best in the world - and the Dragons star wants to be just like him.

Australia's economy is tipped to get a $10 million boost in 2012 when the luxury
liner Queen Mary 2 circumnavigates the continent.

The federal opposition is taking the government to task over its lack of response to
last year's controversial Crawford review into sports funding.

Tasmanian Labor is jumping on the federal government's health policy bandwagon,
staking it out as the most important issue at its election campaign launch in
Hobart.