This week's arrest of two teenage boys charged with lighting the Bendigo bushfire on
Black Saturday was distressing for widow Carol Kane.

The federal government's economic stimulus resulted in the creation of 112,000 jobs
last year, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told parliament.

Opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce has been heavily criticised after
suggesting aid to the third world should instead be spent on reducing food costs in
Australia.

Former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon says new allegations that he took payments
from a Chinese businesswoman friend are outrageous and untrue and he plans to sue.

The sight of top model and David Jones ambassador Miranda Kerr has proved
irresistible to many a man.

Geelong AFL premiership player Mathew Stokes told police he bought one gram of
cocaine for a friend, it was alleged as he faced court on charges of trafficking and

Brisbane captain Darren Lockyer has noticed the hunger driving Tim Smith's NRL
fightback.
While Peter Wallace has a stranglehold on the Broncos No.7 jumper, the versatile

Australia's people smuggling ambassador will meet with Indonesian officials in Jakarta.
Peter Woolcott will be in Jakarta on Thursday for "general discussions" with the

Suspended AFL footballer Andrew Lovett has lodged a notice of grievance with his new
club St Kilda.
The Saints suspended Lovett indefinitely on Christmas eve after a woman made a

An accused killer told police he didn't want to hurt a man he allegedly fatally
stabbed in the heart outside a suburban house party, a court has heard.