Carlton have suspended players Ryan Houlihan, Eddie Betts and Andrew Walker from the
club for a month after their drunken and inappropriate behaviour after a boat cruise

The price of petrol is tipped to rise by up to six cents a litre over the next
fortnight as the effects of the global financial crisis fade away.

Two young boys who were feared to have been swept away by floodwaters in northern
NSW have been found safe and well at home, the State Emergency Service (SES) says.

Residents of Perth's northeastern outskirts have been warned not to ride horses or
bikes while bushfires continue to burn through the area.

Firefighters hope soon to contain a bushfire in a dry lake bed in Victoria's northeast.
The fire is burning in the bed of Lake Mokoan, near Benalla, about 200km northeast

A Qantas A380 has been grounded in Melbourne, stranding 443 passengers who were
stuck on the tarmac for more than four hours.

Ten people have drowned across Australia since Christmas Eve, prompting lifesavers
to again urge vigilance around water.

An historic monoplane - the first Vickers aircraft ever made and a relic of Sir
Douglas Mawson's 1911-14 expedition - has been found in Antarctica thanks to

Top seed Kim Clijsters swept into the second round of the Brisbane International
with a 6-2 6-1 thrashing of Italian veteran Tathiana Garbin on Sunday.

Some 1600 lightning strikes were recorded and power lines were brought down as
storms rolled across a wide area of southeast Queensland on Sunday.