NSW flood victims to get federal funds

The federal government will provide emergency grants and loans to those affected by
recent flooding on the NSW mid-north coast.

Perth Glory will seek urgent clarification of the A-League's replacement rules for
marquee players with Mile Sterjovski preparing to return to the Socceroos fold this
week.

There are ominous signs that an agreement at Copenhagen could be doomed to failure
after G20 finance ministers were unable to reach a consensus on how to fund a global

Families can again enjoy picnics at Sydney's picturesque Warragamba Dam, which has
been reopened to the public for the first time in more than a decade.

A $320 million government bailout of James Hardie's fund for asbestos victims will
be repaid and does not excuse the struggling company from its obligations to the

A super soaker jet will help douse bushfires in Victoria this summer but the
government announcement did little to ease an inferno of frustration burning among

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is running an
"extraordinarily vain" government that is handing over Australia's immigration

Lip-synching didn't cut it for Perth fans who walked out on Britney Spears after
only three songs at her first Australian concert at the Burswood Dome on Friday
night.

The sky's the limit for Victorian Opposition leader Ted Baillieu who says a
coalition government would bid for the Red Bull Air Race and hold it in Geelong.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will not reveal how the government will end the Oceanic
Viking asylum-seeker stand-off but is confident a solution is inevitable.