A corporate jet and an investment model for clients described as the "holy grail"
were major goals for the bosses of collapsed advisory firm Storm Financial, a court
has heard.

The major banks were a bit too quick off the mark raising their lending rates for
the prime minister's liking.

Indonesia has warned "there is a limit" to its patience over the Oceanic Viking
asylum seeker impasse.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wishes retail banks would cut interest rates as quickly as
they raise them in response to official cash rate moves.

A daughter screamed at her elderly mother to get in the car and flee the February 7
bushfires in a harrowing last telephone call, the Victorian Bushfires Royal

Australia has expelled Fiji's top diplomat in Canberra in retaliation for a similar
move by the Pacific island's military regime.

Two men and two women will appear in court on Wednesday to face charges over the
murder and dismemberment of 27-year-old Melbourne childcare worker Raechel Betts.

If Gallipoli was Australia's baptism, then Kokoda was its confirmation.
"At Gallipoli we fought for Britain and lost; at Kokoda we fought for Australia and

An anti-cyber bullying campaign has been launched which uses the same tools the
bullies employ to harass their victims.

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