The author of a controversial biography of James Packer says the young tycoon is
very similar to the father he's trying to outdo.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has taken another swipe at the nation's big banks as
the government announced it would invest a further $8 billion in residential

A child safety advocate has called for compulsory obedience and social training for
dogs after a boy was mauled and critically injured by the family dog north of
Melbourne.

Former high-flyers Gold Coast United snapped a four-game drought to surge back to
second in the A-League by rubbing salt into Brisbane Roar's wounds at Suncorp
Stadium.

An Australian soldier has been wounded in Afghanistan, the second this month.
The defence department said Australian troops and members of the Afghan National

Racing yacht Shockwave V would have experienced a series of critical problems before
it crashed onto rocks off the NSW coast claiming the lives of its skipper Andrew

Holden drivers Garth Tander and Will Davison have won the Bathurst 1000, overcoming
a variety of weather conditions to win Australia's best-known V8 Supercar race.

In what rally organisers termed a show of "harassment and intimidation", Queensland
police converged on Saturday to monitor motorcyclists who took part in a 400km ride

Police have named the two victims of a yachting accident off the NSW south coast.
Experienced sailors Sally Gordon, 47, of Darling Point, and Andrew Short, 48, of The

West Australian Liberals have called on the party's leadership not to finalise any
arrangements with the Rudd government on amendments to the bill for an emissions
trading scheme.