Sydney FC striker John Aloisi stresses he will need plenty of help from his team
mates to bring down football deity Robbie Fowler in Saturday's A-League clash with

The federal government has vowed to lift education standards after national
benchmarking showed 10 per cent of school students were still falling through cracks
in the system.

A new raft of upbeat economic numbers out of China suggests Australia's recovery
story would be a totally different tale without the needs of the Asian giant.

Teenage sailor Jessica Watson's world-record breaking bid could be back on track
within two weeks after work began on repairing her yacht.

BHP Billiton Ltd has signed an eight-year supply contract to deliver 22 million
tonnes of iron ore to South Korea's Hyundai Steel.

Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused the opposition of nitpicking over
Labor's $16.2 billion school infrastructure building program.

Trade Minister Simon Crean has stepped in to ensure an Austrade submission critical
of government policy has been taken down from a Senate committee website.

The loss of nearly 31,000 full-time jobs last month has taken the gloss off a
further stabilisation in the jobless rate, but has reduced the likelihood of an

The property market rebounded in the past year with house sales up by almost third
across the nation, a leading analyst says.

The great swimsuit disgrace may claim its biggest scalp with triple Olympic champion
Libby Trickett contemplating quitting the troubled sport.