The Rudd government has no plans to hold an inquiry into new claims by whistleblower
Allan Kessing that implicate Cabinet minister Anthony Albanese.

Treasurer Wayne Swan has become the latest in a growing list of Australian ministers
making the passage to India.

The federal government has again rejected opposition calls to withdraw its stimulus,
insisting the measures will remain until economic growth returns to pre-crisis
levels.

The AFL has confirmed the schedule for next weekend's semi-finals at the MCG.
The Western Bulldogs will play the Brisbane Lions on Friday night, and Collingwood

The last team into the finals has declared two competition front runners ripe for
the picking as the underdogs plot massive upsets in the first week of the NRL
finals.

Police have launched a full-scale search for a woman who went missing from a Top End
campsite after walking to a nearby billabong.

A 23-year-old man has died in hospital after being assaulted on the Gold Coast,
police say.
Police were called to Griffith Street, Coolangatta at about 3am (AEST) on Sunday

A year since heading to the polls West Australians are facing huge increases in
family bills, ballooning debt and massive job losses under the Liberal government,

Former prime minister John Howard is resting at home after spending two nights in
hospital because of a severe allergic reaction to an anaesthetic on Friday.

Australian captain Sharelle McMahon says her team needs to tweak a few things to
beat arch rival New Zealand, who are determined to slow down the speedy Diamonds in