The federal government is investigating the case of an Australian cargo ship
reportedly seized carrying a cache of banned weapons from North Korea to Iran.

Emergency workers have cleaned up a highly toxic chemical spill from a ship's
container at the Port of Brisbane.

Adelaide will start the AFL finals at home and in great form after blitzing Carlton
by 72 points at Etihad Stadium.

Wests Tigers' NRL season is hanging by a thread after they went down 36-24 to the
Gold Coast at Skilled Park on Saturday.

Grass fires - the biggest in Mareeba, north Queensland - have kept firefighters busy
on another unseasonally hot day in the state.

The Australian Rugby Union has denied snubbing the Victorian Rugby Union as it
attempts to facilitate the country's bid for the new Super 15 rugby license.

The Springboks have become night owls to overturn their terrible Australasian road
record on Saturday night and clinch the Tri-Nations.

The AFL appears set to reject Hawthorn's push for a review of the contentious bump
rule that earned forward Lance Franklin a suspension and nearly sparked a legal
challenge.

The lawyer for a woman who says she was raped by an AFL footballer has slammed
Victoria Police for revealing details of a confidential settlement in the case.

A New Zealand teenager's last-minute decision to miss a flight home cost him his
life, his uncle says.