Dragons welcome back Cooper, Smith
Premiership favourites St George Illawarra will welcome back representative stars
Matt Cooper and Jeremy Smith for Friday night's NRL clash with Penrith.
Thomas free to play against Fremantle
Port Adelaide defender Matt Thomas is free to play in his side's must-win clash with
Fremantle after beating a rough conduct charge at the AFL Tribunal on Tuesday night.
Australian to hear drugs charges verdict
A 36-year-old Australian is due to face a Thai court on Wednesday for the verdict on
charges of attempting to smuggle heroin in December last year.
RBA leaves interest rate unchanged at 3%
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left the cash interest rate on hold and says
its monetary policy settings are appropriate, as the risk of a severe contraction in
Retail sales at a near two-year high
Retail sales have posted the strongest quarterly rise in nearly two years but
economists say the positive effect of recent fiscal and monetary policy stimulus may
be waning.
Diggers injured in Afghan explosions
Two Australian soldiers in Afghanistan have been injured in separate incidents after
suspected Taliban insurgents detonated explosive devices.
Australia still faces terror threats: PM
An alleged plot by a radical Islamist group to attack a Sydney army barracks is a
sober reminder that there is an "enduring threat" of terrorism in Australia, Prime
Turnbull blames Grech over OzCar affair
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says he was duped by Treasury official Godwin
Grech into believing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had improperly used his office to
Overseas start likely for V8s in 2010
Next year's V8 Supercar championship looks set to start in the Middle East rather
than Australia in one of the biggest calendar shake-ups in the series' history.
Broncos chief Cullen slams allegations
Furious Brisbane chief executive Bruno Cullen has branded allegations of a drugs
cover-up by the NRL club as "scurrilous" and says he's investigating legal action.
