Practice makes perfect and for Melissa Gorman it took the perfect finish to dethrone
an open water legend on Tuesday.

Funny lady Magda Szubanski has triumphed in her weight loss battle, losing almost a
quarter of her body weight.

A former Liberal minister has landed a plum job as one of Labor's climate change
chiefs.

(AAP) - More Australians are likely to lose their jobs even as the economy shows signs of recovery, Kevin Rudd says.

(AAP) South Sydney chief executive Shane Richardson says the club won't rush into splashing the cash on a replacement for rugby union-bound star Craig Wing.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh will not budge on her decision to sell $15 billion of
public assets despite an expected voter backlash at the next election.

St Kilda's odds of achieving the first perfect AFL season have lengthened again,
with Justin Koschitzke and Zac Dawson facing suspension.

MasterChef Australia winner Julie Goodwin says she's adjusting to life in the
limelight after almost four million people watched her win the amateur cooking TV
contest.

Indigenous remains held by the University College in London are being brought home
in the care of their descendants to two Aboriginal communities in Victoria.

Grant Hackett believes his name, and that of Ian Thorpe, will be wiped from the
swimming world record books at next week's 'swimsuit' world championships in Rome.