Many bushfire victims die when they flee too late after initially staying to defend
their homes, the bushfires royal commission has been told.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for greater respect for women, backing the
decision to stand down rugby league commentator Matthew Johns over a group sex
scandal.

The Rudd government's second budget offered no convincing plan for economic
recovery, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will slash its final dividend by 25 per cent
and has declined to forecast future cash earnings, saying operating conditions

Veteran Australian keeper Mark Schwarzer could be lured away from English Premier
League club Fulham to join rivals Tottenham or Aston Villa.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says that Port Adelaide have bottomed out
financially and can now stride out on the road to recovery.

Basketball Victoria are shaping as a possible saviour for the troubled new NBL,
considering a proposal to enter a team in the competition planned for later this
year.

Media identity Rex Hunt has been placed on a community based order for a road rage
attack on a cyclist.

Almost 24 hours after a firestorm obliterated the town of Marysville and killed 34
of its residents, Victoria's chief emergency body believed everyone in the town was

Disgraced rugby league personality Matthew Johns has apologised to the woman at the
centre of a sex scandal that has cost him his multi-million dollar career in
television.