No Australian has as yet tested positive for the potentially deadly swine flu but
one state health official says people should stock up on canned food just in case.

It will be an "obscenity" if the Rudd government fails to deliver a minimum
$30-a-week increase to single aged pensioners in the May 12 budget, Brendan Nelson
says.

Australians wanting to work in Britain face cuts to the number of skilled jobs open
to them under plans to curb local unemployment levels.

Manly prop Josh Perry says the Sea Eagles are on track for another State of Origin
snubbing unless they can turn their NRL season around and start winning games.

The High Court has found a television current affairs program breached trade
practices laws by entering into a deal for exclusive get-rich-quick stories.

The current campaign to crack down on alcohol and binge drinking is demonising the
"lubricant" of the tourism sector, an industry leader says.

The value of housing across Australia rose 1.63 per cent in the first quarter of
this year after a fall in borrowing rates lured buyers into the market, a survey
shows.

History will vindicate billionaire businessman Richard Pratt, his lifetime friend
and chief executive of the Pratt Foundation Sam Lipski told mourners on Thursday.

Teenagers must "earn or learn" while jobless under-25s will be guaranteed a training
place as the federal government prepares Australia for rising unemployment.

Bulldogs hooker Michael Ennis has been found not guilty of a chicken wing tackle at the NRL judiciary and is free to play the Wests Tigers on Sunday.