Wallabies flanker Wycliff Palu has been given a suspended sentence by a Sydney court
after being caught driving without a valid licence for the second time in two years.

The federal government's $4 billion overhaul of employment services will be
detrimental to job seekers, welfare groups say.

ACT Brumbies player Shawn Mackay remains in a critical condition in a South African
hospital as doctors prepare to bring him out of a medically-induced coma.

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek says the prospect of impending World Cup qualification
will not distract Australia from getting the job done against Uzbekistan at ANZ

AFL boss Andrew Demetriou expects the Gold Coast Football Club (GCFC) to defy the
global financial crisis and chequered history of previous expansion clubs to be

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to walk out of the G20 summit in
London if leaders of the world's biggest economies fail to commit to introducing

The federal government has approved Chinese state-owned steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron
and Steel Group's 17.55 per cent shareholding in Fortescue Metals Group, Treasurer

A deep trough off the NSW coast producing five-metre waves and heavy rain is
expected to cause floods that will leave up to 4,000 northern NSW residents
stranded.

A total of 102 special forces (SF) soldiers had money deducted from their pay with
more than $112,000 recovered in total, the inquiry into the Special Air Service

The Australian Open's controversial party hole may have claimed a high-profile
victim if Robert Allenby holds to his repeated threat to quit playing in his home
country.