Debt-laden Centro Properties Group has been granted a stay of execution, securing a one-month interim extension for all of its debt facilities totalling $6.01 billion that expired on Monday.

The cost and risk associated with the national broadband network will rise dramatically if Telstra is not involved in the project, a leading consultancy firm says.

Telstra customers are being warned to postpone any dealings with the company on Tuesday while union members take industrial action.

Skandia skipper Grant Wharington insists only Wild Oats XI and his boat are realistic line honours contenders in this year's Sydney to Hobart and is looking forward to getting his first peek in 11

Queensland's deputy premier Paul Lucas has been taken to hospital after fainting
while moving furniture.

The price of petrol is falling towards 90 cents a litre.
The price has been declining steadily for months and CommSec economist Craig James
believes it will keep going.

Governor-General Quentin Bryce arrived in East Timor on Sunday for her first
official visit to the fledgling nation.

Bullying is rife in Australian primary schools, researchers say, but community
groups, politicians and educators believe it's up to adults to set a better example.

Former Eels great Ray Price said he would seek to return power to the football club
after his faction claimed the majority of places on the Parramatta District Rugby

South African Tim Clark doesn't feel appreciated in his native land, but he might
have found a new home after capturing the $1.5 million Australian Open in dramatic