SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - An inexperienced Hockeyroos side is the underdog heading into the Oceania Cup against New Zealand, according to coach Adam Commens.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - West Coast legend and long-time assistant Peter Sumich has made a shock defection to arch AFL rivals Fremantle to work alongside new Dockers coach Ross Lyon.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - A clutch of Australians are fighting for their US PGA tour careers amid the circus surrounding Tiger Woods' latest return in California this week.

SYDNEY (AAP)- Oct 05 - The Queensland government has launched an ad campaign spruiking the jobs that will be available in the resources boom and the training needed to get them.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - A prisoner transport guard has been fined $11,000 after pleading guilty to charges laid over an Aboriginal elder's death from heatstroke in the back of a prison van.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - A man trying to avoid a random breath test drove at double the speed limit during a police pursuit in western Sydney.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - A light aircraft has made an emergency landing on a golf course near Perth's Jandakot Airport.

SYDNY (AAP) - Oct 05 - Quarantine restrictions have been lifted on the last remaining properties affected by the Hendra virus in Queensland and NSW.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 05 - Former treasury secretary Ken Henry has been appointed to the National Australia Bank board.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Oct 04 - He won't don the blue and gold until 2014, but Manly coach Des Hasler confirmed rising star Will Hopoate had played his final game for the Sea Eagles ahead of his impending