NINE teenagers have been charged after a party involving hundreds of youths spiralled out of control in the north Queensland city of Townsville overnight.

VICTORIA'S rampaging property boom has finally cooled after years of soaring prices, with auctions failing even on bargain homes.

Discontent with parliament having to sit on a Friday without question time, the Australian opposition parties (comprising the Liberal / National coalition) vowed to continue disrupting Friday sittings until the government bows to its demands. The vow follows a sitting

A MAN accused of killing a brush-tail possum with a bow and arrow will be charged with animal cruelty offences, a Tasmanian government minister says.

A SHATTERED father says his eldest daughter, who died in a car accident in Victoria's far north-east last night, was a high-spirited teenager who "sparked"up his evenings after a hard day on the farm.

POLICE have uncovered a $1 million internet scam with links to Nigeria during a raid at a home in Perth's southern suburbs.

A WEST Australian policeman who earned Australia's highest peacetime bravery award will sell his medal, the Cross of Valour, at an auction near Brisbane later today.

This is a great old document from the CSIRO on composting. It is written for the home gardener but also has some great scientific information like the right carbon to nitrogen ratios(C/N ratio) for compost.Composting - Making soil improver from

David Allen speaks at google explaining the concepts behind Getting Things Done(GTD). He shows how to identify when you are off track and how to get back on. One point that I liked was that we can only store a

SOUTHEAST Queensland will today experience its hottest day so far this year, with forecasters expecting a high of 36 degrees.

THE Victorian Liberal Party's director Julian Sheezel will step down after five years in the post.

MELBOURNE'S top hotels have urged the city council to block new late-night bars because they fear for guests' safety on the streets at night, the hotels' industry body says.

VICTIMS of a home burglary in Melbourne's affluent suburb of Kew have posted a $20,000 reward in hopes of recovering jewellery and watches they say are valued at up to $160,000.

HOLDEN and Ford have been ranked at the bottom of a national survey of car buyer satisfaction.

The lovely Willi Galloway from eHow shows us how to create newspaper seedling pots from old newspapers. Try to only use black and white newspaper as they don't have the chemicals which are found in coloured newspaper. Always use a

These are my fifth completed pair for the Southern Summer of Socks, and I think they were the fastest to knit. Less than two weeks from start to finish! I'm still well on track to meet my goal of one

I just finished reading this collection of short stories from the author of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. It's lovely. Susanna Clarke created such a large and unique universe in that novel that I was happy just to be able