SEX attacks would be reduced if people take responsibility for their actions and not drink so much, say police.

TWO men have died in a single vehicle crash in central Queensland.

Police say drunk girls risking rapeSome victims too drunk to rememberTold to take responsibility for actions

A WOMAN and her two-year-old son were hit by an out of control car on a pavement outside a preschool in Brisbane today.

AN appeal against the leniency of a man's jail term for the manslaughter of a five-year-old boy has been dismissed.

A STALKER filmed himself masturbating and sent it to his victim's mobile phone while she was at a police station making a complaint about him.

A FORMER Stawell Gift winner sent himself steroids in the mail as he tried to beat an injury in time for the Olympics.

A SOUTHERN Queensland family has set a new world record by planting more than 900 hectares of wheat in 24 hours.

A BRISBANE primary school was locked down today as police searched for a knife-wielding man spotted on the school grounds.

TWO modern-day treasure hunters are facing possible prison sentences today over an unregistered investment scheme to fund shipwreck hunts which cost Australian investors nearly $US600,000 ($635,000).

SEVERAL hundred Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members will strike for 24 hours tomorrow after negotiations with Ergon broke down today.

POLICE in Australia and Canada are continuing to investigate a major drug syndicate after seizing more than 300kg of drugs hidden in foot spas.

A GERMAN tourist found at Melbourne airport with more 1000 images of "depraved and sickening" child pornography will be deported

A FORMER winner of the Stawell Gift foot race had steroids sent to him from Thailand in an effort to recover from injury in time for the Beijing Olympic Games.

THE culture of Victoria Police came under attack at a police corruption inquiry today as questions were raised about the loyalty of detectives with links to a former colleague suspected of being involved in an underworld murder.

TWO schoolboys have accused a police officer of assaulting them in what they say they feared was an abduction attempt.

FOUR men have been arrested in Melbourne in connection with a $78 million drug bust in which authorities seized more than 300kg of drugs hidden in foot spas.

A MAN is recovering in a Melbourne hospital tonight after he was bitten by a pet death adder.

ABOUT half of Adelaide's emergency department doctors have quit in an escalation of a pay dispute with the South Australian Government.

THE Tasmanian Government has pledged $12 million to help save the state's endangered icon, the Tasmanian Devil.