FAT and black. Those are the words a police officer wrote to describe Rube Nixon on official court documents and she is furious.

A DISAFFECTED West Australian Liberal MP has joined forces with Family First to form a new state based political party.

RUSSIAN twin brothers have been rescued less than four days into an attempt to paddle a canoe from Western Australia to South Africa.

Australia’s best junior and senior off-road racers spent today checkingout the motocross/extreme enduro tracks for the 5th and 6th rounds ofthe Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championships this wee...

The University of Waikato's new Research Hub, a one-stop-shop for research and development, was opened this week by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright.

ANZ still believes an August interest rate rise is likely, despite signs of a slowing economy and a drop in employment levels.

PROPERTY company Mirvac Group has downgraded its fiscal 2008 earnings guidance and cut the carrying value of its assets amid a slowing global economy, higher funding costs and stagnant housing markets.

BORROWERS beware - two of Australia's big four banks still think an August interest rate rise is likely.

BORROWERS beware - two of Australia's big four banks still think an August interest rate rise is likely.

AUSTRALIA'S employment growth prospects are likely to dim into next year as inflation remains above the central bank's target range, the Melbourne Institute (MI) said.

THE estranged husband of a Queensland woman has left Australia, according to her family, who are appealing worldwide for details of his whereabouts.

THE body of a newborn baby has been found at a Gold Coast house after its mother turned up, bleeding heavily, at a hospital.

THOUSANDS of capsules seized at a far north Queensland home this week contain a dangerous stimulant, police say.

THREE people were taken to hospital after a sugar vat exploded in a north Queensland sugar mill this morning, just days after the opening of the sugar-crushing season.

A QANTAS plane bound for Cairns with an almost full load of passengers has made an emergency landing after one engine stopped mid flight.

AN Aboriginal man who committed a series of racially motivated rapes is set to be released into the community.

AN alleged Melbourne terrorist cell was a structured organisation intent on violent jihad because Muslims had been killed by Australian soldiers, a court has been told.

A CAREER criminal who brutally murdered a man in a frenzied attack just months after being released from prison for another murder has been jailed for life.

A DOCTOR admits he may have advised Victorian health authorities that a man accused of deliberately spreading HIV could not pass on the virus.

A YOUNG Australian woman says she is ready to join the army of Islam in a violent jihad with a declaration of war on YouTube.