A MALE witch who enslaved teenage girls has won leave to have his extended supervision order reviewed.

AN Australian political adviser to London Lord Mayor Boris Johnson has been forced to resign over a racism scandal.

SCHAPELLE Corby's legal team owes an apology to airport baggage handlers over a claims they planted marijuana found in the convicted drug smuggler's bag, unionists say.

A MAN has been injured when he was knocked into a drain by a train on the Gold Coast.

MOTORISTS had to swerve to avoid a man asleep at the controls of a motorised wheelchair on a north Queensland highway.

ALAN Bond has lost a Federal Court bid to sue journalist Paul Barry and publisher News Limited over a story about his African business interests.

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A BUSINESSMAN drove a truck through protesters who were forced to jump onto the bullbar and hang on for their lives as he drove down the road, a court heard today.

THREE brutal execution-style murders in Melbourne dating back nearly 19 years are linked, police say.

TWO men who killed a Sudanese refugee by slashing his neck with a broken bottle will walk free from prison next year.

SMOKING outside does not stop children being exposed to high levels of dangerous tobacco chemicals, Australian research shows.

A LOVELORN man who put his life in Australia up for sale on the internet is one step closer to starting over as bids for his house, job and lifestyle hit $2.2 million today.

A MAN drank beer with an accused killer with a body lying nearby, and later helped dig up the victim's remains to remove the head, a court has been told.

UP to 50 people were involved in an on-field brawl at an under-15s rugby league match, witnesses say.

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WORLD oil prices rose in Asian trading today after Saudi Arabia said at a weekend summit that it had raised output, and said speculators were partly to blame for higher prices.

JEFF Kennett, founder and chairman of the national depression initiative beyondblue, will step down at the end of 2010.

AUSTRALIAN commodity exports are tipped to surge 40 per cent during the coming financial year to $212 billion.

ABC Learning Centres says it will standardise daily child care fees across its centres in Australia, resulting in an average rise of 11 per cent for parents.

BABCOCK & Brown (B&B) is in the sights of US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, according to a British newspaper report.