A MAN whose body was found in a Queensland car park died from injuries sustained in an altercation, police said today.

THREE recreational fishermen are lucky to be alive following a night spent clinging to an esky, one with their finger in the drainage hole, after their runabout sank off the Queensland coast.

THREE recreational fishermen lucky to be alive following a night spent clinging to an esky will not be billed for any of the rescue costs, says the chief executive of the helicopter that saved them.

THE bizarre "return" of a Scooby-Doo outfit to a Brisbane costume hire shop helped police catch the alleged track invader who wore it to the Ipswich Cup raceday.

BRISBANE World War II veteran Bill Pearce has finally come face to face with the German airman who shot down his plane over Dusseldorf 63 years ago. But amazingly, there were no hard feelings.

BELINDA Neal and John Della Bosca have sought to escape the tumult of the month-long Iguanas restaurant affair by jetting off to north Queensland.

A QUEENSLAND magistrate has suppressed the name of a Sunshine Coast man facing child pornography charges, saying she feared a Dennis Ferguson-style "media frenzy".

POLICE are treating the death of a man in Brisbane's West End as murder.

CAREER diplomat Penelope Wensley will be the next governor of Queensland, Premier Anna Bligh announced today.

A MAN will face a Sydney court today where Queensland police are expected to seek his extradition over his wife's murder.

15 year old Burpengary rider Aaron Cowell has dominated the Queensland round of the Honda Grom’s on the Gas competition. With conditions close to perfect, the Coolum circuit played host to some of...

TASMANIAN Premier David Bartlett said today the Garnaut draft report on climate change suggests the state's natural resources could play a key role in a future emissions trading scheme (ETS).

BONES, believed to be human, have been found at a popular Victorian coastal town beach.

INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency chief Nobuo Tanaka says lowering petrol taxes would send the "wrong signal" on consumption.

THE economy could be slowly much more sharply than the soft landing hoped for by the authorities.

THE Rudd Government has missed another opportunity to announce much needed short-term reform of the Murray-Darling Basin, the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) said today.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has no credibility on managing the lower lakes region of South Australia's Murray-Darling Basin after doing nothing more than agree on a plan for a plan, the Opposition said today.

A WOMAN who starred in homemade pornographic movies with two teenage girls - whom she likened to US celebrities the Olsen twins - has had her jail term erased.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd said the Murray-Darling Basin shows what will happen if society buries its head in the sand rather than act over climate change.