The underlying premise of this book is weak (a criminal forced into a band in order to find a stolen item), but like I've said in the past the Stainless Steel Rat books are fun, and not really intended to

A MAN caught taunting a boy hours before he died of massive internal injuries caused by repeated kicking or punching has been jailed.

LAWYERS fighting a judge's decision to dismiss charges against child sex offender Dennis Ferguson will tomorrow submit more details of their argument after it was dubbed "vague" by Queensland's Court of Appeal.

CANE toads are not the super species many believe, with less than 1 per cent surviving to adulthood, a researcher says.

FORMER Baywatch babe and long-time vegetarian Pamela Anderson has taken time out of her Big Brother schedule to stage a protest against animal cruelty at a Gold Coast fast-food store.

A WOMAN punched a septuagenarian home invader who confronted her in her Adelaide home today.

A 62-year-old Gold Coast bus driver has been assaulted after catching teenagers vandalising his bus.

POLICE say they have smashed a drugs ring following a series of raids and six arrests across metropolitan Melbourne.

A YOUNG motorist is dead after his car left a Melbourne highway and struck a tree.

Former motocross champion Warren Smart has returned to racing with a win at the famed Honda Hattah Desert Race. Smart was forced to retire from racing in July 2006 whilst riding on the Factory Kawa...

Following in the footsteps of FMX star Robbie "Maddo" Maddison and BMX legend Kevin Robinson, motocross daredevil, Ronnie Renner will attempt to set a Guinness World Record this Friday, 11th July i...

Eager to utilise different media and technologies available, the Woodstock Honda motocross team has set up a profile within the MySpace online networking community.The Woodstock Honda profi...

POLICE have detained a woman over the alleged kidnapping of a seven-year-old boy following a domestic dispute with his father.

THE Classification Board has asked the art magazine which published a photo of a naked girl on its front cover to submit its publication for review.

A WOMAN has kidnapped a seven-year-old boy from Ballarat after stabbing the child's father whom she met on an internet dating site, police say.

MELBOURNE Airport has been thrown into chaos with power outages at two terminals.

MELBOURNE airport is returning to normal after a blackout knocked out power to two of its three terminals this morning.

UP to 135 jobs have been lost with the closure of a Gunns sawmill in Tasmania's northeast, a spokesman for the timber giant says.

RIO Tinto will sell its Kintyre uranium project in Western Australia to a joint venture consortium for $US495 million ($518.3 million), as it moves closer to completing its $US10 billion asset sales target for this year.

THE share market closed more than 1pc lower following sharp losses in the US, with resources and banks leading the decline.