ANZ admitted today there is no certainty it will pass on in full any interest rate cut made by the Reserve Bank.

THREE of Australia's big four banks now expect a cut in official interest rates in September, although hopes that borrowers will benefit are slim.

US liquor giant Constellation Brands is to put about $200 million of Australian wine assets on the market, rationalise its packaging operations, increase prices, slash jobs and shed about a third of the labels carried under its brand names.

AN environmental group has promised to make green issues a prominent part of the West Australian election set for September 6.

THE fate of missing nine-year-old Yadav Munohur remains a mystery, with police admitting they have no leads two full days after the boy vanished in Melbourne.

A FUGITIVE who tried to escape police by swimming 250m into the icy sea early this morning has been described as lucky to escape with his life.

TWO thieves punched an elderly woman unconscious while trying to rob a Brisbane charity shop.

THE death of a Gold Coast man is being treated as suspicious after neighbours said a "non-descriptive noise" came from the apartment two nights before the man's body was discovered.

CONVICTED pedophile Dennis Ferguson is enjoying freedom while it lasts, holding off on his option to voluntarily surrender to Queensland police.

A 19-YEAR-OLD Gold Coast man is in intensive care with stab wounds after refusing to give up his property to a gang of thieves at a bus stop.

A FEMALE worker was stabbed to death in a robbery at an adult shop.

A FUGITIVE who tried to escape police by swimming 250m into the icy sea early this morning has been described as lucky to escape with his life.