Should consumers be able to opt-out of phone book deliveries? Yes, yes, a hundred times YES. I can't remember the last time I've used a Yellow Pages. They last one they sent to us just sat forgotten by the front

1930s Marital Scale. I went through it answering the Wife questions for myself and scored a dismal 24, which means I rate "Very Poor (Failure)" as a 1930s housewife. I got dinged for failure to "sew on buttons or darn

TASMANIA'S population should be capped at 500,000, says Sustainable Population Australia's Tasmanian branch.

TASMANIAN state MP Paula Wriedt has sought her own independent legal advice over claims made by her former lover.

A SCHOOLBOY was hit in the head with a machete during an argument with a former student on school grounds this morning.

A WOMAN accused of kidnapping her internet lover's son has been granted bail.

A SPRING carnival reveller bit off part of a man's ear because he panicked during a brawl at the races, a court has been told.

THE distraught Melbourne mother of missing nine-year-old boy Yadav Munohur has appealed for her son to come home.

THE former manager of hit 1980s band Mi-Sex had sex with an underage girl he met on the internet after being stranded when his yacht was damaged in a storm, a Melbourne court has heard.

A 15-year-old Melbourne boy has been remanded in custody on assault and weapons charges after another teenager was attacked with a machete.

POLICE and commuters watched as a gunman shot himself dead moments after shooting his estranged partner in the face in a suburban Melbourne railway station car park.

A RARE early Australian stamp with a minor printing fault has sold at auction in Melbourne tonight for $29,000.

THE West Australian Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) has laid a further 22 charges against a Perth policeman accused of misusing the police computer.

AN assistant coach has been sentenced to 4? years in prison for photographing students in a toilet cubicle at a private school in Perth.

A FORMER Brisbane police officer has been committed to stand trial on a charge of murdering his wife.

THE number of patients affected by a bungle in their radiation treatment at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, has grown to more than 800.

THE Federal Government has warned it will pressure banks to pass on looming interest-rate cuts but has refused to reveal any details of its strong-arm tactics.

THE Australian share market closed moderately stronger driven by an improvement in financial stocks and a positive lead from Wall Street but with weaker mining stocks limiting overall gains.

THE Reserve Bank is predicting an economic slowdown so severe that 100,000 people will be thrown out of work in the next 12 months.

ENGINEER United Group has recorded a 47 per cent profit rise for 2008 year, and expects double-digit earnings growth in 2009.