Snookums is going to start calling me Germaine Greer again...)

Pretty neat little graphs! "Kristine" peaked in the 1950's, oddly, but poor "Rodd" doesn't even show up on the list.

FAST food chains like McDonald's will not be excluded from forming partnerships with Victorian schools, but the decision will be left to school authorities, Premier John Brumby says.

A MELBOURNE man has been found guilty of murdering a taxi driver crushed to death by his own cab.

CARLTON AFL star Brendan Fevola has escaped without even a slap on the wrist after he flung a fake penis at women near Melbourne's CBD yesterday.

A MAN is believed to have stolen cash from a woman's purse as she sat dazed in her car after crashing into a tree in Melbourne.

IF this week's Melbourne Spring Fashion Week is anything to go by, women's fashion will continue to be all about dresses.

A MAN accused of murdering a Sudanese youth had told a housemate he was going to take his anger out on some "niggers," a Melbourne court was told today.

NEIGHBOURS' Carla Bonner was barred from catching a weekend flight for reportedly letting fly with a Gordon Ramsay-style spray over baggage.

THE AFL is under pressure to ban its traditional end-of-season celebration after a player paraded outside a bar with a fake penis.

A SPOOF campaign nominating underworld identity Mick Gatto to be Melbourne's mayor has jumped the tracks.

A TRUCK driver answered his mobile phone moments before ploughing his unroadworthy vehicle into traffic in the Burnley Tunnel, killing three men, a court heard yesterday.

ABC Learning Centres has finalised the sale of its UK voucher business, Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers Ltd, to share registry Computershare for $190.74 million.

CARMAKER GM Holden will move to subsidise fuel prices for its private customers for up to two years.

THE Chinese have moved on Australia's uranium industry, with Sinosteel applying to develop a $160m mine in South Australia.

JUST Group will cease trading on the Australian Securities Exchange at the market's close today after Solomon Lew's Premier Investments succeeded in its takeover of the clothing retailer.

THE nation's big four banks have followed the RBA's lead in cutting interest rates.

GROWTH in private house building approvals fell for a third straight month in July as a result of high interest rates and poor consumer sentiment.

STRUGGLING childcare group ABC Learning is planning to slash its part-time workforce by 1000 or more in an effort to save up to $26 million each year and stem losses that threaten the company's future.

INTEREST rates have finally started moving lower, but questions emerged yesterday exactly how quickly the Reserve Bank of Australia will deliver further cuts.