FAMILY First senator Steve Fielding has lashed out at gaming industry chiefs over poker machines, saying: "I don't know how you sleep at night".

EXCESSIVE working hours for doctors must urgently be regulated in order to protect patients, a coroner has recommended.

THE former protege of notorious bank robber Brenden James Abbott has been jailed for his role in a jail break more than 10 years ago.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Australian man who survived a terrifying 11-day ordeal in a Laotian jungle has arrived back home.

A MAN died and a woman was injured when a three-wheeled motorbike crashed on the Cunningham Highway in southern Queensland today.

THE boyfriend of a woman whose body was found in her Brisbane home appeared in court today, charged with her murder.

REWARD offers to help catch a thug bashing a dazed kangaroo have been flooding in to the RSPCA, with the total now around $15,000.

MERRILL Lynch's shares fell nearly 17 per cent overnight as worries over Lehman Brothers' future raised questions on which investment bank may be next to face questions about its survival.

WORLD oil prices climbed in Asian trade today as powerful Hurricane Ike hammered the southern US coast, forcing the shutdown of oil and gas production facilities in the area.

TAKEOVER target Ausdrill has blamed a fall in the company's share price on hedge fund selling after comments from suitor Macmahon that its bid was unlikely to succeed.

FEDERAL Environment Minister Peter Garrett has given the go-ahead to the controversial north-south pipeline in Victoria which will pump water from the state's north to Melbourne.

A DOMINATRIX has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $300,000 from a disabled "slave" whom she befriended at a Melbourne bondage centre.

TASMANIAN Premier David Bartlett has sacked his troubled MP Paula Wriedt from her ministerial portfolio.

A TASMANIAN government minister sacked while recovering from a suicide attempt says she is deeply distressed over the news.

A PILOT suffered suspected spinal injuries when his crop duster crash landed today in South Australia's mid-north.

THE family of cruise ship passenger Dianne Brimble has welcomed the decision to prosecute three men over her death.

The flurry of SMS's messages, internet forum chatter and plain gossip has all been put to bed with an official announcement that life-long Fox Racing rider James Stewart has left the den and moved ...

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