Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes and his deputy Peter Gammell have been invited to join the board of West Australian Newspapers Holdings, chairman Peter Mansell said today.

A PIZZA delivery man has given fast food a new meaning when he was caught, and fined, for driving 53km/h over the speed limit.

A MID-air scare has forced a Qantas jet carrying 133 passengers bound for Brisbane to turn back to Perth.

TWO men are dead and a woman is fighting for her life after three separate crashes in Queensland today.

RESIDENTS living near Brisbane's iconic XXXX brewery will be unable to lodge complaints about the famous inner-city industrial site under new State Government legislation.

A GOLD Coast woman who received $48,803 in Centrelink social security payments while owning two properties and a houseboat has been sentenced to six months in prison.

QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh was left red-faced after revealing the state government has a $30 million exposure to the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers.

A MAN allegedly flew into an airport with 11kg of cannabis, but the drugs were only detected when he was stopped for a breath test.

A FEMALE teacher was being hailed a hero yesterday after a knife was held to her head in Queensland's latest terrifying school invasion.

THE turmoil in world financial markets has increased the chance of a follow-up interest rate cut in October, economists say.

INVESTORS are watching to see how much the finances of local banks and investment firms were tied up with collapsed US investment bank Lehman Brothers.

THE Queensland Police Minister not only thinks she selects the Brisbane Broncos, but is also encouraging fans to cheer for three players under investigation for an alleged sexual assault.

A CAIRNS woman was shocked and disgusted to find her new mobile phone contained pornographic images of a female employee from the Dick Smith Electronics store where she had just bought the phone.

BHP Billiton expects commodity markets to remain volatile in the short term but has forecast Asian demand for its products to continue.

POLICE have been unable to identify a woman whose body was found tossed in a Melbourne dumpster and set on fire.

Dominatrix fleeces 'slave' of inheritance money Gambled more than half of it away Jailed for two years and three months

A DRUNKEN bodybuilder spat on and launched a frenzy of punches at a young woman who rejected his advances in a nightclub, a court has heard.

OUTGOING West Australian treasurer Eric Ripper has been unanimously elected Opposition leader by the Labor caucus today, party spokesman Kim Chance says.

ANOTHER man has been found guilty of being part of a Melbourne terrorist cell which plotted to kill thousands.

A VICTORIAN man has been fined almost $3000 for harassing a koala.