That was fun for a bit... but man, eight conscious hours a day without Internet access is just too, too many.

TONY Mokbel was a "goose" who should have hidden in the mountains of Lebanon dining on fish and champagne, according to an alleged drug syndicate kingpin.

A PUB promotion urging women to remove their underwear in return for a $50 drink card has been banned.

A DRUNKEN bodybuilder who viciously beat a young woman after she rejected his advances has been jailed for at least six months.

A COUPLE have been seriously injured by a tree that fell on them and their children at a tourist spot off Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

BEST friends Karen Zini and Jenny Andersson will never forget the rocky road they took to motherhood together.

A MELBOURNE man is to fight a charge that he murdered a woman whose burnt body was found in a dumpster, a court has been told.

FIREFIGHTERS have retrieved two men from a 10 metre bore hole in southwest Queensland.

A LEADING road safety expert has urged governments to raise the legal driving age to 18 across Australia and to stop novice drivers from getting behind the wheel at night.

BRONCOS boss Bruno Cullen has accused the media of double standards, saying the "feeding frenzy" over his NRL club is in stark contrast to the limited coverage of Queensland netballer Peta Stephens' recent drink driving charge.

TELSTRA has announced it will cut 800 jobs after new computer systems made them redundant.

BROKERS say hysterical shareholders tried to dump stock and cut their losses as the Australian market tumbled.

BILL Gates has overtaken Warren Buffett to regain the title of America's richest man - but Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is working his way up the list.

A FORMER Queensland State of Origin player is preparing to sue the Nine Network for defamation over a Current Affair story about the financial collapse of his gym.

AGRBIBUSINESS stocks are holding up well despite broad market volatility, says the Commonwealth Bank Agri Indicators Report for September.

ST George is cutting its fixed interest rate home loans by up to a quarter of a percentage point.

SHARES in Macquarie Group have slumped 18 per cent to a five-year low today after S&P revised down its outlook for the bank.

A BRISBANE bus driver allegedly seriously assaulted a 79-year-old passenger this morning.

JUST one day after "banning" footballers, a Brisbane nightspot will tonight host a promotional party featuring rugby league stars.

A RALLY on global stock markets fizzled as nervous investors took quick profits after central banks injected $380bn into the system.