Yeah, this blog still exists... and here's a meme to prove it...(all the cool kids are doing it, apparently...)Taken with the crappy webcam in my Dell laptop using the KDE screenshot tool to capture the window contents of the configuration

We're less than three weeks out from the race, so I'm getting organised for our trip down south. Last time you guys came up with some great tips for stuff to do (including an ACE restaurant recommendation). So what should

THE Catholic Church's extensive network of hospitals in Victoria faces a "real threat" from planned new abortion laws, Archbishop Denis Hart says.

AN Ipswich man accused of murdering his grandmother went to a party after killing her, a court has been told.

QUEENSLAND'S Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is concerned about a whale that may have become entangled in a shark net off the Gold Coast.

UP to 20 constituents from Kevin Rudd's Griffith electorate have packed his electorate office in Brisbane to demand a meeting on climate change.

A MAN who bashed his drug dealer to death with a metal pole and then stole his pills has been sentenced to ten years in jail.

AIR Pacific plans to introduce twice-weekly flights between the Gold Coast and Nadi in time for summer, subject to government approval.

AN Andy Warhol painting is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2 million at auction in Sydney this week

MORE than 20 flights have been grounded at Brisbane Airport's domestic terminal after an apparent breach of security in the departures zone.

A 37-year-old man has been charged with several offences including stealing confidential documents from an unmarked police car in Adelaide.

THE share market surged more than 4.5 per cent today following the $US700 billion Wall Street bailout by the US government over the weekend, and the ban on short selling locally.

THE share market has shot up more than 2 per cent minutes after the start of trade this morning.

A BAN on short selling of stock, has buoyed shares in companies that have recently been targeted by hedge funds.

THREE people thrown overboard from a small fishing boat owe their lives to an an off-duty lifesaver who came to the rescue after spotting them struggling in heavy Victorian surf.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is insisting there is a vast difference between what's happening to financial institutions in the US and the situation in Australia.

US investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will become bank holding companies and will receive new US government credit, the Federal Reserve has announced.

A FORMER Hells Angels bikie who killed a man and wounded two other people in a Melbourne shooting spree has been jailed for life, with a non-parole period of 35 years.

MELBOURNE-based ship builder BAE Systems, formerly Tenix, is shedding 80 jobs because of a shortfall in production work at its Williamstown dockyard.