All Black Stephen Donald and Silver Ferns player Laura Langman won two of the major awards at the Waikato University Blues Awards on October 3.

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THE big four banks need to explain why they should benefit from next week's expected rate cut, the Opposition says.

IT may be signed but the $US700 billion bailout of financial markets will be met with bearish scepticism when local markets open today.

THE mother of Britt Lapthorne is devastated that her missing daughter has been branded "promiscuous" by a key witness in the case.

A PRINCIPAL who allowed Bill Henson to scour her school for children to pose for him was an excellent teacher, the school's council head says.

A TRAGIC accident has robbed a husband and wife of their little boy - an only child - who took them 11 years to conceive through IVF.

AN Asian high-roller has high-tailed it out of Australia after a disastrous $3 million losing streak.

MELBOURNE office cleaners will gather in the CBD this morning and hold toilet cleaning workshops on toilet bowls smeared with peanut butter.

MORE than 1700 people sent to jail in Western Australia after defaulting on fines will have to be compensated for unlawful detention, it was revealed today.

QUEENSLAND Labor MP Ronan Lee has quit Government ranks to become the state's first Greens representative over perceived inaction on environmental issues.

COMPULSORY health checks for children at day care centres will be considered to target Queensland's spiralling obesity epidemic, Health Minister Stephen Robertson says.

QUEENSLAND Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg will take his frontbench to Brisbane's western suburbs today, a day after the local Labor MP suddenly defected to the Greens.

A 64-year-old man has died while bushwalking in southeast Queensland.

QUEENSLAND wildlife authorities are examining two crocodiles following last week's disappearance of a holidaymaker in the state's far north.

QUEENSLAND Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg will take his frontbench to Brisbane's western suburbs today, a day after the local Labor MP suddenly defected to the Greens.

The Other Andrew took some beautiful photos of our knitting tea party over at Miss Fee's yesterday. That last one of the person in the striped shirt knitting the yellow sweater is me.

I was remembering back to Eileen's birthday freshman year, when it suddenly hit me: That's when she set our dorm room on fire! I pulled out my box of photos and started digging, and at last I found it...I'd been

EDDY Groves was ousted as ABC Learning's CEO this week with an $800,000 payout. We take a look at what went wrong.

CAIRNS-based air service Aero Tropics has apologised to customers following its second forced grounding by the airline regulator.