THREE teenage boys have been injured, two critically, when a quad bike they were riding crashed into a power pole east of Melbourne.

A CARGO plane and a single-engine Cessna aircraft almost crashed over the Great Barrier Reef because a pilot was busy filling in paperwork, a report has found.

TWO staff members at an aged care home in far north Queensland have been charged with the serious assault of two residents, prompting the Federal Government to order an audit of the facility.

A NEIGHBOURHOOD dispute turned ugly when a man drove his car at a couple, pinning a woman against a tree and fracturing her leg, a court has been told.

A CHOCOLATE-flavoured body sex paint has been recalled from Australian shelves as authorities continue to crack down on melamine imports from China.

QUEENSLAND police have asked a judge to independently assess a brief of evidence relating to the Brisbane Broncos sexual assault scandal.

POLICE units from across Victoria have seized drugs, weapons and allegedly stolen goods in raids in Melbourne and the northern town of Kyabram.

BROADCASTER Derryn Hinch claims he was morally right to publicly name pedophiles despite now facing criminal charges for doing so.

TWO staff members at a far north Queensland aged care home have been charged with seriously assaulting a 70-year old female resident, prompting the Federal Government to order an audit of the facility.

SCIENTISTS have no answers as to how 31 children and one adult were struck by a mystery illness that sent a southside Brisbane school into lockdown yesterday.

A WOMAN has racked up $3000 unpaid in fines over her constant refusal to buy a train ticket, a court was told yesterday.

A WOMAN is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a Gold Coast hotel balcony.

A GOLD Coast police officer has been dragged "some distance" by a car that unexpectedly sped off.

THE new Heath Ledger Theatre complex in Perth could undergo a name change, before it is even built.

AN invitation to frozen mortgage funds to turn themselves into banks has received a lukewarm response.

Youngsters Hugh Skidmore and Tyson Nelson claimed the victory honours last Saturday (October 25) at Nepean Raceway (Castlereagh, NSW) during the running of the 2008 NSW Speedway Under 21 and Under ...

The final touches are being added to displays by over 115 exhibitors on the eve of the Australian Motorcycle Expo Melbourne’s opening day.Some of the world’s most iconic and renowned motorc...

YAHOO!7 is set to announce a range of redundancies at a staff meeting this afternoon.

TREASURY modelling will show that an emissions trading scheme won't have a dramatic impact on economic growth, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

RIO Tinto, the world's second biggest aluminium producer, will spend $US228 million ($A352.31 million) to upgrade its Shipshaw power station in Canada.