I am suddenly enamored of the idea of growing potatoes in the spring.

We had another very successful meeting at Customs House today. There were 30 knitters in attendance, and 3 of the newbies joined on the spot. Our growth is phenomenal, and I think it's only going to increase over the winter.

A WOMAN mauled by a kangaroo in Sunbury has spoken today of the bizarre attack.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a violent brawl at an inner-city nightspot left a man with serious facial injuries.

AN eight-year-old girl will require surgery to her legs after being attacked by a rottweiler today.

A SECOND person has been charged after a man was doused with petrol and set alight in Melbourne's north earlier this week.

POLICE are investigating the death of a man who was run over while lying in the middle of the road.

TWO people were set on fire when an ejected nightclubber hurled a molotov cocktail inside a Melbourne nightspot after assaulting two security guards.

POLICE are chasing a gunman thought to be dangerous after a shooting incident in Perth.

NEWBORN babies are being regularly mixed up and wrongly tagged in health institutions, with some errors taking days to fix.

AN American tourist who was driving on the wrong side of the road when he crashed, killing his wife and severely injuring two others, has avoided a jail sentence.

FOUR asylum seekers suffering life-threatening burns from a boat explosion will arrive in Brisbane on this afternoon.

A QUICK-THINKING homeowner caught a would-be thief by locking him in the garden shed.

TWO tourists have been killed and two others critically injured after a long-wheel-base 4WD rolled on a Fraser Island beach when its driver tried to avoid a wave.

POLICE forced to take action after mother posts footage of her handcuffed son allegedly being assaulted by uniformed officers.

ROYAL Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) doctors will operate on three critically injured asylum seekers following a boat explosion in northern Australian waters.

THE recovery will be slow, but top US officials say the worst of the economic downturn is over.

IT'S Australia's most shunned shrapnel and if retailers have their way the echidna-clad currency will soon be ditched.

Sparks are set to fly at tomorrow’s final motocross for this year’s Hog’s Breath Cafe Australian 4-Day Enduro (A4DE) with a bumper lineup of off-road stars ready to bang bars at the Borenore site n...