THE South Australian Government has promised to carefully consider a coroner's recommendations after an inquest into the 2005 Eyre Peninsula bushfires, which claimed nine lives.

ALLCO Finance Group has become the latest investment company to assure investors that it is financially stable.

AS much as $5 billion in superannuation money is exposed to troubled shopping centre giant Centro, according to the industry's peak body.

The exciting, new competition for Australia's Junior Motocross riders is all geared up to be launched in 2008. The competition, brought to you by Honda and Lee Hogan's BCP, will put our 'Aussie' j...

TWO children reported missing late yesterday have been found dead in a dam on a property outside Toowoomba, Queensland.

TWO men and three teens who sexually abused an 11-year-old boy at a remote Aboriginal community should not be called rapists, a Supreme Court judge says.

TELEVISION presenter and former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins wowed passers-by in the city.

A SHOPPING centre Santa is refusing to bulk up with a pillow for fear he might encourage children to think it is acceptable to be fat.

A DRUNK driver caught behind the wheel at nearly five times the legal limit said he drove because and mosquitoes where he was fishing were "absolutely horrific".

SPELLING, grammar and punctuation will be assessed nationally for the first time next year with the introduction of uniform tests for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

THE dollar was slightly weaker at the open of the local session today after an early rally in overnight trade was eroded by lingering concerns over credit market conditions.

A FILIPINA mother of five could be the mystery woman found murdered and dumped in a Victorian front garden.

AUTHORITIES will step up the search for two children missing on a property west of Brisbane.

THE popular Bindeez toys, at the centre of a worldwide product recall, could return to NSW shelves in the new year.

FOUR people were killed in separate accidents on Victorian roads in less than 24 hours.

TREASURER Wayne Swan says the Labor government can tackle inflation over the long term if it maintains strict fiscal discipline.

UNIONS have threatened to campaign against the Rudd Government unless the Coalition's IR laws are dismantled in 12 months, after Julia Gillard flagged delays.