Statement on Release of David Hicks

TWO brothers will appear in court today charged with assaulting a father and son at their home on Brisbane's southside during a violent gang bashing.

08:16 : For the first time in six months there was a fare inspector in the VTA light rail

That is, talking about Aaron Sorkin. Steve mentions that the West Wing wasn't as good after Aaron left. I'd have to agree with that, and you can tell from the scripts that Aaron had left... The dialog wasn't as clever,

TWO men have been charged with manufacturing amphetamine after police and customs uncovered a clandestine drug laboratory in suburban Perth.

A 25-year-old Chinese man from Sydney has drowned in a river mouth in northeast Tasmania.

A SUPREME Court judge has warned against disputing small value wills after 40 per cent of an estate was eaten up by legal fees in one of his trials.

A MAN in his 30s has died after he was stabbed at a house in Melbourne's north.

RANGERS have begun evacuating holidaymakers from Fraser Island as an intense low pressure system headed for the popular tourist destination.

RAMS, which is in the throes of selling its brand and distribution business to Westpac, has announced it has been able to line up enough funding to "roll over" or refinance $3.5 billion of its debt.

WEST Australian mining entrepreneur Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest is the richest man in Australia by a clear margin, surpassing James Packer and Frank Lowy.

A 57-YEAR-OLD man has died in police custody after he was arrested for behaving in a suspicious manner in Darwin six days ago.

A TROPICAL cyclone watch has been issued for western Australia's Pilbara coast.

TWO men have been charged with manufacturing amphetamine after police and customs uncovered a clandestine drug laboratory in suburban Perth.

A TROPICAL cyclone watch has been issued for western Australia's Pilbara coast, with Cyclone Melanie expected to develop on the coast on Sunday.

TWO quick-thinking policemen have rescued an elderly couple from a car just moments before it exploded into flames on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

CHARGES may be upgraded against a man who faced court today over a Christmas Day cricket bat attack which left a Geraldton father of five dead.

THERE is a significant risk of a severe tropical cyclone developing off Western Australia's northwest coast, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

A NEWBORN baby has been mauled to death by a rottweiler in Melbourne's southeast.

It WASN'T Santa but a would-be burglar who became trapped in a chimney in the desert town of Alice Springs.