FEDERAL Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson will be given until next month's budget to turn his dismal polling around or face a leadership challenge.
FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone has opened the door for Sydney to steal the Grand Prix from Melbourne.
A DEFIANT Brendan Nelson insisted yesterday he was staying put as leading Liberals called on him to stand down immediately as Federal Opposition Leader.
THE Lonely Planet guidebook empire is reeling after one of its authors claims he plagiarised and made up sections of his books and dealt drugs to make up for poor pay.
FREE Tibet activists say they are delighted with the protests dogging the Olympic torch, and promise a strong but non-violent protest in Australia.
FRUSTRATED partners of BlackBerry addicts are going to extreme lengths to win back the attention of fixated lovers.
BILLIONAIRE Richard Branson is interested in launching flights into space from Victoria.
EVERY Queensland firefighter will be tested for brain cancer amid fears the profession could result in a higher incidence of the disease.
AUSTRALIA is to have its first female Governor-General with the announcement that Queensland's governor Quentin Bryce has been appointed to the job.
HUMAN bones have been discovered in the backyard of a home in Melbourne's north, police say.
MELBOURNE University is using healthy dogs - some of them pregnant - for student vet operations, then killing the animals.
HALF of Victoria's parents fear for the safety of their children at school.
TED Baillieu will promise to make Victorian teachers the highest paid in Australia in his first major policy announcement since the 2006 election.
A POLICE plan to combat cyber abuse is being ignored despite police receiving more than 20 complaints a week.
THERE is no such thing as the battle of the sexes for married couple Stephen and Lisa Leek. The Melbourne parents of 16-month-old Oscar both work and share domestic duties.
A 'CHIPPER' Prime Minister Kevin Rudd flies back home tomorrow after 18 days overseas promoting Australia's economic interests and building relationships with other world leaders.
A MAN has been charged after attempting to smuggle cocaine into Australia in his underpants.
AUSTRALIA'S petrol cop has flagged motorists could pay more under a new national fuel standard.
THEY call him "The Spiderman" for his audacious high-rise robberies and last night the city's elusive climbing cat-burglar foiled police once again.
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A WOMAN allegedly shaved her eyebrows and claimed she was dying of cancer as part of an elaborate story to dupe kind-hearted Victorians.
A SICK humpback whale trapped in a private harbour north of Perth has died.
A 20-YEAR-OLD navy sailor did nothing as his drinking buddy jammed a pen into a man's anus during an attack, a court hears.
A YOUNG humpback whale trapped in a small harbour in Perth's north is in a poor condition and likely to be euthanased, environment officials say.
NO one is listening to Brendan Nelson but his position is safe at least until the Federal Budget, a key Liberal frontbencher says.
AUSTRALIANS are gentle and mellow tea drinkers hanging out for "invigoration" - and now they've got a blend to match.
THE soaring cost of living is the single biggest cause of stress to Victorians, with financial worries taking a dramatic toll on health and wellbeing across the state.
THE credibility of 60 Minutes has been rocked by an admission that last Sunday's controversial story - about a father and daughter couple who had a child - cheated viewers of the full picture.
CHINA gave Australia a $25 billion present last week. No, it wasn't in grateful thanks to Kevin Rudd for delivering his speech in Beijing in Mandarin. Or for the fact that he didn't go in harder on Tibet. But simple economic reality.
VICTIM impact statements will be heard in the NSW Children's Court for the first time, under changes to be introduced by the state government.
A 20-YEAR-OLD P-plater faces a high-range drink driving charge after allegedly crashing a car into an electricity box in Canberra.
ONE of Australia's most famous child stars has hit out at the harsh criticism handed to youngsters on reality television shows.
Mick Gatto travelled to Singapore this week hoping to hunt down more than $1 billion worth of assets a group of investors believed may be hidden inside the failed stockbroker.
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