There's no official confirmation on my sister's website yet, but Mom rang to let me know that I do indeed have a brand new niece! The baby weighs 8.5 lbs and apparently looks exactly like Penn did. No word on

A 23-year-old man has been killed in a crash near Mildura in Victoria's northwest overnight.

THOUSANDS of Victorians will still be without power this weekend, as the struggle continues to restore services in the wake of Wednesday's wild storms.

THREE men have been charged with murder after a fight between two groups in a Caboolture park, north of Brisbane.

POLICE are investigating whether a candle used for lighting caused a house fire that killed an elderly woman whose electricity was cut off by Wednesday's wind storm in Victoria.

SUPPORTERS of accused Palm Island rioter Lex Wotton will rally in Melbourne today, demanding all charges against him be dropped.

THE Queensland Nationals' 10,000 members will all get a chance to vote on a controversial proposal to merge with the Liberals, following overwhelming support for the idea at the party's central council.

PROTESTERS today defied warnings not to enter an exclusion zone around a dredger set to undertake channel deepening works in Victoria's Port Phillip Bay.

THOUSANDS of fans were forced to temporarily evacuate a concert by American heavy metal band Queens of the Stone Age in Hobart last night when a stage light overheated, filling the venue with smoke.

TASMANIA Police are searching for a 21-year-old man who absconded from Hayes Prison Farm this morning.

EMPLOYERS cut jobs in March for a third straight month and the jobless rate jumped to a two-and-a-half year high, further evidence that a housing downturn and credit crisis may have pushed the economy into recession.

OLYMPIC hero Herb Elliott faces the loss of half of his $40 million fortune, becoming the highest-profile casualty of the Opes Prime collapse.

MICROSOFT is evaluating its bid for Yahoo Inc because the Internet company may have lost value since it made its offer, a person familiar with the matter said overnight.

OIL prices rose more than 2 per cent overnight as weakness in the US dollar following a batch of soft jobs data outweighed fears of a demand slowdown in the world's biggest energy consumer.

US stocks were little changed overnight as nagging fears about more bank losses and the biggest monthly decline in the job market in five years overshadowed earlier optimism that the credit crisis may be easing.

THE corporate regulator has outlined claims of how the chief executive of collapsed stockbroker Opes Prime manipulated accounts to avoid margin calls against some of the company's biggest clients.

IF you're after sky high mortgage rates, then it's time to step into a Commonwealth Bank branch, which has again raised costs.

With the FIM Motocross Grand Prix of the Netherlands to take place this weekend, April 5th and 6th, at Valkenswaard, Suzuki decided to present its Motocross racing activities at the GRP (Geboers Ra...

Just got back from a great 2 night 3 day campout trip with two Australians Peter and Zig. The guys hooked around 50 trout averaging around 3 and a half pounds with a couple landed over 5 pounds and a

Guided Bruce and Marj Warton today from Australia and didn't have to go far from Spot X to catch a few nice trout. Bruce and Marj class themselves as novices but did well today landing 5 out of 9 good