Daniel Kitson is a Comedy Festival fixture, and it's easy to understand why he continues to sell out big venues like the Athenaeum. The man's ruminations wander all over the place and yet manage to make a convincing-sounding case for

Oh my. That's a good laugh to start the day! (Link courtesy of Emily.)

My co-worker Paul (who is from Russia) sent those around today. I am perplexed by the number of them that include raw garlic. Evidently they eat it that way a lot.

Holy crap! As of next year, I'm going to be banned from tanning beds. Not that I'm a big tanning bed user or anything, but it seems weird that there will actually be a law that's enforced according to your

On Saturday 29 March about 100 bikies went for a Gypsy Joker organised ride from Gawler to Clare, said Democrats MP, Sandra Kanck.They were accompanied by an estimated 50 police cars, 20 motorcycle police, 6 STAR Force 4WDs, police surveillance

MURDERED underworld figure Lewis Moran knew he was the target of a gangland hit from the moment his killer appeared at the front door of his favourite Melbourne watering hole.

A MUSIC teacher who indecently assaulted 10 teenage girls during lessons at schools and at his home should not be jailed, his lawyer says.

A HOMICIDE inquiry has been launched after a man's torso was found buried in the backyard of a house in northern Victoria.

ARMED crime taskforce detectives are seeking two men over a shooting in Melbourne's north-west yesterday that left a man wounded.

A MAN has been shot and wounded in Melbourne's north-west.

A WOMAN is in hospital after being stabbed in an attack at Southbank in central Melbourne early today.

ADMINISTRATORS of Opes Prime have seized control of the shadowy British Virgin Islands-registered company Riqueza that was responsible for the firm's collapse, and will now focus on any evidence of cash leakages from the company.

THE Rudd Government has received a stark warning from business that unions are starting to flex their industrial muscle and push for inflationary wage claims.

NEXT month's federal Budget will contain tough decisions for the long-term economic health of the country, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.

BHP Billiton says it is unaware of any move by Chinese interests to acquire a stake in the world's biggest miner.

BANK of Queensland (BoQ) has posted profit for the first half up 19 per cent, while its interest margin dropped on the back of the worldwide turmoil in credit markets.

AUSTRALIA will survive the recession in the US, achieving growth of more than 3 per cent this year and next, the IMF says.

A MAN has admitted confining a severely malnourished six-year-old boy to a cot in his garage and physically and psychologically abusing him.

POLICE were today questioning the son of a retired police officer and his wife found murdered in their Perth home.

POLICE have charged a man over the death of his parents who were found in their Perth home with fatal head injuries.