I know it's petty, but it was almost worth letting someone goad me into a stupid, frustrating non-argument today for the secret glee of standing before him in a T-shirt which read "You are Dumb" in binary. Almost. (Thanks again

QUEENSLAND'S Cancer Council is seeking a meeting early next week with state Health Minister Stephen Robertson to resolve an impasse over cancer information it says is needed for research.

THE mother of murdered British backpacker Caroline Stuttle has visited the bridge in south-east Queensland where her daughter was killed six years ago.

THE Federal Court has temporarily stopped an investigation into bullying by Victorian police union boss Paul Mullett from going ahead.

THE bass player of heavy metal outfit The Red Shore has been charged over a bus crash that killed two of his band mates late last year.

A TELEVISION report on the final weeks of a skin cancer victim's life has won Victoria's top journalism honour at The Quill Awards.

SIX former top executives of wheat exporter AWB have moved closer to court over their alleged roles in the $300 million Iraqi kickback scandal.

A FORMER trainee neurosurgeon at Melbourne's Monash Medical Centre has won $100,000 in a sexual harassment hearing.

AUSTRALIA'S state and federal health ministers will ban fruit- and chocolate-flavoured cigarettes, saying they were used by tobacco marketers to lure children into smoking.

A MAN sparked chaos at the Perth stock exchange building today after making threats because he was unhappy with the outcome of a court case.

A SIEGE is reportedly under way at the building housing the Perth stock exchange and commonwealth parliamentary offices, where a man is said to be making threats from the building's roof.

POLICE are searching the building housing the Perth stock exchange, where a man police believe may be armed is said to be making threats from the roof.

A SCHOOL warden at a remote West Australian Aboriginal community will spend at least two years in jail for the sexual assault of three young girls.

PERTH Police said a man who made threats to people inside the stock exchange building may have already left the scene, Fairfax Radio Network reported.

A MAN driving a car that hit and killed a baby outside a Perth home fled the scene before he was tackled and held by neighbours, it was reported today.

POLICE have told people working in the Perth Stock Exchange building ? which had been cordoned off following reports of a gunman ? they were free to return to their offices.

SIX former top executives of wheat exporter AWB will face court in July over their alleged roles in the $126 million Iraqi kickback scandal.

JAPANESE-OWNED Australian dairy and juice producer National Foods has asked the competition watchdog whether it has any competition concerns about its possible takeover of dairy producer Dairy Farmers.

INFLATION is expected to have grown further in the first quarter of 2008, as food, petrol and commodity prices soar.

Ballard's Yamaha Off-Road Team's Chris Hollis will be starting Day 3 of the 30th annual Hog's BreathCafe Australian Four Day Enduro in top spot after beating the 350-strong field on days one and ...