An 18-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged with a string of offences including police assault and drink driving after an incident north of Brisbane early today.

PROSPECTIVE homebuyers should buy now before Sydney prices start to climb again with signs of a recovery in the housing market looming, property insiders claim.

A BUILDING accommodating a second-hand building supplies company went up in flames in Melbourne's outer-east overnight.

Parents who supply alcohol to kids face $6000 fine Tough penalty 'provides clear guidlines' Laws will be in placve in time for schoolies week

A POLICE officer says her career and personal life are in tatters as a result of injuries she received in the G20 riots.

A DRIVER has been charged over the death of an 11-month-old girl who was killed when his car slammed into the front yard of her Perth home.

As part of the long term objective to increase the number of women involved in motorcycling, the Womens Commission of Motorcycling Australia has adopted the concept of International Female Ride Day...

Gates will drop tomorrow on the final motocross event of the 30th annual Hog's Breath Cafe AustralianFour Day Enduro (A4DE) at Lardner Park in Warragul, Victoria.Sparks are set to fly in ...

Wow. If Sartor's new planning laws go through, I guess the gentrification of Redfern will get fast-tracked, huh? Some property-minded friends of ours were trying to convince us to buy there last year in the expectation of making a mint

Cool. The SMH travel writer visited Sakai-san's restaurant in Tokyo. I'd love to do that. And despite the guy's protests about all the food in Tokyo being expensive, that dinner works out to about AUD$150 a head (including drinks!). You

A BOY has been killed and five people, including two other children, have been taken to hospital after two boats collided near Melbourne today.

A WOMAN in her 20s has died and her toddler son is fighting for his life following a collision in Melbourne's west today.

UP to $20 million of shares held by organised crime, money launderers and tax avoiders in Victoria has been seized by authorities in recent years.

A 22-YEAR-OLD Melbourne woman sent a text message to her boyfriend just hours before she was reported missing.

A VIETNAM veteran and his autistic carer dressed up as policemen and tried to arrest people in central Surfers Paradise, a court was told yesterday.

POLICE have charged a man accused of sparking chaos at the Perth stock exchange building yesterday and threatening a Federal Court judge.

DRINKERS are set to be hit with higher prices in Queensland under a new pub and club licensing regime that will net the State Government $30m a year.

A QUEENSLAND man convicted of murdering a schoolgirl 17 years ago will be allowed a second chance to appeal for a pardon.

A LEADING Australian criminologist who co-wrote a book about convicted murderer Graham Stafford says he has a strong case for winning a pardon.

CITIGROUP yesterday reported a first-quarter net loss of $US5.1bn, including $US6bn in write-downs related to the subprime mortgage crises.