EDDY Groves says he's feeling optimistic thanks to a $742 million deal to sell 60 per cent of ABC Learning's US operations.

PERTH great-grandfather Charles Zentai will learn this morning if he must face anextradition hearing over the brutal murder of a teenage Jew in Hungary during World War II.

ABORIGINAL activist Jackie Huggins is tipped to be Queensland's first indigenous governor.

POLICE in Brisbane are on the lookout for a car thief who tried to run them down in the city's north.

A WOULD-BE cat burglar's attempt to rob apartments by scaling a multi-storey building in West Melbourne went horribly wrong when he plunged three stories.

A STOLEN utility has ploughed into a tree in central Victoria, killing the driver.

INVESTORS in Geelong - still scarred by the Pyramid building society collapse of almost two decades ago - fear they have lost millions of dollars after the fall of a share trading company run by flamboyant local businessman Graeme Hoy.

Griffith University likened to Islamic madrassas Judge says uni is Islamic vehicle Uni sought mysterious Saudi Arabian grants

MACAU, the world's largest gaming enclave, will rein in the booming industry by halting the issue of new licences and freezing land allocations for the construction of more casinos.

The Motorex 2008 WA Motocross Championships kicked off at AJS Motorcycle Club Sunday 20th April, the Host club for Round 5 of the Rockstar Energy Nationals on June 1st. Record entries ...

The 2008 Oakdale Motocross Challenge for both Junior and Senior riders was run and won last weekend (April 19 - 20) in a mixture of dry and muddy track conditions.Over 200 junior and senior Motocr...

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A MASSIVE expansion of Australia's seabed jurisdiction has opened up a "potential bonanza" in new oil and gas discoveries.

ENERGY Resources of Australia, the world's third largest producer of uranium, says demand for the fuel will remain strong into the future amid continued growth for electricity.

THE 1600 creditors of Lift Capital are expected to get at least half of the money they invested with failed broker back.

THE chairman of South Korea's largest group Samsung announced today he will step down, just five days after being charged with tax evasion and breach of trust.