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Tax office push for charity monitoring

CALL comes as senior Hillsong church members enjoy lavish taxpayer funded lifestyle.

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Children's sex crimes 'ignored' - expert

child

DISTURBING claims of pupils sexually abusing each other aren't being taken seriously, expert says.

'My worst fears at sea' - Jessica Watson

TEEN'S new book reveals the despair she sometimes felt while sailing solo around the world.

'We've had 9 kids in 9 years' say couple

IN the past decade, not one year has past in which Sydney mother Trudy Hill was not pregnant.

Veterans upset over war memorial attack

DESECRATION of Kokoda Track war memorial upsets and angers shocked war veterans.

Ivan Milat protests his innocence from jail

ivan milat

SERIAL killer says he's been denied justice in a letter from his "sunless cement cave".

No investigation into OPI link in rape claim

Office of Police Integrity

OFFICE of Police Integrity investigator brings prostitute to police station after she said she was raped. 

Fresh hope in Alzheimer's breakthrough

TREATMENT to halt Alzheimer's disease could be just five years away after a breakthrough by researchers.

Parents busted smoking in cars with kids

Smoking

MORE than 150 people who have continued to smoke in cars with children cop $200 on-the-spot fines.

Hillsong - signing up for a lifetime deal

CHURCH took $17 million in tithes and donations from attendees in 2008,  up from $16 million in 2007.

Here's your order - Get off the phone

Phone

FED-up cafe owners move to ban mobile phones in a fight against growing "customer rudeness."

McGrath to marry new love Sara Leonardi

McGrath

FORMER cricket star and widower bowled over by engagement to Italian girlfriend of seven months.

Teenager dies from fence impaling

A TEENAGER has died after being impaled by a fence post, and a woman has died after a cattle strike, in two separate Queensland car accidents.

Kokoda Track memorial desecrated

A KOKODA Track war memorial that spans an 800-metre walkway in Sydney has been desecrated.

Coroner slams hospitals over fatal errors

Hospital bed

HOSPITALS are repeating fatal mistakes due to a lack of communication, coroner warns.

Drunk husband sleeps through stabbing

Knife

A NEWLYWED stabs her husband in the leg before putting the knife away and going back to bed.

Principal guity of raping student

A FORMER high school principal, serving time for sexually abusing a student, was found guilty of the aggravated sexual assault of a second student yesterday.

Taxpayers billed for minor school mishaps

Football

INVESTIGATION reveals students' families are successfully suing over minor school injuries.

Bunk bed tragedy parents not negligent

FRIEND of their son fractured his skull and suffered serious brain injuries after sleepover fall.

Premier puts an end to pollie junkets

Plane

NSW'S jet-set ministers will be banned from taking overseas trips unless they can bring back investment to the state.

Sex-case priest gets blue card

Priest collar

A PRIEST stood down by his church over allegations that he had sex with a teenage boy has been handed a blue card to work with children by a Queensland tribunal.

Burglar terrorises elderly couple

Police

AN elderly man was injured and his wife pushed over during an aggravated burglary in Melbourne's north this morning.

Man charged over Mandurah hit-run

police

POLICE have charged a 21-year-old from Dudley Park over this week's Mandurah hit and run that left a 20-year-old beauty therapist in hospital.

Intrepid porkers run croc gauntlet

A GROUP of fearless pigs went for a dip in the Adelaide River - a body of water well-known for its bustling saltwater crocodile population.

Buck the pokie habit

PASSING the blame for poker machine abuse must stop, says <FONT COLOR=#FF0000><b>SUE NEALES</b></FONT>

iPad launch special

Apple iPad announcement

STAY up to date with the latest iPad reviews, apps, pictures and prices of the iPad Wi-Fi & 3G models. All you need to know.

National Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010

Youth Self Portrait Prize 2010

The National Youth Self Portrait Prize encourages young Australians aged 18 to 25 to explore self portraiture and its expressive possibiliti...

Hoddle St massacre - 20 years

Hoddle St massacre - 20 years

ON Sunday, August 9, 1987, 19-year-old former army cadet Julian Knight killed seven people and wounded 19 others in a massacre on Hoddle St ...

Shutterbug 2010

Shutterbug 2010

A looks at the ten finalists in this year's Shutterbug photographic competition

Belfast riots

Britain Northern Ireland

Nationalist protestors injure more than 80 police during rioting in Northern Ireland, following Orange Order July 12th marches.

The life and times of Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott

FOR Tony Abbott, it's been a long way to the top job in politics. Take a look back at how he went from a wannabe priest to angling for the ...

Afghanistan honour roll

Afghanistan honour roll

IMAGES of the Australian soldiers to have been killed in combat against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

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Imports set to futher pressure retailers

RETAIL STOCK

A STRING of foreign shops set to open in Australia will place further pressure on already struggling Australian businesses.

Why homes are worth more in a street

house prices

ADDRESSES containing the word "street" are worth $100,000 more than those ending in "road."

Disney gives sneak peek of new resort

Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse

WALT Disney's new resort "unlike anything that Disney has done before" is due to open in 2011.

Aliens are tweeting, we're not listening

'Alien'

SCIENTISTS believe aliens have been sending us messages for years - but we have been checking their tweets.