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The Wests Tigers thump the Rabbitohs 34-18, after the Melbourne Storm hold on for a 12-6 win in the wet over the Bulldogs. Look back at how the games unfolded in the world of stats.

In this update: The boss of the National Australia Bank says more than 1100 staff members failed to meet the bank's code of conduct in the 2016 Financial year; The Australian share market has lost most of yesterday's gains; Australia's services industry contracted last month the performance of the Services Index fell more than 5 points to 49 points in February

In this update, A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of one of her sons in the Murray River town of Moama; A report has found Australia's house prices and household debt have reached unprecedented levels; The US President Donald Trump says the controversy over his Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a total witch hunt; Australia's new joint strike fighter jets have touched down at the Avalon Air Show south west of Melbourne.

In this update, A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of one of her sons in the Murray River town of Moama; A report has found Australia's house prices and household debt have reached unprecedented levels; The US President Donald Trump says the controversy over his Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a total witch hunt; Australia's new joint strike fighter jets have touched down at the Avalon Air Show south west of Melbourne.

A man has been sentenced to prison over an attack that left another man with a fractured skull and cognitive impairment in Victoria's north west.

Australia and Russia have been in a state of frozen disagreement for the past three years, reaching a new low with the downing of MH17. But Russia's ambassador to Australia says slowly but surely, things are looking better.

In a scene straight out of Hogwarts, South Australia's Lower House transforms into a Chamber of Secrets, with a Labor MP repeatedly refusing to say the name of a new colleague and political rival.

Water levels are low in NSW mid north coast river systems placing stress on aquatic life and resulting in a number of fish kills.

Politicians, parents, and industry experts criticise the "Kafkaesque" medical cannabis situation in South Australia.

Nick Kyrgios smashes 25 aces in a stunning service display to dump Novak Djokovic from the Mexico Open, in a perfect showing that encapsulates why he frustrates Australian audiences so much.

NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn faces tough questions over the bank's financial planning arm and its practises.

The men's group at Wilcannia in far west New South Wales has a renewed sense of purpose following a gathering of its members and local service providers this week.

Today on the Country Hour: Embattled sugar marketer Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) has been forced to sack its board of industry directors, as its dispute with Australia's largest sugar miller drags on. The announcement came within hours of QSL and Wilmar reaching an in principle agreement over a long-running dispute about sugar marketing. QRRRWN launches WiRES 2017 program support female business start-ups in the bush; the Rookwood Weir in central Queensland has passed another hurdle overnight, with the much anticipated project receiving approval under the Federal Environment and Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Celebrating 40 years at sea with North Queensland prawn fisherman Mike O'Brien; Landline explore hi-tech glasshouse design which allows you to control the weather.

The Department of Agriculture and Food says the tomato potato psyllid has now been confirmed in 35 properties across the Perth metropolitan area including 15 commercial horticulture properties. It has not been found in any regional areas to date. Matthew Lunn, chief executive officer of the Nursery and Garden Industry of Western Australia, says this is one of the biggest biosecurity threats for the nursery industry in the state, and losses for one area alone could be $50 million dollars.

Agricultural law specialist says in the Pemberton case of illegal workers being found, the labour hire company is at fault. However employers cannot always claim ignorance and need to make it their business to make sure employees have the correct clearances.

The rising price of iron ore has pulled a number of smaller miners out of trouble, and a record shipment of iron ore has just left Port Hedland this week.

Vanessa Torres, Vice President of Operations Infrastructure for BHP Billiton, has been awarded the Chamber of Energy and Mineral's Outstanding Woman in Resources award for 2017.

Widespread and heavy rainfall across Western Australia's south coast has caused serious damage to paddocks. Agronomist Quenten Knight shared two photos from a paddock near Munglinup - between Albany and Esperance - which he says now resembles the Great Australian Bight.

Project Sea Dragon wants to build a huge aquaculture farm on Legune Station, just on the Territory side of the Western Australia Border, as well as breeding facilities near Darwin, a feed mill in Kununurra and an export facility at Wyndham. But delays in environmental approvals, negotiations with native title holders and a huge amount of rainfall over the wet season have pushed back the start date for construction.

Technology has transformed almost every agricultural industry in recent decades. But the wool industry, and shearing in particular, have resisted any form of digital disruption - and according to some growers it's holding the sector back.

With the state's largest power station now slowly increasing their output, the Australian Energy Market Operator is no longer forecasting a lack of power reserve in the state.

A koala that was rescued from the side of a Sunshine Coast road by a policeman will soon be released back into the wild after extensive treatment in hospital.

A Whitsundays group helps the community ahead of the Queensland Government's plastic bag ban in 2018.

Offered a meat tray going cheap in Tassie? Before you accept it, police have issued a warning over lead-poisoned cows that were stolen and slaughtered.

Dogs are not usually permitted in national parks, however Parks Victoria makes an exception for two working spaniels.

The company behind a proposal to build a large prawn farm in the Northern Territory has delayed the time line for the start of construction; Cattle giant Heytesbury has acquired close to ten per cent stake in Australia's largest live export company, Wellard Limited; The Roper region is where Veronica Januschka has spent her entire life, and since the late 70s, she and her family have run the Roper Bar Store.

A missing piece of Australian music history, which was integral to punk music, is the subject of an Australia-wide search.

WA police are refusing to provide Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney with a report on the cold case review into the unsolved murder of his wife, a Supreme Court hearing his defamation action against the state is told.

A Nepalese asylum seeker says he is now in hiding fearing he could be killed, after being "involuntarily removed" from Manus Island.

In this update, A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of one of her sons in the Murray River town of Moama; A report has found Australia's house prices and household debt have reached unprecedented levels; The US President Donald Trump say the controversy over his Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a total with hunt; Australia's new joint strike fighter jets have touched down at the Avalon Air Show south west of Melbourne.

In this update, A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of one of her sons in the Murray River town of Moama; A report has found Australia's house prices and household debt have reached unprecedented levels; The US President Donald Trump say the controversy over his Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a total with hunt; Australia's new joint strike fighter jets have touched down at the Avalon Air Show south west of Melbourne.