1:06 AM AEDT | JUNIOR cricket teams have been warned to monitor their grandstands after two incidents in the past fortnight in which men posing as scouts watched children and asking for their names.
1:00 AM AEDT | AS HOUSING development in NSW all but dries up, the federal minister will today announce about 1000 new low-cost houses and apartments to be made available for the state's renters.
1:00 AM AEDT | THE former NSW Liberal MP Bruce Baird has supported the Remuneration Tribunal's concerns that federal ministers are underpaid, saying politicians' salaries are not high enough to attract talented people into Parliament.
1:00 AM AEDT | THE NSW Health Minister, John Della Bosca, will seek tougher restrictions on alcohol advertising at a meeting of health ministers today as NSW hospital figures revealed a huge rise in the number of drunk young people being treated in emergency departments.
1:00 AM AEDT | BALMORAL Naval Hospital was criticised yesterday for failing to pass on information that one of its patients, an Afghan war veteran, Andrew Paljakka, had exhibited suicidal thoughts and behaviour.
1:00 AM AEDT | THE NSW Blood Bank, already struggling to meet demand, is facing a revolt by donors angry at the State Government's plans to charge private hospitals for the blood they have given.
1:00 AM AEDT | LABOR was fighting last night to hold its infrastructure program together after a hostile Senate tore away more than half the money allocated for the national broadband network.
1:00 AM AEDT | THERE were hopes the Prime Minister's national security statement would signal a new approach to security, that it would acknowledge not just traditional threats such as warfare but the modern glo...
1:00 AM AEDT | The Rudd Government is aiming to make one of its most difficult decisions in the next three days - setting the target for cutting Australia's carbon emissions over the next 12 years.
A cabinet...
1:00 AM AEDT | THE Government has been accused of paying hush money by funding the legal fees of seven hotels who withdrew their court action over new laws targeting 48 violence-prone hotels and clubs.
1:00 AM AEDT | THEY cost $15,000 and take three months to string up, but not even heart surgery can keep Santo D'Arrigo from his Christmas lights.
1:00 AM AEDT | A MAN who faked his qualifications to work on Qantas aircraft was living in a delusional parallel universe, a court was told yesterday.
1:00 AM AEDT | STAR CITY gave the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, tickets to the Rocky Horror Show. Meanwhile, Peter Costello had a free holiday on James Packer's luxury boat the Artic P, according to the latest register of political perks.
1:00 AM AEDT | THE State Government's refusal to upgrade Sydney's convention facilities could result in the loss of millions of dollars in revenue to Melbourne and cities overseas, tourism experts have warned.
1:00 AM AEDT | CONVICTED murderer Gordon Wood has been jailed for 13 years for spear-throwing his girlfriend Caroline Byrne to her death at The Gap 13 years ago.
1:00 AM AEDT | THE State Government has been told it should allow bets on politics and reality TV shows like Australian Idol.
1:00 AM AEDT | KEVIN RUDD'S much-awaited inaugural national security statement has been roundly criticised as a missed opportunity that lacked detail and gave little guidance to security agencies for dealing wit...
1:00 AM AEDT | AS POLICE have cracked a $7 million drug ring allegedly being run by mobile phone from a maximum security jail cell, a government authority has refused requests to block phone signals in prisons - because it wants mobile phone users consulted first.
1:00 AM AEDT | THE National Party MP Andrew Fraser faces further sanctions after he yelled at the Government's leader of the house, John Aquilina, and pushed a female colleague in the Legislative Assembly. Mr Aquilina plans to refer Mr Fraser's behaviour to parliament's privileges committee.
1:00 AM AEDT | KEVIN RUDD spent $100,000 a month on overseas travel in his first six months in office, with eight other members of his frontbench each spending more than $16,000 a month.
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