League: Raiders 'had enough' of Carney
League: Raiders 'had enough' of Carney
After years of misbehaviour including run-ins with police, "shocked and shattered" NRL halfback Todd Carney has been sacked.
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League: Sonny Bill blames Bulldogs coach for exit
League: Sonny Bill blames Bulldogs coach for exit
Sonny Bill Williams said former coach Steve Folkes was at the centre of his decision to abandon the club to take up a rugby contract with Toulon.
Rugby: Sonny Bill to break silence on defection
Rugby: Sonny Bill to break silence on defection
Runaway Bulldogs star Sonny Bill Williams is set to break his silence on why he walked out of the NRL club tomorrow night.
No binge drinking since letter box sex drop: Aust MP
No binge drinking since letter box sex drop: Aust MP
A Labor MP says he hasn't had a drinking binge since making a sex slur to a female security guard, who has letter-dropped his Northern Territory electorate ahead of Saturday's poll.
Tourism Australia has no bloody idea how it's doing
Tourism Australia has no bloody idea how it's doing
Tourism Australia has no accurate way of measuring the impact of its promotions, such as the controversial "Where the bloody hell are you?" campaign of 2006, an audit report has revealed.
Jury misconduct leads to Wood's trial being aborted
Jury misconduct leads to Wood's trial being aborted
The murder trial of former chauffeur Gordon Wood has been aborted after "misconduct" by jurors who planned a forbidden visit to the site where his girlfriend died.
Young adults not saving for rainy day - survey
Young adults not saving for rainy day - survey
Fewer than 40 percent of young adults would have sufficient savings to maintain their lifestyle if they lost their job tomorrow, a new Australian survey has found.
Olympics: Ticket website at centre of scam says it's a victim
Olympics: Ticket website at centre of scam says it's a victim
The operators of the website at the centre of the worldwide Beijing Olympics ticket scam say they are also victims.
Trio jailed for covering up killing of disabled Mebourne man
Trio jailed for covering up killing of disabled Mebourne man
Two men and a teenager have been jailed for covering up the brutal torture and killing of an intellectually disabled man.
Basketball: Breakers to begin campaign with Wollongong
Basketball: Breakers to begin campaign with Wollongong
The Cairns Taipans will host the South Dragons in the opening game of the newly streamlined 2008-09 Australian National Basketball League (NBL) season on September 13.
Rugby: Ruling may keep SBW out of Toulon debut
Rugby: Ruling may keep SBW out of Toulon debut
The New South Wales Supreme Court has approved a last-ditch effort from legal teams representing the NRL and the Canterbury Bulldogs to prevent Sonny Bill Williams from playing his first match in France for the Toulon rugby club.
Fosters fined $1.44m over worker's death
Fosters fined $1.44m over worker's death
Global brewing giant Foster's has been fined $A1.125 million ($NZ1.44 million) over a safety breach that led to the death of a worker.
Cricket: Gilchrist calls for Twenty20 in Olympics
Cricket: Gilchrist calls for Twenty20 in Olympics
Cricketer Adam Gilchrist has called for the sport's Twenty20 format to be adopted as an Olympic event in the year 2020.
Racing: Big Brown wins Haskell Invitational
Racing: Big Brown wins Haskell Invitational
Big Brown showed his champion qualities when he dug deep inside the final 200 metres to run down Coal Play and win the group one Haskell Invitational at his first start since his Belmont Stakes failure.
Two rescued from yacht sinking in Coral Sea
Two rescued from yacht sinking in Coral Sea
Two men on an around the world race have been rescued from their sinking yacht in the Coral Sea off far north Queensland.
Olympics: Typhoons loom over games
Olympics: Typhoons loom over games
Up to three typhoons may strike during the Olympic Games competition in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, if Beijing weather experts are right.
Ramos-Horta pays tribute to hero (15)
Ramos-Horta pays tribute to hero (15)
East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has paid tribute to a 15-year-old "hero" who alerted soldiers to rebel leader Alfredo Reinado on the day he was shot.
Rudd descended from urchin undie thief
Rudd descended from urchin undie thief
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ancestors include petty criminals -- one a street urchin sentenced to death for stealing a dress and underwear from another child, family researchers say.
Olympics: Internet still censored despite meeting
Olympics: Internet still censored despite meeting
The governing body of the Olympics says it never entered into a deal with Chinese authorities to censor the internet during the Beijing Games.
Debate growing over anti-gang law
Debate growing over anti-gang law
Debate is growing in New Zealand over a proposed law banning gang members from wearing their insignia in the town of Wanganui.