Petrol price heads for $1 a litre mark
STRONGER Australian dollar and increasing competition is putting pressure on pump prices. heraldsun.com.au |
Pies exact finals revenge on Cats
Collingwood gave Geelong a taste of its own September medicine, sending the reigning premier crashing to a massive 41-point defeat in the first preliminary final at the MCG on Friday night. abc.net.au |
D'oh! Simpsons not Catholics after all
The author of an in-depth religious study on The Simpsons says that the official Vatican newspaper has misinterpreted his work as meaning the famous cartoon family are Catholics. abc.net.au |
US, China meet to ease currency tensions
US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner has met the Chinese vice premier, Wang Qishan, at a time of tension between their countries over the value of China's currency, the yuan. abc.net.au |
Block evictees assured they will get homes
Aboriginal residents of The Block in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern are being reassured they will not end up on the streets, despite their eviction notices expiring almost a fortnight ago. abc.net.au |