Todd Carney will again fight to save his NRL career when he fronts a Sydney Roosters disciplinary hearing into allegations of yet another alcohol-related indiscretion.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Darren Lockyer's record 350th NRL game has become a lot tougher with North Queensland naming Johnathan Thurston and prop Matt Scott in their side for Friday's clash in Townsville.

SYDNEY (AAP) - The newly created Australian Party will bloody the major parties in Queensland's next election and could steal more than 20 seats, party founder Bob Katter says.

SYDNEY (AAP) - A Melbourne woman strangled her friend, removed her jewellery and dumped her bruised body in a car park after an argument over money, a jury has been told.

SYDNEY (AAP) - South Australian Premier Mike Rann will stay on in state parliament for several months after stepping down as leader to avoid a Christmas or New Year by-election in his northern subu

SYDNEY (AAP) - The NSW government has been attacked for its "eleventh-hour backdown" on a national curriculum, after it announced it would be the only jurisdiction not to begin implementing the ref

SYDNEY (AAP) - The federal government is bracing itself for the possible release of more damaging footage showing Australian animals being slaughtered inhumanely.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac have joined the growing number of lenders cutting home loan interest rates.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Australians in London have spoken of their terror following a third night of riots in the British capital.

SYDNEY, Aug 9 (AAP) -Nine programs that save billions of litres of water a year have been axed by the NSW government to "fatten" a desalination plant for sale, the Greens say.