SYDNEY, aug 01 (AAP) - Dean Bailey has thrown a hand grenade on the AFL club that sacked him, admitting to coaching for draft picks in his first two seasons as Melbourne coach.

SYDNEY, Aug 01 (AAP) -Australia and India are boosting education and training links with a new website for information sharing by institutions in each country.

SYDNEY, Aug 01 (AAP) - The Productivity Commission has urged the federal government drastically change the way it provides long-term care to the disabled.

KUWAIT (KUNA) - Prices of Gold have maintained robust upward trend with the price per kilogram breaking the KD 14,300 barrier posting profits estimated at 8.5 percent this month.

(AAP) - In a shock move, South Australian Premier Mike Rann has ended 48 hours of speculation on a leadership coup by announcing he will step down as the state Labor Party leader.

(AAP) - Police are investigating a new allegation of sexual misbehaviour aboard the Navy ship HMAS Success.

(AAP) - A north Queensland university student is being treated in hospital and others are taking antibiotics after their friend died of meningococcal disease.

(AAP) - Unions are urging a conservative Christian MP to back a motion to kill the NSW government's contentious industrial relations changes.

(AAP) - Newcastle seized the perfect opportunity to cement an NRL top eight berth at Ausgrid Stadium on Sunday, surging to a 50-20 demolition of last-placed Gold Coast.

(AAP) - Wallabies coaching co-ordinator David Nucifora doesn't expect Australia's blossoming crop of brilliant youngsters to be encumbered by the baggage of history heading into Saturday's Tri-Nati