(AAP) - The government's controversial Malaysia people-swap deal will be tested for the first time, just a week after it was signed at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

(AAP) - Shellshocked St George Illawarra coach Wayne Bennett felt "angry and sick in the stomach" after a second straight capitulation left the Dragons' NRL premiership defence in doubt.

(AAP) - Adelaide caretaker Mark Bickley notched a first-up victory as an AFL head coach with the Crows downing Port Adelaide by 32 points on Sunday.

Sydney Roosters put a dagger through Canterbury's NRL finals aspirations on Saturday with a 32-28 win.

South Australian Premier Mike Rann is facing a leadership coup but has insisted that he has no intention of standing down.

A record-breaking 186-point AFL loss to Geelong has ramped up the pressure on embattled Melbourne coach Dean Bailey to keep his job.

Former Hawke government minister Susan Ryan has been appointed Australia's first-ever age discrimination commissioner.

Protests against live cattle exports have fizzled across Australia with event organisers blaming "political sabotage" for the poor turnout.

SYDNEY (AAP) July 29 - Financial markets head into the weekend on a knife-edge with US policymakers no closer to striking a deal to avoid the world's richest economy from defaulting on August 2.

SYDNEY (AAP) - July 29 - They're the best in the business when it comes to the wrestle but Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy claims recent scrutiny over his side's play has more to do with ladder posit