(AAP) - Labor has called for coalition support for laws that will herald in an new era of cooperation between governments aimed at saving the Murray-Darling Basin.

(AAP) - Geelong defender David Wojcinski is the only unlucky player to be dropped for Saturday's AFL grand final.

(AAP) - The federal government has rushed new legislation into parliament in a bid to save its planned changes to the Medicare levy surcharge.

(AAP) - A suspected case of equine influenza (EI) at Sydney's Eastern Creek quarantine station should not be cause for panic, experts say.

ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief executive Mike Smith has backed the US government's
$US700 billion ($A841.25 billion) plan to bailout Wall Street firms, saying it is

Premiers Newcastle are expected to announce the re-signing of the A-League's ace
striker Joel Griffiths on Friday.

The Australian Greens have taken up the fight for financial compensation for the stolen generations but the federal government remains totally opposed to the idea.

AAP - Family First's Steve Fielding has killed the government's Medicare bill that would have delivered up to $1,200 of tax relief to 330,000 people.

AAP - The jobless rate will rise as a result of the economy feeling the impact of the global financial market meltdown, federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned.

Under a fleet of hovering helicopters which would have done Apocalypse Now justice,
Geelong forward Paul Chapman effectively booked his AFL grand final place.