THE border town of St George is on its own after floodwaters submerged the only road out of town, but not before a mass evacuation of its population.

DESPITE her leadership turmoil, Julia Gillard is in front of Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister for the first time in nine months, a new poll shows.

AN OUT-of-focus traffic camera at Kedron is frustrating motorists, who accuse the Government of trying to hide the chaos roadworks have caused.

PREMIER Anna Bligh has maintained she has faith in the flood inquiry and its commissioner despite the controversial sidelining of a deputy.

THE Gold Coast could soon be home to world-class artificial reefs and wave pools to combat the rising tide of surf rage.

A SURFER drowned, two boats struck trouble and 17 swimmers were rescued from churning seas in a wild Sunday on the Sunshine Coast.

TIRED and nervous residents fleeing rising floodwaters in St George have started arriving at an evacuation centre erected at the Dalby showgrounds.

THE Australian Education Union will increase pressure on the Federal Government for better resourcing of public students ahead of the imminent release of a major report on schools funding.

QANTAS chief Alan Joyce is again fronting a Senate inquiry to warn of the risk to Australian jobs if legislation is passed to pay foreign crews the same.

Youngsters trying to sneak into Perth's Big Day Out music festival have failed to get past police.

An elected Labor government would give parents of every senior school student $200 or child enrolled in training $400 per year to help cover education costs, new Opposition Leader Mark McGowan announced today.

There was a feeling of hope in the air on Saturday at Rushton Park in Kelmscott as the community affected by last year's Kelmscott-Roleystone fires gathered for the one year anniversary of the event.

Fire bombs were thrown at police during a dispute in Northam overnight.

Police broke up an out of control party in Thornlie early this morning.

A man was stabbed in Northbridge last night.

A teenager has died in a crash in Wagin.

The State Government has announced it will grant $40,000 to the Shire of Augusta Margaret River to help "lift spirits" of those affected by last year's bushfires.

"The Big Day Out is home," reads a sign below an oversized blow-up of Humphrey B. Bear on the Causeway. For a while there, the festival juggernaut was not so assured.

LEADERS meeting with PM Lucas Papademos to consider demands by Greece's creditors for tougher austerity measures.

PROTESTERS and police have fought pitched battles at security headquarters in Cairo as deadly clashes raged into a fourth day.

ARAB leaders and officials have attacked the UN after Russia and China blocked a resolution condemning the Damascus regime.

CALL it a woman's intuition but she had more than a nagging suspicion her sister's new boyfriend was hiding a secret.

The family of Jane Sheahan has spoken of their distress after the Roma mother's body was found two days after she was swept away in flood waters.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney has cruised to an easy victory in Nevada, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race.

Andrew Wight, writer-producer of most successful Australian movie of 2011, was one of two men killed in NSW crash

RIDERS and adrenalin junkies flocked in record numbers to the Hillside Dirt Jam at Wamboin and the reason they did is simple, says organiser Cam White.

AN AUSTRALIAN Federal Police officer with top secret security clearance resigned in June last year after it was found he failed to disclose dealings with a motorcycle gang

A GROUP of 20 to 30 men broke into the Syrian embassy in O'Malley at 9.40pm last night, terrorising staff and causing extensive damage to the building.

JULIA Gillard will try to quell bubbling discontent about Labor leadership at today's caucus brainstorming session.

A CANBERRA bus driver caught skimming money from the till multiple times over five years eventually resigned, confidential documents show.

SUPPORTERS of a proposed Islamic Museum for Canberra have vowed to push ahead with the scheme despite a land application for the project being rejected.

TWO men killed in a helicopter crash were believed to be working on a new project for Oscar-winning director of Avatar, James Cameron.

A TRIO from The Chaser will begin filming a new comedy series this week for Seven, the network which once took them to court.

BUSINESS began perfectly for a new-look Australian one-day side at the MCG which inflicted another crushing defeat on India.

MORE than 20 MPs failed to show at PM Julia Gillard's special caucus meeting as speculation continued her leadership was crumbling.

AS a 15-year-old walked free fter allegedly causing severe burns to another youth, A-G Greg Smith appears determined to spare more juveniles detention.