The boys have had their chance to shine on field all season - there's nothing they can do about it now - but this week the wives and girlfriends will take centre stage at the West Coast Eagles club championships.

Reinforcement A will never forget his turn to stand before the battle-hardened veterans from Australia's most elite fighting force. His fate hinged on their judgment.

A 60-year-old Girrawheen man suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a taxi after he ran on to the Mitchell Freeway last night.

Police have charged a 13-year-old boy who allegedly crashed a stolen car into a house in Perth's southern suburbs this morning.

A fire that ripped through the storeroom of the Ballajura Tavern overnight caused as estimated $70,000 damage.

Bickley Brook creek near Maddington has turned bright green but the Department of Environment and Conservation said there was no reason to panic.

The newly-elected first Aboriginal member of the House of Representatives has provoked a furious response from members of the indigenous community by refusing to comment on the compulsory acquisition of land in the Kimberley.

Colin Barnett has pledged to take personal control of negotiations with traditional owners over land at James Price Point north of Broome for a $30 billion gas processing hub to service Woodside's Browse Basin field.

Major crash police are investigating the death of a 54-year-old Camillo woman who was killed in a head-on car collision near Ghooli yesterday.

The worst floods in more than 15 years have given Melbourne a week's water supply in one day.

Hundreds of homes are under water after Victoria's worst floods in more than a decade, while parts of NSW, SA and the ACT have been lashed by strong winds.

Victorians affected by the worst floods in more than a decade may be eligible for relief grants from the state government.

Labor frontbencher Stephen Conroy has defended the deal brokered with the Australian Greens following revelations the final wording was not run past cabinet.

The rain has eased but the emergency is not over, with many towns in Victoria set to be flooded in the next few days.

Nearly 2000 homes around South Australia are without power on Sunday night, after a weekend of wild weather caused havoc with electricity infrastructure.

A decision on who forms government could be delayed with a squabble breaking out over parliamentary reform.

Attitudes need to be changed to realise that protecting children from abuse is everyone's responsibility, the NSW government says.

An injured man has been rescued from his yacht by a police launch crew in wild weather off NSW's southern coast.

The charred wreckage of a light plane that crashed near a popular NZ tourist spot killing nine people, including two Australians, will be examined on Monday.

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt last week that killed eight Hong Kong tourists at a Manila park, announcing his decision to retire early from the service.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One or more suicide bombers on Sunday tried to storm an army base in Baghdad where dozens of Iraqi army recruits and soldiers were killed by another suicide bomber just over two weeks ago, security officials said.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said

An explosion has rocked an Iraqi ministry of defence complex that three weeks ago was the site of a suicide bomb attack that killed dozens of army recruits.

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh plans to build a series of dams to reclaim 600 square kilometres (230 square miles) of land from the sea over the next five years, officials said Sunday.

The response among New Zealanders to the most devastating quake in decades has been "tremendous", politicians and media say.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber on Sunday attacked an army base in Baghdad where dozens of army recruits and soldiers were killed by another suicide bomber just over two weeks ago, security officials said.

A suicide bomber has rammed into a Russian firing range killing five people and wounding scores in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan.