ROB Oakeshott has rejected the offer of a ministry in the new Labor government, following advice from colleagues.

FORMER DJ's boss Mark McInnes has denied new allegations that he fondled his penis and rubbed his crotch against a 19-year-old secretary.

A NEWSPAPER editor has been stood down after posting insensitive comments on Facebook about the death of a police officer.

POLICE are hunting a sick pervert who sexually assaulted a 99-year-old woman in her home.

AN entire junior rugby league team was banned from playing until at least 2016 for abusing a referee.

FIVE P-platers lose licences every hour due to tough measures to lessen the road toll.

IT'S the latest art exhibition designed to shock - hard-core porn superimposed on a painting of the Madonna and child. But is it art?

FERRIES suspended, flights diverted and traffic disrupted by early morning fog.

STATE Labor's dash for the exit door continues with Frank Sartor confirming he might quit.

FATSO the fat-arsed wombat is a victim of his own popularity after fans attempted to crowbar him off his perch at Olympic Park.

ACT students have outperformed most other Australian children in national literacy and numeracy tests, coming first in 15 out of 20 tests, May's National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) report shows.

MELBOURNE Zoo is celebrating the birth of its first male Asian elephant.

A FLU vaccine may have played a part in the death of a toddler found in her cot after receiving the jab, the Queensland coroner says.

POLICE have released an image of a man they are hunting over the sexual assault of a 99-year-old woman in Melbourne.

QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has clocked off from her eight-hour shift as a hospital orderly, saying it was a learning experience.

TEACHER who used same needle to draw blood of 18 students may not have had science degree.

THE pregnant widow of the latest soldier to be killed in Afghanistan has said his unborn son Noah will know all about his incredible dad.

POLICE are hunting a sick pervert who sexually assaulted a 99-year-old woman in her home.

SHEYLA Hershey’s fight to save her M cup breast implants has come to an end today.

JOHN Key will quiz spy chiefs about how a senior scientist whose resume was allegedly littered with outlandish claims received high security clearance.

FOUR people died and two others were injured in an attack at an old people's home in China which has left the building on fire.

AT LEAST three dead after 15m-high fireball starts massive blaze, destroys homes in US.

STUDENTS in the US can soon start lurching into classrooms to feed their brains on a course about zombies.

A GRIEVING mother says her late daughter inspired Lady Gaga on her path to superstardom.

SHEYLA Hershey’s fight to save her giant M cup breast implants came to an end yesterday.

A RUNNING bull gored and killed a female spectator who poked her head through a barrier during a town bull run in central Spain on yesterday, authorities said.

A RARE copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America, billed as the world's most expensive book, is up for sale alongside a first edition of Shakespeare's plays at an auction to set book lovers' pulses racing, Sotheby's said today.

IKEA'S ability to draw large crowds of shoppers drives up sales at nearby shops, an analyst says.

FORMER DJs boss accused of fondling his penis and rubbing his crotch against a 19-year-old.

A NEW $300 million Toyota plant in Melbourne will produce engines that deliver reduced carbon emissions, the car giant says.

AUSTRALIA'S competition regulator has rejected Virgin Blue and Air NZ's proposed alliance on flights between Australia and New Zealand.

NAB is believed to be eyeing the local arm of global insurer AIA Group after the ACCC blocked its bid for AXA-Asia Pacific.

KFC to remind customers of Colonel Sanders, after study finds many thought he wasn't real.

BOARD member of Germany's central bank dramatically resigns after his inflammatory comments on immigrants and Jews.

THE salaries of some top-100 chief executives rose during the global financial crisis as their companies bled, research shows.

THE MasterChef craze has been good for the kitchen business, says designer Jayme-lee Cooney.

THE picture that shows teen star Miley Cyrus split with Aussie Liam Hemsworth over a new love.

TAYLOR Momsen's determined to be the new bad girl of rock and now a band mate has made sure she is.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart tells why she can "smell bad" and be "so mindless" in public.

LISA Niemi has revealed that she still sends text messages to her late husband Patrick Swayze.

SINGER 'sexually harassed bodyguard by performing sex acts in front of him'.

LADY Gaga has stopped one of her concerts after two fans got in a fight. See video

BURLESQUE is the new black in Sydney this week for the Fringe Festival.

DANNII Minogue was reportedly involved in a 'terrible air scare' on an X Factor plane trip.

HEFNER Playboy Playmate Karissa Shannon is the next celebrity with a sex tape.

THE dollar was higher at noon as it continued to ride the bullish sentiment coming from positive local and overseas economic data.

US President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee, an economics professor currently working in his administration, to chair the Council of Economic Advisors, an official said today.

A FLU vaccine may have played a part in the death of a toddler found in her cot after receiving the jab, the Queensland coroner says.

THEshare market has opened slightly higher after overnight gains on Wall Street.

TOYOTA will build a $300 million new engine plant in Melbourne that will save 3300 existing jobs.

AUSTRALIA'S competition regulator has rejected Virgin Blue and Air NZ's proposed alliance on flights between Australia and New Zealand.

BRITISH watchdog hits Goldman Sachs with a $29.45 million fine for information failures tied to US fraud charges.

The International Monetary Fund overnight announced it would sell 10 metric tons of gold to Bangladesh, worth around $433 million.

THE dollar has opened at a four-month high, after strong domestic jobs data was well received by markets.

THE Wallabies have won their big-money war with the Eels for the signature of  Quade Cooper.

NOT satisfied with poaching Greg Inglis and Israel Folau from across the Tweed, Queensland have now attempted another blue heist.

A YEAR after Nate Myles was suspended for defecating in a hotel, two more Roosters players have performed the same vile act.

MELBOURNE Storm CEO Ron Gauci has emphatically denied any involvement by his players in a large betting plunge.

BRENDAN Fevola is in hiding as the woman he allegedly flashed filed an official police complaint.

CHANNEL 7 confirmed it last month opted not to renew their two-year partnership with Stepanie Rice.

ROBBIE McEwen has announced he is leaving his current team to help spearhead a new Australian outfit.

FOR all the brilliance Ben Creagh has shown us in the last two months, he knows he hasn't shaken the unwanted "soft" tag.

RUGBY bosses are discussing the prospect of the Wallabies joining the All Blacks for an ANZAC Test.

BURLESQUE is the new black in Sydney this week for the Fringe Festival.

CALLS for artists to boycott the iconic Sculptures By The Sea exhibit are being ignored. Why the problem?

One Australian will be in the cast of Saltimbanco, a circus extravaganza returning to Australia.

THE ghost of Port Arthur, hovers silently in one of the artworks in the Primavera 2010 exhibition.

The MCA's entire curatorial staff worked on this massive exhibition - and it's worth it.

ONLY a cynic with a heart of stone could resist the pure, distilled delights of Mary Poppins.

SURELY a few months travelling with a colleague would be enough to test any working relationship.

THE standing ovation at the end of Steppenwolf's August: Osage County tells you everything.

ONOMATOPOEIA might sound like something you would vaccinate against but it's actually a fun technique.