Disgruntled Port Adelaide veteran Chad Cornes will not quit the AFL, his coach Matthew Primus says.

The father of a 19 year-old footballer critically injured after an assault in Northbridge has revealed the trauma his family has been experiencing since the incident last weekend.

Indigenous people in the Kimberley region have voted to accept Australia's biggest native title deal, allowing for the development of a gas precinct. The successful vote means Woodside has cleared a major hurdle in its proposal to establish a gas hub north of Broome.

Ballarat school children and historians have unearthed a time capsule buried in the Burke and Wills fountain in 1863. The glass canister contains priceless gold, silver and copper coins along with newspapers and a memorandum.

Kangaroos skipper Darren Lockyer holds the Bill Kelly Cup after winning the ANZAC Test between Australia and New Zealand at Skilled Park on May 6, 2011.

Champion five-eighth Darren Lockyer's farewell Test to Queensland fans on Friday night was the first notch in what could be an amazing end to an amazing career.

Voters in the Legislative Council electorates of Derwent, Rumney and Launceston will head to the polls today.

Canberra full-back Josh Dugan says he and Jarryd Hayne could be a potent double act for New South Wales, and has urged Blues coach Ricky Stuart to consider picking both stars.

Melbourne's injury concerns for its tough Super Rugby tour to South Africa have eased with playmaker James Hilgendorf and key back Mark Gerrard both chances to travel.

Sydney has staved off a last-minute fightback from the Western Bulldogs to earn a thrilling eight-point AFL victory at Manuka Oval.

Melbourne's injury concerns for its tough Super Rugby tour to South Africa have eased with playmaker James Hilgendorf and key back Mark Gerrard both chances to travel.

Sydney has staved off a last-minute fightback from the Western Bulldogs to earn a thrilling eight-point AFL victory at Manuka Oval.

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson praised grit, not polish, for his side's comeback AFL victory against Port Adelaide.

Canberra full-back Josh Dugan says he and Jarryd Hayne could be a potent double act for New South Wales, and has urged Blues coach Ricky Stuart to consider picking both stars.

Champion five-eighth Darren Lockyer's farewell Test to Queensland fans on Friday night was the first notch in what could be an amazing end to an amazing career.

They walked away from yet another ANZAC Test empty handed, but New Zealand half-back Kieran Foran said the days of the Kiwis being Australia's rugby league whipping boys were well and truly over.

A 91-year-old New Zealand war veteran says he has been forced to put his new career as a modern-day Batman on hold because he is not allowed to be out fighting crime alone at night.

A man has been swept to his death while fishing off rocks with two friends south of Sydney this morning.

Britons have voted by a majority of 67.9 per cent against making historic changes to the electoral system, final results from a referendum showed on Saturday.

The Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has accused the Federal Government of interfering in the management of the State's hospitals since the signing of the national health reform deal.

A surf lesson turned into a political dialogue when Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott took an Afghan refugee for a paddle at Sydney's Manly beach.

A landslide and flash floods triggered by heavy rain killed 17 people and inundated four villages on Indonesia's Java island, a disaster management agency spokesman said Saturday.

Julia Gillard has announced Australia has reached an agreement with Malaysia as part of efforts to combat people smuggling.

Australian households could soon feel the pinch, with interest rates flagged to rise sooner than expected and a frugal federal budget due next week.

Voters in the Legislative Council electorates of Derwent, Rumney and Launceston will head to the polls today.

The State's most senior teachers have hit back at suggestions several grades of Tasmanian students came in below the national average in NAPLAN testing.

Disgruntled Port Adelaide veteran Chad Cornes will not quit the AFL, his coach Matthew Primus says.

An independent regulator for Australia's not-for-profit sector will be set up in next week's budget, with the aim of cutting the red tape that burdens the sector.

The wife of South Africa's intelligence minister has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for drug running.

Paul McCartney is engaged to his New York girlfriend of four years, Nancy Shevell, the former Beatle's spokesman said.

Eastern Star Gas says it is comfortable with the State Government's promised tough new approach to mining approvals.

The last refugee detained on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea says it would be senseless to reopen the mothballed detention centre.

The father of a 19 year-old footballer critically injured after an assault in Northbridge has revealed the trauma his family has been experiencing since the incident last weekend.

Port Kembla wharfies are expected to walk off the job tonight as the dispute between Patrick Stevedores and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) continues.

Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he is happy to talk to Victoria about its concerns regarding his planned poker machine changes.

Dutch researchers have found drinking coffee, having sex, exercising or blowing your nose, can all act as triggers for a brain aneurysm.

There is anger in the ranks of the Victorian Police this morning at the abrupt removal of Deputy Commissioner Sir Ken Jones last night.

After years criticising the Howard Government's Pacific Solution, Labor looks set to reopen an offshore processing centre for asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea.

When 18-year-old Richard Estcourt died in a mustering accident in Queensland's gulf country two years ago, his parents knew they wanted to do something to remember him and others killed while working on the land.

Australia is on track for a bumper olive harvest, with a production forecast of 17 million litres of extra virgin olive oil this year. And Flinders Island in Bass Strait will be doing its little bit with growers Jude Cazaly and Mary Anne Roberts preparing for their first major pressing on their farm at Killicrankie.

The numbers are a bit mindboggling when you talk about Sydney's Royal Easter Show.

This week we're off to the Stockman's Hall of Fame in outback Queensland where a special memorial has been unveiled to honour those who've died while working on the land, and take a look at some of the highlights from the Sydney Royal, Australia's biggest agricultural show, which has wrapped up for another year. Farmers love talking about the weather but one avocado farmer in north Queensland has turned an interest into a bit of an obsession with a high-tech weather surveillance system on his farm, and they'll be hoping for fine conditions on Flinders Island when the olive harvest gets underway.

All farmers love talking about the weather, but Marcello Avolio has taken his interest to a new level. On his avocado farm near Mareeba in far north Queensland he's set up a high tech electronic weather monitoring system.

Last year, much of the budget week bile was focused on the National Arboretum. Has public affection grown with the trees? Or is it still seen as a waste of money?

Farrer retiree Ray Eshpeter has turned a patch of public land beside his house into a garden festooned with children's art.

Port Adelaide's AFL misery continued with a 32-point loss to Hawthorn and another knee injury to prime mover David Rodan on Friday night. Rodan, who has already had three knee reconstructions, could need another after being injured in Hawthorn's comeback 15.14 (104) to 10.12 (72) victory at Football Park.

A 36-year-old man is recovering after he shot himself in the eye with a nail gun in Ashburton, in Melbourne, on Friday afternoon.

The Scottish National Party has won a majority in the Scottish Parliament for the first paving the way for a referendum on state independence.

The US economy added far more jobs than expected last month as the recovery continues to slowly pick up steam.

A study assessing the impact of potential flooding around Wallis Lake is on public display for comment.