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Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told delegates at Labor's Victorian state council that Labor is the right party to be in government at this time.

One man has attacked a police officer with a dildo at the Bathurst 1000 while another man has been caught wheeling around a television set showing porn.

A Sydney woman charged with murdering her 18-year-old sister should be monitored while in custody, her lawyer has urged.

The medical fraternity has welcomed the Queensland government's announcement that urgently-needed upgrades to Townsville Hospital will be fast-tracked.

The Prime Minister has spent much of the day in a special meeting with the Government's top economic advisers discussing the way ahead in the financial crisis.

Victoria's parliament has decriminalised abortion, but the controversy surrounding the legislation is far from over.

The Sydney Harbour islands will be the centrepiece of a new festival celebrating history, culture, food and art, the NSW government says.

Sydney will have a fight on its hands if it wants to snatch the Australian Open from Melbourne, the Victorian government has warned.

The construction union says today's strike by train drivers on Rio Tinto's main line in Western Australia's Pilbara region saw 90 per cent of members not showing up for their shifts.

A spokesman for the Northern Territory's former Education Department chief says it is not true she left the job voluntarily, and that she was sacked yesterday without explanation.

Governor-General Quentin Bryce has toured the mouth of the River Murray, a day after a government report said the region had little chance of survival.

Thousands of people who suffered asbestos exposure after working for Victoria's State Electricity Commission will receive a state government apology.

A family of five has been badly injured in a crash at St Arnaud, north-west of Melbourne.