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The Adelaide Thunderbirds earned outright top spot on the trans-Tasman netball championship ladder with a 54-53 win over the Queensland Firebirds.

Cyril Rioli was injured after kicking Hawthorn to victory over North Melbourne, while the Lions cruised past the Demons.

The Brisbane Lions put a gap between themselves and the wooden spooners with a 28-point win over the struggling Melbourne Demons.

Canterbury snapped a four-match skid against Cronulla while the Knights beat the Titans for their first road win of 2013.

Canterbury snapped a four-match skid against Cronulla while the Knights beat the Titans for their first road win of 2013.

Litigation funder IMF Australia questions the credit worthiness of international ratings agencies, intensifying legal pressure on Standard & Poors.

Police are continuing to investigate a fatal house fire on Brisbane's northside, which they are now treating as suspicious.

Australia's Jesse Williams is set to realise his dream of playing in the NFL, having been drafted by Seattle Seahawks.

Wests Tigers' injury woes got even worse in a 20-10 home loss to Brisbane, while the Cowboys belted the Raiders.

North Queensland denied Canberra a third straight win with a 30-12 victory in Townsville on Saturday evening.

Adelaide lost Taylor Walker and the game as Carlton took a 32-point victory at the MCG, while the Suns beat GWS.

Charlie Dixon kicked six goals and Gary Ablett had three as Gold Coast cruised past GWS by 44 in Canberra.

A teenage mother who falsely claimed her baby was abducted has been sentenced to 18 months' probation on Queensland's Gold Coast today.

The initial investigation into a plane crash in Queensland that killed two beef industry identities shows the pilot did not have a night-flying rating.

More than half the members of the Queensland Board of the Medical Board of Australia have resigned.

Health authorities in far north Queensland are warning residents about a mosquito-borne virus from Papua New Guinea.

A 21-year-old man accused of conspiring to import drugs through Sydney Airport has been refused bail in the Southport Magistrates Court on Queensland's Gold Coast.

Police have charged four men over an an alleged extortion racket on Queensland's Gold Coast.

Jesse Williams will have to wait another day to find out which NFL team will draft him.

A man has been charged with contempt of court after he refused to answer questions at an inquest into the death of a Brisbane teenager.