National News
4:00 AM AEDT | The first Australian to be crowned the Mr World of natural bodybuilding says sports authorities are in denial if they believe Australia's elite athletes aren't cheating by using human growth hormone.
4:00 AM AEDT | Kevin Sheedy has urged the AFL to install a third team in NSW, nominating the Rabbitohs' heartland of south Sydney as a potential destination.
4:00 AM AEDT | A LEADING betting agency has suspended betting on the NRL wooden spoon amid fears more Newcastle players could be implicated in the club's drugs scandal.
4:00 AM AEDT | The first half was typical of a contest in which, before kick-off, one team had been overrated and the grossly underrated. We see a lot of this in football, but it always seems to take us by surprise.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE owner of a ''secret'' venue closed down for failing to comply with fire and safety rules says it would cost up to $300,000 to meet council regulations.
4:00 AM AEDT | MERCEDES-BENZ is about to put pedestrians under the spotlight, literally. The car maker is working on new infrared pedestrian detection technology that will illuminate pedestrians and wildlife at the side of the road.
4:00 AM AEDT | PLANET Earth is under fire as a new cycle of solar activity blasts potentially damaging particles into space.
4:00 AM AEDT | SALES of NSW wines have grown 15 per cent in the past year, yet many Sydneysiders are still refusing to buy them.
4:00 AM AEDT | AUSTRALIA'S largest international adoption program has been re-opened but it is not enough to change our ''anti-adoption culture'', says actor Deborra-Lee Furness.
4:00 AM AEDT | WHY do some people succumb to whatever illness is going around while other soldier on, seemingly unaffected? It's all in the genes.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE growth of online DNA testing companies overseas has created a loophole for Australians wanting to discover if they have genetic problems - but not report the results to their insurer.
4:00 AM AEDT | AUSTRALIA'S only female Nobel Prize winner says her research may hold the key to preventing many of the worst diseases.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE federal government will not be pushing for a ban on baby gender selection technology to be lifted, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said yesterday, adding she was very uncomfortable with the idea of removing the ban.
4:00 AM AEDT | MORE than one person drowned every day in Australian waters over summer, with the NSW and national totals both increasing.
4:00 AM AEDT | TRACY JAMES started potty training her son, Darcy, when he was 22 months old. He got the basics under his belt during an intensive long weekend, took a few weeks to master the full repertoire and has been nappy-free for eight months. He turns three next week.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE growing number of parents who delay potty training until their children are three or older may be doing them and the environment a serious disservice, an Australian study says.
4:00 AM AEDT | LEADING urban planners and designers will band together to create a vision for how western Sydney should grow for 2030.
4:00 AM AEDT | THE man who coined the term ''lateral thinking'' has called on Education Minister Julia Gillard to include thinking on the national school curriculum.
4:00 AM AEDT | AS A parent of three school-age children, Stephanie Brantz understands that finding suitable video games can be a challenge.
4:00 AM AEDT | SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Australia is one of the only Western nations without an adults-only classification for video games. Eamonn Duff discovers why an R18+ rating needs to be introduced.