CONVINCED his daughter is the victim of a "heinous crime of the worst order", Dale Lapthorne will not rest until he knows the truth about what happened in Croatia.

HISTORY will be compulsory for all students from kindergarten to Year 10 in a dramatic Federal Government overhaul of how the subject is taught across Australia.

A NEW South Wales woman, who made lesbian pornography with teenagers, will ask the High Court to clear her name so she can work with disadvantaged children.

HISTORY will be compulsory from kindergarten to Year 10 in a dramatic overhaul of how the subject is taught across Australia.

AUSTRALIANS struggling to meet the costs of rising grocery and petrol prices have begun to curb their spending in the face of what they describe as an "uncertain future".

THE Rudd Government is working on a stimulus package using its multi-billion-dollar surpluses to pump-prime the economy as it warns that the global financial crisis is moving into a "new and dangerous phase" that will cut Australian growth and push up unemployment.

VICTORIANS are growing uneasy about immigration amid a record migrant intake by the Rudd Government.

FEDERAL Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says former PM John Howard made a crucial error by not ratifying the Kyoto Protocol.

AUSTRALIAN stocks are expected to open flat tomorrow as Wall street closed the week modestly lower following its horror session on Thursday.

TWO firefighters have been taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation from a blaze ripping through stacked car bodies in an inner Brisbane suburb.