THE son of a Federal Labor MP in NSW has been charged with possessing child pornography after police discovered several "offensive images" on his home computer.

SHUFFLING down a dim wooden staircase towards a Singapore street, ABC journalist Peter Lloyd looked a broken man. Now his legal fight against drug charges starts.

IF FORMER dynamic duo John Howard and Peter Costello have buried the hatchet since their famous post-election spat, they are still doing their best to hide it.

BEACONSFIELD gold mine survivor Brant Webb, who remained trapped underground for 14 days, said a toss of a coin saved his life and took that of fellow miner Larry Knight.

RETAIL rivals David Jones and Myer have become embroiled in another battle for the consumer dollar, this time over which store can stock the most big brands.

CATHY Jayne Pearce had it all: the mansion with the Moet champagne on tap and top billing on the social A-list as Adelaide's queen of real estate.

SURGEONS worked throughout the night to save the life and legs of a man trapped in a horror bus crash in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.

A FRAUDSTER - who in the past has posed as a member of The Monkees and a CIA agent - is now preying on airport commuters.

MULTI-millionaire Lloyd Williams and his staff risk jail and fines after kangaroos were chased off his Victorian horse stud yesterday.

THERE is nothing like a dame - in a blazingly hot red bikini.