A MAN who lost his son to suicide says council's refusal to erect safety barriers on the Story Bridge was an insult to the mother who will never recover from the loss of her child.

VOTERS in Kevin Rudd's Griffith electorate want him back as Prime Minister, but warn he's got to learn from his mistakes.

AUSTRALIA Zoo's "hairy Houdini", Jaya the bearcat, is back in captivity but set for stardom after his highly publicised time on the run.

QUEENSLAND'S political parties are making themselves eligible for millions of dollars in public funding by contesting all 89 seats in the state election.

AIR Australia continued selling tickets even as it launched a desperate effort to raise $10 million, more than four months before its collapse last week.