ALMOST 80,000 Queensland state schools have been listed as confirmed or presumed asbestos sites on a government online register made available today.

A TEENAGER died last night in a two-car crash on the M1 motorway at Beenleigh, just south of Brisbane.

A GOLD Coast man celebrating his girlfriend's last day at work has died after slipping over, leaving his two children, aged three and five, without a father.

A TWO-year-old girl has been savagely attacked by a wallaby at White Rock.

FAMILY and friends of Cameron Doomadgee will gather on Palm Island on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death in police custody.

SOUTH-EAST Queensland residents won't get an easing of water restrictions on December 1.

THE annual invasion is about to begin as tens of thousands of Year 12 leavers flood to Schoolies on the Gold Coast for their rite of passage.

INDIGENOUS educator Dr Chris Sarra has been named Queensland's Australian of the Year award winner.

AS many as five homes were destroyed in an East Coast bushfire which was still burning out of control last night.

AS many as five homes were destroyed in a bushfire in Tasmania which was still burning out of control last night.

CELEBRITY gardener Peter Cundall and others charged after being arrested during a Hobart anti-pulp mill protest have been banned from entering the city's waterfront area as a condition of their bail.

A SEXUAL predator who cruised Perth streets posing as a cabbie, picking up young intoxicated men before sexually assaulting them, has been jailed for at least 18 years.

A LETHAL new batch of heroin is thought to be responsible for at least three fatal drug overdoses in Perth in a week, West Australian police say.

Wellington, Nov 21 NZPA - New Zealand Breakers ended their losing away streak by beating the Crocodiles 85-73 in the Australian National Basketball League in Townsville last night.

By Mark Geenty of NZPALondon, Nov 21 NZPA - All Blacks Rodney So'oialo, Neemia Tialata and Jerome Kaino were the star attractions at the Black Ferns' test jersey presentations today as they eye their big rugby day at Twickenham.

By Mark Geenty of NZPALondon, Nov 21 NZPA - The All Blacks are unfazed by the prospect of a rain-soaked rugby test against England early tomorrow as they aim to lay down a marker for the biggest challenge against France

Wellington, Nov 21 NZPA - The New Zealand Breakers beat the Townsville Crocodiles by 85-73 at the Townsville Entertainment Centre tonight.With one quarter remaining they led the Crocs 63-57.

By Chris Barclay of NZPAAuckland, Nov 20 NZPA - Peter Fulton and Grant Elliott inherit the task of providing solidity to a batting line-up prone to collapse when New Zealand's three-test cricket series against Pakistan starts in Dunedin next week.

20 NOV 2009 - New Zealand Cricket has announced the BLACKCAPS squad for the first two Tests against Pakistan, with the first Test starting in Dunedin next Tuesday [24 November].

Wellington, Nov 20 NZPA - All Whites soccer coach Ricki Herbert will not be released by his club boss to attend the World Cup draw in South Africa next month.