Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says the premier's vision for the future, to be outlined Monday, is just another slogan without solutions.
The Nationals' loss of a federal seat they had held for nearly 60 years was really a win, if you believe the party's maverick senator Barnaby Joyce.
Queensland National Party senator Barnaby Joyce has called for the federal Nationals to abandon the coalition.
NSW Premier Nathan Rees will name the ministers in his new cabinet at his Sydney offices at 11am (AEST) on Monday.
Alan Carpenter called an early election "arrogantly" to capitalise on the unpopularity of the chair-sniffing former Liberal leader, Brendan Nelson says.
More planes will join the search on Monday for two missing yachtsmen, raising the total of aircraft in the search off the Queensland coast to 16.
NATO's new commander in Afghanistan says the international coalition is "struggling to win" and about 15,000 more troops are needed, including from Australia.
The government will not lift its ban on uranium sales to India despite the move by supplier nations, including Australia, to end a embargo on the trade.
Australian koalas are dying by the thousands as a result of land clearing in the country's northeast, while millions of birds and reptiles are also perishing, conservation group WWF says.
Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg will highlight the example of Western Australia's landmark weekend election in a team pep talk on Monday.
Counting resumes in the Western Australia election with the outcome still very much uncertain.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says forest clearing in Qld is wiping out tens of millions of animals and driving threatened wildlife to the brink of extinction.
A motor racing official has been struck and killed by an out of control ambulance at a race meeting near Perth.
Two men have been charged following the death of a man in hospital after a nightclub fight in Melbourne early Sunday.