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AUTHORITIES have spent much of today trying to talk down an inmate who has been sitting on the roof of a medium security prison.

A 64-year-old man spent six hours stuck in a tree after a paragliding mishap before he was rescued by police in northeast Victoria.

TREASURER Wayne Swan says people should believe him when he says the Budget will return to surplus next year.

MACQUARIE Group is in the process of cutting around 10 per cent of jobs in its securities business.

BUNNINGS has moved to have civil action brought by Ray Mickelberg, acquitted of stealing a roll of tape from the hardware giant, struck out.

RAY Mickelberg, who was wrongly jailed for the 1982 Perth Mint swindle, is suing Bunnings after being acquitted of stealing a fan and a roll of tape from the hardware giant.

LEIGHTON Holdings' Thiess wins a $1 billion mining contract to extend the life of OZ Minerals' Prominent Hill copper and gold mine.

FORMER West Australian premier and lobbyist Brian Burke will face trial over allegations he disclosed official secrets.

THERE'S nothing healthy about a tan - except perhaps its ability to ward off food allergies and eczema.

AUTHORITIES are still trying to talk down a man who has been sitting on the roof of a medium security prison in Western Australia for more than five hours.

POLICE are investigating a Perth streetcar club after one of its members almost killed a group of onlookers while doing burnouts last weekend.

A MELBOURNE teenager alleged to have attacked Opals basketball aspirant Rachel Jarry had witnessed a brutal homicide and was to have given evidence in a murder trial, a court has heard.

A MAN accused of orchestrating a $3.7 million fraud ring that allegedly involved a Hells Angels bikie boss wants his bail conditions varied so he can play soccer.

WA SPEED demon Rosco McGlashan is selling the car which set the Australian land speed record, in the hope of going even faster.

GOVERNMENTS need to reform Australia's housing sector to make it more affordable and accessible, property experts say.

CHARGES of harrassing a non-union worker levelled against union heavyweight Joe McDonald and the CFMEU have been dropped.

A CHILDCARE worker accused of sexually molesting 12 young boys has been charged with eight more offences, court documents show.

MISSING Boulder man Charlie Park was the victim of derogatory graffiti attacks on his house and a local pub just two weeks before his disappearance, police revealed today.

EVER wanted to join the Mile High Club but too scared to get your pants off while flying sky-high? A Perth charter company is offering lovers just that.

A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to build a coalmine in the Margaret River wine and tourism region has been rejected by the state government.