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THE Christchurch earthquake shook up more than the house and surroundings of 89-year-old Bob McCombe.

Jonathan Chancellor Wolseley Road, Point Piper, ranks as the world's 10th priciest residential street.

Earthquake that hit Christchurch expected to create economic boost.

CHRISTCHURCH: The quake turned a modern, relatively prosperous city into a place of curfews, with political leaders flying in and people clamouring for supplies in scenes reminiscent of disasters in less developed parts of the world.

Jonathan Chancellor Wolseley Road, Point Piper, ranks as the world's 10th priciest residential street.

Canterbury Bulldogs stun Manly.

IT WASN'T the lap of honour the Storm had imagined when they kicked off the 2010 season but the fans at AAMI Park didn't seem to mind.

BRIAN SMITH said his confidence in the Sydney Roosters' title hopes had been eroded but the coach and his captain Braith Anasta were cracking jokes last night after securing a de facto home final against Wests Tigers.

Sydney Roosters will face Wests Tigers in the opening round of the NRL finals after beating the North Queensland Cowboys 18-8 in an unconvincing display in Townsville on Saturday.

A FRANK Pritchard hat-trick helped the Panthers cement outright second position on the ladder and they head into the NRL finals for the first time since 2004 with a second-chance guarantee after punishing a deplorable Sharks outfit at CUA Stadium last night.

Penrith backrower Frank Pritchard is doing his best to ensure a memorable farewell, scoring a hattrick to the Panthers secure second spot on the NRL ladder with a 50-12 win over a deplorable Cronulla on Saturday night.

Canterbury finishes its season on a high.

There was a happy ending to a miserable season for the Melbourne Storm as they outplayed Newcastle 34-4 in their last NRL match of the year at AAMI Park today.

Spectacular penalty goal on fulltime gives Wallabies one of their greatest wins on South African soil.

Les Kennedy There's a weirdness about the topography at Belanglo: cars stop for no reason, phones cut out.

Cate Blanchett opens up about her family, the environment and how her husband is her perfect opposite.

A pentecostal church has allegedly fleeced its own members of more than $4 million.

Aussie soldiers are fighting and dying in Afghanistan for a caretaker government here and a corrupt one there.

Australian tourist among nine people killed when skydive plane crashes at South Island airport.

Independent MP bombarded with prompts to back coalition.