• News
• 1  Locals irate over council plans for sports field
• 2  Rates hike
• 3  Sea Eagles host grand final
• 4  Sledgehammer attack
• 5  Park land handed back to traditional owners

• Sport
• 1  Local stars off to State
• 2  Goannas crushed... but look to next week
• 3  Con needs more than words or club left with sweet FFA
• 4  Manly next as Dragons bury Rabbits
• 5  Jets' fate still up in the air

• Photos
• 1  Floods hit North East Victoria
• 2  Ballarat region flooding: readers' pictures
• 3  Wild winds lash Illawarra
• 4  Christchurch earthquake
• 5  Snapped August 28-29

• Opinion
• 1  With sorrow and regret, Smith declares cooling-off period with Israel
• 2  Albums made for legal reasons - part II
• 3  Parliament takes high road on adoption issue
• 4  Review: Tomorrow When The War Began
• 5  The best films of the '00s

• Regional News
• 1  Ballarat region floods: small towns hardest hit
• 2  Gale inflicts havoc on Illawarra
• 3  Tributes flow for Ballarat's Jessica Wills
• 4  Violent night of theft and fights
• 5  EPPALOCK PAST 50 PER CENT