Big hospitals report high infection rate (AAP)
Patients in bigger hospitals are at a disproportionate risk of contracting a bloodstream infection that spreads when hygiene rules are not followed.

Asylum seeker to be freed after ASIO overturns adverse security assessment (ABC)
A Sri Lankan asylum seeker has become the second person to have an adverse threat assessment overturned by ASIO.

Boy injured in carnival ride accident at school fete wakes from coma (ABC)
A five-year-old boy who was thrown off a carnival ride in south-east Queensland at the weekend has woken from his coma.

Mark Butler wants report into claims relatives denied access to nursing homes (ABC)
Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has called for a report into allegations that relatives were barred from visiting aged-care facilities after complaining about care standards.

Dance industry needs greater scrutiny: former teacher (ABC)
A former colleague of a Sydney dance teacher charged with possessing child pornography and grooming teenage girls says there needs to be greater scrutiny of the dance industry.

83yo dead after crashing into Sydney house; 80yo passenger in serious condition (ABC)
An 83-year-old man has died after his car crashed through the front of a house in Sydney's west.

McIlroy tight-lipped on management split (Reuters)
By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy refused on Wednesday to confirm reports he had parted company with his management group, Horizon Sports...

Hamilton lets sleeping dogs lie - and snore (Reuters)
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton made his point and Roscoe, his pampered pet bulldog, promptly proved him right at the Monaco Grand Prix on Wednesday. Po...

Mariners bow out of ACL with 3-0 defeat (AAP)
The Central Coast Mariners failed to find the miracle they were hoping for when they lost 3-0 to Guangzhou Evergrande to exit the Asian Champions League.

Alonso suggests Red Bull sound like sore losers (Reuters)
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Red Bull sound like sore losers for complaining about the Formula One tyres, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso suggested on Wednesday. The Span...

Visconti claims stage 17 win, Nibali in pink (AFP)
VICENZA, Italy (AFP) - Italian Giovanni Visconti soloed to victory in the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday to hand his Movistar team their fourth win of the race.

Falcao insists he is not thinking about transfer (AFP)
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Atletico Madrid star Radamel Falcao insisted he had not been thinking about a blockbuster summer transfer as he hogged the limelight in a friendly win in Singapore on Wednesday.