A NSW couple who lost their fortune in the collapse of Storm Financial said some of their home-loan documents had been witnessed by bankers they had never met, working from an office in Nambour, Queensland, that they had never visited.

Charles Purcell suggests 40 things to have a crack at in 2009. You know you want to . . . If you're an unreconstructed male, take your better half to compete in the Australian Wife Carrying Championships.

Phillip Hudson has been asking around about Alister Jordan, who wields more power and influence than politicians a generation his senior.

QUEENSLANDERS tend to become puffed up with such provincial self-esteem they're in danger of bursting when sons and daughters of their state gain notoriety.

Questioned on his salute of George Bush at last weekend's NATO summit, Kevin Rudd issued the classic library dork's lament: "Not everyone understands my slightly quirky sense of humour." Well, Kevin, help is at hand. In a world exclusive, The Big Bluff can reveal some of the comic routines the..read more