Card Debt Hits $41bn As Banks Lift Rates

CREDIT card debt has reached record levels with more Australians using cards to meet their mortgage payments.

Coalition Reacts To Toothsome Alp Offer

A PLEDGE by the Labor leader to finance a million extra dental services has hit a nerve with government MPs, spurring speculation about a Coalition rethink on the sensitive dental issue.

Troops Back Libs On Iraq, Says Nelson

THE Government has played the "digger card" - claiming Australia's troops are unhappy with Kevin Rudd's plan to pull them out of Iraq - as the pre-election debate over the war escalates ahead of this week's APEC leaders' summit.

Troops Back Us On Iraq, Says Nelson

THE Howard Government has played the "digger card" - claiming Australia's troops are unhappy with Kevin Rudd's plan to pull them out of Iraq - as the pre-election debate over the war escalates ahead of US President George Bush's arrival in Sydney tonight.