Standard & Poor’s has said that the budget must be brought back into surplus or risk losing the coveted AAA rating.

FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has told banks to stop throwing drought-stricken farmers off their pro­perties.

Wests Tigers host the Titans in Campbelltown and the Cowboys welcome the Broncos to Townsville, after the Knights get past the Raiders in Wagga Wagga. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

Nick Kyrgios is determined to keep calling out poor behaviour from Novak Djokovic, saying no other tennis players have been holding the world number one to account.

THE doubling of budget deficits to $100bn shows up the Abbott government’s “cheap and silly games” in opposition, Labor says.