WATER
The premier has rejected suggestions his move to relax water restrictions was deliberately timed for political purposes.
That's the criticism after the government announced yesterday it was easing restrictions following weeks of pressure for them to do so. But Mr Rann has told Keith and Pilko, things have changed in the last few weeks and he's not apologising for waiting.
The new rules mean we can use a hand-held trigger hose on our plants up to 5 hours a week - on any day we like.
However - the watering hours between 6am and 9am or 6pm to 9pm still apply. But FIVEaa's gardening expert Michael Keelan says it still could be too late for some plants.
 
CONJOINED TWINS
Doctors say the conjoined twins who are being separated in marathon surgery at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, are doing well. The high risk operation to separate Bangladeshi three-year-olds Trishna and Krishna has been going for almost 24 hours.
The hospital's head of anaesthesia Dr Ian McKenzie says the girls are doing better than expected but they're not out of the woods yet. The girls were brought to Australia by the Children First Foundation, after they were found abandoned in Bangladesh. Foundation CEO Marge Smith said the waiting is particularly hard.
 
TRUANCY
Parents will soon need to come up with a better excuse than they "did their best" when it comes to their children wagging school. The state government is cracking down on truancy and plans to introduce tough new laws to stop kids skipping school. Education minister Jane Lomax Smith says parents need to step up and be more responsible otherwise they'll be prosecuted.
 
SCHOOLS
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard says the government will push ahead with the publication of national school test results, despite a plea by education lobby groups.Covering parents, teachers and principals, the groups have written to the minister, asking for the use of Naplan results not be used to rank schools.The results of national tests will be published on a new government website in January and Ms Gillard says that'll go ahead as planned.
 
DODGY PET SELLERS
South Australian pet retailers will soon need to abide by tough new laws in a crackdown on animal cruelty. Despite the penalties for cruelty being increased to 20 thousand dollar fines and two years jail, complaints to the RSPCA are on the rise about dodgy pet sellers. Environment and Conservation minister Jay Weatherall says the new code of practice will help stop sick puppies being sold from the boots of cars.

QANTAS DELAYS
A computer crash delayed domestic and international QANTAS flights by up to an hour last night. The check in system went down - and was out for three hourswith passengers having to be manually processed. The meltdown also affected United Airlines British Airways and Thai Airwayswhich share the same check-in system. Flights are back to normal this morning.

NEWSPOLL
Support for the Federal Government has rebounded in the latest newspoll, showing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd maintains a strong lead over opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull. The results published in The Australian, have labor on 56 per cent when it comes to a two-party preferred basis with a rise of four points. Support for the coalition dropped again to 44 per cent.

TWILIGHT
Thousands of fans have packed the streets of Los Angeles, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars attending tonight's premiere of the latest film in the popular Twilight series - New Moon. Some people have camped out for the last few days to secure tickets allowing them to watch the arrivals on the red carpet. The film, starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart as star crossed lovers Edward and Bella, is expected to be huge it opens in Australia on Thursday.