A SENIOR Taliban leader accused of killing Australian troops has been released from jail and has rejoined the insurgents, just two years after the Australian army hailed his capture as a coup.

TO HIS family, Tyler Cassidy was "only a scared little boy" when he was shot dead by a spray of police bullets at a Northcote skate park on Thursday night.

YOU'LL feel like walking out of the cinema several times during the first 40 minutes of Australia, but try to stick it out. At first you suspect Baz Luhrmann and Nicole Kidman are having a huge lend of us but, as it proceeds, Australia becomes less like a parody.

THE plan to re-arm police with semi-automatic guns is behind schedule as senior officers admit they will not meet the initial target of completing the weapons upgrade by the end of the year.

Female Agents Rated MA Starring Sophie Marceau, Moritz Bleibtreu, Julie Depardieu Critic's warning Occasional language, confronting torture violence, nudity Critic's rating 8/10