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Disaster areas declared in NSW
07 Nov 2009, 2:57PM
The New South Wales government has declared northern parts of the state natural disaster areas because of extensive flooding.- Thousands trapped by NSW floods
- Federal govt to aid flood-affected NSW
- Heavy rain isolates hundreds in NSW
Victoria commissions fire fighting jet
07 Nov 2009, 1:50PM
The Victorian government will lease a jet that is capable of dumping 70,000 litres over a 1.2km long bushfire in one hit.
Boost to James Hardie compo fund
07 Nov 2009, 11:57AM
The federal and NSW governments have agreed to loan up to $320 million to a compensation fund for James Hardie asbestos victims.
Health warning over tomatoes
07 Nov 2009, 3:04PM
New South Wales Health is warning people against eating uncooked semi-dried tomatoes after a hepatitis A outbreak in Victoria.
Rudd launches climate attack
07 Nov 2009, 11:01AM
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has launched a stinging attack on the federal opposition's climate change sceptics, a month out from the Copenhagen summit.
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Floodwaters recede on NSW north coast
07 Nov 2009, 10:47PM
Floodwaters have mostly receded on the NSW mid north coast, freeing thousands of people from isolation.
Thousands trapped by NSW floods
07 Nov 2009, 12:30PM
Up to five thousand people remain isolated after flood waters surged on the New South Wales mid-north coast from a deluge of rain.
Chang killer to stay behind bars for now
06 Nov 2009, 5:39PM
One of the men jailed over the murder of Sydney heart surgeon Victor Chang will not be freed from prison on the date originally nominated by parole authorities.
Boat survivors reach Christmas Island
06 Nov 2009, 5:23PM
The survivors from a boat that sank off the Cocos Islands have arrived at Christmas Island where they will be placed in mandatory detention.
Large scale work wins tiny artist Dobell prize
06 Nov 2009, 3:32PM
Diminutive 80-year-old Pam Hallandal has won the $25,000 Dobell drawing prize for her large, apocalyptic work about the 2004 tsunami.
Mum jailed for poisoning two children
06 Nov 2009, 1:16PM
A woman who gave her two children rat poison before smothering them has received a six-year jail sentence but will be eligible for parole in 2012.
Republic not a priority: Rudd
05 Nov 2009, 7:58PM
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has indicated that he is unlinkey to start a new republic push, ten years after the 1999 referendum defeat.
Murder accused on suicide watch: court
05 Nov 2009, 6:40PM
A psychiatric inmate is on suicide watch after being charged with the stabbing murders of two fellow inmates in a low-security unit of their Melbourne hospital.
New drug cures dying infant
05 Nov 2009, 4:43PM
A one-year-old girl with a rare and fatal brain disorder has been cured by an experimental drug that's only been tested on mice.
