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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. Read more

Victoria commissions fire fighting jet

A Boeing 747 used to fight fires (AAP)

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.  Read more

Boost to James Hardie compo fund

James Hardie (Getty)

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. Read more

Health warning over tomatoes

Tomatoes (AAP)

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. Read more

Rudd launches climate attack

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (AAP)

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. Read more

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Karen Middleton

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On the road

SBS Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton reports as she travels with the PM.  ... Read more

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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. Read more

Thousands trapped by NSW floods

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.

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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. Read more

Boat survivors reach Christmas Island

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. Read more

Large scale work wins tiny artist Dobell prize

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. Read more

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. Read more

Republic not a priority: Rudd

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. 

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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. Read more

New drug cures dying infant

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.  Read more