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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
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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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Rudd 'comes up very short', says Howard
08 Nov 2009, 5:43AM
The Labor federal government is a do-nothing regime that has squandered the surplus built up over 12 years, says former prime minister John Howard.
James Hardie compo fund gets $320m
07 Nov 2009, 12:33PM
The federal and NSW governments have agreed to loan up to $320 million to a compensation fund for James Hardie asbestos victims.
Taxi drivers to face competency tests
06 Nov 2009, 6:43PM
New taxi drivers will soon have to prove their English skills and their knowledge of local geography to get their licence.
Double killer jailed until 2027
06 Nov 2009, 5:42PM
A man who stabbed his partner to death almost three years after killing a caretaker by pushing him down some stairs has been jailed for at least 19 years.
Vocational colleges close in NSW, Vic
06 Nov 2009, 4:51PM
It's unlikely a company that has closed several vocational colleges in Melbourne and Sydney has sufficient funds to pay student refunds, its administrator says.
Boat owner found guilty over fatal crash
06 Nov 2009, 1:15PM
A boat owner has been found guilty of aggravated dangerous navigation causing the death of his passenger when the vessel ploughed into a Sydney bridge pylon.
Decision day for Oceanic Viking deadline
06 Nov 2009, 12:02AM
Indonesia will decide whether to give Australia more time to persuade 78 asylum seekers to leave a customs vessel and enter an Indonesian detention centre.
Aussie citizenship 'may have saved' Lal
05 Nov 2009, 6:44PM
Threatened, verbally abused and told to leave Fiji or else, Professor Brij Lal says being an Australian citizen may have saved his life.
