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Bus driver Brett Button leaves the Cessnock Police Station

Bus driver Brett Button leaves the Cessnock Police Station Source: AAP / LUKE COSTIN

Brett Button - the bus driver involved in a crash which killed ten people after a wedding on Sunday - is tonight out on bail. He is facing 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death - and negligent driving. Tributes have been paid to the victims - of the worst bus accident in nearly 30 years.

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Brett Button - the bus driver involved in a crash which killed ten people after a wedding on Sunday - is tonight out on bail. He is facing 10 counts of dangerous driving occasioning death - and negligent driving. Tributes have been paid to the victims - of the worst bus accident in nearly 30 years.

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