Figures from the National Tidal Centre show sea levels along Western Australia's coast are rising at a rate double that of the world average.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 2:50 pm
A 48 year old man has appeared in court, charged over the discovery of drugs in a hangar at Jandakot Airport.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 1:06 pm
Milk giant Fonterra has announced an increase in the price it pays Tasmanian farmers for milk.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 12:49 pmWaters off a popular Hobart beach will remain closed to swimmers over the weekend.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 12:49 pmThe company hoping to build the world's biggest wave power plant in Western Australia has missed out on federal funding.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 12:26 pm
Up to 4,800 people remain isolated on the New South Wales mid-north coast after heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding overnight.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 11:52 amThe Australian Education Union is taking concerns about the State Government's Tasmania Tomorrow changes to the Industrial Commission.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 11:08 amThe New South Wales and Federal Governments are lending James Hardie more than $300 million to make sure asbestos victims receive compensation.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 8:53 am
A Qantas plane carrying 329 passengers on its way from Sydney to Los Angeles has been forced to return to Australia because of a faulty fuel pump.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 8:28 amOil and gas company Woodside says it is working to improve its Indigenous employment record in Western Australia.
ABC - November 7, 2009, 7:15 am
Residents in Coffs Harbour, on the New South Wales mid north coast, are being evacuated as flood waters rise, cutting the main transport route between Sydney and Brisbane.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 10:45 pmA man has died after falling from a roof while trying to install a television antenna in Melbourne's north.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 10:07 pmThe wet season has kicked off in Broome with a record deluge of November rain.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 10:00 pm
The Tasmanian Government's election campaign has taken another blow, this time over the aborted reappointment of Richard McCreadie as the state's police commissioner.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 9:00 pmThe State and Federal Governments have awarded a West Australian not-for-profit organisation nearly $30 million to build a new centre for the homeless in East Perth.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 8:00 pm
The sudden closing of four more private education colleges has further weakened Australia's claim to be a provider of first class education for international students.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 7:03 pm
An overseas trained doctor is under investigation by Queensland authorities after concerns were raised about his registration and performance.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 6:27 pm
The Queensland Government has promised a full investigation into concerns about the registration and performance of an overseas-trained doctor who used to work in the Northern Territory.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 5:44 pm
A 47-year-old Perth man has been sentenced to life with a 20 year minimum for murdering the mother of his 13 children.
ABC - November 6, 2009, 5:22 pmThe ship carrying asylum seekers rescued from a sunken boat near the Cocos Islands has arrived at Christmas Island.
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