Australian News
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NSW braces for catastrophic danger
Temperatures are set to soar in New South Wales today with a catastrophic fire danger and total fire bans across the state.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 1:33 am -
NSW denies axing firefighting jobs
The New South Wales Government has denied claims it is trying to axe bushfire fighting jobs across the state.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 9:07 am -
East coast firies breathe a bit easier, but still watchful
Fire crews have started investigating the cause of a bushfire that destroyed at least three homes on Tasmania's east coast yesterday.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 8:34 am -
Christmas Is buckling under population boom
The Christmas Island Shire Council says there is not enough housing to cope with an influx of officials and contractors working at the immigration detention centre.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 7:30 am -
Indian student 'bashed with chair, iron post'
Victorian police have confirmed they are investigating another attack on an Indian student in Melbourne's northern suburbs last weekend.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 9:44 pm -
Businessman convicted of drug trafficking
An Adelaide businessman has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of trafficking drugs to Sydney.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 9:11 pm -
Foolhardy decision led to truckies' deaths
In a scathing judgement, Western Australia's coroner says the decision to allow a group of vehicles onto the highway ahead of a firestorm forecast was "foolhardy in the extreme".
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:12 pm -
Banknote scandal: police raid RBA subsidiary
Federal police have raided the offices of a Reserve Bank subsidiary in Melbourne in the latest part of a scandal involving plastic banknotes in other countries.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:03 pm -
Lethal heroin warning
W-A police believe a new, lethal batch of heroin is responsible for at least three fatal over-doses in the past week.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:00 pm -
Hoon loses another car
Less than a week after having his vehicle crushed under anti-hoon laws, a 19-year-old Perth man has had another car impounded by police.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 7:50 pm -
200 jobs go at McCain vegetable factory at Smithton
Almost 200 permanent and casual jobs will be lost at Smithton in Tasmania's north-west next year, when McCain Foods closes its vegetable processing plant.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 5:08 pm -
Royalties revamp
The former Premier, Richard Court, says royalty payments from resources companies should flow directly to the State Government instead of the Federal Government.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:44 pm -
Rally resumes after a minute of silence
Entrants in the Adelaide Classic rally have held a minute's silence to remember two men killed while competing in the event.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:36 pm -
Canine trained to sniff out cane toads
A dog has been trained to prevent cane toads entering Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpenteria.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:23 pm -
House lost in east coast bushfire
At least one property has been lost in a bushfire on Tasmania's east coast, and more are under threat.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:20 pm -
Fire-weary residents too terrified to sleep
As bushfires burn across three states and temperatures soar past 40 degrees in areas with catastrophic fire warnings, some residents say they are too afraid to let down their guard.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:13 pm -
Author's husband denies sex charges
The husband of children's author Mem Fox has denied allegations of child sex crimes.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:08 pm -
Lightning sparks new blazes
Lightning, fires and wild storms continue to wreak havoc across Australia with homes gutted, properties under threat and enormous clean-ups underway.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:00 pm -
Exempt NT from emissions scheme, demands CLP
Local industries should be exempt from the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme, the Northern Territory Opposition's spokesman on business affairs says.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:00 pm -
High winds as cool change sweeps across Vic
A cool change has swept across Victoria, causing some storm damage.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 3:40 pm
