Australian News
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Weekend rain boosts storages
Melbourne's water storages have been boosted by good weekend rain.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:50 am -
Aboriginal community gets wind power
An Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory has installed what is thought to be one of the most remote wind turbines in Australia.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:43 am -
Rain floods outback roads, hampers farmers
At the Prominent Hill mine in outback South Australia, locals are waiting to inspect damage caused by severe weather.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:36 am -
Sudanese refugees tell their stories on stage
As politicians grapple with the latest influx of asylum seekers, young Sudanese refugees are taking their experiences to the stage.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:24 am -
Lawyer shortage hits rural Tasmania
Tasmanian legal firms claim they are turning clients away because of a lawyer shortage that is expected to worsen.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:24 am -
Police praise Surf Coast schoolies
Police have praised the behaviour of school leavers on Victoria's Surf Coast, after the first weekend of the annual "schoolies" celebration.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:15 am -
Police too cluey for 'false' doughnut claim
Police say a man tried to fool officers by telling them his car had been stolen and the offenders were doing doughnuts on the grass in front of Darwin's Cenotaph.
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Planning underway for proposed goat museum
Planning is underway on a $2.4 million goat museum being proposed in Queensland's central west.
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Education bureaucrats get big pay rises: Flegg
Queensland Opposition education spokesman Bruce Flegg says senior bureaucrats in the Education Department received large pay rises while the State Government was locked in a pay dispute with teachers.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:09 am -
Missing horseman found
Police have found a man missing in the Alpine National Park since Friday.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:02 am -
Man dead after mining accident in NT
The operators of a Northern Territory gold mine have confirmed one of their employees died in a mining accident this morning.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:01 am -
Government 'rushing' pub glass ban laws
The Queensland Opposition says the State Government rushed laws banning glass in some pubs and clubs.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 11:00 am -
Nurses demand emergency dept changes
Nurses in the emergency departments of the Royal Adelaide and Lyell McEwin Hospitals are planning action over workloads and crowding concerns.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:53 am -
VCAT refuses Gippsland subdivision due to rising sea risk
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT ) has refused a subdivision at Waratah Bay in Gippsland because of the risk of sea-level rise.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:50 am -
Victims memorial roses stolen
The ACT Victims of Crime Assistance League has been repairing its memorial garden after roses planted to remember loved ones were stolen just ahead of a memorial service.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:48 am -
Fire started by car thieves
The Fire and Emergency Services Authority says the first major bush fire of the season was lit deliberately.
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Nightclub machete attack 'horrific': owner
The owner of a Melbourne nightclub, where bouncers were attacked with machetes early Sunday morning, believes it was a standover incident.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:20 am -
Inquiry launched into Christmas Island riot
The Immigration Department has launched an inquiry into a riot at the Christmas Island Detention Centre on Saturday night.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:18 am -
Gold Coast water charges unfair, says mayor
Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says the Queensland Government's latest water restrictions are sensible, but he has questioned the fairness of some of their charges.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:00 am -
Man killed as van crashes down embankment
A man has died after a van crashed down an embankment in western Sydney this morning.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 10:00 am
