Australian News
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Authorities to investigate child's solo trip
Queensland Police Minister Neil Roberts says it is "beyond belief" that a child not yet in her teens was allowed to go to the Gold Coast unsupervised.
ABC - November 23, 2009, 5:30 am -
SA weather records keep tumbling
The weather bureau says South Australia may break more November records, but this time for an usual amount of rain instead of heat.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 9:31 pm -
Camel convoy pays twins a visit
A camel expedition, raising money for the foundation that is caring for Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna, arrived at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital today.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 8:03 pm -
Bouncer's leg almost severed by machete
A nightclub bouncer has almost had his leg severed in a machete attack in Melbourne's CBD last night.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 5:50 pm -
Power retailers' last push for carbon compensation
In final frantic hours of negotiations over climate change legislation, media attention has focused on the politics of it, particularly the brawling within the Coalition.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 4:40 pm -
Rann cancels appearance amid sex claims
South Australian Premier Mike Rann has cancelled an appearance at a community function amid claims he had an affair with a Parliament House waitress.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 4:38 pm -
Car crush hoon caught on scooter: Police
A 19-year-old Perth man who has had one car crushed under anti-hoon laws and is at risk of losing another, has had his scooter seized by police.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 3:51 pm -
Body found after police called to brawl
Homicide detectives in Victoria are investigating the death of a man at Heidelberg West in North Melbourne overnight.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 3:32 pm -
Deluge damages homes in Victoria
More than 300 homes have been damaged by heavy rain across Victoria in the past 24 hours.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 1:13 pm -
Skin cancer surgery delay
The State Opposition claims a Perth man had to wait six months for skin cancer surgery because the health system is in crisis.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 1:10 pm -
Schoolies get top marks for good behaviour
Police are praising the behaviour of school leavers on the Gold Coast with the number of arrests on the first night of Schoolies Week down on last year.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 12:39 pm -
Family's fatal fire compensation bid
The daughter of a truck driver who perished in a Goldfields fire has asked the State Government for more money, in the wake of a scathing coroner's report on her father's death.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 12:10 pm -
Experts convene to save freshwater fish
A plan to save Australia's freshwater fish from becoming extinct is being worked out at a meeting of experts from around the world at the Adelaide Zoo which begins today.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 11:00 am -
Waitress to detail Rann 'affair'
A former waitress is expected to expand on allegations of a sexual relationship with the South Australian Premier Mike Rann in a paid television interview tonight.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 10:36 am -
Specialist training for children's lawyers
It is hoped that specialist training for Tasmanian lawyers representing children will speed up child protection cases.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 10:29 am -
New purpose-built accommodation for brain-injured
A new housing project in southern Tasmania is being built for people with acquired brain injuries.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 10:18 am -
Twins' birth mum told of successful separation
The guardian of twin Bangladeshi girls separated during surgery in Melbourne last week says she is glad the birth parents know they are alive and well.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 6:05 am -
Racial Discrimination Act will change intervention: Dodson
Indigenous leader Mick Dodson says a plan to re-instate the racial discrimination act in the Northern Territory is at odds with the intervention in Indigenous communities.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 5:17 am -
Man injured in stake attack
A man has been attacked with a wooden stake and a branch while walking along a cycleway in Mount Lawley.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 3:19 pm -
Waitress goes public with Rann sex claims
South Australian Premier Mike Rann has described as "wildly sensational" claims he had a sexual relationship with former Parliament House waitress, Michelle Chantelois.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 1:35 pm
