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Smith to discuss refugees in Sri Lanka
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith will visit Sri Lanka to discuss the growing asylum seeker issue on Monday.
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Women to protest maternity reforms
Hundreds of women will rally outside Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Brisbane office on Monday to protest the federal government's maternity services reforms.
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Police charge third man over shooting
Police have charged a third person with the murder of a man shot dead in Geelong in October.
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Warragamba Dam reopened to the public
Families can again enjoy picnics at Sydney's picturesque Warragamba Dam, which has been reopened to the public for the first time in more than a decade.
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Man killed in Victorian gliding accident
A man has plunged to his death in a gliding accident in northern Victoria.
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NSW govt launches graffiti crackdown
Tough laws designed to crack down on graffiti vandals will give judges the power to make offenders clean up the damage they cause, the NSW government says.
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NSW flood victims to get federal funds
The federal government will provide emergency grants and loans to those affected by recent flooding on the NSW mid-north coast.
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No sign of life raft off Heron Island
An aerial search off Heron Island has failed to turn up any evidence of two people aboard a life raft.
November 8, 2009, 3:04 pm -
Man badly injured in Sydney CBD bashing
Police have yet to identify a unidentified man viciously bashed by three men in central Sydney over the weekend.
November 8, 2009, 2:37 pm -
Qld woman charged for glassing
A young woman faces assault charges after allegedly glassing a man in a Brisbane bar early on Sunday.
November 8, 2009, 2:22 pm -
Money concerns can lead to tummy woes
The economic slowdown can be bad for your health, a food expert has warned, pointing to a rising number of Australians who bargain shop for what they eat.
November 8, 2009, 2:01 pm -
Police find $150,000 worth of tools in raids
Police have found $150,000 worth of tools during raids in Sydney as part of an operation targeting people allegedly involved in the theft.
November 8, 2009, 1:59 pm -
Send Oceanic Viking to Sri Lanka: Joyce
An Australian customs ship holding 78 asylum seekers off Indonesia should be sent to Sri Lanka, where its passengers are from, Barnaby Joyce says.
November 8, 2009, 1:53 pm -
Elderly woman attacked in Sydney's south
A 25-year-old man has been accused of attacking and robbing three elderly men using walking frames, and another who is blind, in Sydney's inner south.
November 8, 2009, 1:52 pm -
Qld teachers win top pay rise
Queensland's public teachers have settled a bitter dispute with the Bligh government, accepting a deal that will make some the highest paid in the country.
November 8, 2009, 1:50 pm -
Teen a hero after double rip rescue
Victorian teen Lachlan Edwards has been praised after he swam to the rescue of two people caught in a rip at Point Impossible Surf Beach.
November 8, 2009, 1:03 pm -
Volunteers get gongs for service
A Victorian State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer whose service medals were destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfires was given replacements at a ceremony.
November 8, 2009, 12:42 pm -
Xenophon backs Telstra split
Independent senator Nick Xenophon says he backs a structural separation of communication giant Telstra as long as regional Australia gets a fair deal.
November 8, 2009, 12:42 pm -
Govt promises energy efficient offices
The federal government says it is on the way to ensuring all of its office buildings have five-star greenhouse ratings.
November 8, 2009, 11:19 am -
We can still have own ETS: Xenophon
Climate change negotiations in Copenhagen shouldn't stop Australia designing a scheme that is best suited for the economy, Nick Xenophon says.
November 8, 2009, 10:55 am
