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Child protection workers fudging figures
A scathing Ombudsman's report has identified gross deficiencies in Victoria's child protection service.
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'Nothing stopping' bikie gang clubhouses
There is nothing stopping outlaw bikie gangs setting up clubhouses in Victoria, Chief Commissioner Simon Overland says.
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No extra tax cuts for Victorians
Any extra cash in government coffers will be spent on hospitals, roads and schools rather than tax cuts, Victorian Treasurer John Lenders says.
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Gillard makes pleas on youth allowance
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has made a last-ditch plea to the opposition to allow passage of Labor's student income support changes.
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Qld asset sale starts with forestry
The Queensland government has started the ball rolling on the first public asset to be sold under its $15 billion privatisation plan.
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Swimmer believed missing on Gold Coast
Police believe a man who went missing in the surf on the Gold Coast overnight was trying swim around security fences to get into the schoolies-only hub.
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Appeal against takeover of camps fails
An appeal against the federal government's planned takeover of the management of Alice Springs town camps has failed.
November 26, 2009, 10:06 am -
Triple-0 bungle over street address
Triple-0 operators gave been accused of failing another person in need of help.
November 26, 2009, 10:02 am -
Obama 'wouldn't have missed Copenhagen'
Barack Obama wouldn't have remained credible on climate change had he avoided attending the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, the Australian Greens say.
November 26, 2009, 9:39 am -
Newspoll will be bad for Liberals: Pyne
Liberal frontbencher and supporter of Malcolm Turnbull, Christopher Pyne, admits next Tuesday's Newspoll rating will be bad for the coalition.
November 26, 2009, 9:38 am -
Teen arrested over fires at Airds
Two men have been charged and a 13-year-old boy arrested over the lighting bushfires that threatened homes at Airds, in southwest Sydney.
November 26, 2009, 9:32 am -
Children unscathed in head-on collision
Eight children escaped injury after their school bus and a ute collided head-on in far north Queensland.
November 26, 2009, 9:04 am -
Two boys shot in Townsville park
A man has been arrested and charged after two boys were shot and injured while playing in a north Queensland park.
November 26, 2009, 8:40 am -
Still excuses for violence against women
A new national survey has found that an "unacceptable" proportion of the Australians excuse and trivialise violence against women.
November 26, 2009, 8:38 am -
ETS compo includes economic fluctuations
Low-income families will be guaranteed more assistance than an emissions trading scheme costs them, federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says.
November 26, 2009, 8:35 am -
Man charged over school sex assault
A tenth man has been charged with sexually assaulting boys at a central western NSW boarding school, police say.
November 26, 2009, 7:45 am -
Fashion company defrauded of over $16m
A man accused of defrauding a fashion company of more than $16 million is potentially facing more than 200 charges.
November 26, 2009, 6:47 am -
Woman stabbed in the chest in dispute
A man is due to face court over the attempted murder of a woman during a domestic dispute in Sydney's west, police say.
November 26, 2009, 6:46 am -
Victoria's DPP orders DNA case review
Victoria's DPP has ordered a re-examination of the past five years of cases to determine if they relied on DNA evidence now thought to be unreliable.
November 26, 2009, 6:43 am -
Man wedged between walls after roof fall
A man was critically injured when he fell from the second-storey roof of his house and became wedged between two brick walls.
November 26, 2009, 6:41 am
