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Two trapped as car lodges in house roof
Two men have been rescued after their car hit a mound and became lodged in the roof of a Sydney home where a couple and baby were sleeping inside.
October 18, 2009, 10:23 am -
Gillard wishes teen sailor safe trip
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has wished young sailor Jessica Watson all the best in her world record quest, and urged her to keep safe.
October 18, 2009, 9:16 am -
Shots fired into Sydney bowling club
Shots have been fired into a western Sydney bowling club while staff were inside.
October 18, 2009, 8:33 am -
Zara Phillips to attend Melbourne Cup
This year's Melbourne Cup will include a visit from a member of the royal family.
October 18, 2009, 6:31 am -
Mum recovering after baby falls on track
The young Melbourne mother who watched in horror as her baby fell under a train but survived is very stressed and needs time to recover, her husband says.
October 18, 2009, 6:25 am -
Watson sails from Sydney on Sunday
After a good night's sleep, and weeks of delays and mishaps, teenage adventurer Jessica Watson will sail through Sydney Heads in an effort to make history.
October 18, 2009, 2:31 am -
Bushfires sear Qld, evacuations urged
Nearly 600 firefighters are battling 52 blazes in Queensland, with some crews in desperate need of reinforcements after being on the fire front for weeks.
October 17, 2009, 11:08 pm -
Police want pseudoephedrine crack down
NSW police want drugs containing pseudoephedrine to become prescription-only medicines to crack down on production of the addictive drug known as ice.
October 17, 2009, 10:52 pm -
Navy on standby to help refugee boats
The Australian navy is on standby to assist in the rescue of two boats in distress and possibly loaded with asylum seekers off the Indonesian coast.
October 17, 2009, 10:47 pm -
BHP offers Ravensthorpe Hopetoun $5m
BHP Billiton has set up a $5 million fund to support a West Australian community it shattered when it abandoned a nickel mine and sacked 1,800 workers.
October 17, 2009, 10:18 pm -
Tamil asylum seekers end hunger strike
The Sri Lankan asylum seekers caught by Indonesia en route to Australia have ended their hunger strike but haven't step ashore yet.
October 17, 2009, 10:06 pm -
Police arrest 24 people at Caulfield Cup
Police arrested 24 people and ejected 30 others from the Caulfield Cup, and reined in a pack of underage drinkers on one of the country's biggest race days.
October 17, 2009, 9:03 pm -
Texting driver doesn't notice police
A young motorist had a simple answer when police asked why he didn't pull over earlier during a 28km pursuit.
October 17, 2009, 7:59 pm -
Oppn slams people smuggler strategy
The federal opposition has accused the government of trying to deal with the problem of asylum seekers in Indonesia by splashing money on a new strategy.
October 17, 2009, 6:48 pm -
Property saved from WA bushfires
Houses and properties have been saved from a deliberately lit bushfire burning near Broome in Western Australia.
October 17, 2009, 6:20 pm -
Bushfires out of control in northern NSW
Two bushfires are burning out of control in northern NSW as southerly winds strengthen and test containment lines near the township of Brooms Head.
October 17, 2009, 5:05 pm -
Firefighter dies on NSW mid-north coast
A firefighter has died while fighting a grass fire on the NSW far north coast.
October 17, 2009, 5:03 pm -
Man dies in Brisbane crash
A man has died after crashing into a power pole in Silkstone, west of Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon.
October 17, 2009, 5:02 pm -
Third attempt to cap leaking oil well
A third attempt to plug a well that has been leaking oil for more than eight weeks into the Timor Sea off Australia's northwest coastline has failed.
October 17, 2009, 3:27 pm -
Govt short-sighted over cataracts: group
The federal government can expect a backlash from older voters if it halves the rebate for cataract eye surgery, the peak body representing over 50s says.
October 17, 2009, 2:40 pm
