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Keep bank details in Australia: MPs
Draft laws to prevent people's bank details being sent overseas have been tabled in the Senate.
October 26, 2009, 6:52 pm -
Radio to broadcast bushfire warnings
Victorians will receive emergency warnings this bushfire season from about 30 commercial radio stations, as well as the ABC and Sky TV, under a new deal.
October 26, 2009, 6:48 pm -
Woman drowned, dismembered baby: court
A woman accused of drowning a newborn baby before cutting it in half has faced a committal hearing in far north Queensland.
October 26, 2009, 6:47 pm -
Son describes finding dead mother
A man whose parents were fatally shot in their Melbourne home when he was just five has described finding his mother dead on the sofa.
October 26, 2009, 6:38 pm -
Asbestos compo fund 'running dry'
A fund established by James Hardie Industries to compensate asbestos victims has just $140 million left to fund claims running at $100 million a year.
October 26, 2009, 6:31 pm -
NSW govt considers burial sites on farms
The NSW government is considering allowing for bodies to be buried in shrouds or cardboard coffins in bushland and paddocks as a form of natural burial.
October 26, 2009, 6:28 pm -
Prince Edward to visit Sydney
Prince Edward - the seventh-in-line to the British throne - arrives in Sydney for a royal visit on Tuesday.
October 26, 2009, 6:27 pm -
Tiger passengers stranded in Hobart
Intending passengers were left seething after a Tiger Airways plane flew to Melbourne from Hobart without them after a flight attendant fell ill.
October 26, 2009, 6:18 pm -
Japanese car leads World Solar Challenge
The leading cars in the World Solar Challenge have passed the halfway point in the race from Darwin to Adelaide.
October 26, 2009, 6:00 pm -
Two audits to dissect SuperGP debacle
The Queensland government will take advice from an international expert on the future of the troubled Super GP motor racing carnival by the end of next month.
October 26, 2009, 5:57 pm -
Woman dies in bus-car crash
A woman has died in a collision between a bus and a car in the NSW Hunter region.
October 26, 2009, 5:54 pm -
MP links hospital underfunding to deaths
Doctors and patients are putting their lives at risk by having to travel huge distances to medical facilities in rural NSW, a federal MP says.
October 26, 2009, 5:54 pm -
Brabham in battle over engine technology
Motor racing legend Jack Brabham is among the parties embroiled in a Federal Court battle over multi-million-dollar engine technology.
October 26, 2009, 5:45 pm -
Angry cyclist attacks bus driver
The Sydney cyclist who attacked a bus driver who overtook him in a transit lane had no right to be using the T-Way, the NSW Transport minister says.
October 26, 2009, 5:38 pm -
Pickpockets to target racegoers: police
Upmarket pickpockets, including sharp looking South Americans will target Melbourne's spring racing carnival, police say.
October 26, 2009, 5:32 pm -
Govt offers more time for ETS debate
Federal parliament is likely to sit longer hours this week as debate gets underway on Labor's draft laws setting up an emissions trading scheme.
October 26, 2009, 5:22 pm -
Torrential rain lashes Sydney, NSW coast
Torrential rain and high winds have lashed Sydney and NSW coastal areas, creating traffic snarls and power outages.
October 26, 2009, 5:15 pm -
Job fears as Australia cuts tuna quota
Australia is to slash its fishing take of the endangered Southern blue-fin tuna by 25 per cent, leading to concerns jobs will be lost.
October 26, 2009, 4:40 pm -
NSW govt praises Tasers
The NSW Ombudsman is concerned about the rising use of Taser stun guns by the state's police despite the NSW government praising them as a powerful deterrent.
October 26, 2009, 4:38 pm -
Geelong murder 'getaway car' found
A vehicle allegedly used as the getaway car in the fatal shooting of a man in Geelong on Saturday has been found.
October 26, 2009, 4:14 pm
