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Two fires burning in Victoria's far west
Lightning strikes blamed for blazes.
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Crews work to contain fires across NSW
Fire crews are working to contain a number of fires on a day of total fire ban across NSW.
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NSW govt denies cuts to firefighters
The NSW government has denied it is trying to axe National Parks and Wildlife firefighting jobs.
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Schoolies on best behaviour, police say
Police say they are happy with the behaviour overnight of Gold Coast schoolies in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
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Melbourne blitz nets drink drivers
Police nabbed 58 motorists driving over the limit and another 139 for various traffic offences on the first night of a drink driving and traffic operation.
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Airport Customs net heroin worth $1.25m
More than $1 million of heroin concealed inside tiles normally used for indoor games has arrived at Sydney International Airport, police say.
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SES crews mop up after Victoria storm
State Emergency Services members are moping up following Friday's storm which caused havoc on roads and cut power to more than 15,000 homes and businesses.
November 21, 2009, 6:28 am -
Teen dies when thrown from tray of ute
A 15-year-old boy has died after he was thrown from the tray of a utility that rolled in Deptford, near Bairnsdale, on Friday night.
November 21, 2009, 4:59 am -
Twins' birth mum wants daughters to stay
The birth mother of twins Krishna and Trishna who gave them up due to poverty says she wants them to remain in Australia to be educated.
November 21, 2009, 2:52 am -
NSW lure to flee WA's fizzer New Year's Eve
Australia's biggest States will lure West Australians east for New Year's Eve after it emerged Perth partygoers face a fizzer on December 31.
November 21, 2009, 2:45 am -
Aussies who served in Iraq get a parade
Australia will pay tribute to the men and women who served in Iraq with a national parade in Canberra on Saturday.
November 20, 2009, 10:02 pm -
Rudd to extend school chaplaincy to 2011
The federal government will provide $42.8 million to extend the school chaplaincy program until December 2011.
November 20, 2009, 9:02 pm -
Elderly woman dies in house fire
An woman has died and a man is in a critical condition in hospital after fire gutted their home in Melbourne's west.
November 20, 2009, 8:07 pm -
Ipswich schoolies both good and bad
One school in Ipswich produced both the best and the worst of end-of-year behaviour as 45,000 Queensland students finished Year 12.
November 20, 2009, 6:10 pm -
Two men charged after police drug raids
Two men have been charged with a raft of drug and weapons offences after police raided two properties in Melbourne's west.
November 20, 2009, 5:33 pm -
Tennis great to stand for Bennelong
Tennis great John Alexander is trying again to win Liberal party preselection, this time in former Prime Minister John Howard's old seat of Bennelong.
November 20, 2009, 4:52 pm -
Minchin denies Abbott is eyeing top job
Senator Nick Minchin has denied Tony Abbott is preparing to challenge for the Liberal leadership in a split over the emissions trading scheme.
November 20, 2009, 4:22 pm -
Wild storms hit Melbourne after scorcher
The hottest day in Victoria since Black Saturday has ended with wild storms hitting metropolitan Melbourne.
November 20, 2009, 4:17 pm -
'Incompetence' led to truckies' deaths
A coroner has described decisions by authorities that led to the deaths of three truck drivers in a WA bushfire as "demonstrating extreme incompetence".
November 20, 2009, 4:07 pm -
Police link dodgy heroin to three deaths
A lethal new batch of heroin is thought to be responsible for at least three fatal drug overdoses in Perth in a week, West Australian police say.
November 20, 2009, 4:04 pm -
Violence mars 'all' Qld indigenous areas
Every Queensland indigenous community has a substantial violence problem, and a new approach is needed to tackle the mayhem, a landmark report says.
November 20, 2009, 3:55 pm
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