Emergency alert for Lockyer Valley

AN emergency alert has gone out to residents in the Lockyer Valley as floodwaters rise in the area. Premier Campbell Newman told reporters in Brisbane on Sunday the Laidley, Lockyer and Bremer creeks were rising and would cause flooding in the...

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Severe weather warnings issued for NSW

A severe weather warning has been issued in northern NSW as ex-tropical cyclone Oswald moves south. Source: AAP AROUND 500 people have been isolated by flood waters in northern NSW, as people in the south of the state are told to prepare for...

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Delhi gun owners told to prevent rapes

GUN owners should roam the streets at night and use their weapons to prevent crimes against women, Delhi's lieutenant governor has said, in the wake of the brutal gang rape and murder of a student in the capital. Tejendra Khanna, who heads the...

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Light plane wreckage found in Antarctica

WRECKAGE of a light plane which crashed with three Canadians aboard in Antarctic mountains has been found. The plane had made a direct impact close to the summit of Mount Elizabeth which did not appear to be survivable, the Rescue Coordination...

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Physician is Senior Australian of the year

INTERNATIONALLY recognised South Australian palliative care specialist Emeritus Professor Ian Maddocks has been named the 2013 Senior Australian of the Year. Prof Maddocks, 82, was honoured on Friday for his work as a specialist and academic...

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Refugee is Young Australian of the Year

HE fled Afghanistan with his mother and brother at the height of a bloody civil war, arriving in Australia a child refugee. Now, 25-year-old Akram Azimi is the 2013 Young Australian of the Year. "This country has been incredibly good to me,"...

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Shackleton Antarctic voyage launched

A team of six have set sail to replicate Sir Ernest Shackleton's historic Southern Ocean crossing. Source: AAP AN Australian adventurer and his crew retracing Sir Ernest Shackleton's audacious 1916 crossing of the Southern Ocean have set sail....

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Freed Frenchwoman heads home from Mexico

A FRENCHWOMAN who spent seven years in a Mexican jail is flying home after her kidnapping conviction and 60-year sentence were overturned. Florence Cassez's trial made her a cause celebre in France, where two consecutive presidents called for...

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Aust bonds stronger on CPI data

AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices are higher following the release of weaker-than-expected domestic inflation figures. Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the consumer price index (CPI) rose just 0.2 per cent in the December...

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$A lower on inflation figures

Australias CPI rose 0.2 in Dec qtr THE Australian dollar is lower, but has largely held its ground in response to weaker-than-expected domestic inflation figures. At 1700 AEDT on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at...

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Three rescued from sea by Vic boaters

THREE people have been rescued by recreational boaters in Victoria after the seaplane they were in flipped over off the coast of Geelong. The pilot of the chartered flight and his two passengers climbed onto the upturned craft as it floated...

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WA ports close for cyclone threat

RIO Tinto is closing its Cape Lambert and Dampier ports in Western Australia's Pilbara region to prepare for a low-pressure weather system that could become a tropical cyclone on Wednesday. The miner said harbour masters were expected to close...

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Inquiries begin into youth prison riot

THREE separate inquiries will examine a riot at Western Australia's only juvenile detention centre that caused millions of dollars in damage and led to dozens of teenage offenders being moved to an adult prison. Three inmates climbed onto the...

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Hammer may be clue to island murder

THE hammer found off Macleay Island ... police are appealing for assistance from anyone who may have owned it or have information. Source: The Courier-Mail Murder victim Liselotte Watson. Source: The Courier-Mail POLICE have revealed...

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