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Wild winds cut power to 20,000 Adelaide homes

Posted September 4, 2010 18:44:00

Around 20,000 homes in Adelaide are currently without power due to gale force winds lashing the metropolitan area.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, storm, weather, australia, sa, adelaide-5000

Dockers dump battered Hawks Audio Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 18:04:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 18:05:00

Fremantle eliminated Hawthorn from the 2010 flag race with a 30-point upset before 42,719 fans at Subiaco Oval in the second elimination final on Saturday afternoon.

Tags: sport, australian-football-league, australia, vic, hawthorn-3122, wa, fremantle-6160, perth-6000

Victorian man killed in NZ plane crash Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 18:03:00

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an 18-year-old man from Victoria is one of the people who died in a plane crash on New Zealand's South Island.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, australia, vic, new-zealand

Victoria braces for more flooding Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 16:13:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 12:29:00

Heavy rainfall across Victoria has caused landslides, flash flooding and the evacuation of homes.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, floods, weather, rainfall, australia, vic, avoca-3467, ballarat-3350, mount-buffalo-3740

Government health website 'out of date'

Posted September 4, 2010 15:12:00

The New South Wales Government has been accused of hiding disappointing health figures on its new Your Health Service website.

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, nsw

Elderly woman assaulted at caravan park

Posted September 4, 2010 15:11:00

Police are looking for a man they believe indecently assaulted an elderly woman at a caravan park on the New South Wales north coast.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, assault, australia, nsw, lennox-head-2478

Locals leave quake-hit Christchurch Audio Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 14:12:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 17:51:00

Authorities are evacuating residents from earthquake-hit Christchurch as New Zealand prime minister John Key visits the city to assess the damage.

Tags: earthquake, new-zealand

Australian killed in NZ plane crash Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 13:29:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 15:56:00

Nine people are believed to have been killed when a plane crashed at a popular New Zealand tourist spot, medical officials said.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, new-zealand

Baby born on board chopper

Posted September 4, 2010 13:06:00

A baby girl has been born in the back of a rescue helicopter in north Queensland.

Tags: human-interest, babies, australia, qld, hamilton-island-4803, mackay-4740

Health system 'let down' twin baby killer Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 12:41:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 12:45:00

The Western Australian Mental Health Association says a mentally ill Perth woman who killed her twin babies has been let down by the health system.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, wa, perth-6000

Polls show support for Labor minority government Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 11:41:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 12:34:00

Two new polls show the majority of voters want three key independent MPs to back Labor to form a minority government.

Tags: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-elections, australia

Rain cancels Birdsville Races

Posted September 4, 2010 11:16:00

The Birdsville Races have been cancelled for the first time in its 128-year history after overnight rain has flooded the track.

Tags: community-and-society, australia, qld, birdsville-4482

Man driven 'crazy' after death of pet cat

Posted September 4, 2010 11:15:00

A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told police.

Tags: human-interest, offbeat, japan

Dentists' group wants Medicare scheme to stay

Posted September 4, 2010 10:48:00

A dental health think-tank says Federal Labor's deal with the Greens requires the reversal of a policy to close down a Medicare dental scheme.

Tags: government-and-politics, federal-government, health, dental, australia

Hurricane Earl downgraded to category 1 storm

Posted September 4, 2010 10:22:00

A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl has churned up the US eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada after dealing North Carolina's coast only a glancing blow.

Tags: weather, storm, united-states

Sophie Cotsis to replace Della Bosca

Posted September 4, 2010 10:08:00

Labor's Centre Unity faction has endorsed a replacement for former New South Wales Government frontbencher John Della Bosca in the Upper House.

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, nsw

Politicians die in plane crash

Posted September 4, 2010 09:34:00

Two Mexican federal lawmakers and at least three others have died when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, mexico

Men jailed over children's home sex abuse

Posted September 4, 2010 09:19:00

Six men in Portugal have been jailed for sexually abusing boys at a state-run children's home.

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, portugal

Crews free humpback caught in shark net

Posted September 4, 2010 09:19:00

Marine rescue crews have freed a whale that was entangled in a shark net off the Gold Coast.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, science-and-technology, animals, mammals-whales, australia, qld, surfers-paradise-4217

Homes flooded near Ballarat Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 08:50:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 12:11:00

Emergency crews are evacuating homes in and around Ballarat, as heavy rain falls across Victoria.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, floods, weather, rainfall, australia, vic, avoca-3467, ballarat-3350, mount-buffalo-3740

Pyne warns of Labor 'mongoose and cobra coalition' Video Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 08:06:00 | Updated September 4, 2010 11:01:00

Liberal MP Chris Pyne warns Labor's attempt to get the three rural independents onside could lead to an unstable government.

Tags: government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, federal-elections, australia, nsw, qld, vic

Boy mauled by Taronga Zoo sea lion Photo

Posted September 4, 2010 08:00:00

An 11-year-old boy is in hospital in a stable condition after being mauled by a sea lion at a Sydney zoo.

Tags: human-interest, animal-attacks, australia, nsw, sydney-2000

Rain strands hikers in SA

Posted September 4, 2010 07:49:00

Heavy rain has stranded four hikers on the Heysen Trail in South Australia's far north.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, weather, rainfall, sa, adelaide-5000, blinman-5730, darlington-5047

Man missing after boat sinks in bay

Posted September 4, 2010 07:10:00

Police are searching for a man in Port Phillip Bay after reports that a boat took in water off Mount Eliza earlier this morning.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, vic, mornington-3931, mount-eliza-3930

Coalition pledges to prioritise detention security

Posted September 4, 2010 07:05:00

The Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says if the Coalition wins Federal Government it would immediately increase security at Darwin's detention centre.

Tags: community-and-society, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, refugees, australia, nt, darwin-0800