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The Queensland town of St George has been cut off by rising floodwaters, after thousands fled in the largest mandatory evacuation in the State's history.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, st-george-4487, qld, charleville-4470, mitchell-4465, roma-4455, australia
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Police are looking for a man who used a toy gun to rob a hotel in Sydney's north-west, then locked two employees inside the safe.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, armed-robbery, emerton-2770, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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Filmmaker James Cameron is among those mourning documentary filmmakers Andrew Wight and Mike deGruy, who died in a NSW helicopter crash.
Topics: accidents, air-and-space, disasters-and-accidents, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, documentary, jaspers-brush-2535, nsw, australia
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The Prime Minister has called on Labor MPs to show more internal discipline this year, as speculation about her leadership and a possible challenge from Kevin Rudd continue to stalk the party.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, alp, political-parties, australia
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Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says Australian banks should pass on a full rates cut if the Reserve Bank moves the mark lower.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, banking, industry, federal-government, australia
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A group of Australians is in Burma for one of the first major business and academic gatherings since the Asian nation reopened its borders.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, burma, australia
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Treasurer Wayne Swan angrily rejects continuing speculation about the Labor leadership ahead of today's caucus meeting.
Topics: federal-government, alp, australia
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Residents in St George have been advised to evacuate the southern Queensland town as the Balonne River continues to rise rapidly.
Topics: floods, charleville-4470, roma-4455, mitchell-4465, qld, australia
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Residents in the Queensland town of Charleville endure a nervous night as they wait to see if the levee keeping back the Warrego River will hold.
Topics: floods, charleville-4470, roma-4455, mitchell-4465, qld, australia
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Two men have died in a helicopter crash on the New South Wales south coast.
Topics: air-and-space, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, jaspers-brush-2535, nsw, australia
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Police have captured a man who escaped from a prison in southern New South Wales.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, crime, delegate-2633, goulburn-2580, nsw, australia, bombala-2632
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Professional free-diver Christina Saenz de Santamaria, on what it takes to reach depths of up to 60 metres on a single breath.
Topics: diving, oceans-and-reefs, united-states, australia
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Queensland's Floods commissioner has attacked a report in today's Courier Mail newspaper, which she says threatens to undermine public confidence in the floods inquiry.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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The Federal Opposition has released its costings for reopening a detention centre on Nauru, saying it could do it for a third of the price the Government has quoted.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, liberals, alp, nauru, australia
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Federal Labor MP Dick Adams says today's caucus meeting is not about rallying support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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The critically endangered orange-bellied parrot appears to be moving closer to extinction.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environment, tas, strathblane-7109, australia
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Fair Work Australia has indicated it may not release the findings of its investigation into federal Labor MP Craig Thomson.
Topics: federal-government, unions, alp, australia
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Holden has announced a jump in car sales just days after axing its afternoon general assembly shift at its Adelaide factory.
Topics: manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, elizabeth-5112, sa, australia
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The Australian share market has closed lower after a mixed day of trade as investors await employment data from the United States and Greece's debt-swap deal remains in the balance.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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The Federal Court has ruled that banks that lent to collapsed childcare provider ABC Learning must provide access to key documents.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, corporate-governance, australia
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Official figures show 2.6 per cent of workers are absent on any given day but a workplace expert says staff are stressed and more should be done to change workplace culture.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industrial-relations, work, australia
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New South Wales police say a man who escaped from Goulburn Prison on Friday is armed and dangerous.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, goulburn-2580, nsw, australia
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A lawyer says he will apply for bail when bikie Vincenzo Focarelli faces another court hearing next week on drug charges.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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The aviation sector is still struggling to recover from the global financial crisis, with two of the world's largest airlines revealing how difficult the industry can be.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia, united-states, singapore
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A bronze wreath honouring the Allied World War II Bomber Command has started a journey from Australia to London.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, art-history, veterans, defence-and-national-security, unrest-conflict-and-war, sa, adelaide-5000, australia, united-kingdom, england
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