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Rann denies misleading SA over water
Sydney Morning Herald
Premier Mike Rann has denied misleading South Australia over a torrent of water heading for the state. Liberal leader Isobel Redmond on Tuesday accused the premier of taking credit for 400 gigalitres of Queensland flood waters bound for SA. ...
More Queensland floodwaters promised for SAABC Online
Rann's plan to cut SA wasteInside Waste Weekly
Labor leaders reach deal to fill the River MurrayAdelaidenow
Sydney Morning Herald
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Brisbane Times
Cyclone Ului could move closer to Qld coast
ABC Local
Tropical Cyclone Ului is more than 1300 kilometres north-east of Mackay and moving slowly west-south-west. (Bureau of Meteorology: Used with permission) The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says a category four tropical cyclone in the Coral Sea could get ...
Cyclone slowly moving away from Qld coastABC Online
Queensland holds its breath as Cyclone Ului tracks parallel with coastHerald Sun
Cyclone Ului hovers over Coral SeaSydney Morning Herald
Sunshine Coast Daily -Brisbane Times -Cairns Post
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Washington Post
Israel doesn't need to grovel for US forgiveness
Ha'aretz
So sorry! Very sorry! Very, very sorry! We apologize! This will never happen again! The prime minister, cabinet members and senior bureaucrats repeated this over and over again last week in an attempt to set right what seemed to them to ...
Envoy delays Mideast visit over Israeli settlement move, sources sayCNN International
Israel Feeling Rising Anger From the USNew York Times
GOP knocks White house for tensions with JerusalemJerusalem Post
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BBC News
Fiji declares state of disaster as Cyclone Tomas hits
BBC News
A state of disaster has been declared in parts of Fiji, as Cyclone Tomas blasts through the north and east of the Pacific island country. At least 5000 people have had leave their homes, and 50 properties have so far been destroyed. ...
State of disaster in cyclone-hit FijiAFP
State of emergency declared for north, east Fiji after Cyclone TomasXinhua
Disaster declared in cyclone-hit FijiABC Online
Fiji Times -NEWS.com.au -Radio Australia News
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NEWS.com.au
Asylum seekers to be 'housed in Darwin'
The Australian
THE Christmas Island detention centre is so full the federal government is reviewing on a weekly basis whether to shift some asylum seekers to Darwin. Home Affairs Minister Brennan O'Connor acknowledged the pressures on the facility and made the ...
Darwin equipped for asylum seeker overflowABC Local
'No plans yet' to move asylum seekers to DarwinABC Online
Influx of asylum seekers may spark Rudd's 'Tampa'Courier Mail
Sydney Morning Herald -Green Left Weekly -Daily Mirror
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BigPond News
Two men electrocuted in windmill tragedy
The Age
Two men have been electrocuted and two are being flown to Melbourne with serious burns after a tractor knocked a windmill into power lines in far western Victorian today. Two of the workers died instantly when the structure hit overhead electricity ...
Two men killed after windmill they were moving hit powerlinesHerald Sun
Two dead, two injured in windmill accidentABC Online
Two men fixing windmill electrocutedBigPond News
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Barrister sues over book claims
ABC Online
Melbourne barrister Dyson Hore-Lacey has told a defamation trial it is aggravating that author Phil Cleary has not apologised over claims made in his book. Dyson Hore-Lacey is suing Phil Cleary for defamation over the book titled 'Getting Away With ...
Dyson Hore-Lacy, SC, tells jury in defamation trial he regrets describing ...Herald Sun
Murder book wrong: lawyerThe Age
Lawyer 'extremely hurt' over Cleary bookHerald Sun
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Insulation 'caused Melbourne house fire'
Sydney Morning Herald
Badly installed insulation caused a ceiling fire in a Melbourne house overnight, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade says. Commander Ian Hunter, the head of the MFB fire investigation unit, said the fire had started after insulation over downlights caught ...
House fires linked to insulation more than doubleABC Local
Insulation may have sparked firesStonnington Leader

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NEWS.com.au
Consumers need ombudsman, says Choice
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia needs an ombudsman to protect consumers and food producers from being ripped-off by big supermarkets, consumer group Choice says. Choice has urged Canberra to appoint a dedicated supermarket ombudsman to tackle issues of competition and ...
Industry calls for Supermarket OmbudsmanQueensland Business Review
Grocery regulator urged to tackle competition issuesThe Age
Government urged to 'end supermarket rip-offs'Ninemsn

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Brisbane Times
Obama to stay 24 hours in Canberra at end of Asia-Pacific visit
The Australian
BARACK Obama will spend barely 24 hours in Australia as part of his rushed Asia-Pacific visit next week. The White House today released details of the President's itinerary for a one-night stopover in Canberra that will include dinner and bilateral ...
Obama fires up on healthcareSydney Morning Herald
Obama confirms 24-hour flying visitABC Online
Obama to seek deeper Asia-Pacific tiesMoneycontrol.com
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ABC Online
Joyce breaks ranks on parental leave
ABC Online
Opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce says his leader Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme will push up the prices of basic foodstuffs such as bread and milk. Mr Abbott says the Coalition will introduce a new tax on big business in order to ...
Abbott is intellectual nobody: KeatingSydney Morning Herald
Paul Keating savages 'resident nutter, intellectual nobody' AbbottHerald Sun
Abbott backs ALP welfare management billThe Australian
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ABC Online
Menindee Lakes to change hands next month
ABC Online
The Murray Darling Basin Authority says it expects to take control of the Menindee Lakes from the NSW Government in mid-April. Under the existing Murray Darling Basin Agreement, when the Menindee Lakes contain more than 640 gigalitres, control goes to ...
Water authority defends Lake Boga floodgate decisionABC Local
Water flows at Lake BogaWeekly Times Now
River boostMurray Valley Standard
Stock and Land -Adelaidenow -ABC Online
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ABC Online
Spencer and Anne road-test the CLEM7
ABC Local
Only hours after its official opening, Spencer Howson and Anne O'Keeffe road-tested the CLEM7 in the ABC 'red rocket'. The CLEM7 may be Australia's longest road tunnel, but you could still be in and out of it in under four minutes. ...
Brisbane's CLEM7 tunnel opensABC Online
Bing bong. No avoiding delaysBrisbane Times
Thumbs up for CLEM7Quest News
Sydney Morning Herald -Courier Mail -The Australian
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Brumby to ease city water restrictions
The Age
Gardeners and sports people rejoice: the state government is set to wind back Melbourne's 3a water restrictions, which have been in force for almost three years. Suburban sportsgrounds are set to be the main beneficiaries of today's changes, ...
Melbourne's water restrictions to be easedABC Online
Melbourne to be on Stage 3 water restrictions from Good FridayHerald Sun
Bulk entitlement rejectedCountry News

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ABC Online
Bartlett faces the Tasmanian election test
ABC Online
This Saturday, Tasmanians will be the first Australians (by exactly half an hour) to cast a vote, in the year Kevin Rudd - already a clear leader in the claiming-underdog-status stakes - hopes to be re-elected. They have a clear choice, ...
Greens have big parties in a panicThe Australian
Greens back on the brink of powerSydney Morning Herald
Heroin claim a sign of Labor panic: GreensABC Online
The Australian -ABC Online -ABC Online
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ABC Online
Rudd plan won't fix rural doctor shortage: RDA
ABC Online
More than $630m will be spent over the next decade funding hundreds of extra GPs and specialist places. (ABC TV News) The Rural Doctors Association (RDA) says the Federal Government's plan to train more doctors will not ...
Julia Gillard will roll Kevin Rudd says Liberal Ian MacfarlaneHerald Sun
Kevin Rudd hits new low with votersNEWS.com.au
$630m prescription to end doctor crisisThe Australian
The Canberra Times -Reuters India -Sydney Morning Herald
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Climate blueprint could slash emissions
ABC Online
A new report says Australia could cut its emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 through measures which would cost households less than $4 a week. ClimateWorks Australia, a partnership between Monash University and the philanthropic Myer ...
Climate study reignites ETS debateSydney Morning Herald
ClimateWorks report to reignite debate over policyThe Australian
Abbott carbon plan 'unworkable'Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
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CBC.ca
Thailand's Abhisit rules out snap polls amid protests
The Hindu
Supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra lead a march to a Thai army base in Bangkok on Monday. SINGAPORE: Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday ruled out snap polls, even as protesters rallied and picketed a military ...
Thai protesters to spill own blood on streetsABC Online
Thai protesters vow to spill their own bloodThe Associated Press
Two soldiers wounded in attack on military compound in BangkokXinhua
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BigPond News
Cops with tickets 'let off with warning'
Sydney Morning Herald
Most traffic fines issued to Victorian police officers and employees are reduced to official warnings on request, new figures show. Statistics obtained under Freedom of Information and viewed by the Herald Sun newspaper showed Victoria Police sworn and ...
Cops get off lightly on road finesHerald Sun

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ABC Online
Floods from Queensland stream into northern NSW
Sydney Morning Herald
Floods from Queensland have entered northern NSW, cutting off roads and isolating farms and small communities. Following torrential rain that deluged southern parts of Queensland in late February and early March, the State Emergency Service (SES) is ...
Residents stock up as floods isolate townsThe Australian
Flood-hit communities warned to prepare for long isolationABC Online
Residents given flood evacuation deadlineABC Local
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