Four homes lost, worst over in Vic fires

A huge bushfire burning in the Grampians region of Victoria is now 41-thousand hectares in size. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S fire chief says the worst of the state's bushfire emergency is over. Four homes have been lost in the Grampians fire,...

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Aust man faces US sex charge extradition

AN Australian man faces extradition to the US after allegedly posing as a teenage girl or boy online to trick and then extort boys into performing sex acts on the internet. Mark Anthony Warren, 49, was arrested in NSW after an investigation...

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Vic Grampians residents begin evacuation

Residents in Victoria's Grampians region have begun evacuating due to a large bushfire. Source: AAP A BUSHFIRE burning in northwest Victoria could claim more lives and damage properties, the state's fire services commissioner says. The...

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Arsonists light Vic urban fringe fires

ARSONISTS have deliberately sparked 12 fires in Victoria as soaring temperatures and strong winds create the most dangerous fire conditions since Black Saturday. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay said police believe 12 of the 68 fires...

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Aust-first hand therapy aims to close gap

IN an Australian first, Royal Melbourne Hospital has launched a rehab clinic providing dedicated support to ensure stroke victims regain use of their hands and arms. The standard three-week rehabilitation course for public stroke patients is focused...

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Sydney home hit with suspected Molotov

AN elderly couple have escaped from a suspicious fire police believe was sparked by a Molotov cocktail thrown at their home in Sydney's northwest. The couple were woken by a loud noise in the early hours of Tuesday and found a small fire burning...

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Father not a danger to daughter: police

Emergency workers are searching for Greg Hutchings and daughter Eeva Dorendahl(pic)in NSW. Source: AAP EMERGENCY service volunteers and police are searching scrubland for a father and daughter who have gone missing on NSW's far north coast....

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Redcliffe by-election set for February 22

THE by-election for the Queensland state seat of Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, will be held on February 22. The seat became vacant after former LNP member Scott Driscoll quit parliament in November because he was found guilty of misleading the...

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Trio attempt to abduct man in Sydney

A MAN has escaped an abduction attempt in a Sydney car park, police say. The 29-year-old was getting out of his vehicle in an underground car park in Dulwich Hill in Sydney's inner west on Saturday night when three men allegedly approached him....

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Suspicious fire destroys mowing company

FIFTY firefighters were needed to bring a roaring fire under control at a lawn-mowing business north of Adelaide. The blaze in Willaston, which was well alight by 5am on Sunday, is being treated as suspicious. A fire service spokeswoman says...

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