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Escaped goat gives Australian police the runaround
Telegraph.co.uk
Police were called to Elliott Avenue, Parkville in Melbourne at about 10.20am on Monday after the animal was sighted running in and out of traffic. It is unclear where the goat came from but Australia's Nine Network television channel reported that it ...
Melbourne's elusive goat finally caughtSydney Morning Herald

Wandering goat captured near Melbourne ZooHerald Sun
Runaway Goat Causes Chaos, Mystery in Melbourne, AustraliaABC News (blog)

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BBC News

St George on 'knife's edge' as flood peak nears
ABC Online
The fate of St George, in Queensland's southern inland, rests on a makeshift flood levee constructed by desperate locals to stave off rising floodwaters. Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate the town on the back of predictions the Balonne ...
St George holding as river nears peakSydney Morning Herald

Flood fears easing, clean-up beginsNew Zealand Herald
St George set to dodge flood bullet as Balonne River peaks lower than expectedCourier Mail
The Australian -NEWS.com.au -Herald Sun
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Brisbane Times

Water managers to front Qld flood inquiry
SBS
Two senior water managers who claim Wivenhoe dam engineers did not implement the proper water release strategies, are expected to front Queensland's flood inquiry on Tuesday. The Floods Commission of Inquiry is holding extra hearings in Brisbane to ...
Floods class action looms in QueenslandABC Online

Tide turns as officials admit Wivenhoe Dam strategy errorThe Australian
Bligh called 11th-hour flood reviewAdelaide Now
Courier Mail -NEWS.com.au
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Sydney Morning Herald

Gillard aims to time it right as voters back race equality
Sydney Morning Herald
Aboriginal leader Patrick Dodson and Prime Minister Julia Gillard share a joke at the National Gallery of Australia. Photo: Karleen Minney ALMOST two-thirds of voters support changing the constitution to recognise indigenous people as the first ...
Taxpayers foot bill for Labor barbecueThe Australian

Australia Struggles to Fight RacismJakarta Globe
Australia PM: economy has underlying strengthMarketWatch

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HSU corruption campaigner accused of misconduct
ABC Online
The head of the Health Services Union, who has been campaigning to rid the union of corruption, has been accused of financial misconduct. EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: The campaign to clean up alleged financial misconduct at the Health Services Union is ...
Watchdog warned of HSU probe interferenceSydney Morning Herald

A HSU royal commissionThe Australian (blog)

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Liberal turncoat Peter Slipper's flipped his wig
NEWS.com.au
Peter Slipper (right) plans to take Parliament back to the future by wearing a plush Speaker's gown. Source: Herald Sun LIBERAL turncoat Peter Slipper plans to take the Parliament back to the future by wearing a plush Speaker's gown and other regalia ...
Peter Slipper has flipped his wigHerald Sun

Old-fashioned Slipper flips his wigAdelaide Now
Liberal 'rat' Peter Slipper wants pomp in parliamentThe Daily Telegraph

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Sydney Morning Herald

Follow the leader - it's not a game
Sydney Morning Herald
IS THE Labor leadership issue a bizarre beat-up entirely confected by the news media? Certainly not. Is it an unstable and shifting situation, which may lead to a challenge, and which is notoriously difficult to report? Absolutely.
Labor given new hope by latest pollABC Online

Kevin Rudd supporters canvassed Rob Oakeshott on leadership changeThe Australian
Brown: I'll deal with whoever is leaderNinemsn
WA today -NEWS.com.au
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Sydney Morning Herald

Shooting follows Facebook feud
Sydney Morning Herald
Police are investigating the death of a man who was shot dead after a political argument on Facebook. Photo: Bloomberg COUNTERTERRORISM police are investigating the Sydney shooting of a supporter of the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, ...
Sydney shooting linked to SyriaThe Age

Man hit in leg in Sydney drive-by shootingABC Online
Man shot three times in the leg out the front of his home in PunchbowlThe Daily Telegraph
NEWS.com.au
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Los Angeles Times

US, Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash
Newsday
Nation Newsday > News > Nation US, Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash Originally published: February 6, 2012 2:28 AM Updated: February 6, 2012 7:58 AM By The Associated Press SYDNEY - (AP) -- Award-winning American cinematographer Mike ...
Filmmakers die in helicopter crashSydney Morning Herald

Top filmmakers Mike deGruy and Andrew Wight die in chopper crashNEWS.com.au
Top filmmakers Mike deGruy and Andrew Wight have died in a NSW chopper crashThe Australian
ABC Online -The Daily Telegraph -BBC News
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BigPond News

Body found in fridge linked to fatal crash
Sydney Morning Herald
A FIERY crash on the Great Western Highway on Saturday evening was just the beginning. At first it appeared to be a tragic accident - a 52-year-old male motorbike rider veered onto the wrong side of the road as he negotiated a sweeping right-hand bend ...
Brutal murder found after man's motorcycle 'suicide'NEWS.com.au

Motorbike crash link to fridge bodyHerald Sun
Body in fridge may be linked to biker's head-on crashWA today
Ninemsn -BigPond News
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