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00 Updated December 1, 2009 10:17:00 South Australia has recorded its hottest November on record, with some regions setting rainfall records as well. The average temperature for the month was 26.6 degrees Celsius, which was 3.5 degrees above average.

The McClures have stayed on the family farm, while those they grew up with have left for greener pastures, writes Debra Jopson. Sally and James McClure, who are siblings, ran from their farmhouse in the wee hours about a week...

A three-year-old girl drowned in a pool in Broken Hill yesterday, while on Saturday a one-year-old boy could not be resuscitated after being found in a pool in central-western NSW. Police appealed to parents to take extra care this summer....

In 1942, his plane was shot down over Belgium and he was captured. He was later awarded the Croix de Guerre for not only evading capture for some days but, after he was caught, for not disclosing ''information relating to...

The miner plans to raise $55 million through a one-for-three rights issue at 42c a share, an 18.4 per cent discount to its last sale price...The issue is backed by Perilya's controlling shareholder, Zhongjin of China. It took a 50.1...

Unique...Dr John Benson photographs the spinifex and porcupine grass on Mundi Mundi mountain near Broken Hill...Sightings of hundreds of endangered tawny rock dragons, whose males fiercely compete for female attention by waving their front legs ''as if to say: 'Hi...

Melbourne Cup leered out of a plasma screen on Christmas Island yesterday...In Broken Hill a barmaid won the sweep at the Tydvil Hotel, but it was unclear whether she shouted or not...An unusually high number of bets were placed on...

Point duty ... the cottage at Sugarloaf Point lighthouse. Penny Watson tracks down some of the best places to stay in NSW national parks and nature reserves. The slightly bolshie hotel receptionist looks at me with scepticism written all over...

Travis Keyser was on Big Brother in 2008 and has recently been working as a presenter and DJ at a radio station in the Silver City. Remembered for his high pitched voice, Mr Keyser, 21, is currently the youngest candidate...