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A hospital in central-western New South Wales is being evacuated as crews battle 100 fires burning across the state in hot and windy conditions. As temperatures climb into the 40s and winds strengthen, crews are keeping a close watch on...

More than 50 millimetres has fallen in Melbourne, while Trentham, north-west of the city, has received more than 100 millimetres. The State Emergency Service has responded to more than 300 calls for help, mostly for flooded gutters and damaged roofs....

Kevin Rudd has formally thanked everyone who served in Iraq, hailing them as ''the Anzacs of today''. ''The constant refrain from other commanders in the field, from political leaders around the world and from General [David] Petraeus as Supreme Allied...

His passenger, an 18-year-old woman, and the driver of the other vehicle, a 31-year-old woman, were taken to Gold Coast Hospital with minor injuries.

There was a movie of the 60s - 'a cat on a hot tin roof'. It is now the case of bikini clad girls on top of a croc-trap in a crocodile infested river in the Northern territory. The photo...

Royal Australian Air Force aircraft will conduct a flypast over Canberra as part of the Operation Catalyst Welcome Home Parade. Base Williamtown, will perform a flypast over the Australian War Memorial. The jets will travel at speeds of approximately 400...

THE hero pilot who saved the lives of his five passengers including a critically-injured woman is expecting a baby with his former girlfriend, TV favourite Simmone Jade McKinnon. Dominic James, the 33-year-old former Cleo Bachelor of the Year entrant who...

The Government has also provided more than $1.1 million under the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment for people adversely affected by the 5 November floods in the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers region. We would like to thank the...

Organisers named them as Gary Tierney, the 60-year-old driver, and co-driver David Carra, 43. Their 1974 Porsche 911 RS skidded off a right-hand bend and struck a tree on Norsworthy Road, Forreston, about 40 kilometres northeast of Adelaide. A police...