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Wild winds down south, heat is on up north

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 2:21am EST

WILD storms have ripped through Victoria, prompting more than 1000 calls to emergency services as intense winds wreaked havoc.
MP living in shelter after alleged bashing

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:01am EST

LABOR MP Jodie Campbell is staying in a women's shelter after alleged assault, as the PM called men who bash women cowards.
Rape arrest 16 years after crime committed

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:01am EST

A MAN is behind bars 16 years after he allegedly raped a mother at knifepoint as her children listened to her cries for help.
Green plan sees school ban bottled water

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:01am EST

STUDENTS told to drink tap water and use only environmentally friendly re-useable containers.
'Torture is OK ... oops, no it's not'

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:01am EST

LIBERAL MP forced into an embarrassing back down after saying there is a place for torture.
Torture call cops a blast

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:00am EST

AUSTRALIA should start torturing high-risk prisoners, including terror suspects, a federal Liberal MP has argued.
Corby transfer backed

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:00am EST

A BID by Schapelle Corby's family to have her serve her jail time in Australia has been backed by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.
Prosecutors take back rape 'facts'

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:00am EST

PROSECUTORS in a controversial rape case have admitted they were wrong to say a drunken woman passed out before being raped.
MP in women's shelter

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:00am EST

MEN who attack women are cowards, says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who is supporting one of his own MPs allegedly bashed by her boyfriend.
Mistakes not child's play

Posted: August 26th, 2009, 12:00am EST

CHILDCARE workers could lose their entire annual salary for silly little computer mistakes, including typing a child's name incorrectly.