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South Australia hopes for weather break as fires rage near Adelaide

With thunderstorms expected to strike South Australia within hours there are fears that fires that have already destroyed homes and 12,000 hectares

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At least 26 homes destroyed in raging South Australia bushfires

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Catastrophe as South Australian wildfires spread and temperatures rise accompanied by hot winds

Firefighters in South Australia are battling to bring a number of wildfires under control as weather conditions look set to hamper efforts over the

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Two people missing as South Australia wildfires destroy more homes

Slightly cooler weather has helped the operation to try to contain a massive wildfire in South Australia. But the authorities say the situation

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Australia: lives in danger as bush fire threatens Adelaide suburbs

A massive bush fire in South Australia has destroyed homes and is putting people’s lives in danger. The fire is out of control on several fronts and

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Fires rage in southern Australia as temperatures soar

Fire fighters are battling to control fires in three states in southern Australia as temperatures soar to 40 degrees Celsius and winds are expected

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New Year Celebrations of 2015

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2015 welcomed with spectacular fireworks displays in Australia and New Zealand

In New Zealand, one of the first countries to greet the New Year, fireworks were set off from the top of the Auckland Sky Tower

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Darwin Award? Man’s bid to raid ATM blows up in his face

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The Wild Oats supremacy

Sydney to Hobart: Wild Oats XI takes line honours for a record-breaking eighth time

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Two men arrested by counter-terrorism police in Australia

Australian counter-terrorism police have arrested two men in Sydney in connection with a planned attack.

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Freeman's Olympic body suit turns up after 14 years

The body suit worn by Cathy Freeman during the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics may have turned up 14 years after going missing. Freeman

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Memorial services held in Sydney for cafe siege victims

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Sydney church this morning for the funeral of 34-year-old cafe manager, Tori Johnson. Johnson was killed while

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Cairns mother charged with murder of eight children

Police in Queensland have charged a 37-year-old mother with the murder of seven of her children and her niece. The cause of their deaths has not yet been determined.

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Australian mother arrested after eight children stabbed to death

A mother in Australia has been arrested for murder after eight children were stabbed to death on Friday. The 37-year-old, who hasn’t been named, was

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Second violent tragedy to hit Australia in a week leaves country in shock

Australia is in shock after one of its worst mass murders, which comes just days after a hostage drama in Sydney left three people dead. Eight

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Eight children stabbed to death in Cairns, Australia

Eight children have been found stabbed to death in a house in Cairns, Australia and the mother of seven of them was also seriously injured

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8 children stabbed to death in Australia

Eight children have been killed during what several media outlets are reporting was a mass stabbing in Australia’s northern city of Cairns. Police

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Police officers in Australia swap guns for paintbrushes

Police officers in Australia have been swapping guns and handcuffs for a canvas and a paintbrush. For the fourth year running, the Wollongong Art

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Families of Sydney cafe siege victims visit the scene

There have been emotional scenes in Australia, as the families of the hostages killed in the Sydney cafe siege visited the field of flowers laid out