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Support grows to fill Lake Wendouree

12 Mar 10 | SUPPORT is growing for a public campaign to raise funds for a water right to buy resources to refill Lake Wendouree. |

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Quake hits NSW North Coast

12 Mar 10 | A quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale hit parts of the state's north coast this morning waking many residents from their beds.

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Fathers share heartache for their sons

12 Mar 10 | Two fathers who loved their boys surmounted their heartache when they clasped hands in Newcastle District Court on Thursday. |

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Students farewell Olivia

12 Mar 10 | Students from Bolwarra Public School released pink and white balloons into the sky on Thursday to say goodbye to their schoolmate who was killed in a tragic car accident.

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12 Mar 10 | THE multimillion-dollar cost of fixing the bungled home insulation program will be met by drawing unspent money from the scheme that could otherwise have been used to insulate more homes, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, says. | Flood of insulation installers ... | Now taxpayers face $100m bill ... External Link

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Pedophiles in our city

12 Mar 10 | A couple who used a 13-year-old schoolgirl for pornography now live in the same suburb as their victim. The girl’s distraught mother made the discovery when she saw the woman involved in the indecent assault get into her car at Tenambit shopping centre. The mother followed the car and was shocked to see the woman go into a house three streets away from the victim’s home. |

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Two helicopters collided in thick bushfire smoke

12 Mar 10 | TWO helicopter pilots did not know they had collided as they fought the December bushfires at Macquarie Woods until they later stopped to refuel, a report from the Australian Transport Safety Bu

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Bushfire victim: I knelt and cried

12 Mar 10 | When Wayne West returned to his Brindabella property the morning after it was ravaged by bushfire, he was struck by the devastation.

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Grieving mother's plea: Pray for me

12 Mar 10 | The grief-stricken mother of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little boy.

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Sergeant quizzed on death

12 Mar 10 | Just a day after becoming a father, Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley has again faced serious questions over the death of an Aboriginal man in custody.

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FC's former Jet knows how to win the hard way

12 Mar 10 | SYDNEY FC might still be fretting over the quickly taken free kick that denied them a home grand final last Sunday but Stuart Musialik has an unusual message for his teammates: it might be the best thing that could have happened.

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Waugh still buzzing for cap No.119

12 Mar 10 | WHEN Phil Waugh first put on a Waratahs jersey almost 11 years ago, his man-of-the-match performance set a benchmark - not only for himself but other players as well.

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Lowy's FFA success spurs vote for commission

12 Mar 10 | THE Frank Lowy example - a successful businessman wields enormous power and political influence to develop a sport - was a major driving force behind the Australian Rugby League's decision yesterday to vote to form an independent commission to run the game.

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With attention back on the field, Ponting's men too good for Kiwis

12 Mar 10 | AUCKLAND: Australia lost vice-captain Michael Clarke for the business end of the Chappell-Hadlee series but still won the trophy. The tourists overcame the complexities of the Duckworth-Lewis system to win a rain-disrupted clash at Eden Park and claim the series just 48 hours before Clarke was to return to a tour he fled because of relationship issues.

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