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9 Aussies safe in Haiti, others still missing

January 13, 2010 19:20:00

Federal Government officials are trying to locate a small number of Australians believed to be in the vicinity of the devastating Haiti earthquake.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, emergency-incidents, australia, qld, haiti

Govt under pressure over fire website overload

January 13, 2010 16:03:00

The State Opposition has criticised the Government over a communication breakdown during yesterday's bushfires. [MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, bushfire, states-and-territories, tas

Search for six missing after canyoning trip

January 13, 2010 15:20:00

Police are searching for six people who have failed to return from a canyoning trip in the Blue Mountains.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, australia, nsw, katoomba-2780

Oil rig leak could have been prevented

January 13, 2010 15:00:00

One of Australia's largest oil spills might have been prevented had the NT Government properly monitored wells, watchdog claims.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, pollution, states-and-territories, australia, nt, darwin-0800

West coast kayak rescue

January 13, 2010 13:41:00

Two kayakers circumnavigating Tasmania have been rescued off the state's west coast. [MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, tas, strahan-7468

MP concerned flood relief is inadequate

January 13, 2010 13:25:00

The State Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries, is urging the New South Wales Government to increase the financial relief available to farmers who have suffered significant stock losses in the recent floods.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, floods, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, brewarrina-2839, dubbo-2830, orange-2800

Backhoe work blamed for gas leak

January 13, 2010 13:14:00

Houses and businesses were evacuated at Thebarton in Adelaide at lunchtime because of a gas leak.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, sa, adelaide-5000, thebarton-5031

Gas leak sparks evacuations in Blue Mountains

January 13, 2010 13:02:00

A gas leak in the Blue Mountains has forced the evacuation of hundreds of businesses and homes.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, australia, nsw, katoomba-2780

Long, wet night for fisho after mishaps

January 13, 2010 12:00:00

A Darwin fisherman had a long, wet night after a series of mishaps, Northern Territory Police say.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, australia, nt, darwin-0800

Young stinger victim speaks of her ordeal

January 13, 2010 10:00:00

A 10-year-old girl has told of her ordeal after being stung by a potentially deadly box jellyfish in central Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, human-interest, animal-attacks, qld, calliope-4680, gladstone-4680, rockhampton-4700

Heavy rain as cool change hits SA

January 12, 2010 12:31:00

A cool change moving across South Australia has brought some heavy rain and ended five days of extreme heat.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, weather, weather-phenomena, rainfall, sa, adelaide-5000, mount-gambier-5290, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341, whyalla-5600

Fire towers left unattended during heatwave

January 12, 2010 11:10:00

Fire authorities say it is unusual for two fire towers to have been left unattended in the southern Wimmera during yesterday's extreme fire conditions.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, fires, ballarat-3350, horsham-3400

Shed destroyed in tuna factory blast

January 12, 2010 08:52:00

The Ambulance Service treated a person after an explosion in a shed at a tuna factory at Port Lincoln.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, industrial-fires, sa, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540

Rescued yachtsman charged

January 12, 2010 07:46:00

A Brisbane yacht skipper has been charged over a rescue operation in north Queensland.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, maritime-accidents, emergency-incidents, law-crime-and-justice, crime, antisocial-behaviour, australia, qld, bowen-4805, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740, townsville-4810

Fines urged for bushfire 'gawkers'

January 11, 2010 10:21:00

A push is being made to impose a 'gawkers fine' on sightseers who hang around bushfire zones.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, bushfire, local-government, states-and-territories, mobile-phones, australia, sa, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540

Two drownings in SA heatwave

January 11, 2010 09:11:00

A man drowned in West Lakes and a woman at nearby Semaphore beach during Adelaide's heatwave.[MORE]

Tags: death, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, sa, adelaide-5000, semaphore-5019, west-lakes-5021, west-lakes-shore-5020

Bushwalker rescued

January 11, 2010 08:08:00

A Victorian bushwalker is being treated for a serious medical condition in the Royal Hobart Hospital after being rescued from Tasmania's central highlands overnight.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, bradys-lake-7140, vic

Light plane makes emergency landing

January 10, 2010 12:34:00

A light plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Mittagong in the New South Wales southern highlands.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space-accidents, emergency-incidents, nsw, bowral-2576, mittagong-2575

Man overcome at nudist beach

January 8, 2010 13:26:00

A man has been rushed to hospital after he collapsed at a nudist beach on the Mornington Peninsula this afternoon.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, health, people, mornington-3931

Qld emergency warning system test 'smooth'

January 8, 2010 13:21:00

Emergency Management Queensland (EMQ) says testing of the new telephone emergency warning system in the Brisbane valley in south-east Queensland has gone smoothly.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, esk-4312, ipswich-4305

Residents urged to make storm action plan

January 8, 2010 11:00:00

Emergency Management Queensland says residents across the state need to prepare an action plan in the event of a serious storm this summer.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, storm, weather, qld, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, maroochydore-4558, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810

Two people lost in national park

January 8, 2010 09:58:00

A search is underway for two people who say they are lost in the state's south east.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, sa, millicent-5280, mount-gambier-5290

Firebug suspected in scrub fire

January 8, 2010 09:48:00

A scrub fire in Adelaide's southern suburbs is being treated as suspicious.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, fires, sa, onkaparinga-hills-5163

Teenager winched to safety after hills fall

January 7, 2010 12:42:00

A helicopter was used to rescue a teenager who fell down a steep embankment in the Adelaide Hills.[MORE]

Tags: emergency-incidents, sa, adelaide-5000, leawood-gardens-5150

Council to consider more safer places

January 7, 2010 10:51:00

The Central Goldfields Shire is promising to consider more last-resort bushfire shelters for towns in the area for this summer's fire season.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, bushfire, vic, bendigo-3550, maryborough-3465, talbot-3371