18:10:00 20/01/2011
Floodwaters are continuing to flow across northern Victorian, washing over towns along the way. Levees and sandbags have saved many homes from the water but the crisis is far from over.
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18:14:00 20/01/2011
Swift water rescuers share stories about working to save people in the devastated Lockyer Valley. Meanwhile, State Treasurer Andrew Fraser is warning the insurance industry to stop splitting hairs over the wording of policies and pay up. Plans for the first payments from the Premier's Flood Relief Appeal will be announced in the coming days. More
18:18:00 20/01/2011
The nation's intelligence agency ASIO is being sued in the Federal Court over security assessments that have kept three Sri Lankans in immigration detention for more than a year after being rescued by the Oceanic Viking. ASIO found that they posed a security threat, despite having been found to be refugees. More
18:22:00 20/01/2011
Economists thought today's Chinese growth figures would register a decrease in economic activity, but it went up. Over the past year Australia's biggest trading partner recorded a whopping 10.3 per cent growth, according to figures released today. More
18:26:00 20/01/2011
A leading breakfast cereal producer is boasting that its products have been granted the Heart Foundation's Tick of approval. But a leading nutritionist says the Tick program ignores the sugar content of cereal, so the big red tick is no guarantee that the breakfast is healthy. More
