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  1. Heavy rain and wind lashes Melbourne, Victoria bit.ly/LyN4tQ 13 minutes ago via web
  2. Breaking news: Corby eligible for parole application bit.ly/JIKhtM about 1 hour ago via web
  3. Scotland launches 'yes' independence referendum campaign bit.ly/K3RUj7 about 1 hour ago via web
  4. Police forces across Australia are to be provided with new, more accurate DNA profiling kits bit.ly/KZ4SMz about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. AFP considering whether to investigate death threats against suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson bit.ly/JXQ19v about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. Clubs NSW wants to trial program that would make students' bullying behaviour in high school count in the real world bit.ly/JXNGvb about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
  7. Papua New Guinea's government has declared a state of emergency in three provinces bit.ly/JXKyzs about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. Man charged over murder of boy more than 30 years after his disappearance in NY prompted major rethink on child safety bit.ly/KYUK6q about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Two Sydney sisters accused of forcing girls to prostitute themselves have been refused bail bit.ly/JXDHGr about 5 hours ago via TweetDeck
  10. A woman accused of running a child prostitution ring in Sydney's south-west has been refused bail bit.ly/JXu4rg about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. The captain and navigational officer of a cargo ship which ran aground off NZ last year have been jailed for 7 months bit.ly/JXq8Xo about 6 hours ago via TweetDeck
  12. The governor of Kerobokan prison in Bali has cast doubt on Schapelle Corby's chance of winning parole bit.ly/JXjNeH about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  13. Rangers plan to shoot the kangaroo which attacked children and a pregnant woman on the NSW south coast on Wednesday bit.ly/KwkM2V about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  14. Take our 'week in news' quiz to see how closely you've followed events around the world bit.ly/JXi6Ol about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck
  15. Here's more detail on the sentencing of the driver who caused the police chase that led to toddler Sky Sassine's death bit.ly/KkKOVP about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck
  16. #Earthquake struck 10km east of #Christchurch and was followed by a magnitude 3.5 aftershock about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
  17. There have been no immediate reports of major damage #christchurch #earthquake #nzquake about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck