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  1. Don Lane passed away this morning, said his manager Jayne Ambrose. "His son is devastated and Australia has suffered a great loss today".
  2. JUST IN -- Australian TV legend Don Lane has died aged 75.
  3. Opposition Leader Turnbull says PM Rudd's border protection policy has failed and caused "a surge of extraordinary kind" of boat arrivals.
  4. The Navy intercepts a boat carrying 32 asylum seekers near Australia's Christmas Island, Govt says. Transfer underway to the island.
  5. A "massive" explosion of a tradesman's van in Melbourne's south has extensively damaged nearby homes, no injuries have been reported.
  6. ANZ to lift standard variable rates by 0.25 per cent to 6.06 per cent from Monday.
  7. Australia's unemployment rate falls to 5.7% from 5.8% in August.
  8. URGENT -- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center cancels all Tsunami Warnings and Watches for the Pacific.
  9. CARE Australia staff in Vanuatu report on twitter "can see big wave coming".
  10. Australian authorities continue to indicate there is no threat to the country despite the wider pacific warning.
  11. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has expanded the Tsunami Warning to include Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Samoa.
  12. ALERT -- A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED FOLLOWING VANUATU QUAKE, SOUTH PACIFIC WARNINGS CONTINUE: PTWC
  13. Another major aftershock of 6.2 magnitude has struck 289 km NW of Vanuatu.
  14. Australian authorities say no tsunami waves have been observed that pose a threat to the Australian mainland, islands or territories.
  15. Australia cancels the Queensland Tsunami Watch.
  16. Fiji and Tuvalu are evacuating people in coastal areas. In Vanuatu, a reporter has told Reuters people were running for higher ground.
  17. Authorities in New Caledonia are evacuating people to higher ground from the island's eastern shore following the tsunami warning: Reuters
  18. ALERT -- STRONG 7.3 AFTERSHOCK STRIKES NORTHWEST OF VANUATU
  19. Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre issues a Tsunami Watch for offshore Queensland islands and territories.
  20. ALERT -- TSUNAMI WATCH ISSUED FOR QUEENSLAND OFFSHORE ISLANDS