A 20km-wide surge of water could sweep through rural Victoria today after the levee at Kerang broke this morning
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Fox shoots and injures hunter, escapes
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HUNTER becames hunted as a fox manages to shoot him in the leg with his own gun.
Fans cross over half-time lap dance
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LACROSSE fans stunned when half-time entertainment includes lap dances for the team's mascot.
Couple floating on dolls rescued on Yarra
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FOUR police cars, nine SES volunteers and two ambulances turned up to help inflatable couple.
Goldilocks bandits hungry for porn, booze
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INTRUDERS break in to a house to cook up a feast, steal alcohol and look at internet porn.
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FOUR men arrested over alleged suburban gun battle which left one man dead, another wounded.
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Motorcyclist dies after crash with backhoe
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A MOTORCYCLE rider has died after his Harley Davidson collided with a John Deere backhoe at Kingswood, near Bega.
Sea of despair hits bay
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EVERYTHING from an Ipswich TAFE library card to a large, living brown snake is being found washed up on the foreshore at Sandgate.
Williams' accused's self defence plea
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THE man accused of murdering gangland killer Carl Williams is due to stand trial in September.
Halliday suffers head injuries in crash
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AUSTRALIAN cycling champion and triple world champion rower Amber Halliday remains in a serious condition in hospital with head injuries.
West Aussies ditch university
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FEWER West Australians have applied to study at university this year, despite an increase in the number of school leavers applying.
Sex lives on gossip web page
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Pickers out of work
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Two shot by gun in backpack at school
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POLICE say two students wounded in a shooting were hit by one bullet when a gun in a backpack fired.
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INSURERS are warning consumers against complacency when arranging flood cover for their homes and businesses.
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Hi-tech centre to get Brisbane running
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Woolworths, Coles in 'world power list'
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LOCAL supermarket giants Woolworths and Wesfarmers make it into the world's top 25 retailers, financial advisers Deloitte say.
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