Flood warning for Victoria

8:03pm | AAP

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Two dead in horror crash

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UPDATED 18.04: TWO women have been killed and a man is fighting for his life after a horrific road accident north of Melbourne.

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Hicks gets freedom back

7:10pm | AAP

IN 31 days David Hicks will be a free man. For seven years the US military and then Australian police have traced his whereabouts.

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'Soap operas have White Australia policy'

so when can we xpect a KOORI family (indigenous) to appear in tha bay? or perhaps on ramsy st???????????come on it's 2008! havent we evolved as a nation????? ...

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