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<pubDate>Tue, 27  Jul 2010 13:02:32 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Site safety now desal priority, says union</title>
<description>The construction union says some workers have decided never to return to the Adelaide desalination plant building site.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27  Jul 2010 12:31:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Air traffic control plan criticised</title>
<description>The solution to Tasmania's air traffic safety concerns has come under fire, because it may not be implemented until the end of the year.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26  Jul 2010 16:21:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Council wants lower speed limits near childcare centres</title>
<description>A Launceston City Council Alderman wants speed limits reduced near all Tasmanian child care centres.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26  Jul 2010 10:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Concerns continue over Tasmanian air safety</title>
<description>The dispute over air safety in Tasmania continues.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26  Jul 2010 08:46:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Cabinet gears up in Roma</title>
<description>Cabinet is meeting in Roma in southern inland Qld today, in the wake of angry farmers who protested on Sunday against mining projects in their regions.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26  Jul 2010 07:15:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Tests find low levels of chemicals in bore water</title>
<description>More test results from a coal gasification plant in Queensland's south Burnett region have indicated no dangerous levels of cancer-causing chemicals in bore water.</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25  Jul 2010 12:36:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Melbourne to take late night control of Tas airports</title>
<description>The Federal Government has promised to implement 24 hour air traffic control at Hobart and Launceston airports.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24  Jul 2010 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Works approved for dangerous old dam</title>
<description>The Mid-Western Regional Council has approved works on Redbank dam near Mudgee after it was found lives could be in danger if the walls of the structure break.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22  Jul 2010 10:22:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Hunter road safety program to go state-wide</title>
<description>There are plans for a state-wide rollout of a student driver education program, after its success at a Hunter Valley high school.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22  Jul 2010 09:19:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Court told toddler's bed did not meet safety standards</title>
<description>The Deputy State Coroner has heard the bunk bed, in which a 2-year-old boy died after he became trapped, did not meet national standards.</description>
<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/21/2960426.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21  Jul 2010 17:33:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Oil clean-up a 'huge, uncontrolled experiment'</title>
<description>A US congressman has warned the massive oil clean-up may be doing more long-term damage than the spill itself.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21  Jul 2010 16:32:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Car seat confusion increasing risks to children</title>
<description>A new study says about 80 per cent of parents use the wrong child safety seat, do not use the seat correctly or both.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20  Jul 2010 07:22:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Tough lifejacket laws set to surface</title>
<description>New South Wales Maritime says it will use tough, new laws to clamp down on people in the state's South East who don't wear lifejackets.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16  Jul 2010 11:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Farm safety campaign launched in Mudgee</title>
<description>A guide to help educate young and inexperienced farm workers is being released at Mudgee Field Day on Friday to reduce the number of accidents on properties.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16  Jul 2010 09:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Pool owners urged to install barriers</title>
<description>The New South Wales Government is urging people to make sure their backyard swimming pools are safe from children in the winter months.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08  Jul 2010 08:44:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Residents reject wind farm health findings</title>
<description>Campaigners against wind farms have rejected a report finding no scientific evidence to link wind turbines to health problems.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05  Jul 2010 15:36:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Push for needle exchange in  jail</title>
<description>Health reform advocates say it is very unlikely that there has been only one hepatitis C transmission in Canberra's jail.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23  Jun 2010 09:27:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Light sabre laser could cause blindness</title>
<description>It looks like a toy based on the Star Wars films - a laser shaped like a light sabre - but experts say it is incredibly dangerous and could start a fire or cause blindness.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17  Jun 2010 23:03:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Inspectors seize record number of dodgy toys</title>
<description>A record number of dangerous toys has been seized and destroyed in Victoria this financial year.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12  Jun 2010 13:30:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Students strap on gear for snow study</title>
<description>School Students in the New South Wales High Country will be taking part in a study this ski season that aims to improve the safety of children on the slopes.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10  Jun 2010 07:42:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Police report more regional drug labs</title>
<description>Victoria Police says increasing numbers of secret drug laboratories are being found in regional Victoria.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09  Jun 2010 11:40:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Budget delivers hospital, Picton Rd funds</title>
<description>The New South Wales budget has delivered a funding boost to Wollongong Hospital and Picton Road.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08  Jun 2010 14:19:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Budget funds target hospital, Picton Rd</title>
<description>The New South Wales budget has delivered a funding boost to Wollongong Hospital and Picton Road.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08  Jun 2010 14:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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<title>Asbestos woes keep PCYC closed</title>
<description>The Police Citizen Youth Club (PCYC) says its building in central Wagga Wagga is likely to remain closed for six to eight weeks.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08  Jun 2010 11:09:00 +1000</pubDate>
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