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Wednesday 19 January 2011

Australia news

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William Hague warns Commonwealth risks becoming irrelevant

William Hague has warned that the Commonwealth risks "sliding into irrelevance" unless it decides to take a more active role in spreading democracy and preventing conflict across the world.

19 Jan 2011

Father mourns 13-year-old Australian flood victim

John Tyson remembers his teenage son, Jordan Rice, who died after pleading with rescuers to save his younger brother first.

19 Jan 2011

Victorian towns prepare for floods as river levels rise

Up to 1,500 homes in Kerang, in the north of Victoria state, could be affected if the Lodden River rises any further.

19 Jan 2011

Australia floods: 'little hero’ Jordan Rice buried

Jordan Rice, the Australian teenager who died during the Queensland floods after insisting rescuers save his younger brother first was a “hero” confronting his “biggest fear”.

19 Jan 2011

William Hague pledges 'new era' of relations with neglected Australia

William Hague has accused the former Labour government of neglecting Britain's relationship with Australia and the Asia-Pacific region in favour of a narrow focus on Europe and the United States.

18 Jan 2011

Australia floods: victims faced with recovery levy

Australians suffering from the nation's worst natural disaster in decades could be forced to contribute to help rebuild roads, railways and key infrastructure damaged by the widespread flooding.

18 Jan 2011

Blow-up doll 'float'

Teenagers rescued from Australian floods after using a blow-up doll.

18 Jan 2011

Australia: government considers flood levy

Australia’s government is reportedly considering a taxpayer levy to help pay for massive flood rebuilding, while preserving the budget’s path back to surplus in 2012-13, as one major bank warned that the damage bill could reach A$20 billion (£12bn).

18 Jan 2011

Nicole Kidman has second child

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have added a second daughter to their family, born through a surrogate mother.

17 Jan 2011

Australia floods spread to southern states

Floods have hit New South Wales and Victoria after spreading south from Queensland.

17 Jan 2011

'Breaker' Morant campaigners seek meeting with Liam Fox during Australia visit

Campaigners who want the British government to pardon Boer War soldier Harry "Breaker" Morant have called on Liam Fox, the defence secretary, to meet them during his trip to Australia this week.

17 Jan 2011

Australia: crisis moves to Victoria

Towns in the southern Australian state of Victoria were on Monday bracing for their biggest floods in 200 years as the death toll from the natural disaster in Queensland rose.

17 Jan 2011

Australia floods: Victoria braced for worst floods in 100 years

Thousands of people have fled their homes in Victoria as extreme flooding now threatens the southern Australian state.

16 Jan 2011

Australia floods: animals affected by devastating floods

Snakes, crocodiles and sharks have hampered flood rescue efforts in Australia, but hundreds of animals have died in the disaster.

16 Jan 2011

Jordan Tyson's father tells of his death in Brisbane floods

Three days ago, a stranger turned up on the back porch at the home of John Tyson, who lost his partner, Donna Rice, and their son, Jordan, in the Queensland floods.

15 Jan 2011

Jordan Tyson's father tells of his death in Brisbane floods

Exclusive: John Tyson speaks about losing his partner Donna Rice and their son, Jordan, in the Queensland floods.

15 Jan 2011

It's shocking how normality can vanish in a flash

The Brisbane floods and the honeymoon murder in Mauritius show how precarious life really is, says Jenny McCartney.

15 Jan 2011

What was the role of warmists in the Queensland flood disaster?

Australia was told to prepare for droughts as a result of climate change, and let down its guard against flooding, writes Christopher Booker.

15 Jan 2011

Brisbane floods: Kevin Rudd treated for foot injury after flood efforts

Kevin Rudd, Australia's former prime minister, has been treated in hospital for a foot infection after he spent hours helping Brisbane residents during the flood crisis.

15 Jan 2011

Queensland floods: youngest victim named

23-month-old baby victim of deadly flash flood that killed 16 and left 28 missing.

15 Jan 2011

Australia floods: journey to the epicentre

It is on the desolate streets of Grantham that the extent of the devastation wrought by Queensland's flood disaster is at its starkest.

14 Jan 2011

Australia floods: amateur footage of Brisbane floods

Dramatic amateur footage has emerged of the moment the deadly floods struck Queensland.

14 Jan 2011

Charles sends message to Australian flood victims

The Prince of Wales has sent a message of "solidarity" to the victims of the Queensland flooding.

14 Jan 2011

Brisbane: flooded suburbs hide deadly dangers

Individual heroics more prevalent than fatalities as floodwaters peaked.

13 Jan 2011

Coal prices to rise with Australia's water level

London-listed mining groups remain tight-lipped about the impact of the Queensland floods. But there is, one thing on which everyone agrees; the price of coal is going to move higher.

13 Jan 2011

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