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• Charge against Brimble accused withdrawn

  A manslaughter charge has been withdrawn against Mark Wilhelm - the man accused over the cruise ship death of Brisbane mother-of-two Dianne Brimble.
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• Two charged after $2.4m of drugs seized

  Two men have been charged after almost 100,000 pills with an estimated street value of $2.4 million were seized in Sydney's west.
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• Foreign Minister Smith off to Russia

  Stephen Smith is off to Russia for the first visit by an Australian foreign minister since 2002.
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• Cancer cluster 'likely due to chance'

  Pollution did not cause a cluster of brain tumours in a Hunter Valley mining town, according to an investigation by NSW Health.
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• Two critical after car explosion

  Two people have been critically injured when a car exploded in flames in Melbourne.
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• Patel 'tore patient's oesophagus': court

  Dr Jayant Patel accidentally tore a patient's oesophagus and nicked his jugular vein while performing a major operation, a court has been told.
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• Accused to fight Membrey murder charge

  A man charged with the murder of Elisabeth Membrey more than 15 years ago will fight the accusation, his lawyer has said.
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• Boy, 4, with meningococcal in hospital

  A 4 year-old boy is in a serious condition in an Adelaide hospital with invasive meningococcal disease.
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• Man stabs dog to death

  A man has allegedly stabbed to death a dog that bit him during a domestic dispute in Sydney's west.
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• Boat intercepted off WA

  A boat carrying 46 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted off Western Australia.
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  Abbott 'proposes dole ban for under 30s'

  PM Kevin Rudd has lambasted Tony Abbott's idea of banning the dole for people under 30, saying it was policy on the run.
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