PHOTOS: Dramatic rescue in Tasmania

5:24 PM AEST | Search and finally rescue of three young locals from Sheffiled, who went on a rafting trip down the Mersey River on Sunday at Union Bridge Road Mole Creek and came into difficulty when the rapids become too large for them.

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PHOTOS: The aftermath of the wild weather

9:46 AM AEST | Damaging winds wreaked havoc on the Illawarra at the weekend.

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Special Father's Day for Creswick family

9:03 AM AEST | FATHER’S Day yesterday held a special significance for Creswick’s Burns family.

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Magnets a near-fatal attraction for Liljana

8:44 AM AEST | Swallowing a single magnet would probably have been harmless. But Liljana King is lucky to be alive after ingesting three of them.

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Bendigo's rain average matched

8:34 AM AEST | Downpour brings Bendigo's monthly rain average by Saturday morning.

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Independents set to reveal their choice

8:26 AM AEST | Australians will know who will form government as early as today, after the three Independent MPs spent the weekend analysing the information they gleaned over the past fortnight of talks. |

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Wild wind gusts blow down power line, trees

8:21 AM AEST | Wind gusts of up to 80km/h wreaked havoc during the weekend around Maitland and the Hunter.

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Missing rafters winched to safety

8:14 AM AEST | The rescue helicopter located the three rafters after their expedition went off course early this morning. |

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Sony finally brings its e-readers to Australia

7:44 AM AEST | It's taken six years, but Sony has at long last brought its e-reader range - in the form of the just-launched Sony Reader Touch ($299) and Pocket Editions ($229) - to Australia.

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Effluent flows into Molonglo after deluge

7:39 AM AEST | Thousands of litres of partially treated effluent has spilled into the Molonglo River as heavy rain inundated a sewerage system. |

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Alexander eyes end to decade drought

3:00 AM AEST | BEN ALEXANDER had to think back 10 years to when he last played in a championship team - to the under 15s.

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Young Wallabies' coming of age a moment to savour

3:00 AM AEST | This was the moment for which Australian rugby has been waiting for so long. The importance of the Bloemfontein triumph cannot be overestimated. A critical hurdle in the team's progress towards the World Cup next year has been successfully negotiated.

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