Daily Archive for February 16th, 2010

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Summer crops ‘lowest in 3 years’

RAIN in January and February has done little to stop summer crop production reaching its lowest level in three years, the nation’s commodities forecaster says.

Cancer genes’ role in breast density

AUSTRALIAN scientists have found gene variants known to increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer also play a determining role in the density of her breast.

Birth And Heart Attack At AC/DC Show

The AC/DC shows in Melbourne this week nearly saw someone enter the world and someone depart.

My Kitchen Rules tops ratings

THINGS are heating up for My Kitchen Rules, which whipped up season high ratings of 1.47 million on Monday.

Grubby and Dee Dee Talk To My Sharona

Melbourne breakfast radio team Grubby and Dee Dee had a scoop this morning when they talked to Sharona Alperin, this morning following the news of the death of The Knack singer Doug Fieger.

Hitmen Reunite With Niagara

The Hitmen are getting back together and artist Niagara will be joining them on the road.

No oil spill only surf ‘diatoms’

COFFS Coast residents wondering why local waters have been looking brown and contaminated can rest easy.

Technology drops car emissions

CARBON dioxide emissions from new vehicles have fallen to their lowest level on record, new figures show.

Girl’s death in spa ‘preventable’

THE tragic drowning death of a girl who became attached to a filter drain at the bottom of a spa on the NSW Mid North Coast was “preventable”, a coroner says.

Sick PNG girl takes dinghy to Oz

A PAPUA New Guinea girl, close to death after local doctors were unable to treat her tuberculosis, has been saved after travelling to Australian on a dinghy.