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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of Southeast Queensland

5:27 PM | Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds and large hailstones in parts of southeast Queensland this afternoon, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

National - General

Atrocity abattoir had passed many audits

4:49 PM | The NSW government is under pressure to tighten the regulation of abattoirs after it was revealed that a slaughterhouse shut down this week over animal cruelty concerns had passed recent inspections and audits without the practices being detected.

National - General

Distance no problem as Black Caviar posts 18th straight win

4:20 PM | She had never run further than 1200 metres before, but the Orr Stakes [1400 metres] at Caulfield was simply a procession for Black Caviar today, as the $1.05 favourite posted an 18th successive win.

National - Sport

Doubles win puts Aussies a step closer to big guns

3:43 PM | Australia has completed the first step in its intended - and long-awaited - return to the Davis Cup's elite world group by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead against China in the Asia/Oceania zone group tie at the Geelong Lawn Tennis Club.

National - Sport

Judge tosses out PETA bid to free orcas

1:10 PM | A federal judge has dismissed the bid of animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to free the performing orcas of the Seaworld amusement park.

National - General

Fat's entertainment! And we're the biggest loser

3:00 AM | The concept of sitting down during dinner to watch the morbidly obese standing half naked and being asked, 'How do you feel about your body?' is beyond my comprehension.

National - General

For a few dollars more

3:00 AM | Tony Abbott feels lucky, punk, but actual Coalition policies remain thin on the ground.

National - General

Suicide among children as young as 11 at alarming levels

3:00 AM | Girls as young as 11 are committing suicide at an unprecedented rate in Northern Territory indigenous communities where family violence is rife.

National - General

Putting the fun into feminism

3:00 AM | These new poster girls like their bras and know how to have a chuckle, writes ANNIE STEVENS.

National - General

Hospital computer system found lacking

3:00 AM | THE computer system that runs emergency departments across NSW is chronically underfunded and produces inadequate patient records, according to an independent report commissioned after some hospitals last year lost so much confidence in the software they returned to manual record-keeping.

National - General

Turning point for sex-change teens

3:00 AM | A new case may review approval for treatment in adolescents, writes Julie Robotham.

National - General

Rubbish dump transformed into park oasis tips its hat to the past

3:00 AM | IT'S hard to believe that 21 years ago the lush green landscape of Sydney Park was a bleak industrial area used as a rubbish tip.

National - Environment

Gloom and boom - Sydney counts the cost of a shocking summer

3:00 AM | Joe Girgenti has been driving ice-cream vans for 26 years. But his five trucks have spent much of the past few months tucked under a carport. ''It's been the worst summer that I've had,'' he said. ''There are no people. It's raining or it's windy or it's cold.''

National - General

Stealing for affection, not money

3:00 AM | The millions bought apartments she never lived in, jewellery she never wore and the attention she craved, write Paul Bibby and Lisa Davies.

National - General

Going, going - six years later, gone

3:00 AM | IT TOOK eight real estate agencies, seven price drops and almost six years to sell but the former site of Moog Wine + Food has finally changed hands.

National - General

Tseng fights tears as the going gets rough

3:00 AM | Despite her troubles, world no 1 is still even-par overall and just six shots from the lead.

National - Sport

Jubilant Gai goes west with confidence

3:00 AM | GAI WATERHOUSE is intent on tapping into Western Australia's mining-boom wealth on a three-day flag-flying mission to Perth.

National - Sport

Betting against Moody's great mare is only for the foolhardy

3:00 AM | EVEN betting kinky, as in eccentric not sexy, it is difficult to find an attractive gamble about the champion sprinter Black Caviar in today's Orr Stakes at Caulfield.

National - Sport

Bashford can't resist the thrill of a punting coup

3:00 AM | ''It used to come up in the paper on the form of my horses, 'watch market, big betting stable', I used to laugh about that,'' - Cliff Bashford

National - Sport

Slow-coaches not helping Pakistan team

3:00 AM | MANY people queried my decision to apply for the head coaching job for Pakistan. After their recent whitewash of England, you know why.

National - Sport

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