Pharmaceutical lobby groups may delay codeine ruling and other top stories.

• Pharmaceutical lobby groups may delay codeine ruling

  A quiet push by three of the nation's most powerful pharmaceutical lobby groups to derail moves to make codeine drugs prescription-only has likely delayed a final decision until at least next year.The Therapeutic Goods Administration's Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling in October last year made an interim decision to remove codeine-containing products from over-the-counter sales from June this year, citing growing evidence of codeine-related harm. A move by three pharmaceutical lo..

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• Donald Trump's leaked tax returns reveal $6108 salary

  

  Oh, that ordinary American taxpayers, about whom Donald Trump professes to worry sooooo much, could get a deal like a 1995 bonanza by which the US taxman gave the Republican presidential candidate a truly remarkable gift – a deduction so massive that he quite likely paid no federal income tax for almost 20 years.It can reasonably be rounded to $US1 billion. The actual amount was $US916 million. And on the basis of three key pages extracted from Trump's 1995 tax papers and mysteriously mailed to..

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• Search to resume for man missing in floods

  

  Anna HitchingsAustralian Associated PressThe search for a man missing in the flood-ravaged Forbes region in central west NSW will resume for a third day after 100 volunteers failed to find him.The 49-year-old man was last seen at 12.30pm on Friday at a lake near Burcher, southwest of Forbes, where his car and boat trailer, but no boat, were found.More than 100 volunteers and emergency services personnel spent Saturday and Sunday searching for him, and plan to resume their efforts on Monday.The s..

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• Flood evacuees could wait weeks to return

  

  Anna HitchingsAustralian Associated PressFamilies in parts of flood-hit regional NSW may have to wait a week or longer to return home after a predicted flood peak this week.The SES issued flood evacuation orders for several streets in Condobolin and Wagga Wagga on Saturday and are saying it could be a week or more before residents are able to go back home."Because of the very slow fall in floodwaters we're only going to see a small change over coming days, so it's not terribly likely that those ..

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• Severe weather warning issued for Victoria

  

  SEVERE weather warnings remain in place after wind gusts up to 111km/h tore across Victoria.The Bureau of Meteorology on Sunday night warned of further blasts and heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding in major centres as a strong cold front moves east.Major centres in Melbourne, Bendigo, Shepparton, Ballarat, Seymour, Maryborough, Wodonga, Wangaratta and Geelong may be affected.“Falls up to 25mm should be common and isolated totals may reach 50mm with thunderstorms and on the higher r..

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• 'Lockerbie-style tribunal' to deliver MH17 justice

  

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• Seven dead in WA road crashes

  

  Australian Associated PressSeven people have died in a horror weekend on WA's roads, including one crash where a car was driven by an underage teenager.The 16-year-old boy was driving when he lost control of the car 140km east of Fitzroy Crossing about midday on Saturday, killing three people, including two passengers who were thrown from the vehicle.The silver Holden Commodore rolled and the driver, another 15-year-old boy and a 28-year-old man were all killed.A 16-year-old girl received minor ..

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• Grandmother murdered in Adelaide home 'innocent victim of road-rage attack'

  

  Neighbours have paid tribute to the "caring" and "doting" grandmother murdered in her Adelaide home on Friday night.Police believe 57-year-old Myrna Nilsson may have been the innocent victim of a violent road-rage attack, after she was followed from her work in Unley to her Valley View home, which she shared with her son and his young family.Detectives said she was followed home by two Caucasian men driving a white ute around 6pm. "They are beautiful people, quiet and unassuming," neighbour Bet..

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• More than 120 partygoers arrested at Listen Out Festival in Centennial Park

  

  More than 120 partygoers were arrested for drug related offences at the Listen Out Festival in Centennial Park in Sydney's east on Saturday. The arrests came as two teenage boys, who were headed in the direction of the festival, were taken to Westmead Hospital after a suspected drug overdose.  More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Security guard throws festival goer off pillar Is this the beginning of the end for speeding cars? Deer filmed alive..

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