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• The decision: It's Julia Gillard
  JULIA Gillard has survived as prime minister, as two of the three Independents back Labor.
  
  
• Canteen lady stole $186,000 for skin care
  HOSPITAL worker who stole $1300 a week for skin care products given two-year suspended sentence.
  
  
• House searched for missing woman
  POLICE have wrapped plastic sheets around the home of a missing Perth mother while carry out further forensic investigations into her disappearance.
  
  
• Court confirms freedom to fly balloons
  A JUDGE overturns a ruling that banned child protection group Bravehearts from flying balloons.
  
  
• Feral goats had better watch out
  A PLAN to control feral goats throughout New South Wales is to be developed over the next two years.
  
  
• State says sorry over adoption trauma
  WESTERN Australia to become first state to apologise to women, children and families affected by past adoption practices.
  
  
• Policewomen on traffic duty hit by car
  TWO police officers have been struck by a car as they went to direct traffic after a road accident in Sydney's west.
  
  
• Body found in search for teen skier
  MISSING schoolboy Evan Greenwood's body found 2km from Snowy Mountains ski lodge.
  
  
• Victorian floods threaten more towns
  SWOLLEN rivers have peaked, say emergency crews, as residents in towns downstream brace for fresh disaster as water heads their way.
  
  
• 'Momentum suggests Labor win'
  AFTER 17 days, a decision on our next PM is coming - and Labor insiders are said to be confident.