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.The weather bureau says ex-tropical Cyclone Olga may re-intensify into a cyclone when it reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria. Olga is expected to move inland from the north Queensland coast, after weakening and losing its structure as it approached Port Douglas from the ocean. . "It will try to spin up again but it may be short-lived, because its path at that stage will probably result in it crossing land again towards the Northern Territory side," he said. Senior forecaster Brian Rolstone says...

.Cyclone Olga has crossed the far north Queensland coast and the weather bureau says the main danger has passed. The cyclone crossed close to Cape Tribulation and is breaking up as it moves across land. "It's pretty well passed apart from the rainfall we don't expect the winds to be up around the 100 kilometres an hour for much longer they should start easing off," he said. The weather bureau's regional director Jim Davidson says the system has been downgraded to a category one and the danger...

.The Federal Government is reminding people they risk fines of up to $110,000 if found trying to bring illegal handheld lasers into the country. It follows an alarming increase in the number of laser pointers seized in the past six months. . Nearly 6,000 lasers were seized by customs and border protection officers, compared to just over 6,500 in the entire previous financial year. "Members of the public should also be warned that some retailers selling handheld laser pointers on the internet advertise them as being under...

.Melbourne Homicide detectives hope information gleaned from retracing the last movements of a slain Indian man will lead them to his killer. Nitin Garg, 21, died after being stabbed in a Yarraville park three weeks ago. Yesterday police set up an information caravan and last night they re-enacted his movements to try to jog people's memories. "Certainly people who have seen him on the train, they might have seen other people hanging around him, or watching him," he said. Detective Senior Sergeant David Snare

.The International Confederation of School Principals says there is no evidence to suggest rating schools will help those that are disadvantaged. The Federal Government and the Education Union are at odds over the merit of a website to be launched this week which gives schools a "disadvantage" rating. The confederation's Australian-based executive secretary, Ted Brierley, says the system has failed in England and the United States. The rating is based on parents' income, Year 12 retention and numbers of Indigenous students, and will be published on the...