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Australian Catholic University campus evacuated after chemical spill in laboratory

HUNDREDS of students have been evacuated from the Australian Catholic University campus after a chemical spill in a laboratory this morning. Roads around the university in Edward St, North Sydney, were closed as fire crews rushed to the scene. The

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Chemical explosion and fire at Melbourne car paint laboratory

Emergency services spent more than 90 minutes battling a fire caused by an explosion at a Melbourne laboratory today. Emergency services rushed to PPG Automotive Refinish, which develops paints for cars, on McNaughton Road in Clayton after they received a

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Bruce Highway reopens after truck believed to be carrying hydrochloric acid runs off road at Beerwah

The southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway at Beerwah have reopened almost three hoursafter a truck believed to be carrying a highly corrosive acid ran off the road. Emergency services were called to the highway near Roys Road at Bells

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Perth worker blasted in face by ammonia is rushed to hospital, six others also injured

A man in his early 20s was rushed to hospital after a high pressure pipe split and blasted ammonia into his face at a business in the eastern Perth suburb of Hazelmere. Six other people were also taken to hospital

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Endeavour Hills residents urged to steer clear of Monash Freeway after chemical spill shuts it down

TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill on the Monash after highly flammable aviation fuel spilled from a truck, forcing authorities to shut down Melbourne’s busiest freeway today. The freeway was closed between Heatherton and Stud roads, Endeavour Hills, from 11.30am

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Charleville truck explosion

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has called for a review of the trucking of dangerous chemicals in the wake of a catastrophic explosion in south-west Queensland. A two-kilometre exclusion zone was declared near Charleville after the truck, carting more than 50

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Three dead in petrol tanker crash near Wodonga

BP has recalled its entire Australian truck fleet after one of its tankers lost its trailer and crushed three people to death in the state’s north-east. A four-year-old boy and two women, aged 67 and 33, were killed when their

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Workers treated after chemical accident at Cloverlea dairy property

Three men are fighting for their lives after an accident at a dairy farm in Cloverlea, near Warragul, east of Melbourne. A farmer was inside a storage tank on the property when he was overcome with gas. His two sons

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