31.  Hundreds of firefighter reinforcements were being flown into Sydney from other Australian states and neighboring New Zealand.

32.  Hundreds of reinforcements were being flown in from other Australian states and neighboring New Zealand.

33.  Independents and non-mainstream parties hold the balance of power in nearly all Australian state and the federal parliaments.

34.  It has gone nearly a year without taking effect because legislatures in each Australian state and territory had to separately approve it.

35.  It sent a copy of its proposal to Prime Minister John Howard and the leaders of all Australian states and territories.

36.  Legislators in the Australian states of Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and the capital territory of Canberra have said they would consider similar laws.

37.  Major newspapers in two Australian states on Sunday began toughening and reviewing security after the anthrax scare in the United States.

38.  On Wednesday, a labor union in the Australian state of New South Wales said it will target French ships and aircraft to protest the resumption of nuclear testing.

39.  Recently, in New Zealand and the Australian state of Queensland, therewere unprecedented power blackouts.

40.  Queensland sports minister Mick Veivers offered congratulations to Webb, saying the Australian state has the two best golfers in the world in Norman and Webb.