The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Three in court on charges connected with Michaela killing; Brisbane a ghost town as homes evacuated ahead of Australia’s Hurricane Katrina, and British banking boss says the “period of remorse is over”.

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The latest on the Michaela Harte murder investigation, good new for swine flu sufferers, and David Drumm on The Fitzpatrick Tapes: “Bullshit”.

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