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Now super size titanium replica of insects to help study bugs
Australian scientists have used state-of-the art technology to create super-sized titanium replica of insects. The CSIRO research would soon enable them to handle and examine bugs, some of which are so small that they are barely visible to the naked eye, in large-scale detail for the first time, News.com.au reported. CSIRO used 3D technology to create a computer-aided design file of exact ...
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Scientists identify 280 craters on moon
A team of Australian scientists has identified 280 craters on the moon's surface using a combination of gravitational data and topographical images from satellites, media reports said. A high-definition map prepared by the researchers at Curtin University in Perth identifies lunar craters not previously detected, ABC reported Tuesday. The project was initially designed to capture ...
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Forget dinner or movie First dates need more excitement
Three out of four Australians have claimed to be watching the clock during first dates, a new survey has revealed. According to relationship councillor and author Elly Taylor, people are playing it too safe when planning the dates or not even planning them at all, the Daily Telegraph reported. Taylor said that a dinner and a movie don't bring out the best in us, and wearing clothes that you ...
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Australian fashionistas mourn closing of Lisa Ho boutiques
Australian fashionistas are mourning the closing of the Lisa Ho fashion house, which has dressed stars such as Olivia Newton-John, Jennifer Lopez and Elle Macpherson over the past three decades. Lisa Ho Group, which has total debts of some A$10.47 million ($9.91 million), handed over control of its operations to receivers earlier this month as part of its bankruptcy filing. The Lisa Ho ...
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Australia A squad to add players from defeated Champions Trophy team
Cricket Australia (CA) will reportedly be sending certain players from the defeated ICC Champions Trophy squad to join Australia A to maximise preparation time for the Ashes. Following a disappointing pool-round exit from the Champions Trophy, Australia will use the extra time before the opening tour match to give some players time with the A team, who completed a 93-run first-class win over ...
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Clarke says does not need any serious back surgery
Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he does not believe that his degenerative back condition requires a serious operation, despite the dire predictions made regarding his long-term future in cricket. Clarke is on track to play in the opening match of the Ashes tour next week against Somerset after missing the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, the Sydney Morning Herald ...
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Clarke on course to play in Ashes
Bringing a ray of hope for the Australian team after their disastrous ICC Champions Trophy campaign, captain Michael Clarke is on course to play in the Ashes. After missing all three Champions Trophy matches with recurring back problems, Clarke is set to play the first of two four-day warm-up games, against Somerset next week, before the first Test begins at Trent Bridge on July 10, News.com.au ...
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UAE Australia hold talks
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have held talks over a number of issues of mutual interest and explored ways to develop bilateral relations in all sectors. The talks were held Tuesday between General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's deputy prime minister and Roger Wilkins, the visiting Australian director of public prosecution. Other important officials were also present on ...
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280 new moon craters identified
Using ultra-high resolution mapping techniques, scientists from Australia have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before. The researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia used computer modelling of lunar gravity and topography data to explore detailed basins that would be obscured using other methods, Xinhua reported. A total of 66 of the craters identified ...
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Hughes Wade join Australia A squad
Left-handed batsman Phil Hughes and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade will join the Australia A squad here Tuesday ahead of their final tour match against Gloucestershire beginning Friday. Skipper Michael Clarke, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers will remain in London to prepare before the Ashes squad officially assembles June 24. Australia were knocked out ...
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Charles Saatchi confesses to assaulting wife Nigella Lawson in public
Celebrity cook Nigella Lawson's billionaire husband, Charles Saatchi, has admitted that he assaulted his wife by choking her in public during a heated fight at the Scott's restaurant in Mayfair. Earlier he had described his act as merely a 'playful tiff' with no grip during a discussion where he was trying to 'emphasize' a point, the Herald Sun reported. Saatchi was interrogated for five hours ...
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Dalai Lama promotes peace and pop in Melbourne
The Dalai Lama promoted peace and a pop song during an event in Melbourne. The Tibetan spiritual leader also spoke at the Melbourne Convention Centre to a crowd of about 6000 devotees. Actress Magda Szubanski hosted the event and introduced a pop song in which he features. According to the Herald Sun, introducing the song, she said that it would be pretty cool to see his Holiness at number ...
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NRL investigates claims of racial attack on Oz rugby players wife
The National Rugby League (NRL) of Australia has reportedly been investigating claims that spectators had racially abused the wife of a rugby player during a match last Friday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, NRL football operations director Nathan McGuirk had confirmed that the body's integrity unit was aware of claims that the wife of Canterbury forward Frank Pritchard's wife Raima, ...
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Peek-a-boo at Warnes lavish up-for-grabs 15 mln-dollar mansion
Pictures of Australian spin legend Shane Warne's luxurious mansion, which has been reportedly put on the market for 15 million dollars, have been revealed to the public. According to Telegraph.com.au, Warne, who is believed to be heading for a luxury manor house in the English countryside, is preparing to bowl over buyers with a full-blown marketing campaign for the four-bedroom Italianate ...
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Oz woman develops French accent after suffering head injury in car accident
An Australian woman has developed the French accent after she met with a serious car accident, during which she suffered a broken back and jaw. Leann Rowe's ordeal began eight years ago, when she woke up in Melbourne's Austin Hospital after her accident, the Herald Sun reported. As her jaw began to heal, Rowe regained her ability to speak, but she noticed that she was slurring her words and ...
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Fawad Ahmed picked for Australia A cricket tour of Africa
Australia 's Ashes squad, has been named in the party for next month's A tour of Africa. The 31 year old claimed refuge in Australia three years ago after he fled his native Pakistan claiming he was being persecuted by the Taliban and has since gone on to forge a successful career in domestic cricket. A recent amendment to the Citizenship Act meant that Fawad would be allowed to ...
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Socceroos celebrate with fans in Sydney
The triumphant Socceroos have celebrated booking a place in next year's World Cup in Brazil with hundreds of fans in Sydney on Wednesday. Peter Allen's famous tune I Go to Rio rang through the crowd as the players were feted at a public reception outside Customs House in Circular Quay. The 1-0 win over Iraq in front of over 80,000 fans at ANZ Stadium the previous night was enough to ...
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Australia Leading Index Suggests Above-Trend Growth
economy in the coming quarters, a report from Westpac and Melbourne Institute showed Wednesday. The annualized growth rate of the leading index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months into the future, was 5.4 percent in April, comfortably above its long term trend of 3 percent. The level of the index increased 1.8 points from a month earlier to 294.0 in April. ...
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Surfer swims with whales off Gold Coast
300m offshore of Broadbeach surf club a kayaker gets to splash around with a mother and her calf. Surfer Jordan Hart films as he swims with whales about 300m off Broadbeach yesterday, June 18, ...
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Michelle de Kretser wins Miles Franklin literary award
Michelle de Kretser has been named winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin literary award for her fourth novel, Questions of Travel, at a ceremony in Canberra on Wednesday lunchtime. De Kretser beat four other shortlisted authors – all women, for the first time in the prize’s history – with her novel set in Australia and Sri Lanka, where she was born, that touches upon travel, ...
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Ex-WA premier faces insider trading trial
Former West Australian premier Brian Burke has pleaded not guilty to four charges related to insider trading. Burke, 66, entered the plea in person at Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court in Perth on Wednesday. His co-accused, former Patersons Securities stockbroker David John Massey, 57, also pleaded not guilty to the same charges. The charges followed secret recordings by the Corruption and ...
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Ruckman excited about Lions AFL future
Brisbane ruckman Matthew Leuenberger believes he's committed himself to special times ahead after signing a contract extension with the AFL club. The 25-year-old put an end to speculation linking him to several clubs including Greater Western Sydney by signing a two-year extension to his deal with the Lions on Wednesday. Leuenberger is one of several young Lions who will be expected to ...
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Economic outlook boosted by share rally
A measure of economic growth in the coming months has strengthened because of growing company profits and gains on the share market. The Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months in the future, was 5.4 per cent in April, well above its long-term trend of 3.0 per cent. The two major reasons for the above-trend reading ...
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WorleyParsons shares rise on Nigeria deal
SHARES in mining engineer WorleyParsons are up three per cent after a South Korean shipbuilding giant awarded it a $US100 million ($A105.97 million) offshore oil and gas contract in ...
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NSW kitchen fires spark warning
AN elderly woman whose arms were burnt and a man who suffered severe hand burns are among the victims of more than 200 kitchen fires in NSW in just six ...
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Australia the energy superpower?
A new boom in the extraction of Australia's natural gas reserves will have immense economic benefits for the country and especially the state of Western Australia, but conservationists warn of an environmental impact.
Australia is a country rich in natural resources, because of this its economy is an export driven one, and coal, iron ore, wool, meat, gold, and wheat are some of its main exports. It was in the 1920’s that Australia’s economic potential was underpinned by the gold rush that saw its population triple in size in just ten years. Read more
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