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Indias batting and NZs bowling to the fore
New Zealand were the best bowling side in the league phase of the Champions Trophy. They took 25 wickets at an average of 21.56 and a strike rate of 26.70. India took an equal number of wickets, though at a higher average (27.80) and strike rate (33.5). Pakistan were the most economical bowling side, conceding only 4.48 runs an over in their three matches. South Africa's bowling economy of ...
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Australian sports firm refutes charges of financial irregularities
Australian sports management firm Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which finds itself in the midst of controversy regarding the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, has refuted allegations of any financial ...
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Vic police misleading on abuse church
Peter O'Callaghan, QC, the independent commissioner in charge of the Catholic Church's Melbourne-based complaints system, has submitted to the state's child sex abuse inquiry that Victorian police had told "blatant untruths", News Limited reports.He said a great deal of police evidence was "misconceived, misleading and damagingly wrong".Deputy Police ...
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Iran South Korea Australia reach 2014 World Cup
South Korea's defender Kim Chang-Soo (back) competes for the ball with Iran's midfielder Masoud Shojaei during their World Cup Asian qualifier match in Ulsan, southeast of Seoul, on June 18, 2013. Asian giants Iran, South Korea and Australia reached the 2014 World Cup but Uzbekistan narrowly failed to book their place on a dramatic night of ...
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Australias NSW govt plans sale of Newcastle coal port
By John McGarrity LONDON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:46pm EDT LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, said it plans to sell Newcastle port, the world's biggest coal export terminal, meaning another chunk of the country's vast resources industry could be sold to foreign buyers. The state's budget for 2013-2014 delivered on Tuesday ...
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NCEMA Australian Government sign MoU
WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) --National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA), today signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia Director of Public Prosecution, Roger Wilkins. The move comes in line with the efforts to activate joint international cooperation and bolster the existing partnership between the UAE and Australia as well. The deal aims to ...
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Australia 1-0 Iraq | World Cup qualifier match report
Australia claimed their ticket to Brazil but fans' nerves were kept jangling in a manner befitting of the Socceroos' often tortured World Cup history.Only seven minutes were left on the clock when Josh Kennedy, a peripheral figure throughout this World Cup campaign, scored the decisive goal shortly after entering the fray. It may not have had quite the same heart-pumping ferocity as ...
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Iran Korea Republic Australia book passage to Brazil
Australia now join Japan, the Asian Cup-holders who booked their ticket a fortnight ago, at next year's FIFA World Cup as the only countries to have qualified alongside hosts Brazil.Although all four Asian qualifiers are familiar names at the FIFA World Cup, the year-long elimination process has been hard-fought and came down to the last week of the final group stage. Ex-Middlesbrough ...
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Hughes seeks to repair confidence
Phillip Hughes is adamant he can repair his shaken confidence in three warm-up matches ahead of the first Investec Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, starting with Australia A's fixture against Gloucestershire in Bristol from Friday. A paltry return of 57 runs in five limited-overs innings on this England tour so far has not enhanced Hughes' claims to a spot in the Australian top order ...
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Aussies can win Ashes - Inverarity
LONDON – Australia's chairman of selectors has told England now is not the time to dismiss his side's chances of regaining the Ashes, despite the controversy currently engulfing the ...
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Roxon backs PM slams sexism in final address
Former Labor minister Nicola Roxon has railed against sexism in Australia while praising Julia Gillard as an ''amazing Prime Minister''. Delivering her valedictory speech in Parliament on Tuesday, Ms Roxon urged her Labor colleagues not to allow internal tensions to distract them from their mission. Australia's first female attorney-general described Ms Gillard as ...
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Labor risks majority crisis
A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider options such as a sudden recall of Parliament to test Labor's majority or even the appointment of Tony Abbott as prime minister. Another option would be the commencement of an immediate caretaker period before an early election. With pressure building within ...
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Former Olympian Scott Miller arrested reports
Former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller has reportedly landed in trouble for drugs again. Miller was arrested this afternoon, Channel 7 reported, leaving an apartment in Mascot with several grams of methamphetamine and about $17,000 in cash. Police have confirmed a 38-year-old man was arrested and charged with being in receipt of stolen goods and possessing a prohibited substance. The 38-year-old ...
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More will live alone with dementia report
THE number of people living alone with dementia is expected to grow, putting them at risk of malnutrition, falls and accidents, a peak body ...
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Australian Style Nicole Kidman Naomi Watts And Other Aussies We Can Learn From
folks Down Under have it going on in the style department , too. Whether they're wearing a classic suit or an elaborate Dior gown, they clearly know what's up. So much so, in fact, that sometimes if feels as though they are in on a few beauty and style secrets that we Americans aren't privy to. (We're huge fans of the Aussie ...
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NRL South Sydney name Tom Burgess to make NRL debut
Redfern 2016 Another Burgess brother has come off the assembly line with Tom to replace his suspended identical twin George in the South Sydney team to face Parramatta on Sunday.Tom, the fourth of the Burgess quartet, is set to make his NRL debut after being named on the bench in the Rabbitohs squad for the Olympic stadium match.George was stood down after he was charged for allegedly smashing ...
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NAPLAN agency blames teachers principals for turning exams into high-stakes test
The agency in charge of national literacy and numeracy tests has blamed principals and teachers for pressuring students to do well in the controversial exams. It says student stress and anxiety stem from ''poor communications between schools and their communities'' leading to false perceptions NAPLAN is a high-stakes test. But the NSW Teachers Federation said blaming ...
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Holden asks Adelaide staff to take pay cut to lower costs
Request for pay cut: The average wage for production staff is approximately $55,000. Holden will ask employees at its Adelaide plant to accept a pay cut, in a bid to slash its labour costs - or risk the company's manufacturing arm leaving Australia. ''Australia is among the most expensive places to build cars anywhere on the planet,'' Holden managing director Mike ...
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Former Ponzi scheme high-flyer 52 dies after heart attack
Karl Suleman, who was jailed for six years over an elaborate Ponzi scheme, has died. The 52-year-old suffered a heart attack at his home in Horningsea Park, south-west Sydney, on Monday evening. Once described by a judge as ''a highly intelligent and articulate person'', Mr Suleman (pictured) became very wealthy in the early 2000s through his internet company ...
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Calls to child abuse helpline rise 300
Four times as many child abuse survivors are seeking professional help since a royal commission into the issue was announced last year, research shows. Adults Surviving Child Abuse says calls to its helpline have risen 300 per cent since November when it was revealed there would be an inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. ''The royal commission has helped break ...
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Shame pressures affluent women to hide domestic violence say experts
The shadow of domestic violence readily falls across the wealthy and famous, as Nigella Lawson has discovered, but few choose to report it to the police because of shame. The focus was on lower socioeconomic households, Tracy Howe, chief executive at NSW Women's Refuge Movement, said, but the statistics failed to recognise the unreported problems across the affluent suburbs of Australia. ...
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Rising stars in exquisite harmony
, his full, honest tone and well-paced phrasing allowed the melodies to unfold in all their heart-tugging glory. The collective sound of AcO2 is exquisite and homogenous, a tribute to the musicians of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, who have sought these rare talents. This concert is repeated at City Recital Hall on June 21, 22, 25 and ...
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Osiecks subs help spark Socceroos
Like they have for the entire World Cup qualification campaign, the Socceroos had to play the most nervous of waiting games. Just seven minutes and some brave - and ultimately successful - substitutions from Holger Osieck separated Australia from possible disaster at the hands of Iraq. The Socceroos needed only a win to secure passage to Brazil. For 83 of the 90 minutes, Iraq threatened to be ...
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We go to Rio Australia into World Cup
Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014. Given the problems they had in breaking down such an inexperienced and youthful Iraqi side, it is a legitimate question to ask ...
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Socceroos clinch World Cup berth
As big as helping Germany win a World Cup. That's how Socceroos coach Holger Osieck rated the nerve-jangling 1-0 win over Iraq at ANZ Stadium on Tuesday that secured Australia a third successive World Cup berth. The Socceroos' hopes of direct qualification looked to be hanging by a thread until Kennedy headed home a Mark Bresciano cross in the 83rd minute to book Australia a place in ...
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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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