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Heather Thomas spends her weekdays at university and her weekends waiting on tables at an inner-city Sydney restaurant. But the 21-year-old says that, if a push by restaurants across Australia to end extra pay for working weekends and at night is successful, she will be among droves of workers to leave the industry. ''If I wasn't being paid adequately for a weekend I definitely ...
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Skinner backs NSW anti-vaccination ban
Opposition Leader John Robertson says he will introduce amendments to the Public Health Act giving early childhood centres the right to exclude children who haven't had their shots.Health Minister Jillian Skinner says it's a responsible health policy."If I can, I'd introduce it this second," she told ABC radio on Monday.NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said on Sunday he ...
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Search for missing WA snorkeller ends
THE search for missing Canberra man Rob Shugg has been suspended, five days after he disappeared and his wife died during a snorkelling trip in Western ...
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Boy arrested after throwing flaming bottle
A traffic patrol spotted two boys acting suspiciously near the bike track at the Honeypot Road overpass at Hackham West on Sunday night.Police will allege they set alight a bottle of fuel and threw it onto the Southern Expressway, but it did not hit any cars and no one was injured.A 13-year-old boy was arrested, refused police bail, and will appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on ...
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Abbott staffer busted drink driving
Mr Abbott's office confirmed Peta Credlin was caught outside her home with a ''low-range reading'' after returning from a dinner in the capital last week.ACT Police have since confirmed a 42-year-old woman was picked up drink driving on Thursday night with a reading of 0.075.Mr Abbott delivered his Budget reply speech in Parliament on Thursday night following ...
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Aust stocks higher after Wall St record
The Australian share market is higher as another Wall Street record buoys mining and banking stocks.IG market strategist Chris Weston says the strongest University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading since 2007 spurred the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to reach fresh highs, helping Australian stocks."It's a question of a good lead from Wall Street and people buy ...
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Jordy Smith clinches Rio surf crown
South Africa's Jordy Smith has taken out the Billabong Rio Pro over highly-fancied local Adriano de Souza, who moved top of the ASP World Tour.Smith won by 1.46 points in Sunday's final at Barra da Tijuca but second place was enough for Brazil's De Souza to take the overall lead in the ASP World Tour.De Souza moved up to 18,500 points, while Smith's victory was enough to take ...
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Pluton Resources improving operating cash costs at Western Australia iron project
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pluton Resources (ASX: PLV) has been steadily improving operating cash costs at its Cockatoo Island iron ore project in Western Australia since the first shipment commenced in December 2012 and expects further reductions soon.It plans to recommence exploration in the third quarter of this year to expand its existing Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.The ...
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Alcyone Resources closes in on US$10M pre-payment for silver project in Queensland
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Alcyone Resources (ASX: AYN) has signed an indicative non-binding proposal for a US10 million silver pre-payment investment into the company that will allow it to realise current value from future expected output from its Texas Silver Project in Queensland.The proposal provides for a Metal Stream of 15% of the life of mine of silver ounce from the ...
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GB Energy granted exploration licence on Stuart Shelf in South Australia
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) GB Energy (ASX:GBX) has been granted exploration licence EL 5231 on the Stuart Shelf by the South Australian Department of Manufacturing, Trade, Resources and Energy.EL 5231 covers 945 square kilometres of the Stuart Shelf, an area on the northeast margin of the Gawler Craton identified by Geoscience Australia as highly prospective for Iron Oxide Copper ...
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Melbourne Airport drafts master plan
Melbourne Airport’s preliminary master plan proposes a third runway and the implementation of road, environmental, transport and community protection strategies. The 2013 draft master plan has been oversees the vision for the development of Melbourne Airport over the next 20 years, catering to the 64 million passengers forecast to pass through the airport each year by 2033. The new ...
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Adagold Aviation offers a charter flight solution from Brisbane to Mount Hotham direct
The Embraer 135 Regional Jet or ERJ-135, is an exciting charter jet now available for Australia-wide air charter requirements. This newly arrived regional jet offers Brisbane ski-buffs the ability to travel on a private charter aircraft from the Queensland capital directly through to Mount Hotham in speed and style – and all for a very reasonable price. With no commercial airline ...
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GPT sells Erina Fair stake
Property owner GPT Group has sold its 50 per cent stake in the Erina Fair shopping centre on the NSW central coast for $397 million. GPT made the sale as it looks to more-evenly balance its portfolio between retail, office and industrial properties. Its 50 per cent interest in Erina Fair was sold to a client of Lend Lease Investment Management, at a one per cent premium to its value as of ...
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Abbott COS Credlin on drink-drive charge
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's most senior adviser has been booked for drink-driving. Peta Credlin, wife of the Liberal Party federal director Brian Loughnane, was breathalysed outside her Canberra home while returning from a dinner last week. Mr Abbott's chief of staff recorded a low-range reading. "She accepts without reservation that she has done the wrong thing and the ...
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Leighton to renew its board
Construction giant Leighton plans to name new board members within weeks following an upheaval earlier this year. The company is working to find four new independent directors, chairman Bob Humphris told the company's annual general meeting on Monday. "Our focus is on the quality of our directors," he said. "We expect to be in a position to announce appointments before the ...
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Polls show split on PM support
A majority of Australians appear to be strongly supporting the federal coalition but are divided about who should be prime minister. The latest polls in the countdown to the September 14 federal election maintain Labor's underdog status, with the government failing to win much support for its budget. Labor's primary vote is firm at 31 per cent while backing for the coalition eased ...
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Australia way older than you think
REMEMBER when you were taught that Australia was discovered by James Cook in 1770 who promptly declared it "terra nullius" and claimed it for the British ...
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Thieves raid jewellery store
The robbers smashed their way into the jewellery store on Holmes Road about 1am.Police say they searched the inside of the premises before removing a quantity of jewellery and gem stones from the store.It’s’ believed the offenders are driving a white mid-90s Holden Commodore. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 ...
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Three die in two crashes in horror hour
The two crashes happened within about 10 minutes of each other, but were in very different parts of the state.The first crash happened about 3.50pm when an 89-year-old woman crashed her Daewoo hatch into a tree in Ludgate Way in Gwelup.Police said the woman had just left a house in that street before the crash occurred.The second fatality happened about 4pm near Denmark, about 420km south of ...
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NSW teachers back OFarrell on funding
TONY Abbott is putting politics ahead of the interests of thousands of children by opposing the federal government's schools funding plan, NSW teachers ...
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NSW property sector backs OFarrell on GST
THE NSW property industry has backed calls by Premier Barry O'Farrell for the changes to the GST to be included in a debate on tax ...
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Australia stocks gain on bank mining advances
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Australian stocks rose Monday, a stronger start for the benchmark index as banking and mining issues posted gains. The S&P/ASX ...
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Australian shares rally as weak $AU underpins market banks gain
Sun May 19, 2013 8:17pm EDT (Updates with movements in early trade) SYDNEY May 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares climbed 0.7 percent on Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed on the back of Wall Street hitting fresh record highs and as the weak Australian dollar underpinned stocks exposed to the U.S. market. Companies with largely U.S. dollar-based earnings benefit when profits gained abroad ...
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Labor MP proposes temporary tariffs to help Australian car makers
Nick Champion, the federal Labor MP for Wakefield, has called for a temporary 5-10 per cent tariff on imported cars to shield local automotive makers from the effects of the high Australian dollar. "We have limited options to help the automotive industry but one is a special tariff in these unusual circumstances of an abnormally high Australian dollar while competitors are devaluing ...
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New road runway in Melbourne Airport plan
MELBOURNE Airport says its plans for a third runway, new road and a rail link will help the city cope with a doubling in passenger numbers. The plans for a third runway, to the south of the current runways, were unveiled in the airport's draft master plan, which was released for public comment on Monday. The new runway would mean more aircraft noise for thousands of residents at Gladstone ...
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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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