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Morning Express Sydney jewellers robbed
Morning Express has been up and running for a couple of months now, and we’d like to gauge your thoughts on what you like - and what you don’t like. We have three multiple-choice questions for you to answer. Go on, ...
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Boy woman injured in Qld house blast
Emergency services were called to the house in the southeast Queensland city after reports of an explosion about 5.20pm (AEST) on Sunday.The Department of Community Safety says when crews arrived the house was extensively damaged and two people were found injured inside.A boy, aged seven, had burns to his chest and airway and a woman of unknown age had burns to her feet.Both are being treated in ...
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Police treating fire that claimed tattoo parlour on Eight Avenue Gold Coast as suspicious
A TATTOO parlour has been completely destroyed in a fire on the Gold Coast overnight with police treating the blaze as suspicious. The blaze consumed the Eight Avenue business around 1.20am Monday. Police guarded the scene overnight with scientific officers due to visit the scene later today. A police spokesman was unable to confirm if the business had bikie links. Investigations are ...
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Aussies having palliative care problems
ALMOST 20 per cent of Aussies who have cared for a dying loved one say they found it tough to access palliative care services, according to a new survey. The Palliative Care Australia (PCA) survey found 17 per cent of those who had cared for a loved one in their final weeks of life considered it difficult to access palliative care. Forty-eight per cent of those surveyed said dealing with their ...
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Australian market set to open higher
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street again set new records.At 0630 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,212.In economic news on Monday, the Commonwealth Bank business sales indicator for April as is the National Australia Bank's business customer satisfaction ratings and the ASX launches exchange-traded bonds.John ...
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Morning Express More sun for Sydney
: Brisbane v Gold Coast, Full Time 32-6South Sydney v Wests Tigers, Full Time 54-10St George Illawarra v Parramatta, Full Time 32-12Penrith v Warriors, Full Time 62-6North Queensland v Sydney Roosters, Full Time 8-12Cronulla v Canberra, Full Time 30-20Newcastle v Canterbury-Bankstown, Full Time 44-8Melbourne v Manly, Pre game 20-May-2013 ...
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Two jewellers robbed in Sydneys west
Police said two wholesale jewellers were approached by two men armed with a gun and a large knife at a shopping centre car park at Rhodes about 6pm (AEST) on Sunday.The thieves, who both had their faces covered, threatened the jewellers before robbing them of a large sum of cash and jewels. The pair fled in a green Honda Accord.No one was injured in the ...
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$16.2bn school funding at risk - PM
AUSTRALIAN children will miss out on $16.2 billion in school funding over the next six years if a massive shakeup to education funding is foiled by Tony Abbott, the Government has ...
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Private health insurance backflip
THE Coalition has walked away from a promise to scrap means testing of the private health insurance rebate, with Joe Hockey confirming it will have to stand in the face of the budget ...
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New medicines lowest in 20 years
Just 15 new medicines were added to the scheme last year, 40 per cent fewer than the 20 year annual average of 25 new drugs a year. The slow down listings came despite the government saving five times more than predicted from its reforms to ...
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Holdens signs similar to Mitsubishi
"I see similarities and some significant differences [between Mitsubishi and Holden]. But what troubles me most is that combination of the [high] dollar and [cheaper] production costs offshore are a powerful cocktail that make it difficult for the industry to survive here. The likelihood of further job losses in manufacturing is very ...
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Abbotts legal team pro-bono again
TONY Abbott won't be paying a cent to fight a $1.5 million lawsuit by One Nation co-founder David Ettridge with the Opposition Leader getting his high-powered legal team ...
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Fast food fat tax debate on menu
A GOVERNMENT backed study is investigating whether to back a fat tax on McDonalds, KFC and other fast foods in a bid to tackle Australia's obesity ...
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Boy 13 assaulted with bat in Sydney home
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has been assaulted with a baseball bat while he was home alone in Sydney's southwest. Three men, armed with the bat and with their faces concealed, forced their way into a home on Cowdrey Way, Bonnyrigg, about 2.30pm (AEST) on Sunday, police said. The boy was threatened and assaulted with the bat before the trio escaped empty-handed towards a nearby shopping plaza. The ...
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Cairns turns out in Ride for Tanya
The sun had not yet risen when more than 1000 cyclists made their way to the field, warning lights flashing, and began the 14km north to Trinity Beach.The procession stretched for 4.5km as the riders, wearing everything from lycra and cycling shoes to thongs, made their way past the site on the Captain Cook Highway where just a week before Tanya Roneberg was struck by a car and died.Her parents ...
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Today The Cairns Post launches its Share The Road Campaign
Since 2006, 13 people in the region have died after being hit by a vehicle, the most recent of these being Tanya Roneberg, who was killed on May 11 while cycling along the Captain Cook Highway.This is more than double most other regions and still well above the southeast corner, with South Eastern region being the next highest at eight deaths, according to figures released by the Department of ...
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Polls good news for ag
NEWSPOLL research has painted an optimistic picture of Australian agriculture's future and highlighted stronger than anticipated support for corporate farming. The Rural Pulse research was released last week, launching a new series investigating issues pertinent to rural and regional Australians. The issues included rural business and community wellbeing contrasted with metropolitan ...
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Getting sowing dates right
Crops are only as early as the first rain THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector. The wide range of planting dates for the same crop you can see paddock by paddock reflect that it is very much an individual decision for farmers. And DEPI Victoria grains industry program manager Chris Sounness said time of sowing would continue to be ...
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Bring back Grandmas best
Country girl Rebecca Sullivan is a champion of good food, which is probably why she heads a 'granny movement' that brings back old kitchen skills. Rebecca's aptly titled book Like Grandma Used To Make reveals simple household skills such as how to bake bread, make jam, pickle onions, and sew a button on a blouse - skills that have largely been lost. "The idea for the book ...
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State fruit fly threat grows
INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened risk of fruit fly infestation, according to Agriculture Minister Gail Gago. The Minister told Parliament earlier this month that calls for a round-the-clock quarantine station at Bordertown and running existing stations 24 hours a day would require co-investment from industry. "If they ...
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Thousands of new mums face mental illness
THOUSANDS of Australian babies are being born to mothers with mental health problems, according to research which highlights the need for early intervention and ...
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Racing Innes beats Aussie jockeys
Leith Innes says, no, he's not looking to establish himself in Australia despite winning Saturday's A$500,000 Doomben Cup and after comments by the Cup-winning trainer Chris Waller. Innes, on a Queensland working holiday, won the Doomben Cup on Beaten Up, one of Waller's three runners in Saturday's feature. In a late-week interview Waller said Innes had been engaged for Beaten Up ...
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Economy wide spending up in April
The prospects for Australian businesses are looking healthier, with spending across the economy rising for the eighth consecutive month.Commonwealth Bank's Business Sales Indicator (BSI) found that spending rose 0.5 per cent in trend terms in April.It was the eight month-on-month increase in a row, with spending up 4.9 per cent in April compared to a year earlier.CommSec chief economist ...
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Folau in Cooper out for Australia
Australia's coach Robbie Deans has not often been described as a risk taker and after scrutinising the Lions squad and noting their power and physicality he decided the mercurial attributes of the fly-half Quade Cooper, who is not the most eager of tacklers, would have worked more to the advantage of the opposition than the Wallabies.Cooper, who fell out with Deans last year after ...
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Vic third runway to impact on 3000 homes
MELBOURNE Airport's proposed third runway will put more than 3000 homes in Tullamarine, Gladstone Park and Broadmeadows under the new flight ...
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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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