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MLA seeks methane expert
MEAT and Livestock Australia is looking for advisers to help cut emissions of methane from livestock, particularly cattle. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, though it ranks well behind water vapour (the dominant greenhouse gas) and carbon dioxide in quantitative effect. It accounts for 10 per cent of overall human-induced greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, two-thirds of the total ...
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Slaughter of Horses in Australia Described as Inhumane
Canberra, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Animal rights groups described as inhumane and cruel the governmental procedure to slaughter thousands of wild horses in the outback, 300 kilometers southeast of Alice Springs city. The Australian organization of animal defenders said that the killing of 100,000 individuals by shooting them from a helicopter will make those wounded suffer a lingering death, ...
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Selectors will get green light on Teo
Queensland rugby league selectors will be given the green light to pick Ben Te'o in the State of Origin squad as the South Sydney forward continues to weather assault allegations. Katie Lewis has accused the backrower of hitting her during a scuffle at the home of Brisbane Broncos fullback Corey Norman last month. Another Queensland player, Darius Boyd, was also alleged to be present. ...
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ET on Titan You can’t be serious
Astrophysicists know full well that the biggest of Saturn’s retinue of moons, Titan, is one of our solar system’s most mysterious worlds. Might it one day turn out to harbour extraterrestrials, albeit of the most elementary kind? With its organic-rich chemistry and Earth-like processes sculpting the surface, Titan resembles a frozen version of the Earth, billions of years ago, ...
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Shortlists weekly album reviews
(Sony) ★★★Snoop Dogg, or Snoop Lion as he is known on this contentious album, says he is the reincarnation of Bob Marley. While the journey to Jamaica to ...
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6000 images seized in Vic child porn bust
A VICTORIAN man has been charged after police seized computers and hard drives allegedly containing more than 6000 child pornography images and ...
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MasterChef set to carve up rivals
MASTERCHEF Australia is set to go to war against some of Australia's highest rating TV shows when it returns in just over one week's ...
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Australia-India ink MoU for skills training in agri sector
NEW DELHI: India and Australia today signed an agreement for skill development in the agriculture sector. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between ...
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Australians believe economy is fair
Australians overwhelmingly see their country as prosperous and fair, yet most think the next generation will be worse off, according to a new international comparison. The opinion poll conducted across 39 countries for the Washington-based Pew Research Centre found that only in three countries did a majority say their economic system was ''fair to most people''. And among ...
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Its over shock and sadness as era ends
In these Victorian boom times as many as 8000 people were employed at Geelong alone. The XM, XP and XR Falcons were released during the swinging 1960s. Mario Kontelj was not only making a go of it as a migrant but was also thriving. ''I became floor superintendent in the press shop then I was leading hand then I was senior supervisor. ''It was a good place to work. It was ...
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Older than Vegemite DJs birthday spread marks 175 years
Harking back to the pomp and ceremony of David Jones' heyday, when crystal sparkled and furs flounced, Sydney's glitterati gathered at the department store's headquarters to celebrate the chain's 175th birthday. Delta Goodrem sang, 400 bottles of Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve were popped and fairy lights lit the way for the 350 guests on Thursday. David Jones is the ...
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Industry to seek ban on spruiking of odds in games
The online betting industry has caved in to public pressure and will push for a ban on the promotion of live odds in sports broadcasts. Gambling industry bosses will hold a crisis meeting with TV representatives on Friday to present an 11th-hour proposal to stop betting spruikers interrupting football coverage. To succeed, the proposal needs the support of the TV networks and wagering giant ...
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Kudo Higashinamed to squad for Australia match
Kashiwa Reysol’s in-form striker Masato Kudo and FC Tokyo midfielder Keigo Higashi received their first callups as Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni named a 26-strong squad on Thursday for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Australia. Kudo has scored 13 goals in the J.League and the Asian Champions League this season, including Kashiwa’s third in a 3-2 win over Jeonbuk Hyundai ...
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Search continues for Canadian hiker missing in Australia for more than one week
Kosciuszko National Park is seen in this undated handout photo. The Canberra Times reports that an air search for Prabhdeep Srawn is focusing on a specific location within the Kosciuszko National Park, about 350 kilometres southwest of Sydney. Srawn, a 25-year-old Brampton, Ont., man hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass. (Westpac Life ...
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Clarke not to muzzle Aussies Flower-style from talking about Ashes
Sydney, May 23 : Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he will not 'muzzle' his players and ban them from talking about the Ashes after pacer James Pattinson revealed the bowlers' plan to 'open up' England by targeting their captain and best batsman Alastair ...
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Four Carriers to Launch China-Taiwan-Australia Service in June
will launch a joint China-Australia-Taiwan service on June 7.The CAT service will employ six 4,250-TEU container vessels, including two each from Evergreen and Yang Ming and one each from PIL and Sinotrans.The port rotation is as follows: Ningbo, Shanghai and Shekou in China; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia; and back to Kaohsiung and Ningbo. The roundtrip voyage is ...
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Ford Motors to Leave Australia After 90 Years
Ford Motor Company announced Thursday that it would stop making cars in Australia within two years because high costs and low volumes mean it cannot compete with imported vehicles. Ford Australia chief Bob Graziano said that closing its plant in Melbourne and the other 60 kilometres further south-west in Geelong would see 1,200 workers laid off by October 2016. "Our costs are double ...
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Garuda launches chauffeur-drive limousines for Brisbane flights
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Number of obese Australians reaches staggering proportions says COAG report
Australia The number of Australians who are obese has reached "staggering" numbers according to a key government report.The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council has released its fourth report on the National Healthcare Agreement.It shows that in 2011-12, 63 per cent of Australians were either overweight or obese - that has increased 2 per cent in the past four ...
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Year 7 rethink for Sydney Boys
One of Sydney's top selective high schools could relax entry requirements to make it easier for high-achieving local students to enrol, in a significant break from existing policy. NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said he had received a proposal from the principal of Sydney Boys High for a change to its year 7 entry requirements, in an effort to boost the number of boys from the local ...
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In short a Man Booker winner
An author who pens stories the length of a sentence won this year's Man Booker International Prize. American writer Lydia Davis has written some short stories of conventional length but most range from one to three pages, while others are just a paragraph or a sentence long. Davis was picked from a short list of 10 names to win the fifth Man Booker International Prize, which is presented ...
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The houses that Ford built
Heyday: Ford's new factory at Broadmeadows in the 1950s. Mario Kontelj is 75 and lives in Bell Post Hill, Geelong. The house that he shares with his wife Ivanka is the house that Ford built; Kontelj worked hard at the car factory for 29 years while raising his three children and making a go of it as a first-wave migrant. He and his wife came from Slovenia in the 1950s straight to the ...
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Era of the Aussie car over
Australia's loss-making car industry is under threat and risks closure following Ford's move to end nearly 100 years of local manufacturing. The decision comes as Ford revealed fresh losses of $141 million and as the ACTU warned of up to 10,000 jobs being shed across the industry. The iconic Falcon brand will cease to exist. Despite receiving hefty government subsidies, the three ...
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The worst candidate for government help
Ford was always going to fold. Management expert Professor Roy Green served on the Prime Minister's manufacturing taskforce and her manufacturing leaders advisory group. He says it was the ''weak link'' in the Australian manufacturing chain - the only firm with plainly dismal prospects. Green believes in targeted government support to help Australian industry, but he ...
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Obesity increase prompts warning to govts
Governments are being urged to tackle the growing problem of obesity, as a new report finds increased number of Australian adults suffering from the condition. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council will on Friday release its fourth report on the National Healthcare Agreement, showing an improvement in some areas such as smoking rates, but other areas deteriorating. Adult ...
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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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