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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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Qantas crippling the Territory
NT Qantas is crippling the Territory's tourism industry, the national Transport Workers Union has said. The airline cancelled its seven flights a week to Central Australia, as well as direct flights between Canberra and Darwin, in February.TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon, in Darwin for the union's national council meeting today, said government needed to make sure airlines were ...
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More hormones steroids being seized
A new report shows seizures of illegal performance and image enhancing drugs are at a ten-year high, says the head of the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). ACC executive director Paul Jevtovic says the commission's latest drug trends report, to be released in Sydney on Monday, shows law enforcement agencies are stepping up in the battle against illicit drugs with more arrests and drug ...
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Abbott to take Aust back 50 years TWU
UNION boss Tony Sheldon says a big majority for Tony Abbott at the federal election will unleash forces wanting to take Australia back half a century and flood the labour market with 457 visa ...
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Paraglider search continues in Victoria
The body of 52-year-old paragliding pilot Rob Lithgow was pulled from the sea at Nirranda, near Warrnambool, on Sunday morning.Police had spotted part of his canopy in the water.Mr Lithgow and a 66-year-old South Australian man were reported missing on Saturday evening after they failed to return from a tandem flight.The South Australian man was in the process of renewing his paragliding ...
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Aussie is trading at a new eleven-month low
The dollar has been extending its rally. The foreign currencies open under pressure in the Far East after slumping hard on Friday. The yen remains at a 4 1/-year low and the Aussie is trading at a new eleven-month low. The short-term outlook for most foreign currencies is sideways to slightly bearish. The medium-term outlook for most of the foreign currencies is sideways to slightly bearish. The ...
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Aussie and Gold searching for bottom
here . Indeed noted Money Manager Felix Zulauf who is always insightful and a key member of the Barrons roundtable crew put out a piece last week which I think neatly summarises the problems facing the global economy and the debt that economies are carrying. But the reason I include the quote below is because it neatly summarises why Australian households are running their own austerity ...
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Qantas crippling the Territory
Qantas is crippling the Territory's tourism industry, the national Transport Workers Union has said. The airline cancelled its seven flights a week to Central Australia, as well as direct flights between Canberra and Darwin, in February. TWU national secretary Tony Sheldon, in Darwin for the union's national council meeting today, said government needed to make sure airlines were ...
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Uni fees Aussie students better or worse off than US
SA A survey has found some tertiary students are going without proper meals and other essentials as they struggle financially.Universities Australia said 17 per cent were finding life a struggle as they tried to complete tertiary education.At the same time, the Federal Government is planning cuts of about $2.8 billion to the university sector.The concept of a poor student is may not be new, ...
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Australia shares seen firmer on Wall St. records soft currency
SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen starting firmer on Monday, after better economic data in the United States pushed Wall Street to fresh record highs and as the local dollar remains below parity against the greenback. * Local share price index futures rose 0.4 percent to 5,212.0, a 31.2-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark ended 0.3 percent ...
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Sydney jewellers robbed in car park
A jewellery heist prompted a man-hunt in Sydney on Sunday night after two armed bandits escaped after a robbery. The men escaped with jewellery and cash after holding up two wholesale jewellers in the car park of a shopping centre on Rider Boulevarde in Rhodes, NSW Police said. A spokesman declined to say how much the jewellery was worth but said it was "very valuable". The two male ...
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Low rates not enough for NAB customers
Offering lower interest rates than its main competitors has done little to lift National Australia Bank's satisfaction rating among its business customers. NAB has offered the lowest interest rates of the big four banks - which also includes Commonwealth, ANZ and Westpac - for the past four years, yet remains stuck in third place in terms of its satisfaction rating. According to the ...
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Penne Hackforth-Jones dies at 64
Diagnosed months ago with lung cancer, she died on Saturday, aged 64, Fairfax reports.Born in 1949 in the US state of Connecticut, Hackforth-Jones was brought up in Australia.Her first credited screen role was in the 1969 TV series Riptide.Her small screen appearances include A Country Practice, Bellbird, Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, A Country Practice and Mother and Son.She played a ...
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Labor opposes any GST changes Emerson
The government claims Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's plan for a tax white paper within two years, announced in his budget reply speech last week, is code for increasing the rate of the GST.Dr Emerson says shadow treasurer Joe Hockey is "actively inviting" state governments to persuade him why the tax's base should be broadened to include fresh food and why its rate should be ...
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$A higher as Wall St rallies
The Australian dollar is slightly higher, but has failed to make any significant gains despite US stocks rising to a new all-time record at the end of last ...
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Gillard narrows the gap on Abbott
newspaper, taken over the weekend, shows that not much has changed in previous polling going back three months except that Prime Minister Julia Gillard has narrowed the gap on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott on who would make the better leader.On that question Mr Abbott was five points ahead of Ms Gillard in early May (42-37) and that gap has been narrowed to just one point (40-39).According to ...
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Cooper no defensive worry says McKenzie
Queensland coaching boss Ewen McKenzie insists Quade Cooper is no more of a defensive concern than five-eighth elect James O'Connor and is miffed at the Reds playmaker's omission from the Wallabies squad.McKenzie wants to know why Wallabies coach Robbie Deans is only now demanding Cooper defend in the front line for the Queensland Reds to have any hope of featuring in the three-Test ...
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Brisbanes week off to a slow start as traffic incidents cause delays
BRISBANE traffic is grinding to a halt this morning. Part of Boundary Road at Narangba, near Clearview Court, has been closed after a two car crash. Two people suffered minor injuries from the incident, which happened just before 8am. Police have also reported serious congestion on the Pacific Motorway through Tanah Merah while a truck, stuck on a traffic island on Samford Road at Enoggera, has ...
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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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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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