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Vic man dies after his car hits pole
Police say the man, in his 20s, crashed on Parker Road, Silvan, at about 9.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday.Emergency services tried to revive him, but he died at the scene.Meanwhile, police are investigating a car collision that left two men with life-threatening injuries in Ormond on Wednesday night.It is believed one of the cars lost control at an intersection and collided with a stationary vehicle ...
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Tomorrow When food wars begin
Senior Lecturer in Security Studies at Murdoch University Dr Rajat Ganguly , could hit Australia hard."In short, our immediate neighbourhood in the east and the west may become 'hot'. In this environment, local wars or skirmishes cannot be ruled out," Dr Ganguly ...
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RPT-Australias Intrepid faces tough fight over Indonesia mine
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:00pm EDT By Sonali Paul and Fergus Jensen MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Intrepid Mines Ltd is learning that business in Indonesia is personal as it wages a difficult fight to win back rights to a $5 billion copper and gold prospect in East Java. Intrepid was booted off the site last year by its Indonesian partner who transferred the Tujuh Bukit mining ...
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Gillard plans Jakarta talks on boat people
Julia Gillard is planning a trip to Indonesia in two weeks to discuss with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ways to stem the rising flow of asylum seekers coming by boat before the September election. Reflecting her confidence that she will see off any push to install Kevin Rudd as prime minister, Ms Gillard intends to fly to Jakarta within seven days of Parliament rising next week to meet ...
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Watchdog in the firing line
The corporate watchdog will face a Senate inquiry into its performance that is likely to embroil the Commonwealth Bank and raise questions about the effectiveness of new financial reforms. The inquiry received strong support from all sides of politics in the Senate on Wednesday. It follows revelations in The Age that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission took 16 months to act on ...
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Man charged over Sydney bus stop attack
A 30-year-old woman was sitting at a Hunters Hill bus stop around 6.10pm (AEST) on Wednesday when a man allegedly grabbed her, forced her to the ground and attempted to undress her, police say.They allege the man then punched her in the face and torso.The woman screamed for help before allegedly being stabbed in the shoulder with a pocket knife.A passing motorist called police who were there ...
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Southwest Sydney home sprayed with bullets
A vehicle was heard outside the Liverpool home before the shooting at around 1am (AEST) on Thursday, police say.A man, a woman and three children who were insided the house were not injured.Passefield Street has been closed while police examine the ...
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Allowing homelessness socially repugnant
AS CEOs step out of the boardroom and onto the footpath for a cold night sleeping rough, an advocacy group is calling for a federal commitment to reduce homelessness across the ...
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Charges for Facebook scandal soldiers
TOWNSVILLE soldiers linked to derogatory Facebook pages will be charged under the Australian Defence Force Disciplinary Act, with Brigadier Shane Caugheye saying they deserve to be held to a higher account than the average person due to their position of trust within the ...
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Was drugs-in-sport event a foul call
At the time, the government was under fire after a disastrous run since naming the election date a week earlier.Documents obtained under Freedom of Information show the offices of Justice Minister Jason Clare and Sports Minister Kate Lundy were involved in late October in the planning for the February 7 launch, though there is no evidence they knew of the concerns.More than 60 pages of ACC draft ...
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Consumer rage to kill airline fees
Petition fights Jetstar credit card fees Airlines in particular have drawn the scorn of their passengers, who feel they are being ripped off when they book online and pay with plastic. Nearly 40 per cent of those who have completed the survey complained about airlines, often pointing to the $17 surcharge that applies to flights advertised at less than ...
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Killer unrepentantly evil says Tom
Jill Meagher's husband Tom tells the ABC's 7.30 report he thinks of the sentence imposed on convicted rapist Adrian Bayley is a 'disgrace.' Courtesy: 7:30 Report, ...
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PM to discuss boats in Indonesia
She will also visit a fishing town where many asylum seekers set sail from.The announcement came after a day in which Ms Gillard faced questions from the Opposition about how she would stop boat arrivals, after she pledged to stem the flow of boats when she toppled Kevin Rudd.In almost three years since Ms Gillard took over as PM more than 38,000 people have arrived on 575 boats and more than ...
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Thomson to throw $150-a-head party
BROKE independent MP Craig Thomson is inviting supporters to a $150-a-head fundraiser for his election campaign to help pay rising legal ...
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Australian court upholds alcohol rules in Aborginal communities
Restrictions on the possession and sale of alcohol in Aboriginal communities are not discriminatory, Australia's High Court said Wednesday. The court ruled for the government of Queensland and against Joan Maloney, a woman who challenged her conviction for bringing a bottle of rum and a bottle of bourbon to Palm Island, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Maloney, 59, was fined in ...
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Kiwi dies in freezing Queensland conditions
A New Zealand man was found dead on the patio of a central Queensland home today after he slept outside in what were described as freezing conditions. Reports suggested the 40-year-old man told friends he was going to sleep outside the house in Clermont on Tuesday night. It was believed his friends covered him with a blanket but when they found him in the morning he was dead. Wellington Police ...
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Kiwi freezes to death in Queensland
A New Zealand man was found dead on the patio of a central Queensland home today after he slept outside in what were described as freezing conditions. Reports suggested the 40-year-old man told friends he was going to sleep outside the house in Clermont on Tuesday night. It was believed his friends covered him with a blanket but when they found him in the morning he was dead. Wellington Police ...
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Video Baby white rhino debuts at Australian zoo
Meet Pepper, the latest attraction at the Werribee Open Range Zoo, near Melbourne. She's a Southern White Rhinoceros, only two weeks-old and weighs 185 ...
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Cairns councillors hit out at 4-strong CBD committee
A COMMITTEE of four councillors all from the Unityteam will make key decisions about the looming CBD makeover in Cairns, scorning colleagues who say the process should be more transparent and involve the full ...
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Circus has fun covered in Cairns
ROLL up, roll up, Australia's largest circus family is in town, with Lennon Bros taking over Munro Martin Park for a big season of school holiday ...
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Dash of summer to shine on Cairns catwalk
The third annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Passport will take place at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal on Saturday night and it is being billed as the best yet, with a national celebrity and Cairns Amateurs ambassador to be revealed.It is the second time Miss Drake has been part of the event with her label Lucinda and she said that she was looking forward to showcasing her "My Endless ...
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Cairns cabbies knife terror
Three men got into a taxi on Pease Stabout 9.50pm and on reaching their destination on McCoombe St, one of them held a steak knife-sized blade to the driver's throat, while another got out and reached in through the window to snatch the coin dispenser.All three offenders fled on foot and are yet to be caught.Cairns Taxis Fleet Services Manager Rob Haylessaid he spoke to the driver early ...
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Paddleboarders on a roll in Cairns as winter makes waves
Cairns man Luke Bamford and his father Andrew launched Paddleboarding Cairns about eight months ago in conjunction with their first venture Kiteboarding Cairns.Operating out of Yorkeys Knob and Palm Cove, Luke said paddleboarding had taken off in the region over the past two months."Things have skyrocketed since we started out," he said."The conditions here are perfect. There is ...
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Dreamliner set to open a world of connection to Cairns
Cairns Airport chief executive officer Kevin Brown spoke about destination planning yesterday while applauding Jetstar's preparation for the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to link Cairns with other domestic ports."Not only is it a new product for the customers, which they will be excited to use, but it's a more efficient aircraft," he said. "Its fuel consumption is 20 per ...
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Bad boy bunny Rabbitohs want to make it up to Cairns after Burgess charged
THE South Sydney Rabbitohs will do everything they can to make up for George Burgess' indiscretion when they return to Cairns next year, according to club boss Shane ...
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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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