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Abbott rejects sale of ABC SBS
The Victorian state Liberals will debate a motion at a conference this weekend urging a federal coalition government to review the operations of the two public broadcasters and "look at the feasibility of partial or full privatisation of both".Mr Abbott told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday the coalition would not support such a move."Everyone understands that in the coalition ...
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Hoddle St killers computer plea delayed
Knight has been trying to get a computer at Melbourne's Port Phillip Prison since 2006 and is now arguing he wants one for legal and educational reasons.But because he's been declared a vexatious litigant, Knight must first seek court permission to start a proceeding and prove to the court that his application would not be doomed to fail.In a brief hearing in the Victorian Supreme ...
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NSW budget needs to be sustainable Baird
NSW Treasurer Mike Baird says he'll be delivering a responsible state budget that's capable of absorbing any future economic ...
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Sydney Theatre Company gets 45-year lease
Minister for the Arts George Souris on Wednesday announced the new lease and committed $5 million over 10 years to support the STC's Hickson Road and Wharf 4/5 theatres.The arrangements will also benefit other organisations at Walsh Bay, including venue users such as Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Writers' Festival and the Sydney Festival."The Sydney Theatre Company is a foundation ...
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SA loses 1500 years of productivity
SOUTH Australian businesses lost 1500 years of productivity last year at a cost of $208 million for only one year of claims, WorkCoverSA ...
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Police Man Killed In Jump From Gold Coast Building
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man jumped to his death early Tuesday from the Gold Coast high-rise building where he lived, authorities said. Police responded about 1 a.m. to the 0 to 100 block of East Chestnut Street and found that a man had jumped from the 32nd Floor, police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss ...
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Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index shows consumer confidence takes a hit from federal budget
A widely watched index has found that consumer confidence took a hit from the federal budget. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell 7 per cent in May to 97.6 - below the critical 100-point and showing pessimists outnumber optimists. It is the first time since October that pessimists have outnumbered optimists and the reading is the lowest in nine months. Westpac ...
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Aussies edge closer to French Open
Australians Matt Ebden and James Duckworth have progressed to the second round of the French Open qualifiers after winning at Roland Garros on Tuesday.Ebden endured a tough three-set match against Russian Konstantin Kravchuk that eventually saw him claim a 7-6 (7-2) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 victory.The match lasted two hours and 39 minutes and proved to be a challenging encounter for the 25-year-old, who ...
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Woman says Queensland Origin and former Broncos player Ben Teo assaulted her as incident reported to police
A BRISBANE woman has contacted Queensland police alleging she was physically assaulted by Queensland Origin forward Ben Te'o in the presence of fellow NRL players Corey Norman and Darius Boyd. News Limited can reveal Norman, the Broncos fullback, made a 000 emergency call after the alleged incident, which left the woman with a black eye and facial injuries. The woman, who cannot be named for ...
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Intxausti claims stage as Evans stays second
Spaniard Benat Intxausti timed a late sprint to perfection to take victory in stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia.The Movistar rider fought off the challenges of Poland's Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre) and Estonia's Tanel Kangert (Astana) in a dramatic late finish at the end of a mammoth 238km route to seal consecutive victories for his team after Giovanni Visconti won stage 15 on ...
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Sydney pogo boys death suspicious police
The pogo-stick death of a seven-year-old Sydney boy is being treated as suspicious and homicide detectives are investigating.The boy was found dead inside his Oatley home, in the city's south, about 6.30am (AEST) on Tuesday.Members of his family told police he fell off a pogo stick the previous day and hit his head in the fall.Police say homicide squad detectives are investigating the ...
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More sex charges against Syd dance teacher
Police have levied six new sexual assault charges against a Sydney dance teacher already facing child grooming and child abuse material ...
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Australia shares inch higher on Wall St banks weak
Tue May 21, 2013 9:43pm EDT (Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY May 22 (Reuters) - Australian shares inched 0.1 percent higher on Wednesday, led by blue-chip miners after comments from two voting U.S. Federal Reserve presidents eased fears the Fed was contemplating an imminent cut in its stimulus programme, helping Wall Street close at all-time highs. Bellwether miners BHP ...
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Australia number one for Brits
A new poll among British travellers found Australia to be their top pick for ‘Best Country in the World’. According to a survey conducted by the UK’s Ultratravel magazine, Australia was voted best country, outranking other popular destinations including; Italy, New Zealand, Thailand and the US. Tourism Australia managing director Andrew McEvoy said although economic ...
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IASC approves Qantas Virgin allocations
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has issued a range of determinations allowing and re-allocating capacity on a variety of routes. Qantas has been allocated 35 tonnes of freight capacity on the Papua New Guinea route and was re-allocated one dedicated cargo service per week on the Vietnam route. Qantas was also permitted a re-allocation of 2,301 seats on the China route. ...
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Relatives join search for Canadian missing in Australias Snowy Mountains
OTTAWA -- Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law ...
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Liquidators apply to freeze Tinkler assets
Nathan Tinkler and his wife and family's assets could be frozen after liquidators applied for a court injunction. Liquidators acting on behalf of creditors of the embattled businessman's failed company Mulsanne Resources have started the process of freezing his assets through an application for a Mareva Injunction in the NSW Supreme Court. The parties involved include its largest ...
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Vic bikie war breakthrough say police
An arrest in connection to the shooting of Bandidos enforcer Toby Mitchell is a significant breakthrough, Victoria's police chief says. Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says charges will likely be laid against the man arrested overnight. Mr Lay says police have been working to dampen tensions between the Bandidos and the Hells Angels, with a police task force established to investigate the ...
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Barnes in the centres for Waratahs
Wallabies utility back Berrick Barnes has been picked at inside centre for his first run-on Super Rugby start in 10 weeks for the NSW Waratahs clash with the Melbourne Rebels on Friday night. Barnes has played just 77 minutes this season but made two influential cameos off the bench in the Waratahs' comeback victories over the Stormers and Brumbies to play his way into the 25-man Wallabies ...
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Consumers get gloomy about the budget
More Australians were feeling bad about the economy in the week the federal budget was released. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment in May fell below 100 points indicating that most of the people surveyed were pessimistic about the economy. The survey was conducted between May 13 and 18, the week of the May 14 federal budget. Westpac chief economist Bill Evans said ...
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Gagai taking second chance with both hands
After being shown the door by Brisbane last year, Newcastle's Dane Gagai is now looking to emulate Justin Hodges as the world's premier centre after parlaying his good form into a two-year NRL contract extension. The Mackay-born 22-year-old was acknowledged as the best young player at the Broncos with seasoned observers rating him as the most exciting talent to emerge at the club ...
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WikiLeaks Party closer to registering
The WikiLeaks political party is a step closer to being registered in Australia. The Australian Electoral Commission on Wednesday published the constitution of the WikiLeaks Party and opened up the party's official registration for public comment until June 24. WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange plans to run for the Senate in Victoria at the September 14 election. However, he is ...
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Thomson seeks more time to fight charges
Lawyers for Craig Thomson have requested more time to fight allegations he misused union funds to pay for prostitutes and pornography. The independent federal MP appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court for a brief hearing on more than 100 charges of fraud allegedly committed while he was national secretary of the Health Services Union. A filing hearing in February heard Thomson was facing 154 ...
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Body found in Qld front yard
Officers were called to the house on Leichhardt St, Logan Central, about 7am (AEST) on Wednesday.The partially-clothed body of a woman was found in the front yard and police are treating her death as suspicious.Police would not say how she died but said the woman, believed to be in her 20s, was wearing parts of a McDonald's uniform and other parts were strewn over the ...
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Gillard says shes a terrible singer
"Sometimes I'll flick on the TV, do a little bit of knitting," Ms Gillard told radio presenters Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson on Southern Cross Austereo on Wednesday."I'm just doing a cardigan at the moment."But an invitation to play "rolls of cash", in which contestants are encouraged to strip down, cover themselves in honey, roll ...
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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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