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Call for Colliers head over costly bungle
LABOR is demanding the resignation of former energy minister Peter Collier over what it is calling a $250 million power scandal in ...
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Adelaides war of religious words reaches a new height
The gentle pace of Adelaide's Rundle Mall resembled the more extreme pockets of Speaker's Corner in London's Hyde Park as evangelical preachers harangued shoppers who didn't love Jesus enough, threatening extra hell-fire for the sins of women, homosexuals and Muslims. The group was silenced after a year-long spectacle when the high court ruled to uphold a council by-law ...
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Charges pending against Afghans accused of prison abuse Australia
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Afghan authorities will lay charges against officials at a prison run by the country's internal security service, Australia said on Wednesday, just weeks after Canberra blocked prisoner transfers over fears of detainee ...
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Assange bitter at perverted Government
Talks between Britain and Ecuador have ended with no breakthrough over Julian Assange, nearly a year after the WikiLeaks founder fled to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden. Hayley Platt ...
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Combet says Labor needs new talent
CABINET minister Greg Combet says federal Labor needs to keep renewing itself with fresh talent amid a new row over dumped Northern Territory Senator Trish ...
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Adelaide clothing retailer Trims goes into liquidation
Adelaide retailer Trims has gone into liquidation, after being in business since 1937. Administrator Andre Strazdins of BRI Ferrier said there was a potential buyer for the company's assets. He says the mood among Trims' creditors was fine at the latest meeting, despite them having lost their ...
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Tanunda owners US move
FRUSTRATED with global speculators treating the dollar like a casino game and the ''cheap and cheerful'' tag hanging on our wine, John Geber, owner of Chateau Tanunda in South Australia's Barossa Valley, has decided to pull up stumps and move to the United States. Mr Geber told BusinessDay he was moving to Florida for two years, although he added he would return to ...
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Farmers call for crisis board
FARMERS descended on Canberra this week to address concerns common across commodities, including mounting bank debt, diminishing profitability and falling equity levels. About 20 producer representatives from the Victorian dairy sector, WA grains, the northern beef cattle industry and NSW and Victorian horticulture, held urgently arranged meetings with the two main political parties and key ...
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Violent Aussie rapist jailed for life
(26 mins ago) A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for a rape and murder that outraged Melbourne. The violent killing of Jill Meagher as she walked home from a bar last September shocked the city of Melbourne. A week later, 30,000 people took to the streets near the laneway where she was strangled to rally against violence toward women. The 29-year-old Meagher was born ...
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Bayley gets life family says justice done
Nothing but life in jail will suffice for Adrian Ernest Bayley's savage rape and murder of Jill Meagher, a judge says. But Bayley could one day walk free after Victorian Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Nettle granted him a non-parole period of 35 years. Justice Nettle described Bayley as a repeat violent sexual offender, but said he was satisfied he had a small degree of remorse for his ...
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Councils to get $150m for infrastructure
A federal government plan to give councils an extra $150 million in infrastructure funding supports the case for constitutional recognition of local government, the sector says. Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese says the funding will be provided under the government's regional development Australia Fund and Livable Cities programs. The funding can only be used to build and renew ...
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CSG projects to face greater scrutiny
Coal seam gas and large coal developments will face greater scrutiny under federal laws designed to ensure new mining projects don't put water reservoirs at risk. But farmers won't have the power to stop coal seam gas (CSG) and coal mining companies from entering their land, after a proposal by the Australian Greens was shot down in the Senate. Under the new laws passed by parliament ...
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$A weakens as sellers expect rate cuts
The Australian dollar is weaker as traders continue to sell in the absence of any good news on the local economy. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the Australian dollar was trading at 94.69 US cents, down from 94.92 cents on Tuesday. Easy Forex currency dealer Tony Darvall said that while the US Federal Reserve meeting was dominating the news cycle, traders were offloading the Australian dollar on ...
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Stocks to watch at noon on Wednesday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Wednesday: CHC - CHARTER HALL GROUP - up 19 cents, or 5.20 per cent, at $3.84 Property firm Charter Hall Group and an associated superannuation fund have paid $458 million to a receiver for a Perth development which houses Bankwest's headquarters and the city centre's biggest retail space. QAN - QANTAS AIRWAYS - up 2.5 ...
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Internet job ads rise 0.2 pct in May
Job advertisements on the internet rose by 0.2 per cent in May, federal government figures show. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations internet vacancy index rose to a seasonally adjusted 62.1 points in the month. However, the index was still 22.8 per cent lower than a year earlier. Five of the eight occupational groups monitored by the department rose in ...
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Tasmanian politician Michael Hodgman dies
Tasmanian former federal minister Michael Hodgman, the father of state Liberal leader Will Hodgman, has died aged 74. Mr Hodgman died on Wednesday morning at an aged care facility in Hobart after a long battle with emphysema, a Liberal Party spokesman said. Once nicknamed "The Mouth from the South" for his outspokenness, Mr Hodgman was a minister in Malcolm Fraser's government ...
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Legionnaires probe looks at fourth case
Authorities are investigating whether a recent legionnaires' disease outbreak at a major Brisbane hospital is linked to a 2011 death. Queensland's Chief Health officer Dr Jeannette Young says her investigation into The Wesley Hospital's outbreak will include the death of a male patient from the disease in October, 2011. The dead man had been treated at the Wesley in that year. ...
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Justice has been done Jills family
Jill Meagher's family says justice has been done. Adrian Ernest Bayley has been jailed for life but granted a 35-year non-parole period for the Melbourne woman's rape and murder. Ms Meagher's father George McKeon read a brief statement on behalf of the family outside the Victorian Supreme Court, saying she lived a life full of friends, family and her beloved husband Tom. ...
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Scientists create supersized insects
It sounds like something straight from a horror film. Australian scientists are using state-of-the art technology to create super-sized creepy crawlies, up to 50 times their original size. But the project is not a bid for world domination by raising an army of massive, mutant mosquitoes. There will be no Weevil Knievel super ...
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High Court throws out challenge to alcohol ban
The High Court has accepted an indigenous woman's argument that alcohol restrictions on a Queensland island targeted indigenous people, but has rejected her bid to have the restrictions removed. Joan Maloney, an indigenous resident of Palm Island, was convicted of possessing a bottle of rum and a bottle of bourbon in a public place, in breach of the island's alcohol restrictions. The ...
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State funeral for Yunupingu
The NT government says the service for M. Yunupingu will be held at Gulkula in north-east Arnhem Land on June 30.Yunupingu, an Aboriginal elder, educator and 1992 Australian of the Year, died aged 56 at his home in the small town of Yirrkala on June 2.He was the first indigenous person from Arnhem Land to gain a university degree and the Northern Territory's first Aboriginal school ...
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Judge urged to rule on bashing video
A SUPREME Court judge has been urged to decide quickly if CCTV footage of an ex-policeman apparently punching and kneeing a prisoner in the head can be released to the ...
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Insulting receipt served with chicken and fries
Missouri father Joseph Gibson took his three-year-old son to the Botanic Gardens, before popping into Friendly's Sports Bar for a 7-up, chicken and fries.Everything went according to plan, until Mr Gibson received a bill with "F***in needy kids" printed right above the $13.75 charge.Mr Gibson posted the receipt on ...
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Market higher but eyes are on US Fed
AUSTRALIAN shares were stronger at noon, with trading levels light as investors await a crucial economic statement from the US Federal ...
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News Corp. print assets start trading in Australia
0.00% fell 15 Australian cents to 14.85 Australian dollars ($14.04) Wednesday as they began trading in Sydney. The company holds the publishing assets that were spun off by media conglomerate News Corp. More than 4.6 million New Newscorp shares were traded in the first 15 minutes of their debut, according to FactSet data. News ...
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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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