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A race to drive you butternuts
Lake Burley Griffin is well known as the training ground for Australian Olympic rowers but the hollowed-out pumpkins racing on its waters are no challenge in the lead-up to the 2016 games. The inaugural pumpkin canoe race had only one starter on Saturday, a 202.5-kilogram monster, from the NSW town of Collector. Two pumpkins, both place-getters in the town's pumpkin competition, made ...
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Chinas rich pay way to new home
Wealthy Chinese immigrants are buying their way into Australia with 90 per cent of the 435 applications for a $5 million minimum investment visa taken up by Chinese nationals. So far two visas have been granted. The first was to a Chinese national. The Department of Immigration refused to reveal the nationality of the second. A spokesman from the department said there was an expectation ...
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Public sector better for gay students Kirby
Australia's public education system provides greater equality for gay and lesbian students while some non-government schools foster outdated prejudices about homosexuality, according to former High Court justice Michael Kirby. Speaking at Canberra's National Press Club on Friday, Mr Kirby said the increasingly disproportionate number of senior politicians and judges who were privately ...
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Natures gift is not yet history
series was watched by 500 million viewers), and the responsibility that brings is not lost on the veteran broadcaster. ''If you appear as frequently on television as I do, at least in Britain, that puts a bit of a responsibility on you. If I continually appear making natural history programs, people think I know something about it … but that's a heck of a lot of people who ...
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Three boats intercepted near Christmas Is
THREE boats carrying a total of 208 suspected asylum seekers have been intercepted in a 24-hour period near Christmas Island, including one close enough to be spotted by police on the ...
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The $600000 job no one wants
WA's Health Department has been without a director-general for almost six months after Kim Snowball quit in December, blaming the relentless nature of the job and health problems that forced him to take months off.The recruitment bill for a new health boss has now cost taxpayers almost $100,000 without a result. And it's not through lack of trying, with the Public Sector Commission ...
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Maccas fine for roaches
Stirling environmental officers had inspected the store on September 5 last year.City of Stirling lawyer David Nadebaum said conditions were so bad that inspectors even saw cockroaches in the building in broad daylight indicating a "substantial infestation" of the pests.He also said since June 2011, McDonalds had been fined four times in circumstances similar to the Innaloo breach, ...
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Perth climbers historic Mt Everest double
MARGARET Watroba has revealed she had to overcome injuries from a cycling accident that left her fearing she might not walk again properly - before she could climb to the top of Mt Everest this ...
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Older people urged to protect their eyes
OLDER people should reduce their risk of blindness by eating healthy food, says Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose. Marking the start of Macular Degeneration Awareness Week, she said the health of older Australians must be a priority for both the community and government. Macular degeneration causes more than half of blindness and severe vision loss in Australia and primarily affects older ...
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Survey shows Adelaides major arterial roads are hooning hotspots
ADELAIDE'S worst hoon spots have been revealed as some of the city's busiest arterial roads. South Australia police data obtained by the Sunday Mail shows reckless motorists are regularly speeding at more than 30km/h above the limit on busy roads, seriously jeopardising their safety and that of other road users. The most notorious hoon spot is Main North Rd, at Para Hills West, where 29 ...
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Australians now using social media in bedrooms and toilet cubicles
A GROWING number of the Australians are using social networks wherever they can: workplaces, schools, bedrooms, and even the toilet cubicle. A new study of Australian internet users found more than three in five now use social media, with almost half of users logging on daily and some more than five times a day. Australian Facebook users are spending more than seven hours on the site every week, ...
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Adelaide Ovals Ultimate Membership row over equal access to cricket and footy
ADELAIDE Oval's Ultimate Membership offer, marketed as the state's platinum sport season ticket, is a dead duck. About 6500 applicants for the package will learn on Sunday morning that the vision of a South Australian version of the Melbourne Cricket Club - where members have access to all sport events at one arena - has been taken off the table as cracks begin to show again in the ...
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AFL Essendon returns to top three with Dreamtime win over Richmond Carlton edges Brisbane Lions
In the evening's other match, Carlton edged the Brisbane Lions by 13 points at the Gabba.The Bombers' win was marred by an ankle injury to Michael Hurley, who rolled his foot after landing awkwardly while attempting a mark in the second quarter.The game started in tight fashion with Essendon leading by just a point after the first quarter, but the lead grew unerringly in the ...
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Ontario man lost in Australian mountains has strong survival skills
The sister of an Ontario man who disappeared in Australia's Snowy Mountains nearly two weeks ago says she remains hopeful he will be found, partly because of his training as a Canadian Forces reservist. Mandeep Srawn, sister of 25-year-old Prabhdeep Srawn, spoke to CBC News via Skype on Saturday morning, after rescue officials briefed her family on the latest developments in the search, as ...
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Jobe Watson stars as Bombers beat Tigers
Essendon skipper Jobe Watson has starred as the Bombers rebounded from successive AFL losses and another difficult week to swat aside Richmond by 29 points at the MCG on Saturday night. The reigning Brownlow Medallist lit up the "Dreamtime at the G" indigenous celebration match with three goals and 28 important touches in the comfortable 13.13 (91) to 9.8 (62) win. His biggest impact ...
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How surfers became Australian heroes
Really free: A classic John Witzig photo of the surfing lifestyle. Something quite wonderful happened on the northern NSW coast and Queensland's Sunshine Coast in early 1965: Australia got a new national character. Much of the country was beginning to leave the bush and live near a beach. The old pastoral ideals were fading and lifesavers ruled. As Australian as a slouch hat, they were ...
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Barry OSullivan to take Barnaby Joyces place in the Senate
Barry O'Sullivan quit as Liberal National Party treasurer to consider nominating for preselection for the Senate seat vacated by Barnaby Joyce. An emotional week has ended on a high note for former Liberal National Party state treasurer Barry O'Sullivan, who is set to take outgoing Barnaby Joyce's seat in the Senate. Senator Joyce will run against independent MP Tony Windsor in ...
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Top 100 music videos Thriller v Psy
The music video has never been more popular in the wake of its YouTube-led renaissance and the unlikely king of the clip is South Korean phenomenon Psy with his breakthrough ...
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Forgotten vets demand due recognition
In 26 days of torrid fighting during major enemy assaults on their fire support bases, 25 young Australian soldiers from the 1st and 3rd Battalions were killed and almost 100 wounded.More than 270 enemy were killed and dozens wounded and 11 prisoners taken.This month marks the 45th anniversary of the battles of Coral-Balmoral with veterans still wondering why the fighting has not been given the ...
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Travelling Lock in your $A rate now
National Australia Bank general manager of cards Michael Shurlin said putting spending money on travel cards in advance gave people certainty. "It's especially good if you're on a bit of a budget," he said. "You can do it months in advance or you can do it on the day you travel - it depends on your view of what will happen with the dollar. "It gives you peace of ...
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WA ice cream parlour among worlds best
Simmo's Ice Creamery in Dunsborough has been ranked one of the best dessert destinations on the planet and certainly the tastiest in Australia.This week, national American newspaper USA Today listed the South-West favourite among ice-cream parlours in Florence, Nice, Sao Paulo and New York, along with cafes in Ireland, Denmark and South Africa.It said the 20-year-old family business boasted ...
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NRL Melbourne breaks winless streak with victory over Roosters Penrith and Manly both win
Sydney 2000 Cooper Cronk's State of Origin hopes are in the balance after the Queensland half-back was reported for a lifting tackle in Melbourne's 26-18 win over the Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium.In other ...
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Search crews in Australia finding signs of missing Hamilton man
A Hamilton man who is lost in a mountainous region of Australia may be leaving behind clues for search crews to find, his family says. Australian officials are still searching for Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, who went missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains eleven days ago. According to his cousin Ruby Singh-Sahota, crews have found a water bottle that might be his. The bottle was found half full ...
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Manly run over Raiders in NRL
Manly have shown tremendous character and an enormous engine to beat Canberra 16-10 in their NRL clash at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night. Coming off a gruelling golden-point draw against Melbourne last Monday, Manly were under pressure for most of the first 55 minutes. For all their dominance Canberra never led by more than four points despite two tries to exciting winger Edrick Lee. Tries ...
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Force pip Highlanders 19-18 in Perth
Western Force fullback Jayden Hayward kicked the match-winning penalty to seal a 19-18 Super Rugby win over the Highlanders in Saturday night's wooden spoon battle in Perth. In a match dominated by the boot, the Highlanders hit the lead in the 77th minute when five-eighth Colin Slade nailed a 51-metre penalty. But Hayward had the final laugh against his former side, making no mistake with ...
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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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