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We’re not all male or female New South Wales court rules
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power ...
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Asylum seeker book snags top gong
ICELAND said it has held informal talks with an intermediary of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden who reportedly wants to seek asylum ...
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More than 2000 Australians gather for Lionel Roses funeral
by Vienna MaFriends, family, sports stars and politicians on Monday gathered at Festival Hall in Melbourne for the funeral of Australia's sporting greats, legendary boxer, Lionel Rose.More than 2,000 people attended the service at Festival Hall. Among the mourners at the state funeral are Rose's long-time trainer Jack Rennie, former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon and Aboriginal ...
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Australian Karl Muggeridge to replace injured Xaus at World Superbike in UK
Australian motorcycle racer Karl Muggeridge will replace Ruben Xaus at the World Superbike races in Britain, as Xaus suffered from injuries due to a crash, Fox Sports Australia reported on Wednesday. Earlier, Castrol Honda team had fielded Alex Lowes after Jonny Rea was sidelined by injury, but the team has to pull in a second substitute after their second rider, Xaus suffered a horrible crash. ...
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US Defense Department Streamlines UK Australia Export Control Regulations
has adopted as final, with changes, the interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, which will implement requirements of the U.S.-U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty and the U.S.-Australia DTC Treaty, as well as the Security Cooperation Act of 2010, regarding bilateral export control regulations.The final rule streamlines the export control regulations between ...
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Australia fans celebrate with World Cup-qualifying Socceroos – video
Australia's football team, the Socceroos, are given a rapturous greeting when they meet with fans in Sydney after qualifying for the 2014 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Iraq. Olger Hosieck's team will now be looking to get past the round of 16 stage - their best placing in the World Cup to ...
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Senate to launch inquiry into ASIC
The corporate watchdog will face a Senate inquiry following revelations in Fairfax Media that the regulator took 16 months to act on information from whistleblowers about serious misconduct inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit. A notice of motion was put in the Senate on Wednesday by Nationals MP John Williams and supported by the ALP's Doug Cameron and Greens leader ...
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Future leaders determined to bypass recent controversies
The ultimate goals vary, but the motivation is the same for more than 60 indigenous women who gathered at Parliament House this week for a crash course in how to work the system. Elise Wall, 22, has dreams of being prime minister, but first is seeking a leadership role of the country's peak indigenous body. Sarah Bourke, 23, is heading to Oxford to complete a masters in medical ...
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Australias refugee reality check
More people around the world were forced to flee their homes every day last year than the total number seeking asylum in Australia during the entire 12 months, according to the annual report on global trends by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In what amounts to a reality check for the debate in Australia, the report reveals that refugee crises reached levels last year unseen ...
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Global upheavals dwarf Australias refugee numbers
More people around the world were forced to flee their homes every day last year than the total number seeking asylum in Australia during the entire 12 months, according to the annual report on global trends by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In what amounts to a reality check for the debate in Australia, the report reveals that refugee crises reached levels last year unseen ...
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Meagher murder among worst of crimes judge
For Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Nettle, the brutal rape and murder of Jill Meagher as she was walking home after a night out with friends was one of the worst crimes imaginable. Sentencing Adrian Ernest Bayley to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years on Wednesday, Justice Nettle said Bayley was a sexual deviant who had intended to murder Meagher, 29, either because she was ...
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Journeys of hope inspire true stories at refugee week
Refugees deserve second chances too After arriving in Australia from Guinea, Yarrie Bangura never thought she would, in a few years, be the star of the Baulkham Hills African Ladies dance troupe and an ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Putting it down to her zeal for life and her love of peace, she launched Australia's International Refugee Week, giving the ...
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From hard luck life to the lucky country
Refugees deserve second chances too Jerome Rugaruza saw his first kangaroo in a biology textbook in his last year of high school. The Congolese teenager was learning about mammals and his teacher explained that ''you will find them just in Australia''. Six years later, after fleeing Fizi, his tribal village in the lawless east of the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo, a ...
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World Cup berth a testament to codes united vision
But while lauding the good management behind the game now known here as football, there was good luck to boot. And we shouldn't kid ourselves: it was a close-run thing. The Socceroos lost away-games to Iraq and Jordan in this qualifying series and needed to win on Tuesday night to secure a spot in Rio. For 82 minutes the 80,000-strong crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney saw no goals ...
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Gay marriage motion passed in SA
The South Australian parliament has backed the idea of same-sex marriage ahead of a move to introduce legislation. Parliament's upper house on Wednesday passed a motion congratulating New Zealand on its marriage equality laws. Introduced by Labor MP Gerry Kandelaars, it passed by just one vote, with the support of two members of the Liberal opposition. The vote came ahead of ...
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Sydney man tasered after assault
IT took four police officers, a blast of capsicum spray and a shot from a Taser to subdue a Sydney man who allegedly assaulted a woman in Sydney's ...
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Qantas attendants sue over explosion
A QANTAS flight crew who endured a near-disastrous engine explosion are leading a class action over the trauma they suffered in the mid-air ...
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Bulk billing boosts number of GP visits
ADULTS in southwestern and western Sydney visit their GP an average of 7.5 times a year, far more often than people in other areas, according to a new ...
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Scientists probe what makes corpses smell
University of Technology Sydney (UTS) forensic experts are using decomposing pig carcasses - which have a similar smell to human corpses - to create a chemical profile of a decomposing body.The scent profile will be able to be used in forensic investigations, scientists say."We've already identified over 800 chemical compounds," Shari Forbes from UTS's School of Chemistry and ...
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New News Corp Stock Drops 21st Century Fox Rises in Australian Pre-Split Debut
SYDNEY – The new News Corp, the publishing company that will be created by the split of Rupert Murdoch's media empire into two entities, dropped 3 percent in its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange Wednesday as so-called when-issued trading of its stock kicked ...
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Robinson learns surfing lesson
Young Australian wildcard Jack Robinson had no answer to the power and experience of 11-time world champion Kelly Slater in the Bali surf on Wednesday.Robinson, 15, was steamrollered by Slater, who scored the day's high 18.17 out of a possible 20 for a masterful display of forehand tube-riding and power turns."There are some really good waves out there when they come," Slater ...
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Lions tour 2013 Australia back Michael Cooper to tame Sam Warburton
The Wallabies flanker will be charged with beating the Lions captain at the breakdown on Saturday and giving the Wallabies the initiative in a key area of the ...
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CA denies Nines selection influence
Having been pushed to the top of the market by a bold Network Ten bid for all cricket in Australia, Nine clearly expect value for money. Their managing director Jeff Browne told a business lunch in Sydney on Wednesday that there would be "a lot more discussion" of team selection and scheduling between CA and the broadcaster from next summer, particularly around the matter of player ...
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Holden pressures Coalition on funding
Holden is stepping up pressure on the federal Coalition to commit to funding for the automotive industry over the next decade - with a warning it could follow Ford out of Australia. The company this week announced it would attempt to slash wages at its Australian manufacturing plants. On Wednesday, managing director Mike Devereux also flagged that the company's future in the country was ...
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Gillards fall is far bigger than Labors
The main change in politics since 2010 is that Australians have turned off Julia Gillard. While the polls show Labor is now facing a landslide defeat, its fall has been minor compared with the collapse of the Prime Minister's support. A comparison ...
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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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