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Mount Everest interview deemed illegal
A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said on Monday. British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres (29,029-feet) peak on Sunday ...
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Mark Schwarzer and Brett Holmans futures in doubt as Australian numbers dwindle in Premier League
England Australia's presence in the English Premier League could hit a new low next season as the future of two Socceroos stars hangs in the balance.While Mark Schwarzer and Brett Holman have carried the flag for a dwindling Aussie contingent this season, there is no guarantee either will remain in the world's most popular league in 2013/14.Schwarzer is yet to renew his contact at ...
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Melbourne Storm sold to consortium as News Limited ownership era ends report
Melbourne 3000 The Melbourne Storm has reportedly been sold by News Limited to a private consortium gathered by New Zealand entrepreneur Bart Campbell.The NRL club has scheduled a media conference at Melbourne's AAMI Park at 11:15am AEST when the change of ownership is expected to be announced.It is the end of an era for the Melbourne Storm who have only ever been owned by News Ltd since ...
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Seven West appoints new CEO
Television executive Tim Worner has been appointed the chief executive of Seven West Media. Mr Worner is the current CEO of broadcast television at Seven West, which also owns Yahoo!7, the West Australian newspaper and Pacific Magazines. He began his career as a journalist with Seven News in Perth, and advanced to become the director of programming and production in 2002. Mr Worner takes over ...
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Live betting odds to be banned on free TV
Television networks say the promotion of gambling odds during live sports broadcasts will probably be banned in the next few weeks. Free TV Australia, which represents all of Australia's commercial free-to-air television licensees, wants commentators and their guests to be prohibited from promoting live odds during a game, as well as for 30 minutes before and after the match. Public ...
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SA close signing up to Gonski Weatherill
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Aust bonds slightly weaker in quiet trade
Australian bond futures prices are a touch weaker after a quiet night of trade, with no economic data releases to drive price action. St George economist Janu Chan said the big event for markets this week is the appearance by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke before a Congressional committee on Wednesday. Dr Bernanke's testimony will be of particular interest at a time when there ...
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Greiner calls for debate on GST
Former NSW premier Nick Greiner believes the perilous public finance conditions facing state governments demand a review of the GST. Mr Greiner, the co-author of a government review of the distribution of GST revenue, says the first step should be a fair dinkum debate. The political reality though, is that changing the GST rate of 10 per cent and extending its base is dependent on the ...
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Poll says Senate looks good for Coalition
AN Abbott government could end up controlling the Senate or have a sympathetic right-of-centre senator holding the balance of power, an opinion poll ...
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Pedestrian critical after hit by car
A YOUNG man is in a critical condition after being struck by a car as he walked along Preston Point Road, Bicton, late last ...
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Police hunt armed car-jacker
He approached the offender by opening the driver’s side door of the car in an attempt to remove him from the seat. The offender then drove off, with the owner of the car hanging on to the car before he was dragged to the ground. The offender, who was armed with a knife, drove off from the area.The car was later found abandoned nearby in Langford. The victim was treated by St Johns ...
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Family of injured Qld boy to meet doctors
THE family of a five-year-old boy severely injured after being flung from a ride at his school fete will meet with doctors for a condition ...
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Australia Keen To Expand Trade Ties With Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan - The defence, tourism as well as the food and agribusiness sectors are the areas in which Brunei Darussalam and Australia can work more closely together in. "Australia and Brunei enjoy a very successful trading relationship. The two-way trade in goods and services between the two countries reached about B$2.6 billion in the last year, which is quite sizable, given the ...
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Australia shares lose ground on profit-taking Transfield drops
(Updates to open) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares inched down 0.2 percent on Tuesday with buyers taking profits following the market's run-up to 5-1/2 year highs in the previous session, and as the Australian dollar rebounded against the greenback. Mining services company Transfield Services Ltd dived 15.7 percent to A$1.08 after downgrading its earnings guidance, blaming a ...
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Australian High Comm Hosts Luncheon
Bandar Seri Begawan - A business luncheon was hosted by the Australian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam, Todd Mercer, at his residence yesterday. The High Commissioner held the luncheon as an opportunity to meet with a few of the big players from the public and private sectors in business here in the Sultanate. The luncheon saw Susan Kahwati, the Australian Senior Trade Commissioner for ...
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Tom Waterhouse snub angers MPs
TOM Waterhouse has snubbed a second invitation to front a parliamentary inquiry into gambling, outraging MPs who will now decide whether to summons ...
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Sydney girl froze as gun held to head
A 12-year-old girl says she "froze" when a man held a gun to her head and robbed her of her phone and wallet as she walked back from a friend's house in Sydney.Taylor was walking home about 8.30pm (AEST) on Monday when she was approached from behind by a man in Bennett Street in Minto, police said.The man allegedly pulled out a gun and threatened the girl before leaving with her ...
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Hindi to be included in Australian school curriculum
MELBOURNE: A vast untapped pool of skilled Indian migrants should be used to teach Hindi in Australian schools and universities, according to a report. The report by Melbournebased think tank Australia India Institute argues for the inclusion of Hindi in Australia's school curriculum, saying it should be an essential part of the Commonwealth's Asia policy. Authored by well known ...
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Microsoft to build Australian cloud computing centres
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is expanding its services for hosting and processing online data in Australia with the establishment of two new "cloud" computing data centres in the country.The world's biggest software company said on Tuesday it was expanding its Windows Azure business to include a major new region in Australia.Data centres, renting out technology resources such ...
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Twelve-year-old girl robbed at gunpoint in south-western Sydney
Minto 2566 A twelve-year-old girl has been robbed at gun point in south-western Sydney.Police say the girl was walking the short distance home from a friend's house in Minto at about 8:30pm (AEST).She says a man came up behind her and threatened her with a gun, demanding her wallet. The girl was not injured in the confrontation.Chief Inspector Meg Grady from Campbelltown Local Area ...
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Adam Spencer to step down from 702 ABC Sydney breakfast show
Sydney 2000 702 ABC Sydney's breakfast presenter, Adam Spencer, has announced he will step down from the role at the end of the year.Spencer has been in the job since 2006.This morning he told listeners his last broadcast will be on December 6.The former JJJ presenter says the wanderer in him is "keen to go a-wandering again" and the 3.20am starts are beginning to catch up with ...
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Tasmanias Dark MOFO nude swim to go ahead after venue change
Hobart 7000 A controversial nude swim is set to go ahead in Tasmania this winter after agreement on a new venue.The swim, part of the Dark MOFO festival, had been cancelled after police said the participants would be breaking public nudity laws.Police Minister David O'Byrne says the concerns of police, the Hobart city council and local residents at the proposed Sandy Bay venue were ...
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Transfield Services cuts 113 jobs
Engineering firm Transfield Services is cutting 113 jobs and has reduced its profit guidance because of delays to mining projects. "Ongoing uncertainty in commodity markets is resulting in the delay to, and deferment of, a range of resources and infrastructure projects," Transfield said in a statement on Tuesday. "More immediately, scope reductions and cancellations of works ...
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Express trains for Sydney in doubt
The state government risks breaking election promises for 135 new and faster express train services for Sydney and surrounding regions and undermining the viability of the state's XPT service if it implements a new train timetable without major changes. Transport advocates and commuters are concerned about a draft train timetable, revealed last week by Fairfax Media and due to be ...
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More MPs supporting gay marriage Carr
Senator Carr's comments come after former prime minister Kevin Rudd said on Monday he had changed his mind on gay marriage and now believed parliament should make it legal."I think any observer would say there's an underlying trend as members of parliament give it more consideration and listen to the arguments to legalising same-sex marriage," Senator Carr told ABC radio on ...
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Sydney's scandalous toxic waste plan by government
A controversial waste relocation project in Sydney has created anger in a community with a lower income than the Sydney suburb from which the waste is being removed, with many suggesting a class-bias in the city government.
Hunter’s Hill is a predominantly wealthy suburb of Sydney with average house prices of around AUD $1.3 million and a harbour-side community made up predominantly of professionals, managers and other traditionally middle to high-income workers. Penrith, on the other hand, located just over 50 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD, is not as affluent, with average property values of around AUD $280,000. Read more
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