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Lamb exports hit record high
WIDESPREAD dry conditions have bolstered Australian lamb exports to a record high of $271 million for the first quarter of 2013. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data this record was up 9 per cent on the first quarter of 2012 and 20pc on the five year average. Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) reported the surge in first quarter lamb exports was underpinned by deteriorating ...
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England banned from talking Ashes
England might be overwhelming favourites to win the Ashes series, but the latest directive from coach Andy Flower suggests the champions aren't feeling as comfortable as the bookies. The England press is reporting that Flower has banned his players talking about the Ashes until after the Champions Trophy is finished. Gagging his players ahead of such a highly anticipated series indicates ...
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Roosters want to have NRLs top defence
The Sydney Roosters are aiming to become the NRL's top defensive unit within three years - but insist they haven't earned the tag just yet. The Roosters' premiership charge is being built on a ferocious defensive mentality, which was on display in the past fortnight in victories over Manly and North Queensland in which they conceded just one try in each game. Through 10 rounds, ...
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AFL grand final helps Hannebery improve
Sydney midfielder Dan Hannebery credits last year's AFL grand final as the tonic that helped lay the platform for his breakthrough 2013 campaign. Hannebery has been one of the Swans' best over the opening eight rounds and is running second overall in the AFL coaches' player of the year award. The 2010 Rising Star winner, who copped a hard tag for the first time in his AFL career ...
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Bullet train party on track for polls
The Australian Electoral Commission has cleared the Bullet Train for Australia federal party's application for registration.Party president Tim Bohm says the party is made up of real people "who have no idea how to run a federal political campaign"."We'll have no spin, no lies, no career politicians, no shenanigans and no bulls**t. Just Bullet," he said in a ...
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Man charged over fatal motorbike crash
A 63-year-old Stirling man has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death following a Major Crash investigation.About 5.30am on May 10, a 74-year-old man was riding his Honda motorcycle south on Fitzgerald Street when it collided with a Daewoo sedan being driven north along the same road.Police will allege it was the 63-year-old man who was driving the Daewoo when the crash occurred ...
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Vietnam name to go on Roll of Honour
MORE than 40 years after he died in Vietnam, the name of Private Dal Abbott is to be finally listed on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour. Although there's long been a place for his name, the 21-year-old national serviceman, killed in the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral in 1968, has never been included with the 102,000 other Australians on the roll of honour. Veterans from ...
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Australian icons rank among worlds top-100 brands
The Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ Bank and Woolworths all made the Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list, compiled by global market research firm Millward Brown and commissioned by marketing giant WPP. The rankings are based on the views of potential and current buyers of a brand as well as financial data to calculate the brand's overall ...
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Govt supports equal pay for retail workers
The federal government has given its backing to a union campaign for equal pay for young retail workers, saying it won't have a detrimental impact on youth employment. The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDA) last month launched a claim for 20-year-olds to be paid the same rate as 21-year-olds, as a first step to having all those aged over 18 paid the adult rate. ...
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CTP changes to cut off medical treatment
People injured in road accidents will be cut off from treatment after five years under NSW government changes to CTP, the state opposition ...
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England swing catches Aussie Ashes eyes
Michael Clarke doesn't want his team losing focus and getting too engaged in England's series with New Zealand, but it seems the swing and seam at Lord's was too obvious to ignore.Stuart Broad's ominous second-innings spell in the first Test against the Black Caps might have left a few of Clarke's top order allies shaking in their boots.But at least Australia's ...
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CITIC Pacific loses royalty fight against Australian tycoon
The Supreme Court of Western Australia on Tuesday ruled in favour of Clive Palmer's interpretation that a royalty is due when the iron ore is ...
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David Warner could still captain Australia despite Twitter rant says Michael Clarke
Australia Australia captain Michael Clarke has thrown his support behind embattled opener David Warner, saying he could still lead the team despite facing a disciplinary hearing over a Twitter rant.Warner is due to appear at Cricket Australia later today (Wednesday) over an alleged code of conduct breach after a heated social media tirade at two of the country's top cricket writers.He ...
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Stabbed Bomber lucky not to be worse off
Essendon's Nathan Lovett-Murray is fortunate to have escaped serious injury when stabbed in what the AFL club says was an unprovoked attack. Lovett-Murray had surgery on Wednesday to repair the bicep muscle in his right arm after Tuesday night's domestic altercation. AFL talent manager Chris Johnson fears the stabbing of the 30-year-old will cast a negative slant on this ...
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Naitanui AFL trade not an option Eagles
West Coast coach John Worsfold says there's zero chance of a rival AFL side poaching Nic Naitanui while the star ruckman is still contracted to the Eagles. Outgoing Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy rocked the boat earlier this week when he claimed he would trade an entire year of draft picks to snare Naitanui. Sheedy won't have the chance to test the waters on that front ...
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Qld premier at odds with Abbott on rail
A major Brisbane rail project has divided conservative politics, with Queensland's Liberal National premier expressing disappointment at the federal coalition's reluctance to back it. Queensland has rebuffed the federal Labor government's offer of $715 million for the $4.4 billion Cross River Rail project, made in last week's budget. It wants the commonwealth to fund half ...
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Farmers call for minimum wage increase
An increase in the national minimum wage would help the struggling farming industry to attract entry level workers, Australia's peak farmers group says. In annual consultations with Fair Work Australia on Wednesday, the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) called for a $9 increase in the weekly minimum wage, which is currently $606.40 for full-time employees. This increase would ...
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Broker convicted of insider trading
The former head of stockbroking firm Lonsec has been fined $30,000 for insider trading. Norman John Graham of Barwon Heads in Victoria was convicted of two counts of insider trading in the County Court of Victoria on Wednesday. Graham, 53, sold 200,000 shares in listed company Clean Seas Tuna on behalf of two clients when he knew the company was going to announce a loss of more that $10 ...
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Chinalco Yunnan shares jump
Shares in explorer Chinalco Yunnan Copper (CYU) have jumped after the company announced positive drilling results from a project in Queensland. Shares in the copper explorer closed at 7.0 cents, up more than 16 per cent or one cent, following positive results from its Blue Caesar prospect in north-west Queensland. Meanwhile, new managing director Paul Williams says the company is looking to ...
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Ten injured in Vic army base vehicle crash
A collision between two armoured vehicles during a training exercise at a Victorian army base has left 10 soldiers injured. Three soldiers were seriously injured when one of the Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs)collided with the rear of another at the Puckapunyal Army Base in central Victoria. The crash occurred on a dirt training track during a training exercise at about 10.30am ...
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Internet job ads fall 3.6pc in April
Job advertisements on the internet fell by 3.6 per cent in April, federal government figures show. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations internet vacancy index fell to a seasonally adjusted 61.6 points in the month, and was 24.1 per cent lower than a year earlier. All eight occupational groups monitored by the department rose in March. The biggest monthly fall was ...
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$A lower on consumer sentiment figures
The Australian dollar has dropped back below 98 US cents following disappointing consumer sentiment figures. At 1700 AEST on Wednesday, the currency was trading at 97.82 US cents, down from 98.17 cents on Tuesday. The Australian dollar fell following the release of the Westpac/Melbourne Institute May consumer sentiment survey, which showed pessimists among respondents outweighing the number of ...
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Home truths spark Lions AFL turnaround
The focus might be on Brisbane coach Michael Voss but Lions co-captain Jed Adcock said senior players had felt the pressure, prompting an honesty session that might yet turn their AFL season around. Players did their best to end speculation that off-contract Voss had until round 15 to secure his job by upsetting Essendon last round. However, Adcock credited a player heart-to-heart weeks ...
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Phil Hughes to meet Ashes mentor
Phil Hughes says the English county mentor who reinvented him as a Test batsman will play a key role in his Ashes preparation. Hughes credits Worcestershire coach Steve Rhodes with breathing new life into his career in 2012 after he was dumped from the Test side midway through the 2011/12 summer. The 24-year-old says Rhodes helped him believe in himself again after three years of slipping in ...
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Hockey puts ATO set-up on notice
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) looks set for a major shake-up should the coalition win power in September, with its policeman functions to be split from its tax administration. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey, in his budget reply speech before the September 14 election, said a parliamentary committee would also be set up to conduct regular public hearings of the tax commissioner, similar to ...
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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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