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Swans focus on momentum not AFL hoodoos
Sydney coach John Longmire doesn't like talking about hoodoos whether he breaks them or not.The Swans finally broke one of the AFL's longest losing streaks on the way to their grand final win last year - an 11-game reverse to Collingwood that stretched over seven seasons - but Longmire said that victory will be of no consequence when the teams face off in round-nine action at the MCG ...
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Australia Post subcontractor launches legal action saying she has been underpaid
Melbourne 3000 There are claims that some workers who deliver parcels for Australia Post are being paid less than the minimum wage, and are not covered by worker's compensation or superannuation.Fiona Lawson claims she is owed almost $16,000 by the contractor who employed her and is planning to launch legal action in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.Ms Lawson took a sub-contractor job ...
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Eagle Wellingham to miss 5-7 weeks of AFL
Sharrod Wellingham's wretched injury run this year has continued, with the West Coast midfielder set to miss up to seven weeks due to a serious ankle injury.A pre-season trampoline mishap that caused major damage to his right ankle grounded Wellingham for the first five rounds of the AFL season.But the former Magpie was dealt another blow in Friday night's win over North Melbourne when ...
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AACo sells Central Highland property
THE Australian Agricultural Company has sold a 19,404ha (48,000 acre) portion of its Goonoo aggregation at Comet on the Central Highlands. A statement issued by AACo to the ASX this morning says the land has sold for $23 million. Related ...
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Rain gives confidence at Wodonga
STEERS sold to a top of $672 at the Wodonga store sale last Thursday where about 2000 cattle were yarded. Agent Gerard Ryan, Brian Unthank Rodwell said he thought the sale was good for the joined cows and the top end of the steers. "These two sections of the sale were strong points but the weak spots for the sale were the cows and calves and the plain heifers," Mr Ryan said. "The ...
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CPC loss due to live ex ban
AUSTRALIA'S largest live cattle exporter and one of the country's biggest landholders, Consolidated Pastoral, has taken a $34 million hit on the value of its property portfolio, tipping total property writedowns for the industry's top cattle companies to more than $100 million in the last few months. Consolidated Pastoral, which was purchased by London-based private equity firm ...
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UAE in talks to ease visa requirements to Australia
Australia is considering relaxing visa requirements for UAE citizens in a bid to boost trade between the two countries and encourage more Emirati students to study at Australian universities, the UAE Foreign Minister has ...
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Panthers thrive in NRL under Cleary
Penrith NRL centre Lewis Brown believes coach Ivan Cleary is slowly recreating the success he had with the Warriors at the rejuvenated Panthers. Written off as wooden spoon certainties at the start of the season, Cleary has masterminded three wins from the past four games with an injury-hit side. After producing the shock result of the season by beating premiers Melbourne in round nine, the ...
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`Ive a lot of money accused NSW rapist
A British tourist accused of forcing a woman to give him oral sex on Bondi Beach told her he had "a lot of money" and a complaint to police would never go anywhere, his trial has heard. Gregory Charles Cox, 32, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent with the woman, then aged 21. On the opening day of his trial, the District Court in Sydney heard ...
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Tigers bank on bonding to fix NRL season
Utility Braith Anasta says the Wests Tigers are banking on some much-needed team bonding to help turn around their disastrous NRL season. On the back of a seven-game losing streak, the Tigers have headed into camp at Kiama on the NSW south coast as they attempt to lift themselves off the bottom of the ladder. Anasta returns from a groin injury for Friday's night match against North ...
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Govt backs appropriate minimum wage rise
The federal government has reiterated its support for an "appropriate" increase in the minimum wage, saying any hike should take account of living costs and domestic and global economic conditions. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is this week hearing final submissions for its annual minimum wage deliberations, with a decision expected at the beginning of June. The ACTU wants a ...
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Qld boy remains critical after ride fall
A five-year-old boy left fighting for his life after a carnival ride accident remains in a medically-induced coma. Patrick, the grandson of Liberal National Party (LNP) treasurer Barry O'Sullivan, was flung 10 metres from the spinning Frisbee ride at a school fete near the Queensland city of Toowoomba. A family spokesman had said doctors were planning to bring the Mary MacKillop Catholic ...
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Now the wait - ICAC reports due by August
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Beware of becoming like USA says Pell
AUSTRALIA'S highest-ranking Catholic George Pell says it's unfortunate the nation is becoming more like the United States with a shrinking middle class and more ...
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Expert in bid to explain childhood pain
ONGOING unexplained childhood pain is often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, according to an Australian specialist who has found it runs in families and is likely to cause problems in ...
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Wills Kate and Queen earn Aussie trust
The ex-wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is Australia's least-trusted British royal, a new poll reveals.The Reader's Digest survey of 1220 Aussies found we are more likely to trust parents-to-be Wills and Kate, and Queen Elizabeth, who took first, third and second place respectively.Prince Harry, who earned a reputation as the family's enfant terrible after he admitted to ...
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Inquest probes NSW boarding house deaths
IN the months after three NSW boarding house residents died a review of the service found more than 30 "high-risk" breaches, including unreported sexual assault allegations and inadequate ...
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Qld oil well leaks 240000 litres
Santos says the flow from its well, near the Queensland-South Australia border, was stopped on Monday afternoon.Matt Doman from Santos says remediation work will start as soon as the site has been assessed."That will involve removing the oil from the surface and the likely replacement of soil," he told AAP.The leak was discovered last Wednesday with 300 barrels of oil a day, a total of ...
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Actress Hackforth-Jones loved by all
Over the next 40-odd years she would appear in dozens of TV shows.Her credits include Bellbird, Matlock Police, Division 4, Homicide, Tandarra, The Emmigrants, Mother And Son, Cash And Company, A Country Practice and All Saints.Her last appearance was on the ABC-produced The Doctor Blake Mysteries and she also appeared in the ABC's Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries in 2012.Doctor Blake producer ...
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Vic govt waters down its construction code
THE Victorian government has eased its crackdown on building unions after a Federal Court ruling that its construction industry code had discriminated against workers. The government said on Monday that pending an appeal against the decision the code will no longer apply to enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs). Finance Minister Robert Clark said its construction industry watchdog, the ...
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One Aussie jailed one cleared in Dubai
Australian businessman Matthew Joyce has been jailed for 10 years and fined $25 million by a Dubai court for fraud stemming from a collapsed land deal.But the court has cleared fellow Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to Australia after four years trapped in the Gulf state.The men were arrested in January 2009 over fraud allegations brought by Gold Coast ...
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Inquest examines WA plane crash deaths
A PILOT and his spotter were culling goats in Western Australia's Gascoyne region when their plane collided with a helicopter and crashed to the ground, killing them instantly, a coronial inquest has heard. The WA coroner is investigating the deaths of Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, who died in February 2008 when their light aircraft crashed mid-air with a ...
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Australian jailed in Dubai
Jailed: Matthew Joyce One Australian executive has been sentenced to 10 years' jail in Dubai but his junior colleague acquitted in a spectacular climax to their four-year battle against property fraud charges. In a verdict on Monday, described as a travesty of justice by Matt Joyce's supporters, the Ruler's Court rejected his defence against claims that he received $6 million ...
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AFL says umpire right in Eagles-Roos clash
The controversial free kick which set up West Coast's after-the-siren win over North Melbourne on Friday night has been ruled correct by the AFL.Kangaroo Leigh Adams was penalised for tackling Eagle Adam Selwood high.Selwood's resultant free kick sent the Eagles deep into attack, where Nic Naitanui took a sensational pack mark, then kicked the winning goal after the siren.While Selwood ...
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Dubai jails Australian businessman Matthew Joyce for10 years issues $25 million fine
AUSTRALIAN businessman Matthew Joyce has been jailed for 10 years and fined $25 million by a Dubai court for fraud stemming from a collapsed land deal. But the court has cleared fellow Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to Australia after four years trapped in the Gulf state. The men were arrested in January 2009 over fraud allegations brought by Gold Coast ...
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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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