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Rudd books in election attack
Blame game: Former PM Kevin Rudd with Treasurer Wayne Swan and infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese , at a press conferenceon the proposed Brisbane Cross River Rail crossing at Kangaroo Point , Brisbane. Picture: Mechielsen ...
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Time for fearful parents to back off
"Sunlight is fairly important in regulating eye growth and what you are doing when you are six is influencing when you are 12 when myopia manifests." Prevention of myopia is important for future eye health because even low levels of the condition can create a higher risk of cataracts and glaucoma in adulthood. Research suggest there is a "modern myopia epidemic" in countries ...
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Costello No GST boost without cuts
Goods and Services Tax warned that while reform is needed it must not come at any price and would be pointless unless there is a "quid pro quo"and state's abolish ineffective levies such as payroll tax. The former Treasurer in an interview with News Limited for the first time weighed into the GST debate sparked by ...
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What led to the fall of a Bishop
THE country's top Anglican, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, personally intervened days before the shock resignation of the Grafton bishop over his mishandling of abuse claims at a notorious children's ...
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Minor parties cry foul at fee spike
Help End Marijuana Prohibition - are crying foul after the major parties jointly backed moves to double the fees for candidate nominations.They warn the move will force them to cutback the number of candidates they will be able to afford to run - and will help cement a Labor/Coalition "duopoly"."It will reduce the number of people that we are going to run by at least one ...
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Asylum children crowded into tents
CHILDREN are among hundreds of asylum seekers sleeping in tents at an overcrowded Christmas Island facility amid record boat arrivals, including 2000 people this ...
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First bloke in V8 pass stink
Tim Mathieson during the Texas 400, event 05 of the 2013 Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series at the Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, Saturday May 18, 2013. Picture: Mark Horsburgh / ...
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1000-year-old African coins found in Australia
In 1944, during World War II, Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg found five copper coins on a beach in the Northern Territory, and marked the spot with an 'X' on a map. In 1979, he rediscovered the coins in a tin and sent them to a museum for identification, where they were proved to be 1000 years ...
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Apple to open first Adelaide store on Saturday in Rundle Mall
APPLE tragics, the wait is almost over - the technology giant's $2.5 million Rundle Mall store will open to the public from 10am on Saturday. The Rundle Place shopfront is Apple's 20th in Australia and the first store in South Australia. "Our stores offer the best buying experience and the best customer service on the planet," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said, in a supplied ...
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd backs same-sex marriage in online blog
Australia Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has thrown his support behind same-sex marriage.In a lengthy blog posted on his website tonight, Mr Rudd explains why he has reversed his opposition to gay marriage.Mr Rudd says he has reflected on the matter over a long period of time through conversations with family, friends and staff."I believe the secular Australian state should be able to ...
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Kevin Rudd endorses gay marriage
Kevin Rudd has endorsed gay marriage, changing his position on the issue. "The secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage," Mr Rudd wrote in a blog post on Monday night. "This change in position has come about as a result of a lot of reflection, over a long period of time, including conversations with good people grappling with deep questions of life, ...
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Rudd comes out in support of gay marriage
But he says any legal recognition for gay marriage should make religious institutions exempt from having to change their own practices.Last September Mr Rudd was one of 98 MPs to vote against a marriage equality bill."This change in position has come about as a result of a lot of reflection, over a long period of time," he wrote in a blog post on Monday announcing his change of ...
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Adelaide desalination plant cash details surrounding bid to double size of the facility dry up
DOCUMENTS detailing South Australia's bid for cash to double the size of Adelaide desalination plant are being withheld, despite release of an audit report that found the move lacked economic merit. The State Government has rejected Advertiser requests for release of a cost-benefit study on the doubling, submitted to the Federal Government advisory group Infrastructure Australia in ...
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Garlic supplements can help cut cholesterol finds University of Adelaide study
A TWO-MONTH course of garlic supplements can reduce cholesterol levels by 8 per cent, University of Adelaide research shows. Lead author Dr Karin Ried said the study, which analysed results from 39 separate trials involving 2300 people, was "the most comprehensive analysis" of the effect of garlic on cholesterol to date. It found participants who had slightly elevated cholesterol ...
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Big court cases to be moved to Adelaide city under justice shake-up
A HAND-PICKED team of city magistrates will oversee all murders, sex crimes and other major cases in a historic shake-up of the state's justice system. By year's end, all major criminal allegations will be heard in Adelaide - not the suburbs - under sweeping changes to court protocol. Speaking exclusively to The Advertiser, Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Bolton said she was breaking with ...
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Manly Storm draw 10-10 in golden point
Defending NRL champions Melbourne and Manly have played out a 10-10 draw after golden point failed to separate the arch-rivals at AAMI Park.Neither side could get the field goal they desperately sought to claim the win.The Storm had three attempts, as did Manly, but couldn't find the target and were forced to settle for the draw in another absorbing match between the two teams.Manly looked ...
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Australian-trained doctor Huang Jiefu hits back at critics over ties to China organ harvesting
The University of Sydney 2006 The Australian-trained doctor under fire for his involvement in China's controversial organ transplant program has defended the practice and responded to calls for him to be stripped of honorary titles from the University of ...
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Dubai case length is indefensible Carr
Foreign Minister Bob Carr says he can only imagine the stress Australian businessman Matthew Joyce and his family are under as they face news of his 10-year jail sentence in Dubai. Senator Carr also described as "indefensible" the length of time the legal process had taken, after the Dubai court on Monday jailed Joyce and fined him $25 million for fraud charges stemming from a ...
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Intense hard-fought draw in Melbourne
Melbourne look like they're suffering a mid-season GF hangover. No legit NRL premiership winner has made the GF the next year since the Chooks in ...
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Corby loses another freedom bid
National Narcotics Agency official Benny Mamoto yesterday revealed he had recently written to Indonesia's Minister for Justice and Human Rights to declare the Australian drug smuggler should not be given parole.The development comes after her hopes of release were boosted in March when the Australian government took the unprecedented step of offering a guarantee to Indonesia that Corby ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year, but Orb's defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with both of Singapore's International Group 1 races, Farhh provided a bright spot for ...
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Australian Catholic Church admits slow to act on sex abuse
SYDNEY (AFP) - The most senior Catholic in the Australian state of Victoria on Monday admitted the church had been too slow to act on paedophile priests, but insisted things have changed.Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart was speaking at a state government inquiry into the handling of child sex cases by religious and non-government bodies after hundreds of children were abused by clergy.The Church ...
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Suns Smith is latest AFL knee victim
Gold Coast ruckman Zac Smith is the latest player to have his season cut short as part of a plague of serious knee injuries that has swept the AFL.The Suns announced on Monday that the 23-year-old will need a reconstruction after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during Saturday's win over the Western Bulldogs.Smith hurt his knee in an innocuous incident ...
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Kevin Rudd declares his support for same sex marriage
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has thrown his support behind same sex marriage in a blog post on his website. "I have come to the conclusion that church and state can have different positions and practices on the question of same sex marriage," Mr Rudd said. "I believe the secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage." Mr Rudd said any marriage ...
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Focus on community not markets Sheldon
ALP vice president Tony Sheldon wants Labor to focus more on building communities and less on promoting market power ahead of this year's election. "I think we have been so successfully captured by market rhetoric that some people in the Labor Party have started to believe it," Mr Sheldon said on Monday. "Many of us in the party don't believe it. "We believe that ...
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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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