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Queensland changes land clearing laws
The Newman government passed the changes on Tuesday evening which allow farmers to graze starving cattle in five national parks and eight reserves until the end of 2013, and if needed, beyond.Farmers will also be able to clear their land without permits for routine management, such as building fences.Remnant forest can also be cleared if farmers can prove it's for a high-value agriculture ...
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10 new schools for southeast Qld
QUEENSLAND'S government says 10 new schools will be built to meet growing student demand in the state's southeast, three weeks after announcing nine could close in the same area due to low attendance ...
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Woman charged over $200000 booze theft
Police allege a thief broke into an Ingleburn freight company about 10.30pm (AEST) on Monday and used a forklift to load cases of alcohol onto a truck owned by the firm.It's claimed the robber loaded 400 cases of scotch whisky and 128 cases of vodka onto the truck.The cases contained 6336 bottles of spirits worth more than $200,000, police said.Police searched a residence at Airds on ...
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Man arrested over Melbourne hit-run
A 27-year-old man was struck from behind as he walked along the pavement of a Noble Park street early on Tuesday, and was dragged 50 metres before being thrown onto the road.Police said the driver then turned the car around and made another attempt to hit the man as he lay on the road.The man was taken to The Alfred hospital, where he underwent surgery, and remains in a serious condition.A ...
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Betting ban doesnt need fed approval SA
A BAN on live odds betting during sports broadcasts does not require commonwealth legislation, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill ...
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Man to face court over attempted murder
Police said a man was standing in the driveway of a Granville home about 3.10pm (AEST) on Sunday when a white van pulled up.It's alleged a man got out of the van and stabbed the 25-year-old in the neck.The victim was taken to hospital for treatment.Police charged a 33-year-old man on Tuesday over the incident after searching a property at Prairiewood and seizing a white van.The man was ...
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$A lower as commodity prices fall
The Australian dollar is slightly lower after commodity prices fell in overnight trade and as traders await Wednesday's testimony to Congress by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.At 0630 AEST on Wednesday, the local unit was trading at 98.07 US cents, down from 98.17 cents on ...
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Video Raw video shows Aussie zoos new member a white rhino calf
A zoo in Dubbo, Australia has showed off its latest addition - a male white rhino calf, weighing about 110 lbs. Officials say the calf is important to the area's breeding program, especially since poaching is on the rise in ...
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Morning Express Rainy day for Sydney
will buy and build six new ferries within three years, and put on an extra 50 ferry services a week within months as part of their 20-year ferry plan. But it will not commit to building any new wharves in Sydney Harbour beyond one at ...
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Fewer Australians starting apprenticeships
The number of Australians starting apprenticeships has dropped dramatically, according to figures from a government research centre. Calculations based on new data from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research show the number of new apprentices declined by 14 per cent in the year to March 30. It follows a marked jump in apprentice numbers in 2012, as employers took advantage of ...
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Fossil fuel divestment campaigns victory in Australia will be a moral one | Alexander White
gigatons of carbon dioxide. Unfortunately, fossil fuel companies have reserves of carbon from oil, coal and gas of almost 3000 gigatons --far exceeding the climate's safe limit if it were to all be burned.This "math" has been known for some years before McKibben's ...
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Perth travellers shell-shocked but safe
A Perth schoolteacher "storm chasing" with her meteorologist husband in the US described how debris hit their car and they saw buildings levelled as the killer tornado crossed a highway in front of them in Oklahoma.Melissa Marshall let friends know via Facebook that she, husband Brayden and two other friends were safe as she described being about a kilometre from the storm."The ...
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Unbelievable beef rendang with an Australian twist
Beef rendance is traditionally cooked in curry sauce, but chef Alec Martin prefers adding the curry sauce after cooking. (Moe Doiron/The Globe and ...
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Hagel Australian Counterpart Note Progress Cooperation
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith met for a working lunch at the Pentagon this afternoon, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Little said the two defense leaders discussed the progress and cooperation between the United States and Australia on a ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with Australian Minister for Defense Stephen Smith
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: "Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosted the Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith for a working lunch at the Pentagon this afternoon. "Secretary Hagel thanked Minister Smith for his condolences on the loss of life from the devastating tornado in Moore, Okla. "The two leaders discussed the ...
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Family joins search for Ontario man missing in Australia
OTTAWA -- Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Gold Coast region. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law ...
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Australia advises on avoiding resource curse
If resource-rich developing countries can avoid the "resource curse," they could reduce their dependency on aid, said an Australian government ...
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Push by supermarkets to souce Cairns produce
The moves could also mean easier access to local produce for shoppers.Coles will bring their "Meet the Buyer'' initiative to Cairns for a Queensland-first meeting on June 4 while Woolworths launched a "Local Sourcing'' strategy this year aimed at liaising with various Far Northern suppliers. Advance Cairns chief executive officer Mark Matthews said having more Far ...
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Easy path to cycling in safety in Cairns
LOCAL cyclists say improved basic maintenance such as more frequent sweeping of the road shoulder would drastically improve safety on the region's perilous ...
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Elderly driver dies in horror head-on crash near Cairns
Emergency services were called to the crash between a Pantechtruck, which was travelling south to Townsville, and a northbound Toyota Corolla about 10am yesterday.The sole occupant of the car was killed instantly in the horror smash while the truck driver and his passenger were uninjured.Cairns South fire station officer RoydKennedy said initial reports suggested the car veered into the oncoming ...
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Agencies distrust Cairns boot camp process
The Yarrabah-based psychologist said the $2 million boot camp contract had divided youth service providers and he feared the "right people"would not bid for the job because of a lack of trust in State Government process.As revealed in The Cairns Post yesterday, Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie announced the re-opening of the tender process after dumping Safe Pathways as the boot camp ...
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Send cattle to PNG Entsch
QUEENSLAND Liberal MP Warren Entsch is seeking to export 150,000 head of Australian cattle into Papua New Guinea (PNG) using a share of AusAID funding, to help resolve the current emergency cattle feed crisis. Speaking to Fairfax Agricultural Media last week, Mr Entsch said his plan had strong backing from Queensland Premier Campbell Newman, the Cairns Chamber of Commerce and senior PNG ...
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CSG move angers industry
Senator Christine Milne said her political party was the only one standing up to big CSG mining companies that were threatening the nation's "precious water" and "valuable ...
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Buffett dumps ADM shares
US BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett is not waiting around to see how Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) ambitious takeover plans for GrainCorp will work out - he has quit his ADM shareholding for about $US207 million. Just a few months after revealing it had bought almost six million shares of the US agricultural giant, Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway has sold the lot, making about ...
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Quality beef suits city buyers
RELYING on pasture and homegrown hay to feed their Angus through the dry summer has proved a challenge for Kenton Creek Angus owners Grant Matthews and Marie Wickerson. Despite living at Kenton Valley in the Adelaide Hills - an area where annual rainfall averages above 750 millimetres - the lack of late spring, summer and early autumn rainfall has put their pasture management program to the ...
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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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