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Woman ploughs into primary school library
The woman's car crashed into the Tranby Primary School library on Acton Avenue, Rivervale about 10.30am.The woman received only minor injuries and St John Ambulance attended, but fortunately no children or school staff were ...
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Design is way forward
PRODUCT design and innovation should be the top priority for the ailing automotive industry, says David Purchase, executive director of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of ...
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Rinehart loses $7B but still Australia’s richest
This image taken on June 9, 2010 shows Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart speaking during a rally in Perth. The world’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is believed to have increased her holding in Australian media group Fairfax to more than 15 percent, reports said on June 15. AFP / Tony ASHBY SYDNEY--Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$7 billion (US$6.8 billion) wiped off her fortune ...
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COLUMN-Peak in Australian commodity investment boom is a good thing Clyde Russell
Thu May 23, 2013 12:59am EDT --Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 23 (Reuters) - The delay or cancellation of A$150 billion ($145 billion) of resource projects in Australia in the past year is being viewed as proof that the commodities boom is well and truly over. While that is certainly the headline-grabbing ...
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Australian budget reports pave way for deeper austerity offensive
The Australian corporate elite seized on two reports issued yesterday, by the Australian Treasury department and the Parliamentary Budget Office, to advance its campaign for sweeping European-style austerity measures directed against the working class. Both reports examined the country's so-called structural deficit, that is, a hypothetical calculation of what the federal government's ...
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Sydney teenage girl 17 charged with assault for punching bus driver 30 times
Police say the 17-year-old and three friends got on the bus at Minto Station in southwest Sydney about 12.30am (AEST) on Friday. The group refused to pay and instead began to abuse and intimidate the 64-year-old driver. As the group began to alight at Ingleburn Station, the 17-year-old allegedly punched the driver at least 30 times. She has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily ...
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Ford to halt car production in Australia in 2016
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Ford announced Thursday it would cease making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, ending an era that began in 1925 with the firm's first local car.Ford Australia chief executive Bob Graziano made the announcement as he revealed losses of Aus$141 million (US$136 million) after tax in the last financial year and Aus$600 million over the ...
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Ford grows in America shrinks in Australia
Ford Motor Co. is adding production, and 3,500 jobs, in North America as it tries to keep up with Americans’ appetite for new cars and trucks. But the automaker will end production in Australia, cutting 1,200 jobs by 2016, as high costs left it unable to ...
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Australias invisible migrant workers
In a recent post for The Conversation which appeared on the SBS World News Australia website, Dr Shanthi Robertson highlighted the long-term but temporary, 'invisible' group of workers made up of backpackers and international students. She groups them together as Australia's 'other migrant workers', and is calling for more political and public recognition of this ...
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More job losses likely after Ford Swan
Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned that Australia faces more job losses following Ford's decision to stop manufacturing in Australia.Ford announced on Thursday morning it will close its Broadmeadows and Geelong factories, both in Victoria, by October 2016 - with 1200 jobs lost.It will also cease making the iconic Falcon model, with Ford Australia CEO Bob Graziano saying it's no longer ...
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Geelong loses icon with Ford shut down
Ford is part of the fabric of Geelong and its loss will be devastating for the people of Victoria's second largest city, community leaders say.Ford began manufacturing in Geelong in 1925 and has been an iconic part of the town ever since.Geelong Chamber of Commerce executive officer Bernadette Uzelac said many in the city would be completely shattered by the news."It is a sad ...
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Ford jobs could not be saved Vic premier
Government intervention would not have saved Ford Australia's manufacturing jobs, Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says. Dr Napthine met with Ford representatives on Wednesday and was told there was nothing either the Victorian or federal governments could do to change their decision, he said. "I made it very clear to them: `Is there anything we can do to change the mind of your ...
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Johncock still a valued player Crow coach
Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson has forecast an unhappy ending for Crows elder Graham Johncock, but says the out-of-favour veteran will play more AFL football.Johncock will be overlooked for Adelaide's indigenous round match against North Melbourne on Sunday, with Sanderson bluntly saying the 30-year-old isn't in Adelaide's best current 22 players.But Sanderson said Johncock, who ...
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Advocate will help farm sector
AS part of the National Food Plan to be released this Saturday, a new Food and Beverage Supplier Advocate will help Australian businesses win new markets, having positive "flow-on effects back to the farming sector", says the National Farmers' Federation (NFF). The Minister for Agriculture Senator Joe Ludwig said the Food and Beverage Supplier Advocate's position will support ...
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Wool kicks another 18c
THE wool market has continued its upwards climb with an 18 cent lift yesterday pushing the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) to a six-week high of 1040c a kilogram. It follows a 30c jump in the EMI last week. The northern market indicator rose 18c after yesterday's sales to 1055c/kg. The southern market indicator also gained 18c to close at 1028c/kg; according to the Australian Wool Exchange ...
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Aussie slim milk found with excessive bacteria
(24 mins ago) A batch of Pura slim milk imported from Australia was detected to have excessive bacterial count, the Center for Food Safety announced today. The batch of milk of 1 litre packing size has an expiry date of May 26, 2013. "A sample of the milk was collected for testing under the regular Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the total bacterial count of the ...
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Carbon tax hit Ford Abbott
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the carbon tax is among the causes of Ford's decision to cease manufacturing in Australia. Mr Abbott says a range of factors are behind the blow, but the controversial tax is one of them. "Obviously anything that adds to the cost of manufacturing in Australia is something that we don't need at a time like this and the carbon tax is one of those ...
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Kennedy Neill return to Socceroos squad
Josh Kennedy returns to the Socceroos after nearly a year out of the national team for next month's three crucial World Cup qualifiers. Coach Holger Osieck on Thursday named Kennedy, whose troublesome back has kept him on the sidelines, in a 26-man squad for the Socceroos' June 4 away match against Japan and home games on June 11 and June 18 with Jordan and Iraq. Kennedy hasn't ...
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Potter wants Benji to be a Tiger for life
Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter won't back down from his decision to bench No.1 playmaker Benji Marshall - but says he hopes he never has to do it again and wants the under-pressure star to be a Tiger for life. Potter still doesn't feel comfortable revealing the reasons behind starting last week's calamitous defeat to South Sydney with Marshall out of the starting lineup - only to ...
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Bombers AFL CEO Ian Robson resigns
Essendon chief executive Ian Robson has resigned over the AFL club's supplements saga but the Bombers won't say whether other officials are set to follow. Robson announced his resignation on Thursday, saying he initially offered to resign when the saga first became public in February but the board wanted him to stay on to help the club through the tumultuous months that followed. ...
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Air safety body slammed over air ambulance crash investigation
The country's air-safety investigation bureau has been castigated in its handling of an inquiry into the ditching of an air-ambulance plane in the sea off Norfolk Island in November 2009. Releasing its final report on Thursday, a senate committee has called for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to reopen its investigation into the night-time ditching of the Pel-Air Westwind jet after ...
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Report suspect chemical use Dreyfus
Here's how to tell if your neighbour could be a terrorist bombmaker. He has lots of pool chemicals but no pool, his place smells of chemicals or he has a bin full of empty chemical containers. If you are a shopkeeper you might have your suspicions raised by someone seeking to buy a large quantity of particular chemicals with cash. Launching a campaign and website to raise awareness of ...
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Harrison battling to be fit for Eels clash
Queensland State of Origin star Ashley Harrison appears to be in extreme doubt for Gold Coast's NRL clash on Sunday against Parramatta in Mudgee. The Titans lock has failed to train all week as he battles a knee complaint, leaving him in a battle to prove his fitness for the country NSW game against the Eels. Harrison will be with the team when they depart Queensland on Friday for a ...
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Qld opposition to introduce vaccine bill
QUEENSLAND'S opposition has followed the lead of its NSW counterparts to call for law changes to allow child care centres to ban unvaccinated ...
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Indigenous family centre program delays
In 2008, federal, state and territory governments agreed to set up the centres in urban, regional and remote locations with high indigenous populations to improve early childhood education access.The program is worth a total of $292.6 million.An auditor general's report said all centres were supposed to be up and running by December 2012.However, there have been delays with construction of ...
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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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