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Bad boy bunny Rabbitohs want to make it up to Cairns after Burgess charged
THE South Sydney Rabbitohs will do everything they can to make up for George Burgess' indiscretion when they return to Cairns next year, according to club boss Shane ...
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CCAs levy in limbo
THE Cattle Council of Australia (CCA) has yet to attract support for its proposed restructure from either the federal Labor government or the Coalition opposition. CCA is seeking a meeting with Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig and has declined to make any further public comment until after those discussions. The peak industry group is also seeking to discuss the proposals with Shadow Agriculture ...
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Prove yourself ADM blasted
COALITION Senators have warned US multinational agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) that an unethical business culture won't be tolerated by the Australian grains industry. ADM senior executives Ian Pinner and Kit Bethell faced a marathon grilling from NSW Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan and NSW Nationals Senator Fiona Nash at a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra on Tuesday. ...
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Long-haul cattle make MSA grade
THOUSANDS of cattle once excluded from MSA grading due to obstacles posed by distance from the point of slaughter will now be eligible for the program, beef producers and processors in Brisbane have heard. The breakthrough for beef producers remote from processing plants comes after the findings of a Meat and Livestock Australia commissioned study indicate hauling cattle over long distances by ...
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Lamb prices leap ahead at Griffith
RAIN and a reduced yarding played in the favour of Weethalle mixed farmers Chris and Brenda Heaslip when their lambs were sold for a generous $182.20 a head at the Griffith prime lamb sale last Friday. This was a big turnaround from Griffith's May low of $120/hd and a long way ahead of its 2013 low of $112/hd in January. The Heaslips' top draft of 74 first-cross lambs (Poll ...
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Shale gas ignored by Feds
SHALE EXCLUSION: Duck Island Partners beef stud co-principal James Darling, Keith, wants all types of unconventional gas, not just coal-seam gas, to be within the remit of a federal expert scientific committee on ...
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OJD plan low risk
LIFTED RESTRICTIONS: Kangaroo Island Ovine Johne's Disease Committee chairman Andrew Heinrich says the community has been rewarded after it was allowed to rejoin mainland SA in trade 15 years after the first case of OJD was ...
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Uardry Merino name sold
CENTRAL West NSW Merino and Poll Merino breeders Graham and Susan Coddington have advised they have purchased the naming rights and intellectual property of "Uardry" Merinos and Poll Merinos. They will be offering stock for forthcoming sales at Bendigo, Dubbo, and on property at "Catombal", Cumnock. More details to ...
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British and Irish Lions 2013 George North passes fitness test to provide huge boost ahead of first clash against Australia
The Lions have received a massive confidence boost following yesterday's loss to the Brumbies with the news that George North will be fit for the opening Test against Australia on ...
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Clarkes Ashes squad fragmented
Even if some of the more scurrilous rumours abounding from within the Australian cricket team are discounted, it is impossible to escape the symbolism of their current disposition. Day one of the tourists' Investec Ashes campaign ended the same way it began, with the 16 chosen squad members and their shadows dispersed across the United Kingdom. Whether by accident or design, this is more a ...
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Evil Bayley begins life prison term
Adrian Ernest Bayley has spent the first night of his life sentence in jail for the rape and murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. Bayley was jailed for life with a non-parole period of 35 years on Wednesday for what a judge described as one of the worst conceivable murders. Ms Meagher was only 500 metres from home when Bayley raped then strangled her in a Brunswick laneway on September 22 ...
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Kids doing better under intervention govt
THE health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children has climbed since the intervention in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, a new report ...
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United in Aussie rules cause
DAVID Moyes has been given a challenging start to life as Manchester United manager, with the announcement of the Premier League ...
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Recidivist gets life sentence for rape-murder of Melbourne woman
Adrian Ernest Bayley, who pleaded guilty to raping and murdering Jill Meagher of Melbourne, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Nettle told Bayley, 41, he would serve at least 35 years in prison for the "savage and degrading" rape and murder, the Melbourne Herald Sun reported. "Jill lived a life full of family, friends and her beloved ...
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Feeling let down by policies
''I couldn't pinpoint a moment. It was gradual. It was each policy that was watered down and each piece of legislation that went through.'' The law student is among thousands of young voters aged 25 to 39 who once made up the Prime Minister's core support groups but have become increasingly disillusioned. ''I was really disappointed by the fact that the ...
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Inquiry seeks WA Irish child abuse victims
NUMEROUS Irish child sex abuse victims are thought to be living in Western Australia, and a major inquiry into historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland is appealing for them to come ...
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We’re not all male or female New South Wales court rules
The Nuclear Regulation Authority officially approves new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing disasters like the catastrophe at the Fukushima No. 1 power ...
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Asylum seeker book snags top gong
ICELAND said it has held informal talks with an intermediary of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden who reportedly wants to seek asylum ...
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More than 2000 Australians gather for Lionel Roses funeral
by Vienna MaFriends, family, sports stars and politicians on Monday gathered at Festival Hall in Melbourne for the funeral of Australia's sporting greats, legendary boxer, Lionel Rose.More than 2,000 people attended the service at Festival Hall. Among the mourners at the state funeral are Rose's long-time trainer Jack Rennie, former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon and Aboriginal ...
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Australian Karl Muggeridge to replace injured Xaus at World Superbike in UK
Australian motorcycle racer Karl Muggeridge will replace Ruben Xaus at the World Superbike races in Britain, as Xaus suffered from injuries due to a crash, Fox Sports Australia reported on Wednesday. Earlier, Castrol Honda team had fielded Alex Lowes after Jonny Rea was sidelined by injury, but the team has to pull in a second substitute after their second rider, Xaus suffered a horrible crash. ...
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US Defense Department Streamlines UK Australia Export Control Regulations
has adopted as final, with changes, the interim rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, which will implement requirements of the U.S.-U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty and the U.S.-Australia DTC Treaty, as well as the Security Cooperation Act of 2010, regarding bilateral export control regulations.The final rule streamlines the export control regulations between ...
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Australia fans celebrate with World Cup-qualifying Socceroos – video
Australia's football team, the Socceroos, are given a rapturous greeting when they meet with fans in Sydney after qualifying for the 2014 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Iraq. Olger Hosieck's team will now be looking to get past the round of 16 stage - their best placing in the World Cup to ...
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Senate to launch inquiry into ASIC
The corporate watchdog will face a Senate inquiry following revelations in Fairfax Media that the regulator took 16 months to act on information from whistleblowers about serious misconduct inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit. A notice of motion was put in the Senate on Wednesday by Nationals MP John Williams and supported by the ALP's Doug Cameron and Greens leader ...
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Future leaders determined to bypass recent controversies
The ultimate goals vary, but the motivation is the same for more than 60 indigenous women who gathered at Parliament House this week for a crash course in how to work the system. Elise Wall, 22, has dreams of being prime minister, but first is seeking a leadership role of the country's peak indigenous body. Sarah Bourke, 23, is heading to Oxford to complete a masters in medical ...
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Australias refugee reality check
More people around the world were forced to flee their homes every day last year than the total number seeking asylum in Australia during the entire 12 months, according to the annual report on global trends by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In what amounts to a reality check for the debate in Australia, the report reveals that refugee crises reached levels last year unseen ...
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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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