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Australia shares down 0.7 pct gold miners firmer
(Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.7 percent in late morning trade on Tuesday, with investors taking profits following the market's run-up to 5-1/2-year highs and ahead of the central bank's May meeting minutes. Banks lost ground from recent rallies, weighing on the benchmark index. Top lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...
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Care centes able to ban unvaccinated kids
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says he's prepared to amend the state's anti-discrimination laws to allow preschools and care centres to refuse children who haven't been vaccinated. Legislation giving child care facilities the right to ban unvaccinated children will be moved in parliament by opposition leader John Robertson on Tuesday. "I believe the health of our children ...
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Rudd to Abbott allow a conscience vote
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has called on Tony Abbott to ''have the decency'' to give the Coalition a conscience vote on same-sex marriage, saying that if the Opposition Leader will not allow it, Australia should look at a referendum to resolve the issue. Mr Rudd, who announced he has changed his position on same-sex marriage in a ...
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Protest against Qld land clearing changes
CONSERVATIONISTS have protested outside Queensland parliament over what they say is a broken promise not to relax tree clearing ...
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Lombadina flood after 180mm deluge
THE remote Aboriginal community of Lombadina in the Kimberley would be under water today after a massive 180mm was dumped on it late ...
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Transfield shares fall by 20pc
SHARES in engineering firm Transfield Services have plummeted by more than 20 per cent to a record low after the company cut its profit forecast and slashed another 113 ...
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Australia stocks fall with bank shares in the red
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Stocks in Australia fell Tuesday in early trade, as losses in banking issues put the equity benchmark under pressure. The S&P/ASX ...
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Aussie picker the king of treasure hunts
Lucas Callaghan, the co-host of new antiques show Aussie Pickers, has a nose for a bargain like a bloodhound.He has spent the past seven years hunting for treasures at auction houses, garage sales and opportunity shops and in people's backyards, sheds and attics."At an auction I bought a door by an artist Anthony Hill, an Aboriginal artist. It's painted on the door of the Range ...
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25kg of precursor drug seized in Sydney
Border authorities have seized 25 kilograms of ephedrine in chopsticks, ginseng tea, mushroom extract and sticky tape holders.Seven separate shipments of the precursor to the drug ice were uncovered at Sydney Airport, the NSW International Mail Centre and the NSW Air Cargo facility between Friday and Monday.Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officers said on Tuesday they had also ...
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Bad traffic making Sydney workers sick
A new survey has found small firms believe heavy traffic in Sydney is reducing worker productivity and causing staff to turn up late to ...
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Australian businessman Matthew Joyce jailed for 10 years over Dubai property deal
Men look at a model of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower, at the Cityscape exhibition in Dubai on October 4, 2010. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty ...
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Asian celebrities recruited to promote Australia
Tourism Australia has called on popular Hong Kong actor, Ekin Cheng, to showcase Cairns and Sydney to the Asian market in a new television travel series. Joined by fellow celebrities Andy Chai Siu Chun, Jacqueline Wong and Lai Yi, the group will film the travelogue series, ‘Tailor Made Tours’, which were designed to attract more visitors from Greater China. Expected to reach an ...
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Virgin recruits former Flight Centre Qantas manager
Virgin Australia has appointed the Flight Centre and Qantas senior sales and general manager, Judith Crompton, to the newly created role of chief commercial officer. Announced this week, Ms Crompton will be responsible for the carrier’s alliances, network, revenue management and sales covering its domestic and international network. Virgin Australia chief executive John Borghetti ...
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1.6km-wide tornado slams Oklahoma City
Oklahoma tornado caught on camera RAW VIDEO: The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma US, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle. NO ...
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Police target smelly burglar after kitchen hold-up
Police hope locals in Melbourne's north may be able to provide clues as they investigate a frightening home invasion that happened last week. A woman returned home from grocery shopping with her five-year-old son at 10.50am last Tuesday in Shetland Way, Sunbury, when an armed man confronted her in the kitchen. He demanded cash and ran from the house, driving away in a silver or grey ...
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Mount Everest interview deemed illegal
A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said on Monday. British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres (29,029-feet) peak on Sunday ...
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Mark Schwarzer and Brett Holmans futures in doubt as Australian numbers dwindle in Premier League
England Australia's presence in the English Premier League could hit a new low next season as the future of two Socceroos stars hangs in the balance.While Mark Schwarzer and Brett Holman have carried the flag for a dwindling Aussie contingent this season, there is no guarantee either will remain in the world's most popular league in 2013/14.Schwarzer is yet to renew his contact at ...
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Melbourne Storm sold to consortium as News Limited ownership era ends report
Melbourne 3000 The Melbourne Storm has reportedly been sold by News Limited to a private consortium gathered by New Zealand entrepreneur Bart Campbell.The NRL club has scheduled a media conference at Melbourne's AAMI Park at 11:15am AEST when the change of ownership is expected to be announced.It is the end of an era for the Melbourne Storm who have only ever been owned by News Ltd since ...
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Seven West appoints new CEO
Television executive Tim Worner has been appointed the chief executive of Seven West Media. Mr Worner is the current CEO of broadcast television at Seven West, which also owns Yahoo!7, the West Australian newspaper and Pacific Magazines. He began his career as a journalist with Seven News in Perth, and advanced to become the director of programming and production in 2002. Mr Worner takes over ...
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Live betting odds to be banned on free TV
Television networks say the promotion of gambling odds during live sports broadcasts will probably be banned in the next few weeks. Free TV Australia, which represents all of Australia's commercial free-to-air television licensees, wants commentators and their guests to be prohibited from promoting live odds during a game, as well as for 30 minutes before and after the match. Public ...
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SA close signing up to Gonski Weatherill
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Aust bonds slightly weaker in quiet trade
Australian bond futures prices are a touch weaker after a quiet night of trade, with no economic data releases to drive price action. St George economist Janu Chan said the big event for markets this week is the appearance by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke before a Congressional committee on Wednesday. Dr Bernanke's testimony will be of particular interest at a time when there ...
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Greiner calls for debate on GST
Former NSW premier Nick Greiner believes the perilous public finance conditions facing state governments demand a review of the GST. Mr Greiner, the co-author of a government review of the distribution of GST revenue, says the first step should be a fair dinkum debate. The political reality though, is that changing the GST rate of 10 per cent and extending its base is dependent on the ...
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Poll says Senate looks good for Coalition
AN Abbott government could end up controlling the Senate or have a sympathetic right-of-centre senator holding the balance of power, an opinion poll ...
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Pedestrian critical after hit by car
A YOUNG man is in a critical condition after being struck by a car as he walked along Preston Point Road, Bicton, late last ...
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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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