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Holden to try to cut wages in SA
The company says it will seek the support of the workforce to achieve significant annual savings and productivity improvements.Any changes to wages and conditions will require a vote by the workforce.Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux said opening discussions with its workers in Adelaide was a difficult but critical step towards securing the future of automotive manufacturing in ...
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SA firefighters to be covered for cancer
CAREER firefighters struck down by cancer in South Australia will no longer have to prove it was caused by their work to get compensation under new laws introduced in state ...
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WA films on verge of mini boom
An ancient voodoo machine is used in a murderous spree around the University of WA campus. And detectives race to retrace the steps of a killer in a thrilling murder mystery.All three concepts were dreamt up and turned into film by the creative minds of John V. Soto and Deidre Kitcher, two of the hot new breed of WA filmmakers who are helping drive the local film industry into a boom era. Now, ...
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News you just cant miss
IN news you just can't miss today, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has escaped a leadership coup for now after a Labor caucus meeting, while over in the Coalition, Senator Cory Bernardi is in hot water over links from gay marriage to bestiality and polygamy - ...
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Minister of Justice receives Australian Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution
WAM ABU DHABI, June 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- Dr. Hadef bin Jawa'an Al Dhahiri, Minister of Justice, today received the Commonwealth of Australia Director of Public Prosecution, Roger Wilkins, in his office at the ministry in the presence of Pablo Kang, the Australian Ambassador to the UAE. At the meeting, they discussed ways of boosting relations and cooperation in judicial and legal fields, ...
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Australia shares slip 0.2 pct ahead of Fed meeting outcome
Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:21am EDT (Updates to close) SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.2 percent in volatile trade on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary meeting and turned tentative before an options expiry date. Major banks and miners led the index lower but the market came off its intra-day low as offshore funds returned, brokers ...
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Holden in cost-saving talks with South Australian staff
Melbourne 3000 Carmaker Holden is in discussions with staff and unions about cutting costs at its South Australian plant.In a statement, the company says it plans to make "labour-related cost reductions and productivity improvements" at the Elizabeth site.But the statement does not say what form the cost-cutting will take.Holden says staff will be required to vote on any changes to ...
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Ashes 2013 Fawad Ahmed may stay on with Test squad after Australia A tour
England Australia's national selector John Inverarity said Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed may join the Ashes squad after Australia A's final tour match against Gloucestershire on Friday night.Ahmed took his first wicket in Australian colours when he finished with 1 for 25 from six second innings overs in Australia A's 93-run win over Ireland in Belfast.The spinner needs ...
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Aussie footy player Milne charged with rape
A player with popular Australian Rules club St Kilda was charged with four counts of rape after police overturned their results from an earlier investigation. ';Victoria Police can confirm that it has today charged a 33-year-old man from Cheltenham with four counts of rape following an alleged incident in 2004,'' police said in a statement. Media named the man as Stephen Milne ...
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Lisa Ho closure puts 100 out of work
Around 100 Lisa Ho staff will lose their jobs after the fashion label announced it was closing down. It comes after the high-end clothes designer was placed in voluntary administration on May 8. Announcing the closure on Tuesday, administrator Todd Gammel of HLB Mann Judd said three Lisa Ho stores - in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne - would remain open until the end of June in an effort to ...
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Katter supermarket bill extremist Coles
Coles managing director Ian McLeod has dismissed a push by independent MP Bob Katter to shrink Australia's supermarket giants as extremist protectionist politics. The supermarket boss said Mr Katter's bill, which seeks to reduce the market share of the big two supermarkets to no more than 20 per cent, would not help consumers. "This sort of protectionist politics that's ...
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Neeld axing no extra burden for Lion Voss
He doesn't think it has any bearing on his position but Brisbane coach Michael Voss says Mark Neeld's axing by Melbourne shows the importance of results in the AFL. Neeld's troubled tenure at the Demons came to an end on Monday halfway through a three-year contract. Voss is also under pressure to hold onto his job with the Lions, with one report in May claiming he had just two ...
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Bayley to be sentenced over Meagher murder
A string of violent sex offences spanning more than two decades have put Adrian Ernest Bayley in and out of jail most of his adult life. On Wednesday, he will learn if he will ever walk free again after pleading guilty to the rape and murder of Melbourne woman, Jill Meagher. The prosecution wants Bayley jailed for life. But his defence lawyer Saul Holt SC argued Bayley had not intended to ...
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No justice for slain Thomas Kelly parents
The family of slain Sydney youth Thomas Kelly has waited a year for justice but his killer's plea of manslaughter has left them feeling beaten and bewildered by the legal system. Kieran Loveridge, 19, had been charged with murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge on Tuesday. He did not express emotion and only said "Yes ma'am" to Magistrate Harriet Grahame when asked ...
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Tweet to feature in Aussie dictionary
IN a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, the social networking term "tweet" has entered the Oxford English Dictionary for the first ...
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UNESCO says reef not in danger for now
WWF Great Barrier Reef spokesman Richard Lecky says the World Heritage Committee has adopted three of the four recommendations made to the committee by UNESCO.The recommendations adopted, according to Mr Lecky, are:* no new developments that impact the reef be approved* no developments outside existing port footprints be approved* that environmental laws protecting the reef be strengthenedIf ...
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Accounting standard change hits NSW budget
At least that's the way treasurer Mike Baird sees it.Using accounting standards that applied previously, the budget would have still been in deficit in 2013/14, according to forecasts released on Tuesday, but only by $329 million.However, based on new accounting standard applying from this year the deficit is forecast to be $1.89 billion.The difference is all about superannuation.The NSW ...
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Newcastle port sale absurd NSW Labor
THE NSW government has devastated residents of Newcastle with plans contained in its budget to sell off the state's last major port, the NSW opposition ...
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WA researchers identify 280 moon craters
RESEARCHERS at Western Australia's Curtin University say they have potentially identified hundreds of previously-unmapped craters on the ...
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Customer likely planted Qld bomb police
The powder-filled device that was found under a car at a Burleigh Heads car canopy manufacturer is linked to two crude bombs found at Robina car dealership Von Bibra in April, Detective Inspector Brian Swan told reporters on Tuesday.He said the car at the centre of Monday's drama had been bought from Von Bibra, he said.Police suspect the culprit is an angry or dissatisfied Von Bibra ...
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Yelling heard before toddler washer death
IN THE hours before he was found unconscious in a washing machine with his dead pet cat, toddler Sean Murphy was heard crying and being told off by his ...
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MP reignites same-sex bestiality view
LIBERAL Senator Cory Bernardi has again come under fire for comments linking same-sex marriage to bestiality and polygamy, reportedly claiming he has been proven right by a petition being ...
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Australia Apartment residents raise fire safety concerns with SEP campaigners
Residents of a major apartment complex in inner Brisbane, where fire gutted eight apartments on June 9, spoke to Socialist Equality Party (SEP) campaigners last week about the harrowing events of that day and the lack of essential fire safety facilities in the building where the blaze ...
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Craig might apply for Demons job
Caretaker Melbourne coach Neil Craig could apply for the job full-time at the end of the AFL season.Craig took over on Monday when the Demons sacked Mark Neeld only 18 months into his three-year tenure.On Tuesday, Craig strongly defended the work that Neeld did at the club, while stressing it was time for the team to start performing better on the field.Craig coached Adelaide for seven seasons ...
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Elders Rural not for sale
UPDATE: ELDERS Limited has pulled its rural services business off the market after deciding Ruralco's long-anticipated bid for the division was not good enough. With backing from its bankers, the company has announced the farm supplies, services and agency business will continue as an independent player in the Australian and New Zealand market. Managing director Malcolm Jackman said ...
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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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