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Aussie businesses engage online bring in $219b
Australian businesses cashed in around 237 billion AU dollars ($219 billion) in online orders over the 2011-12 financial year, according to data released Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).The figures represent a 25 percent increase from the year before, and include orders from Australian households, businesses and government as well as from overseas customers.The survey found ...
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Former gang leader Vince Focarelli banned from University of Adelaide after asking to become a student
FORMER gang leader Vince Focarelli has been banned from the grounds of the University of Adelaide after applying to become a student and attending its Islamic prayer room. Adelaidenow has learnt the Parole Board has increased and expanded its restrictions upon Focarelli's movements over fears his presence put university staff and students at risk. The ban coincides with Focarelli's ...
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Academic Howard Nathan says Australias race relations changed immeasurably for the better
University of Melbourne 3010 One of the academic rebels who wrote the first manifesto against the White Australia Policy says the country has changed "immeasurably for the better" in terms of race relations.Former Victorian Supreme Court judge Howard Nathan QC says in the more than 50 years since the manifesto Control Or Colour Bar was written, racism as an entrenched notion in the ...
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Joe White sale gains traction
AT least six parties are expected to lob a final offer for Glencore's Australian malt business by the end of July. Indicative bids were due earlier this month for Joe White Maltings, which Glencore inherited when it bought Viterra last ...
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Canola still a keeper
Geoff Uebergang, Kenyu Pastoral Company, grew canola for the first time last year. It yielded half a tone to the acre (1.2t/ha). This year he has locked in the 162ha he has sown to canola on an area ...
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Milne AFL teammates cancel media call
Stephen Milne has reportedly received an assurance from St Kilda that he will play again in the AFL. St Kilda board members met senior players on Thursday, a day after the club announced an indefinite suspension for Milne. The Saints stood down Milne two days after Victoria Police charged him with four counts of rape. The Age is reporting that in Thursday's meeting, Milne was told his ...
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Maloney wont melt in Origin cauldron NSW
The State of Origin furnace that is Suncorp Stadium has melted the hopes of many NSW five-eighths, but the Blues believe James Maloney is impervious to the pressure. Maloney became the first Blues debutant five-eighth to emerge victorious following their 14-6 game one triumph over Queensland. But with one monkey off his back, Maloney will now have to face a packed house in Brisbane. Club ...
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Tate yet to decide on Qld Origin future
He is yet to decide whether this year's State of Origin series will be his last. But Queensland veteran Brent Tate's fate might be decided for him if NSW seal their first series victory since 2005 with a game two win in Brisbane on Wednesday night. The usually loyal Queensland coach Mal Meninga has already sounded his intentions by hailing a team "mini-transition" and ...
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Vic sex offenders nabbed after escape
A pair of violent sex offenders face a return to prison after a short-lived escape from a residential facility in regional Victoria. Sean Andrew Carmody-Coyle, 27, and David Gregory Byrnes, 26, walked out of Corella Place, near Ararat Prison, late on Wednesday night. They were captured on the Western Highway at nearby Buangor on Thursday afternoon. The pair both served sentences for sexual ...
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Internet provider iiNET fined for bus ads
Internet services provider iiNET has become the first publicly-listed company to be fined for failing to properly display total minimum charges in an advertisement. In February and March, iiNET spruiked a $59.95 monthly charge for its naked DSL service on the back of Sydney buses. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has fined iiNET $102,000 for failing to prominently ...
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Betting scandal case doomed to fail court
The case against three rugby league identities embroiled in an alleged betting scandal was doomed to fail, says the Sydney magistrate who threw out the case. Former rugby league player John Elias, former Parramatta player Brad Murray and Jai Ayoub, the son of Murray's manager Sam Ayoub, had the prosecution against them permanently stayed on Wednesday. "I find that the prosecution ...
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SA supermarket fined over bad food
THE operators of an Adelaide supermarket have been fined more than $200,000 after displaying food for sale past its use-by date, some by as much as 40 ...
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SA Police investigating another abduction attempt at Kensington in Adelaide
POLICE are investigating another abduction attempt, this time at Kensington, after three students claimed they were asked to get into a taxi because the school bus had broken down. A police spokesman confirmed the students had spoken to police on Thursday about the incident, which happened on Kensington Rd sometime last week. The spokesman said the students only reported the incident today after ...
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Australias Folau in Uncapped Trio to Face Lions
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Australia Infrastructure Heavyweights Compete for Melbourne Port Project
The $1.6 billion redevelopment of the Port of Melbourne has attracted a high calibre list of civil and maritime construction specialists all competing for two significant work ...
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John Howard to receive honorary doctorate
Former prime minister John Howard will be presented with a honorary doctor of laws degree from a NSW university.The University of NSW will present Mr Howard, the second longest serving prime minister, with the doctorate on Friday for "significant service" and "outstanding achievements" during his 11 years in office."John Howard's accomplishments as prime minister ...
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Women hurt when car hits Sydney bus stop
Two women sitting at a Sydney bus stop were hurt when a car smashed into the bus shelter.A Toyota Echo and a Honda CRV collided on Anzac Road, Maroubra, causing the Toyota to crash into a bus shelter on Thursday morning.One of the women, a 64-year-old, was hit by the car.The other woman, a 71-year-old, attempted to run from the shelter and was hit by debris.Both were taken to St Vincent's ...
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Aussie PM accused of showing cleavagewomen start cleavage campaign
More than 700 women have sent images of their cleavages to the Facebook page.(Photo:Agencies) The ABC has defended the broadcast of allegations that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was disrespecting the nation by showing cleavage in federal Parliament. Fairfax columnist and industrial relations consultant Grace Collier told a panel discussion on ABC Radio National on Sunday that it was ...
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Political uncertainty a drag on business
If Prime Minister Julia Gillard hoped to bring certainty when she unexpectedly called the September 14 election date back in January, a leading business group says it hasn't worked. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) chief economist Greg Evans says political uncertainty this year has added to the woes of ...
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$A dealt a triple blow this week
Farmers, local tourism operators and manufacturers are getting better news everyday as the Australian dollar falls even further.The currency has dropped 3.5 per cent so far this week, driven by the strange combination of the US economy needing less help and the Australian economy possibly getting more help.The days of the Australian dollar being above parity, or 100 US cents, are well and truly ...
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Lawyers warn against Bayley overreaction
The Law Institute of Victoria has warned against populist anger to crimes committed by Adrian Bayley, while the police minister hopes he "rots in ...
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Gillard must apologise to Indonesia oppn
The Gillard government must apologise to Indonesia for "weakening" Australia's borders and for suspending live cattle exports, the opposition insists.Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for bilateral talks in July, a move Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says shows Ms Gillard is "humiliated and embarrassed" on the issue of ...
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Analysis Why the Aussie dollar is diving
The Australian dollar's slide is not so much a response to surprising news as an acknowledgement of reality. Sure, the latest step down happened all of a sudden, from 95.5 US cents early Thursday morning to below 92.5 before noon. And the catalyst was the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting, announced by its chairman, Ben Bernanke. But it's all too easy to be ...
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China beats Australia in basketball friendly
Shanxi province - Chinese women's basketball team resisted the challenge from their Australian counterpart to hold off the latter 69-64 in Game 1 of Sino- Australian Women's International Basketball Challenge here on Wednesday. About 2,000 fans crowded into Wuyang Coal Mine Sports Center to support Chinese girls. After almost-one-month training ...
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Cricket Australia to overhaul player behaviour code
Australia Cricket Australia (CA) will reform its code of behaviour and integrity processes after a review by former AFL policy-maker Adrian Anderson.Anderson, the ex-AFL football operations manager, was hired by CA to review how the sport dealt with issues such as player discipline and anti-corruption.Several recommendations for reform were broadly outlined by CA chief James Sutherland on ...
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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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