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Ahmed Sandhu in Australia A tour of Africa
SYDNEY (AFP) - Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed was on Wednesday named on the Australia A squad for a tour of Africa beginning next month, despite also being in contention for selection for the Ashes series against England.Ahmed was added to the 15-man squad for the July and August tour along with Ashton Agar, who has Sri Lankan grandparents and paceman Gurinder Sandhu, born in Australia ...
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New South Wales plans sale of Newcastle coal port
Australia's most populous state is considering the sale of the world's biggest coal export terminal, subject to a detailed study of the implications of such a ...
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Australia shares close at a 2-week high Whitehaven jumps
Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:16am EDT (Adds details, comments) SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 1 percent to close at a two-week high on Wednesday, helped by expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not move quickly to scale back its monetary stimulus and as a weaker Australian dollar lifted stocks with large exposure to overseas markets. Whitehaven Coal Ltd surged 4 percent after ...
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Towering plans for Darling Harbour
High-rise towers up to 40 storeys tall and a town square as big as Martin Place would be built at Haymarket under detailed plans revealed on Wednesday. It comes despite calls from the City of Sydney for one tower to be deleted because the buildings are too close together and would overshadow the street, block views and create a “wind tunnel” effect. A $2.5 billion remake of Darling ...
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Serena shamed over rape blame
One of the people responsible for bringing the details of a teenage rape case to public attention says she is shocked by the callous attitude to the victim expressed by tennis star Serena Williams. The world's top-ranked women's ...
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He specialised in speaking truth
"As a journalist, he specialised in speaking truth to power and laying it all out there. He was irascible in his reporting and sometimes/often/always infuriating in his writing: he lit a bright lamp for those who wanted to follow his example. Hastings won awards for magazine reporting for ...
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Racist piece of legislation
The fate of new laws cracking down on the skilled foreign worker visa scheme will come down to the wire amid doubts the Gillard government will find enough support from the independent MPs for the measures. The bill, labelled by Liberal MP Don Randall as "the most racist piece of legislation" he had ever seen, includes new rules to ensure Australians get priority for jobs and would ...
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What if great Socceroos gamble had backfired
echoed around sodden ANZ Stadium. Even in the afterglow of a monumental night, that nagging thought persisted. What if it the great gamble had ...
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OFarrell justifies job cuts
PREMIER Barry OFarrell is defending the budget against claims of widespread job cuts, saying the money saved from expense targets will be put back into frontline ...
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Australia Fans Celebrate World Cup Entry With Sydney Party
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Australia shares climb 1 pct investors await Fed Reserve
Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:28am EDT (Updates to close) SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 1 percent on Wednesday, helped by expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not move quickly to scale back its monetary stimulus and as a weaker Australian dollar lifted stocks with large exposure to overseas markets. The S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 47.1 points to 4,861.4, according to the ...
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What Bust Australia Set for Huge Boom Report Says
Australia's economy has been clouded with negative forecasts in recent weeks with some even warning of a dip back into recession, but a recent report argues the economy is poised for a rapid acceleration in the coming months. According to Clifford Bennett, chief economist of the financial services firm White Crane Group, which publishes the White Crane Report, Australia is set for a major ...
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Arabs in the Outback Australia Arab Film Festival heats up on June 27th
Babel, english company filming about tourism in arab countries. Iraq, 1961, Ani, Latif el - Professional photographer, Ani, Latif el Collection, Copyright Arab Image Foundation (Photo from the event's Facebook ...
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ICAC to hold public inquiry into Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch
Ryde 2112 The Independent Commission Against Corruption will hold a public inquiry into allegations involving Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch.The ICAC is to investigate Ivan Petch over the alleged release of confidential information and an attempt to undermine council employees.The ICAC says Councillor Petch is also facing an allegation that he played a role in telling the former General Manager of the ...
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Jig is up for Titswobble Road
As a descriptor of the local landscape, Titswobble Road at Tuncurry leaves no doubt as to the rocky terrain. But as state's road naming policy is overhauled, its days may be numbered. The Geographical Names Board has proposed tightening rules over which road names are allowed, and which are confusing, too commercial, hard to pronounce or likely to offend. Many existing road names would ...
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Leadership issue is behind us
Labor MP and Rudd-backer Joel Fitzgibbon declines to be drawn on leadership number counting, but Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg says it's only a matter of ...
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IBM quietly axes Australian jobs
IBM Australia is in the midst of axing up to 1500 Australian staff in a reshuffle that will send many jobs offshore to Asia and New Zealand, according to sources. Affected staff have told Fairfax Media between 1200 and 1500 local jobs are being made redundant this year in several ...
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Man charged for murder of Darren Neville
Mr Neville was walking home with friends along Eucalyptus Drive in the early hours of Sunday morning on September 2 when they allegedly became involved in a fight with another group of men.About 2.15 that morning Mr Neville and another man were found unconscious on the footpath. Ambulance officers gave CPR to both men before they were taken to Liverpool Hospital.But Mr Neville, 39, died in ...
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Australias low rates are working on housing RBA
The rush will extend across profiles. Outsiders will want to be part of the changes that Murthy will bring in; and this will not happen if they are working for competition," says Aditya Mishra, Randstad ...
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Australia Leading Index Suggests Above-Trend Growth
economy in the coming quarters, a report from Westpac and Melbourne Institute showed Wednesday. The annualized growth rate of the leading index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months into the future, was 5.4 percent in April, comfortably above its long term trend of 3 percent. The level of the index increased 1.8 points from a month earlier to 294.0 in April. ...
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Tinkler sells down Whitehaven Coal stake
Australia Former mining billionaire Nathan Tinkler is selling his stake in Whitehaven Coal, less than a year after abandoning a takeover bid for the company.Mr Tinkler's company announced this morning it had sold about half of its 19 per cent holding in Whitehaven to the US-based hedge fund Farrallon Capital Management.The shares were sold for $2.96 each, making the transaction worth just ...
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Clive Palmer launches federal election campaign for South Australia
MINING magnate turned political candidate Clive Palmer has launched his party's campaign in South Australia, fielding three Senate candidates and a contender for the Labor-held seat of Adelaide. Mr Palmer said he planned to nominate Palmer United Party candidates in all 150 House of Representative seats and a Senate team in each state and territory at the September 14 federal election. In ...
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ICAC to probe Ryde mayor
Controversial Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch will be the subject of a public inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The public hearing will investigate allegations that Councillor Petch, a former Liberal turned independent, failed to disclose financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest while serving on the City of Ryde Council. Also under investigation are claims that ...
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Controversial mayor faces ICAC inquiry
Controversial Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch will be the subject of a public inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The public hearing will investigate allegations that Councillor Petch, a former Liberal turned independent, failed to disclose financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest while serving on the City of Ryde Council. Also under investigation are claims that ...
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The most racist piece of legislation Liberal MP
Don Randall MP, Member for Canning, pictured in 2007 at his Brumbys Bakery with Vietnamese baker, Hao Van Pham, who Mr Randall employed on a 457 visa. Mr Randall says new 457 laws are ...
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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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