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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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The cut-and-paste extortion boom
A still from the video of party official Lei Zhengfu with an 18-year-old woman. A recent spate of Chinese officials have found themselves ensnared by extortion schemes that leverage the public's mounting disgust for wayward behaviour. But even those who have resisted the siren song of malfeasance are not immune. Aided by computer software, blackmailers sometimes copy and paste their ...
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Lions pride wounded ahead of first Australia test
British and Irish Lions leave the field after losing their trial match against the ACT Brumbies at Canberra stadium June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew ...
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Australia’s Business Confidence Drops to 9-Month Low
Australian business confidence slid to the lowest in nine months in May, despite the central bank’s interest rates cut to the lowest in three years, amid global uncertainties, especially as Europe’s debt crisis continues to deepen while Greece may leave the euro ...
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Will the All Blacks fall to Australia at the next World Cup
the milestone of their 500th Test match . Two of the three NZ tries were instant classics. In fact, there probably won't be a better score this year than Beauden Barrett's late try under the sticks following a dazzling length-of-the-field breakout. But a performance "close to perfection" and other misty-eyed exaltations? Hardly. In fact, come to think of it, there's a ...
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Ashes Fawad Ahmed still in the frame to face England despite being named in Australia A squad
Australia Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed is being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time as the Ashes series.But Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes should his Australian citizenship be approved in time.Ahmed and fellow tweaker Ashton Agar were on Wednesday named in a 15-man Australia A squad for an African tour next month.Ahmed's citizenship is expected to be ...
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Calls for review of plea deal in Thomas Kelly case
There are questions about a decision by the DPP to strike a plea deal with the killer of Sydney teenager Thomas Kelly, above, who died in Kings Cross last ...
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Socceroos captain Lucas Neill looking forward to World Cup 2014 swan song
Sydney 2000 Socceroos captain Lucas Neill says appearing at a third consecutive World Cup in Brazil would be a perfect way to end a long international career.The Socceroos qualified with ...
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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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