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Mining services suffer as Australias mining boom peaks
- A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers had ...
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7yo boy found dead in Sydney home police investigate
Oatley 2223 Police are investigating the death of a seven-year-old boy who was found dead at his home in Sydney's south this morning.Paramedics were called to the home in Oatley around 6:00am after being told the boy was unconcious.On arrival they determined that he was dead.The boy's parents reportedly told police that he had suffered a head injury when he fell off a pogo stick the ...
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Manly call for NRL extra-time rethink
Manly have renewed calls for a rethink of the NRL's contentious extra-time policy after Monday's 10-10 draw with Melbourne.The golden-point period of Monday's match again degenerated into a series of field goal attempts with neither side coming close to scoring a try in the 10-minute overtime period.Initially promoted as a worthy way to decide a close game, entertaining football ...
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NSW Premier backs childcare centres right to exclude unvaccinated children
NSW New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell has given in-principle support to an Opposition plan to allow childcare centres to ban unvaccinated children.The State Opposition says it will consult the childcare sector and public on the draft bill, which will allow preschools to choose whether to accept children who are not immunised.The change is being proposed to encourage parents to ...
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No plans by Cricket Australia to curb player social media use after David Warner Twitter rant
Australia Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it had no immediate plan to curb the use of social media by players after a Twitter rant by David Warner, but suggested it could happen in the future.Opening batsman Warner is due to face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday night into an alleged code of conduct breach after a heated tirade at two top cricket writers.He faces sanctions ranging from a ...
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Man stabbed in home invasion
Police arrived at a home on Morrisey way, Rouse Hill about 3.30pm today and discovered the victim of a stabbing attack.He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.A crime scene has been established and police from the Hills Local Area Command are investigating assisted by forensic officers.The brutal attack come on the same day ...
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Explainer Ocean energy in Australia
Renewable ocean energy harnesses the power of the oceans to produce electricity. This can be done in several ways, but the resources that have the most immediate potential in terms of energy production for Australia and globally are: waves: using wave energy converters (WEC) to generate electricity tides: using tidal barrages, fences and turbines to generate ...
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Raider McIlwrick dumped for Manly clash
Canberra hooker Matt McIlwrick has been dropped in one of just two changes for his side's NRL clash against Manly on Saturday. Veteran utility Shaun Berrigan has been named at hooker as McIlwrick's replacement, although Raiders assistant coach Brett Kimmorley said Glen Buttriss was still an outside chance of recovering from a calf injury for the match. "Berro's got a lot of ...
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Greenpeace Coke war hits Google
The ';recycling wars'; between Coca-Cola and Greenpeace have spilt into cyberspace, with the beverage giant buying the top advertising slot for searches of the environmental group's name. The battle for internet attention follows claims by Greenpeace that free-to-air television channels 7, 9, 10 and SBS had all declined to broadcast the group's anti-Coca-Cola, pro-recycling ...
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Same-sex bigotry Wong hits out
Opinion: Rudd deserves benefit of doubt on backflip Finance Minister Penny Wong has condemned the Australian Christian Lobby over comments likening children of same-sex couples to the stolen generations, saying the group's "bigotry" has no place in modern Australia. Senator Wong, who is a lesbian, a mother and a Christian, said comments made on Tuesday by the the ACL's ...
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AGL fined $1.5 million for lies
A door-to-door salesman spruiking AGL's electricity and gas services in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg in late 2011 has cost the energy giant nearly $1.5 million in penalties for lying to consumers. The $1.48 million penalty against AGL Sales and another penalty for $70,000 against AGL South Australia follow legal action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the Federal ...
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Recycling war spills into Google
Coca-Cola opposes Greenpeace's call for a national recycling scheme. To promote its message, the company bought the top advertising slot for online searches including such words as ';Greenpeace';, ';cash for containers'; or ';cash for ...
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Please fix it Dear Julia fix it
your government to show leadership on an issue that you feel strongly about – an issue the opposition has already signalled it will fix should it win in September. You'd think, wouldn't you, that you would grab that issue with both hands, FIX it, and then bask in a moment of rare ...
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Hunt for tornado survivors as toll rises
RAW VIDEO: US man, Ricky Stover, recounts the harrowing experience as the Oklahoma tornado swung the cellar doors open where he sought ...
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Tinkler mansion up for sale for millions
Embattled coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler has put his $5.2 million Queensland mansion up for sale. The seven-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate, on four hectares on Brisbane's outskirts, features a home cinema, a gym, a climate-controlled wine cellar that can house 3500 bottles and a nine-car garage. The property, in Pullenvale, west of Brisbane, is listed online as being for sale for ...
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Executed Afghan presidents daughter a best job finalist
Moska Najib is hoping to become Melbourne's 'lifestyle photographer' in Tourism Australia's 'best jobs in the world' competition. Life hasn't always been kind to 29-year-old Afghan Moska Najib, but she is now close to landing a dream job in Australia that will pay $100,000 for six months' work. The daughter of former Afghan president Mohammad ...
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Australia shares down 0.6 pct as mining services slump banks retreat
(Adds details, comments) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.6 percent on Tuesday, with banks taking a break from recent sharp gains while a series of profit warnings took a heavy toll on mining services firms. Investors were also cautiously awaiting comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for any hint of a sooner-than-expected reduction in bond-buying stimulus. ...
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How cancer gave Jen a bizarre ability
Canadian woman Jen O'Shea's video entry to Ellen's Hidden Talent competition has gone viral after she demonstrated her ability to twist her leg to a mind-boggling ...
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Its like a war zone
''They are still in the process of picking through the rubble to try to find survivors,'' Jerry Lojka, a spokesman for Oklahoma Emergency Management, said in an interview. ''We know it was on the ground for 40 minutes. It travelled across the entire city of Moore.'' ''It's like a war zone down there,'' said Moore resident Melissa ...
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Australia name womens Ashes squad
Australia have named a 15-player squad for the women's Ashes tour of England, including all 14 players contracted for the 2013-14 season as well as the batsman Sarah Elliott as a Test specialist. Elliott will fly home after the one-off Test and is the only player from outside the contract list to be part of the official touring party, although the 17-year-old Jemma Barsby will join the ...
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White rhino born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Dubbo 2830 A New South Wales zoo is celebrating the birth of a white rhino calf.The still unnamed male was born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in the early hours of last Tuesday.The white rhinos have been closely watched by keepers at the zoo after a mystery illness killed four of the animals last year.One of the female rhinos that survived the illness, Mopani, has given birth to the ...
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Horse owners at state parliament in fight over inner Sydney paddocks
Concord 2137 The New South Wales Opposition has brought ponies to parliament house in a bid to highlight the plight of horse owners who it says are being pushed off land in Sydney's inner west by the Government.The horses are kept at the historic Yaralla public estate in Concord, which holds some of the last paddocks close to the city.The site is owned by the Sydney Local Health District ...
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Mike Carlton lashes Australian Story
, claiming his comments were "selectively edited" by the show's producers to give a glowing account of his former radio nemesis Ray Hadley. Carlton launched his tirade via his Twitter account, describing the program, which aired on Monday night, as a "travesty", "disgrace" and "garbage". On Tuesday, Carlton tweeted: "Bizarre that last ...
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Its like a war zone down there
''They are still in the process of picking through the rubble to try to find survivors,'' Jerry Lojka, a spokesman for Oklahoma Emergency Management, said in an interview. ''We know it was on the ground for 40 minutes. It travelled across the entire city of Moore.'' ''It's like a war zone down there,'' said Moore resident Melissa ...
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Teen driver killed dodging kangaroo
The car accident that killed a 19-year-old woman from Kirrawee on Monday night was witnessed by her friend, who was driving the car travelling behind her on Guyra Road at Guyra in the state's north. Police say the woman who died had been negotiating a bend in the road when she swerved to avoid a dead kangaroo in the middle of her lane about 7.20pm. She lost control of the car and veered ...
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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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