Nine wants say in cricket selection

Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Less than three weeks have passed since Channel Nine and Cricket Australia sealed a new $450 million alliance and already they are at each other's throats. The long-time cricket broadcaster made headlines last summer when it protested the rotation of players in the Australian team for one-day internationals. Now, there is fresh tension after a leading Nine executive told a business lunch ...

Final dress rehearsal before Cup for Australia NZ

CNN Sports Illustrated - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Reuters) -- World champion Australia and World Cup favorite New Zealand stages its final dress rehearsal ahead of rugby union's showcase event in the last match of the Tri-nations series Saturday. While the All Blacks have already won the Tri-nations, after three successive victories, much is at stake in Auckland with the Bledisloe Cup still up for grabs while a ...

Rugby Three Australia forwards in doubt

CNN Sports Illustrated - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -- Australia forwards Toutai Kefu, Patricio Noriega and Glenn Panoho are doubtful for Saturday's Tri-nations test against New Zealand after failing to join in full training Tuesday because of leg injuries. Wallabies vice-captain Kefu, who suffered spinal concussion in Australia's 29-9 Tri-nations win over South Africa in Brisbane on August 2, is struggling to ...

Storms hit Western Australias southwest

People's Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wind gusts have torn roofing from houses, uprooted trees, and brought down power-lines as storms hit the southwest region of Western Australia (WA) overnight, local media reported on Thursday.The southwest town of Waroona in WA has been the worst hit with at least two houses losing large parts of their roofs and downed power-lines causing power cuts, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) ...

Four Japanese tourists seriously injured in Australia crash

People's Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community said.About 10 tourists, believed to be from Japan, were on the minibus when the crash happened, the Department of Community said."Four were taken to Bundaberg Hospital with serious head and ...

Telstra contractors untrained in asbestos

Canberra Times - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Some Telstra contractors have been found to have participated only in basic asbestos awareness and competency training, the telco says. Telstra on Wednesday announced a number of new requirements for its three key National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout contractors in relation to asbestos handling for pit remediation. Telstra's preliminary review uncovered incidents of possible ...

Chinas investment does not match status as Australias top trade partner

People's Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

China's investment in Australia does not match her status as the nation's largest trade partner, said Duan Jielong, China's Consul-General in Sydney on Tuesday. In a speech to Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Duan said as more and more Chinese companies come to Australia to invest, there seems to be some concerns about Chinese investment being too much and growing too ...

Ashes 2013 Odds lengthen on Australia calling up spinner Fawad Ahmed

The Guardian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed has been named in Australia's A squad to tour Africa during the Ashes. Photograph: Mal Fairclough/AFP/Getty ...

Wimbledon Rafael Nadal named fifth seed Australias Sam Stosur 14th

ABC Australia - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

England Rafael Nadal has been named fifth seed for Wimbledon, leaving his major title rivals to ponder meeting the 2008 and 2010 title-winning Spaniard as early as the quarter-finals.Nadal, the holder of 12 grand slam crowns and fresh from his record-breaking eighth French Open triumph in Paris, was seeded behind compatriot David Ferrer who takes the fourth seeding.Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray ...

PM plans asylum talks with Jakarta

Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Julia Gillard is planning a trip to Indonesia in two weeks to discuss directly with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ways of stemming the rising flow of asylum seekers coming by boat before the September election. Reflecting her confidence that she will see off any push to install Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister, Ms Gillard intends flying to Jakarta within seven days of Parliament rising next ...

Australia Maroochydore Beach Renourishment Kicks Off

Dredging Today - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The extra sand will widen the beach, help prevent severe erosion and protect public facilities and infrastructure along Alexandra Parade and Aerodrome Road. The popular stretch between Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland is worth around $80 million a year to the Sunshine Coast ...

Australias Intrepid faces tough fight over Indonesia mine

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

By Sonali Paul and Fergus Jensen MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:07am EDT MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Intrepid Mines Ltd is learning that business in Indonesia is personal as it wages a difficult fight to win back rights to a $5 billion copper and gold prospect in East Java. Intrepid was booted off the site last year by its Indonesian partner ...

Newcastle Port sale bill being rushed through by NSW government

ABC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Newcastle 2300 The New South Wales Government is hoping that legislation to privatise Newcastle Port can be rushed through the Lower House tonight.The Government announced the sell off in yesterday's budget, and it has already introduced a bill to allow the transaction.The Leader of Government business Brad Hazzard says it was necessary to suspend standing orders so the bill can be dealt ...

Game Council report not seen by Environment Minister Robyn Parker

ABC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

NSW The New South Wales Opposition has questioned why the Minister in charge of overseeing hunting in national parks has not yet seen a report into the Game Council.The Premier Barry O'Farrell instigated the review into the Council's governance after its acting chief executive and a volunteer were charged with illegal hunting and trespass.He said hunting in national parks would not ...

Australia Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland to Get New Sand

Dredging Today - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

The Sunshine Coast Council announced a plan to test a new sand-pumping dredger which will add sand on the heavily eroded beaches at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland, according to ...

How to survive Australia’s Metals Market Correction

Mine Web - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Petra Capital's Andrew Richards believes that, while Australian miners have been hard hit, the country's sector is turning a corner. An interview with The Metals ...

Debate shut down on referral of Greg Pearce to ICAC

ABC - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

NSW The New South Wales Government has used its numbers to shut down debate on whether parliament should refer the Finance Minister Greg Pearce to the ICAC.Yesterday the Opposition Leader John Robertson leader gave notice of a motion to refer Mr Pearce to the corruption watchdog over a series of recent scandals.But this afternoon when the Opposition tried to bring on urgent debate on the issue ...

Obama to call for nuclear cuts in Berlin speech

Yahoo - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

BERLIN (AFP) - Barack Obama will Wednesday propose major cuts in US and Russian nuclear stocks, making a pitch for his own place in history in an evocative open-air speech during his first visit as president to Berlin.Almost 50 years to the day since John F. Kennedy declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" and 26 years since Ronald Reagan exhorted "Tear down this wall!" Obama will ...

Brushed from bar now from court

Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

A Sydney journalist who sued a trendy Oxford Street nightclub for defamation, claiming it falsely and "maliciously" declared he was too drunk to enter, has lost his case in the District Court, with a judge rejecting his version of what happened and finding that his complaint was "trivial".But Richard Sleeman, a well-known sports writer and radio producer, had vowed to appeal ...

CBA scandal Senate demands answers

Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Fairfax Special: Exposed - Planners go rogue The corporate watchdog will face a Senate inquiry into its performance that is likely to embroil the Commonwealth Bank and raise questions about the effectiveness of new financial ...

Macdonald due before privileges committee

News.com.au - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

DISGRACED former NSW mines minister Ian Macdonald has been asked to appear before a parliamentary committee examining documents relating to a mining licence at the centre of a corruption ...

Australias ASX 200 0.98 and Chinas Shanghai -0.73

FXstreet - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Good Morning, - Euro in demand with all eyes in Fed's statement, Bernanke conference. - Asian shares: Japan's Nikkei 1.83%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng -0.58% (07:00 GMT), Korea's Kospi -0.65%, Australia's ASX 200 0.98% and China's Shanghai -0.73% - All the major currencies marked time on Wednesday as investors waited anxiously to see if the Federal Reserve could clarify ...