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Australia must help break the resource curse
Developing countries need not fall victim to the 'resource curse', writes Andrew Leigh. Australia has a role to play in ensuring these countries use their natural resources to foster democracy and boost living ...
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Father of four dies after fight at Coffs harbour kebab shop
Coffs Harbour 2450 A father of four has died in hospital after a fight on the New South Wales mid north coast on the weekend. Police say there was an altercation between the 34-year-old victim and a 20-year-old man outside a kebab shop in Coffs Harbour. The sapphire Beach man was flown to Newcastle's John Hunter hospital but never regained consciousness and his life support has been ...
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Australia shares down 0.7 pct gold miners firmer
(Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.7 percent in late morning trade on Tuesday, with investors taking profits following the market's run-up to 5-1/2-year highs and ahead of the central bank's May meeting minutes. Banks lost ground from recent rallies, weighing on the benchmark index. Top lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...
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Boy 7 dies after pogo stick fall
A seven-year-old Sydney boy has died a day after he apparently fell from a pogo stick. Paramedics say they were called to a home at Mulga Road, Oatley to treat an unresponsive boy just after 6am (AEST) on Tuesday. He was declared dead at the scene. "It is believed the child had suffered a head injury the previous day after falling off a pogo stick," the NSW Ambulance Service said in ...
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I just froze when Taylah 12 had gun held to her head
A 12-year-old girl says she "froze" when a man held a gun to her head and robbed her of her phone and wallet as she walked back from a friend's house in Sydney's southwest. Taylah Gresham was making the 150-metre walk home from a friend's house in Minto on Monday night when, at 8.30pm, a man came up to her in Bennett Street. The man allegedly pulled out a gun, held it ...
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Sex case woman crying in sand
The barrister for an English tourist charged with sexually assaulting a young woman he met at a trendy Bondi nightspot says the act was consensual and the pair were "interacting in a way that suggested they have an interest in each other" prior to the incident. But the alleged victim told police she was left crying in the sand after Gregory Charles Cox allegedly forced her to give him ...
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51 killed as tornado wreaks havoc
A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...
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37 killed as tornado hits Oklahoma City
A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...
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Girl 12 robbed at gunpoint
A 12-year-old girl walking home from a friend’s house has been robbed at gunpoint, police say. The girl told police she was walking home in Minto on Monday night when, at 8.30pm, a man came up to her from behind in Bennett Street. He had a pistol, police allege, and demanded the girl hand over her wallet, which she did. The girl, who was uninjured, told police that the man then left and ...
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Morning Express Teen killed dodging kangaroo
Rachel Olding will be back on Morning Express duty from 6am tomorrow after a trip to Africa. She'll probably have some more rhino stories to share with you. Thanks for joining ...
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Have you seen this man
POLICE have released details and a photo today of man wanted for questioning over the sexual assault of a teenage girl on a Sydney train earlier this ...
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Former Hells Angel arrested
A FORMER Hells Angel has been arrested by Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad detectives after allegedly breaching his bail and threatening a witness in relation to a current court ...
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Australia stocks fall with bank shares in the red
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Stocks in Australia fell Tuesday in early trade, as losses in banking issues put the equity benchmark under pressure. The S&P/ASX ...
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NZ exodus to Australia slows
The number of New Zealanders heading for a better life across the Tasman slowed to its lowest monthly pace in almost three years, as local economic prospects start overshadowing Australia's. Seasonally adjusted, almost 2000 more people left New Zealand for Australia than arrived in April, according to Statistics New Zealand. That's the smallest monthly outflow across the Tasman since ...
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Asian celebrities recruited to promote Australia
Tourism Australia has called on popular Hong Kong actor, Ekin Cheng, to showcase Cairns and Sydney to the Asian market in a new television travel series. Joined by fellow celebrities Andy Chai Siu Chun, Jacqueline Wong and Lai Yi, the group will film the travelogue series, ‘Tailor Made Tours’, which were designed to attract more visitors from Greater China. Expected to reach an ...
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Wiped out tornado levels Oklahoma City
A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...
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Frantic search in tornado rubble
Oklahoma tornado caught on camera RAW VIDEO: The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma US, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle. NO ...
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Labor fills vacant Roozendaal seat
State Opposition Leader John Robertson has announced Burwood Deputy Mayor Ernest Wong take up a spot in the Upper House.Mr Wong will fill the position left vacant by Eric Roozendaal, who quit earlier this month.Mr Wong, who moved to Australia from Hong Kong in 1979, is fluent in three languages - English, Mandarin and Cantonese."I’m pleased to welcome Ernest Wong to the NSW Labor ...
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Australia Keen To Expand Trade Ties With Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan - The defence, tourism as well as the food and agribusiness sectors are the areas in which Brunei Darussalam and Australia can work more closely together in. "Australia and Brunei enjoy a very successful trading relationship. The two-way trade in goods and services between the two countries reached about B$2.6 billion in the last year, which is quite sizable, given the ...
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Australia shares lose ground on profit-taking Transfield drops
(Updates to open) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares inched down 0.2 percent on Tuesday with buyers taking profits following the market's run-up to 5-1/2 year highs in the previous session, and as the Australian dollar rebounded against the greenback. Mining services company Transfield Services Ltd dived 15.7 percent to A$1.08 after downgrading its earnings guidance, blaming a ...
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Twelve-year-old girl robbed at gunpoint in south-western Sydney
Minto 2566 A twelve-year-old girl has been robbed at gun point in south-western Sydney.Police say the girl was walking the short distance home from a friend's house in Minto at about 8:30pm (AEST).She says a man came up behind her and threatened her with a gun, demanding her wallet. The girl was not injured in the confrontation.Chief Inspector Meg Grady from Campbelltown Local Area ...
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It feels right Spencer quits ABC
There will be no more 3.20am wake-ups for ABC 702 announcer Adam Spencer, who has revealed he will finish with the broadcaster on December 6, bringing an end to 14 years on air with ABC Radio, seven of them as breakfast presenter. The news has come as a surprise within the Sydney radio industry, and a replacement host or hosts has not been ...
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Morning Express Five-car pile-up
Rachel Olding will be back on Morning Express duty from 6am tomorrow after a trip to Africa. She'll probably have some more rhino stories to share with you. Thanks for joining ...
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Express trains for Sydney in doubt
The state government risks breaking election promises for 135 new and faster express train services for Sydney and surrounding regions and undermining the viability of the state's XPT service if it implements a new train timetable without major changes. Transport advocates and commuters are concerned about a draft train timetable, revealed last week by Fairfax Media and due to be ...
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Australia shares seen steady as U.S. dollar slips
MELBOURNE, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open roughly unchanged on Tuesday with buyers taking profits following the market's run-up to 5-1/2 year highs and as the U.S. dollar fell against the Aussie. * Local share price index futures rose 0.1 percent to 5,227.0, a 7-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark rose 0.5 percent on Monday. * New ...
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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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