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Australia risk scattering Ashes
Even if some of the more scurrilous rumours abounding from within the Australian cricket team are discounted, it is impossible to escape the symbolism of their current disposition. Day one of the tourists' Ashes campaign ended the same way it began, with the 16 chosen squad members and their shadows dispersed across the United Kingdom. Whether by accident or design, this is more a ...
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Disabled woman and child held as slaves
Three people in Ohio are accused of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over two years. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday that the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the mother and daughter. Ashland police say they discovered the situation when one suspect accused the mother of ...
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E-word riles public service
NSW budget winners and losers Small businesses, the seat of Newcastle and home builders are the biggest winners in the NSW state budget while the public sector will find it tough, says senior reporter Matt ...
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Why did you shoot officer
As she tried to save a highway patrol officer who lay bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest, Tamworth mother Cheryl Carpenter asked the man who allegedly pulled the trigger, 'why did you do it?' a court has heard. But the alleged killer did not answer and soon after the officer, Senior Constable David Rixon, was dead. Ms Carpenter was giving evidence in the trial of Michael ...
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Frontline services will be hit
Unions are warning that frontline services across the state are at risk after NSW Treasurer Mike Baird announced further cuts to the public service, despite already axing thousands of jobs and shrinking departmental budgets. Delivering his third budget on Tuesday, Mr Baird detailed a two-year extension of a 1 per cent ''efficiency dividend'' to help fund the state's ...
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Its the Angelina effect
There has been a huge surge in phone calls to the Cancer Council helpline, since Angelina Jolie's breast cancer preventive surgery. Cancer Council NSW has recorded an increase of almost 900 per cent in the number of people phoning the helpline, following Jolie's announcement of her preventative double mastectomy last month after learning she had the defective BRCA1 gene, which meant ...
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Budget has a Liberal flavour
If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget. It lacked fireworks, but there was a Liberal flavour - tax cuts for small business, privatisation, an emphasis on "expense control" and pressure on public servants to work more efficiently. Squeezing savings out of the public sector has become a hallmark of ...
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Mission accomplished ... just
View all 32 photos But, in these circumstances, that would be churlish and an inquiry for a later day. Suffice to say that it is mission accomplished, but only just. German Holger Osieck might not be as much of a gambler as his Dutch predecessor but one, Guus Hiddink, nor might he have the inherent fortune of ''Lucky Guus". But the Gods smiled on him in this starred arena for ...
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Target in Australia offers to settle Estee Lauder lawsuit
The Wesfarmers Target retail chain in Australia said in court Tuesday it was ready to settle claims that it sold counterfeit Estee Lauder make up. In Federal Court, Target said it would turn over all of its marketing materials related to sale of Make-Up Art Cosmetics, an Estee Lauder subsidiary that accused the Australian retailer of selling fake goods under its name. In addition, Target ...
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New language discovered in Australia gives development insights
A new language discovered in a remote indigenous community in northern Australia reveals insights into how languages develop, a U.S. linguist says. University of Michigan linguist Carmel O'Shannessy has studied a language she has dubbed Light Warlpiri spoken in a small region of Australia's Tanami Desert. Residents there speak a highly endangered traditional language, Warlpiri, but a ...
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Australia Moves to Rein in Gambling Ads in Sports
Tune into virtually any major sport in Australia, from rugby to cricket to tennis, and you’re likely to be bombarded by commercials touting the latest odds on the game. Legal sports gambling is a multi-billion-dollar industry in Australia, where betting websites sponsor major teams and buy up stadium naming rights. Imagine a ';Bet365″ logo plastered across the back of a Los ...
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British Irish Lions ACT Brumbies spring a surprise as Australia waits
British & Irish Lions had been given "a reality check" after they lost their unbeaten Australia tour record on Tuesday. The Lions went down 14-12 to ACT Brumbies at Canberra Stadium, and there could be few complaints from a team outgunned upfront for an hour before head coach Gatland summoned reinforcements from the bench. The injury-hit Lions, who dominated the first five games ...
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Fifa World Cup Australia Iran and South Korea qualify
"It's amazing for the country," captain Lucas Neill said in a pitchside interview. "Three World Cups [in a row] now. I'm sorry, guys, it wasn't pretty but we beat what was in front of ...
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Late winner sends Australia to Brazil
Tim Cahill (No.4) of Australia is tackled by Ahmad Ibrahim of Iraq on Tuesday. Photo: CFPAustralia secured their place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday with a late strike from Josh Kennedy firing them to a tense 1-0 win over an understrength Iraq at Stadium Australia.It was an unconvincing victory in front of a sellout 80,000 crowd, but ensured the Socceroos will appear at their ...
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Australias NSW govt plans sale of Newcastle coal port
By John McGarrity LONDON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:46pm EDT LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, said it plans to sell Newcastle port, the world's biggest coal export terminal, meaning another chunk of the country's vast resources industry could be sold to foreign buyers. The state's budget for 2013-2014 delivered on Tuesday ...
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Iran Korea Republic Australia book passage to Brazil
Australia now join Japan, the Asian Cup-holders who booked their ticket a fortnight ago, at next year's FIFA World Cup as the only countries to have qualified alongside hosts Brazil.Although all four Asian qualifiers are familiar names at the FIFA World Cup, the year-long elimination process has been hard-fought and came down to the last week of the final group stage. Ex-Middlesbrough ...
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NSW budget has a Liberal flavour
If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget. It lacked fireworks, but there was a Liberal flavour - tax cuts for small business, privatisation, an emphasis on "expense control" and pressure on public servants to work more efficiently. Squeezing savings out of the public sector has become a hallmark of ...
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ADF hit with another internet sex scandal
The Australian Defence Force is investigating whether serving military personnel are linked to offensive Facebook pages that included grossly sexist and anti-Muslim posts - another blow to the military on the heels of the sex email affair. Facebook pages emerged in recent days that appear connected to serving and former soldiers based in Townsville and refer to local women as ...
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Australia books place at 2014 World Cup
Australia's Josh Kennedy, left, is embraced by Tommy Oar after scoring against Iraq to qualify for the 2014 FIFA world Cup, at Australia Stadium in Sydney June 18, 2013. (DANIEL ...
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Freedom on the Rocks Tyranny versus Terrorism
As former Booz Allen Hamilton NSA technical consultant, now fugitive whistleblower, Edward Snowden recently said ""they are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them." The NSA is just now commissioning a massive $2 billion data fusion center in Bluffdale, Utah, where avatars (images used to represent each of us in their virtual ...
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NRL South Sydney name Tom Burgess to make NRL debut
Redfern 2016 Another Burgess brother has come off the assembly line with Tom to replace his suspended identical twin George in the South Sydney team to face Parramatta on Sunday.Tom, the fourth of the Burgess quartet, is set to make his NRL debut after being named on the bench in the Rabbitohs squad for the Olympic stadium match.George was stood down after he was charged for allegedly smashing ...
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RBA happy with falling dollar
The Reserve Bank appears to continue to talk down the Australian dollar to help stoke economic growth, while the latest board minutes released by the central bank suggests it is open to cutting the cash rate again. Although the dollar had ''depreciated noticeably'' against other currencies since its May cash rate cut, it ''remained at a high level considering the ...
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Lacks fireworks but budget has a Liberal flavour
If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget. It lacked fireworks, but there was a Liberal flavour - tax cuts for small business, privatisation, an emphasis on "expense control" and pressure on public servants to work more efficiently. Squeezing savings out of the public sector has become a hallmark of ...
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What happens if the leader changes
A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider options such as a sudden recall of Parliament to test Labor's majority, or even the appointment of the Opposition Leader as Prime Minister. Another option would be the start of an immediate caretaker period for an early election. With pressure building within ...
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We go to Rio Australia into World Cup
Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014. Given the problems they had in breaking down such an inexperienced and youthful Iraqi side, it is a legitimate question to ask ...
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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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