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Four Carriers to Launch China-Taiwan-Australia Service in June
will launch a joint China-Australia-Taiwan service on June 7.The CAT service will employ six 4,250-TEU container vessels, including two each from Evergreen and Yang Ming and one each from PIL and Sinotrans.The port rotation is as follows: Ningbo, Shanghai and Shekou in China; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia; and back to Kaohsiung and Ningbo. The roundtrip voyage is ...
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Ford Motors to Leave Australia After 90 Years
Ford Motor Company announced Thursday that it would stop making cars in Australia within two years because high costs and low volumes mean it cannot compete with imported vehicles. Ford Australia chief Bob Graziano said that closing its plant in Melbourne and the other 60 kilometres further south-west in Geelong would see 1,200 workers laid off by October 2016. "Our costs are double ...
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Right to die bill is defeated
Loredana Alessio-Mulhall, who has suffered from multiple sclerosis for 40 years, was in the gallery and visibly upset when the proposal failed. "I should not have to beg for mercy from the people around me, like I am now, to be allowed to die in peace and with dignity," she said. The bill was lost 23 to 13, but Ms Faehrmann said later the campaign was not over. "This is not the ...
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Flasher bailed despite history
Ralph Glen Ireland, 61, from Manly, was sentenced in Windsor Court on Wednesday to seven months in jail after being found guilty of two counts of committing an act of indecency in front of a child aged under 10. The court heard he committed the offences while on a five-year good behaviour bond for a conviction of wilful and obscene exposure in front of two schoolgirls on a train. A court heard ...
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Top fix-it blokes abandon Barry OFarrell
INFRASTRUCTURE NSW, the organisation set up by Barry O'Farrell to fix the state, is in tatters with its chairman and chief executive both ...
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Hairdresser accused of sex assaults
A HAIRDRESSER accused of sexually assaulting his female clients allegedly told one woman he knew people who could track her down if she ...
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Abbott a certainty Costello
EVEN if Tony Abbott were caught streaking naked down Collins Street in Melbourne the Coalition would probably still win the looming election, former Federal Treasurer Peter Costello ...
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Pervert a Facebook predator
A SEXUAL predator was on parole when he used Facebook to prey on two teenage girls and talk to them in explicit ways, a court has ...
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Death of an honourable man
PARAMEDIC Paul Rossington did the "honourable thing" by leaping after girlfriend Kristen Schroder when she fell from a cruise ship, mourners were told ...
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New Labor MP linked to Obeid
Mr Wong was sworn into the upper house yesterday to take the seat of former treasurer Eric Roozendaal, who resigned earlier this month. Mr Wong, a prominent member of the Chinese community and Deputy Mayor of Burwood Council, was allegedly recruited to the party by Mr Obeid while he was a member of the Unity Party. An allegation which he denies. Peter Wong, the former Unity Party upper house MP, ...
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Slipper still enjoying silver service
Disgraced MP and former Speaker of the House of Representatives in Parliament House, Peter Slipper, appeared in the local Magistrates Court in Canberra. He left in a Silver Service Taxi. Picture: Ramage ...
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South Australia car industry workers urged to plan futures after Fords announcement
THE automotive components industry in South Australia and the 10,000-plus workers it employs have three years to plan for a more secure future, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union says. While Ford's announcement marked a "black day for the Australian automotive industry", knee-jerk reactions were best avoided, AMWU's SA secretary John Camillo said. "For the ...
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Holden pleads for help as Ford closes shop in Australia
HOLDEN says it still plans to build cars in Adelaide until at least 2022 but warns "swift action" is needed from political leaders to ensure the Australian auto industry remains viable. The partial reassurance follows Ford's bombshell announcement that it will stop making cars at its two Victorian plants from 2016, ending 90 years of manufacturing in Australia. Holden vowed to ...
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Dubai jail term like a life sentence
The wife of Australian businessman Matthew Joyce says the 10-year jail sentence and $25 million fine handed down by a Dubai court is effectively a life term. Joyce was on Monday jailed and fined by the Dubai court for fraud stemming from a collapsed land deal. But the court cleared fellow Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to Australia after four years ...
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Cricket Australia batsman David Warner apologies for Twitter rant
Australia opening batsman, said on Thursday he regretted not keeping a lid on his outrage but maintained he had to defend himself after his image was used in a report condemning ...
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Ford to halt output in Australia in 2016
Melbourne - Ford announced Thursday it would cease making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, having produced its first car in the country in ...
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Honda Nagatomo back for crunch Australia clash
Keisuke Honda in action for Japan against Oman Knee injuries forced both players to miss the 2-1 defeat to Jordan in March but victory against the Socceroos in Saitama would secure a fifth consecutive World Cup finals appearance for Alberto Zaccheroni's side, who have a six-point advantage in their qualifying group with two games to play."The moment of truth has come for my team," ...
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Family of Ontario man missing in Australia pleads for army help
The family and friends of a Canadian missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains region for more than a week are calling for additional manpower to search for the hiker. The calls came as hopes briefly rose Wednesday of finding Prabhdeep Srawn when "voices" were heard in the search area in the Kosciuszko National Park. But reports from the site in New South Wales say that poor ...
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OneWind plans $2b wind farms for Australia
OneWind Australia, a venture backed by private equity fund Denham Capital Management LP, expects the first of as much as $US2 billion in wind farms it plans in the country to start operating by 2015.OneWind is developing five wind projects in New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, Managing Director Michael Toke said in an interview in Sydney. The wind farms ...
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Ford to quit making cars in Australia cites high costs currency
Ford Motor Co. will shut its two Australian auto plants in October 2016, blaming a strong currency and costs that are hitting manufacturers just as the country looks for other sectors of its economy to cushion the end of a mining boom.Ford Australia will close its engine plant in Geelong and its vehicle assembly plant in Broadmeadows, both in Victoria state, with the loss of 1,200 jobs, Ford ...
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In Conversation Australias invisible migrant workers
In a recent post for The Conversation which appeared on the SBS World News Australia website, Dr Shanthi Robertson highlighted the long-term but temporary, 'invisible' group of workers made up of backpackers and international students. She groups them together as Australia's 'other migrant workers', and is calling for more political and public recognition of this ...
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Ernest Wong sworn in to replace Roozendaal in NSW Parliament
Sydney 2000 A prominent member of Australia's Chinese community has been installed as Labor's replacement for former Treasurer Eric Roozendaal.A special joint sitting this afternoon has formally installed Mr Wong as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.Mr Wong is a former deputy mayor of Burwood Council.Mr Roozendaal quit State Parliament early this month, six years ...
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Hazel Hawke dies aged 83
Hazel Hawke, ex-wife of former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, has died aged 83, following a battle with dementia.Her family issued a statement on Wednesday night saying she passed away peacefully after succumbing to complications of the disease.Her family said they appreciate the great affection many have for Hazel, but have asked for privacy.There will be a private funeral for family and close ...
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Cricket Australia considers AFL tribunal model
David Warner's privately convened code of conduct hearing for his recent Twitter indiscretions may be the last of its kind, as Cricket Australia consider adopting a system whereby disciplinary charges against players would be heard in forums open to public scrutiny via the ...
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Packer offloads his stake in Echo
James Packer’s Crown Ltd is selling its 10 per cent stake in rival Echo Entertainment, in a clear signal it is confident of gaining approval to operate its own casino in Sydney. The sale of its stake to institutional investors via a bookbuild late today is priced at $3.20 a share, a 7 per cent discount to Echo’s closing price of $3.44. It values Crown’s stake at $264 million. ...
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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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