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Arabs in the Outback Australia Arab Film Festival heats up on June 27th
Babel, english company filming about tourism in arab countries. Iraq, 1961, Ani, Latif el - Professional photographer, Ani, Latif el Collection, Copyright Arab Image Foundation (Photo from the event's Facebook ...
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ICAC to hold public inquiry into Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch
Ryde 2112 The Independent Commission Against Corruption will hold a public inquiry into allegations involving Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch.The ICAC is to investigate Ivan Petch over the alleged release of confidential information and an attempt to undermine council employees.The ICAC says Councillor Petch is also facing an allegation that he played a role in telling the former General Manager of the ...
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Jig is up for Titswobble Road
As a descriptor of the local landscape, Titswobble Road at Tuncurry leaves no doubt as to the rocky terrain. But as state's road naming policy is overhauled, its days may be numbered. The Geographical Names Board has proposed tightening rules over which road names are allowed, and which are confusing, too commercial, hard to pronounce or likely to offend. Many existing road names would ...
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Leadership issue is behind us
Labor MP and Rudd-backer Joel Fitzgibbon declines to be drawn on leadership number counting, but Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg says it's only a matter of ...
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IBM quietly axes Australian jobs
IBM Australia is in the midst of axing up to 1500 Australian staff in a reshuffle that will send many jobs offshore to Asia and New Zealand, according to sources. Affected staff have told Fairfax Media between 1200 and 1500 local jobs are being made redundant this year in several ...
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Man charged for murder of Darren Neville
Mr Neville was walking home with friends along Eucalyptus Drive in the early hours of Sunday morning on September 2 when they allegedly became involved in a fight with another group of men.About 2.15 that morning Mr Neville and another man were found unconscious on the footpath. Ambulance officers gave CPR to both men before they were taken to Liverpool Hospital.But Mr Neville, 39, died in ...
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Australias low rates are working on housing RBA
The rush will extend across profiles. Outsiders will want to be part of the changes that Murthy will bring in; and this will not happen if they are working for competition," says Aditya Mishra, Randstad ...
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Australia Leading Index Suggests Above-Trend Growth
economy in the coming quarters, a report from Westpac and Melbourne Institute showed Wednesday. The annualized growth rate of the leading index, which indicates the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months into the future, was 5.4 percent in April, comfortably above its long term trend of 3 percent. The level of the index increased 1.8 points from a month earlier to 294.0 in April. ...
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Tinkler sells down Whitehaven Coal stake
Australia Former mining billionaire Nathan Tinkler is selling his stake in Whitehaven Coal, less than a year after abandoning a takeover bid for the company.Mr Tinkler's company announced this morning it had sold about half of its 19 per cent holding in Whitehaven to the US-based hedge fund Farrallon Capital Management.The shares were sold for $2.96 each, making the transaction worth just ...
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ICAC to probe Ryde mayor
Controversial Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch will be the subject of a public inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The public hearing will investigate allegations that Councillor Petch, a former Liberal turned independent, failed to disclose financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest while serving on the City of Ryde Council. Also under investigation are claims that ...
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Controversial mayor faces ICAC inquiry
Controversial Ryde Mayor Ivan Petch will be the subject of a public inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The public hearing will investigate allegations that Councillor Petch, a former Liberal turned independent, failed to disclose financial relationships and potential conflicts of interest while serving on the City of Ryde Council. Also under investigation are claims that ...
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The most racist piece of legislation Liberal MP
Don Randall MP, Member for Canning, pictured in 2007 at his Brumbys Bakery with Vietnamese baker, Hao Van Pham, who Mr Randall employed on a 457 visa. Mr Randall says new 457 laws are ...
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The cut-and-paste extortion boom
A still from the video of party official Lei Zhengfu with an 18-year-old woman. A recent spate of Chinese officials have found themselves ensnared by extortion schemes that leverage the public's mounting disgust for wayward behaviour. But even those who have resisted the siren song of malfeasance are not immune. Aided by computer software, blackmailers sometimes copy and paste their ...
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Lions pride wounded ahead of first Australia test
British and Irish Lions leave the field after losing their trial match against the ACT Brumbies at Canberra stadium June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew ...
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Australia’s Business Confidence Drops to 9-Month Low
Australian business confidence slid to the lowest in nine months in May, despite the central bank’s interest rates cut to the lowest in three years, amid global uncertainties, especially as Europe’s debt crisis continues to deepen while Greece may leave the euro ...
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Will the All Blacks fall to Australia at the next World Cup
the milestone of their 500th Test match . Two of the three NZ tries were instant classics. In fact, there probably won't be a better score this year than Beauden Barrett's late try under the sticks following a dazzling length-of-the-field breakout. But a performance "close to perfection" and other misty-eyed exaltations? Hardly. In fact, come to think of it, there's a ...
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Ashes Fawad Ahmed still in the frame to face England despite being named in Australia A squad
Australia Pakistan-born spinner Fawad Ahmed is being sent to Africa on an Australia A tour at the same time as the Ashes series.But Ahmed remains in contention for the Ashes should his Australian citizenship be approved in time.Ahmed and fellow tweaker Ashton Agar were on Wednesday named in a 15-man Australia A squad for an African tour next month.Ahmed's citizenship is expected to be ...
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Calls for review of plea deal in Thomas Kelly case
There are questions about a decision by the DPP to strike a plea deal with the killer of Sydney teenager Thomas Kelly, above, who died in Kings Cross last ...
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Socceroos captain Lucas Neill looking forward to World Cup 2014 swan song
Sydney 2000 Socceroos captain Lucas Neill says appearing at a third consecutive World Cup in Brazil would be a perfect way to end a long international career.The Socceroos qualified with ...
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Australian Lehman Brothers creditors may face long wait for cash
Australia Australian councils, charities and churches that lost hundreds of millions of dollars through products marketed by the failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers may have to wait several more years to get their money back.The groups have formed a class action against Lehman Brothers, and expected the repayments on the investments be finalised at a creditors meeting in Sydney ...
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Dangerous prank disrupts pilots radio frequency at Broken Hill Airport
Broken Hill 2880 Pilots say radio hooligans are jeopardising aircraft safety around Broken Hill airport.Pilots were alarmed on Sunday afternoon when ground-based radio operators hijacked the UHF frequency used by traffic in and out of Broken Hill. The interference began with gibberish and bizarre whispers, then things became dangerous, the pranksters mimicking calls from aircraft, confusing ...
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Charges pending against Afghans accused of prison abuse Australia
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Afghan authorities will lay charges against officials at a prison run by the country's internal security service, Australia said on Wednesday, just weeks after Canberra blocked prisoner transfers over fears of detainee ...
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Camera captured police shooting scene court told
Tamworth 2340 A court has heard that the shooting murder of a New South Wales police officer by a man he pulled over for a random breath test was captured on a patrol car video camera.Michael Jacobs is accused of shooting Senior Constable David Rixon after being pulled over for a random breath test in Tamworth in March last year.The 40-year-old has pleaded not guilty and the defence case is ...
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Green slip reform on shelf
Controversial changes to the green slip insurance scheme have been shelved after the NSW government admitted it does not have the support it needs to pass the legislation. Acting Finance Minister Andrew Constance said the government will hold further discussions with stakeholders and community representatives to try to resolve concerns about its proposed changes to the compulsory third-party ...
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The worlds best airline named
Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2013, while Qantas has soared back into the top 10 in this years annual World Airline Awards. Qantas fell out of the World Airline Awards' top 10 for the first time last year, dropping to number 15 from number eight in 2011. The airline's ranking had sunk every year since 2008, when it peaked at number three. This year it has ...
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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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