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Brendan OConnor rejects claims Somali refugees being turned away by Australia
Australia Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has rejected claims that refugees from Somalia are not being accepted by Australia.Somali refugees in Indonesia told the ABC that they had been advised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that they would not be accepted through Australia's resettlement programs, even if they had refugee status. Mr O'Connor ...
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The NRL is investigating claims of racism during Fridays match between Manly and Canterbury
Manly 2095 A series of investigations have been launched into racial abuse claims and incidents of spitting from last Friday's NRL match between Manly and Canterbury at Brookvale Oval in Sydney.The wife of Canterbury Bulldogs player Frank Pritchard, Raima tweeted during the match that abuse was hurled at her from Manly fans, including that she should leave Australia and get off ...
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Miss USA contestants question fail
She may not have won the Miss USA competition, but Miss Utah has emerged as one of the most talked about contestants on social media for her rambling and cringeworthy answer to a question about women's wages. Some have branded Marissa Powell's response during the question-and-answer session as one of the worst in the history of the competition after she blurted out that the US needs ...
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We need to create education better
She may not have won the Miss USA competition, but Miss Utah has emerged as one of the most talked about contestants on social media for her rambling and cringeworthy answer to a question about women's wages. Some have branded Marissa Powell's response during the question-and-answer session as one of the worst in the history of the competition after she blurted out that the US needs ...
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Saatchi cautioned by police over Nigella neck grab
Charles Saatchi says photos published of his hands around his wife Nigella Lawson's neck appear 'horrific', but show nothing but 'a playful ...
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Labor leadership boil must be lanced warns MP
Labor hit with disastrous poll numbers The Labor government is in further crisis following another disastrous poll result with male voters deserting the Prime ...
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How celebration turned sour
But by about 10.30pm, Ferguson’s proclamation that he and Dugan were ‘‘back’’ was in some doubt – before he had even hit camp in Coogee. A woman had made a complaint against him, a police charge and an Origin and NRL suspension followed in a dramatic first day of camp on Monday. How did a night of celebrations turn so sour? What is clear is that it did not ...
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Pressure on ASIC over CBA
A group specialising in financial disputes has called on the corporate regulator to reopen all settlements for Commonwealth Bank planners where fraud has been proven or where they failed to investigate strong allegations of fraud. The group, Financial Resolutions Australia, believes clients of the bank's financial planning arm may have a claim against ASIC under the Scheme for Compensation ...
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Australia stocks fall ahead of Fed RBA updates
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Stocks in Australia fell early Tuesday, with investors waiting for word about possible future monetary policy moves from both the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia. The S&P/ASX ...
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Where is the outrage over Prism in Australia | Antony Loewenstein
Americans support the leak , and Snowden receives a higher approval rating than US citizens view Congress. History has also been kind to one of the great leakers in history, the Pentagon Paper’s Daniel Ellsberg ...
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Australia to send more to join A side
Certain players from the defeated Champions Trophy squad will join up with Australia A on Tuesday to maximise preparation time for the Ashes. Following a disappointing pool-round exit from the Champions Trophy, Australia will use the extra time before next week's opening tour match to give some players time with the A team, who completed a 93-run first-class win over Ireland in Belfast on ...
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Tension between two families sparks meat cleaver attack
Auburn 2144 Police say a meat cleaver attack in Sydney's west was the result of an ongoing dispute between two families.Two men, both aged 46, met in a street at Auburn at 6.30am yesterday.One man has now been charged after he allegedly attacked the other man with the meat cleaver, cutting the victim's wrist.Inspector Matt Harris says police believe there has been tension between the ...
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Burgess charged over car damage
South Sydney Rabbitohs player George Burgess has been stood down from the club after he was charged with damaging a vehicle in Cairns on Monday. The Rabbitohs said in a statement that the 21-year-old ‘‘has admitted guilt to the charges and is co-operating with police" following the incident in the Cairns suburb of Redlynch early on Monday morning. Queensland Police confirmed a ...
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Is Bob Hawke the answer
Labor Party statesman Peter Beattie has called on Bob Hawke to break the leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The former Queensland premier, Mr Beattie, told Sky News that Labor's crisis would continue unless the former prime minister acted as a "circuit breaker". ''You've got to get someone like Bob Hawke to bring it together,'' Mr ...
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Hawke can be circuit breaker
Labor Party statesman Peter Beattie has called on Bob Hawke to break the leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The former Queensland premier, Mr Beattie, told Sky News that Labor's crisis would continue unless the former prime minister acted as a "circuit breaker". ''You've got to get someone like Bob Hawke to bring it together,'' Mr ...
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The Northern Territory is the murder capital of Australia
Recorded Crime - Victims from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the Northern Territory has the highest rate of murder at 7.7 per 100,000 people. This is over three times greater than the next highest ...
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Australia shines for Polestar
The Swedish car maker has worked with its Australian outpost to develop and deliver its first true high-performance sedan in more than 20 years, with the first batch of 50 S60 Polestars to be sold exclusively here. Volvo has confirmed the limited Australian run will be a toe-in-the-water exercise to test the acceptance of Polestar as a legitimate alternative to the likes of rival European ...
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Australia shares seen edging up in cautious trade before Fed
MELBOURNE, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open a touch higher on Tuesday, underpinned by yield stocks, but investors will likely remain cautious as they await a Federal Reserve meeting for hints of when the U.S. central bank will start tapering its stimulus programme. * Local share price index futures rose 0.2 percent to 4,480.0, a 14.1-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX ...
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Australia eyes Buddha and baccarat to lure Chinese tourists
By Jane Wardell SYDNEY, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:19pm EDT SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn't high on the travel agenda of most Chinese tourists. But the local mayor and a Chinese businessman have big plans to change that - by building a A$500 million ($480 ...
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Australia v Iraq factors that will decide the World Cup qualifier
Australia , announcing their international retirement with immediate effect. Iraq also are without Salam Shaker, Ali Rehema and Alaa Abdul-Zahra, meaning they are severely lacking both goals and experience (with those five players combining for a total of 446 caps and 81 goals). The two biggest losses for Iraq are Akram and ...
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Blake Ferguson charged over Cronulla nightclub incident
rugby league which saw him kicked off the Blues squad.As Ferguson was charged and granted conditional bail on Monday night the National Rugby League suspended his registration putting his career in doubt for the rest of the season.Police will allege he indecently assaulted a 23-year-old woman about 10.30pm on Sunday at the 2230 Restaurant and Bar after being denied re-entry to the club and ...
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What lies behind the power price increases in Australia | John Quiggin
big increases in the price of electricity averaging 20%. This was a particularly bitter pill for a government that came to power promising to cut the cost of living, and particularly for a treasurer keen to persuade an already hostile public that selling electricity assets is a good idea. There’s nothing unusual about Queensland’s experience. Average Australian electricity prices ...
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Man charged over weekend shooting
Canley Vale 2166 A man has been charged over a shooting in Sydney's south-west at the weekend.A 23-year-old man was treated in Liverpool Hospital for a single gunshot wound to his left wrist just after 10:00pm on Saturday.Police say the man was involved in a fight at Canley Vale.Inspector Craig Ireland says a 23-year-old man was arrested last night."Police identified a number of ...
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NSW Treasurer is set to hand down a good looking budget
Sydney 2000 The New South Wales Treasurer is expected to reveal a better-than-expected operating result for this year's state budget.This will be Mike Baird's third budget.Posing with the budget papers for the cameras yesterday he was upbeat."These are the covers," he said. "Does everyone like the covers? It looks good."And the figures, for this year at least, are ...
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Lego makes beautiful music with the Sydney Opera House
official Lego Sydney Opera House set before as part of the toy company's Architecture range, but let's be honest: an awful lot of detail got lost in the model's tiny size. Lego's about to do something about that, though. On September 1, Lego fanatics will be able to get their hands on an insanely detailed, 2,989-piece model of the iconic building designed by Danish ...
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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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