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Sydney dance school closes after founder charged with child sex offences
Chiswick 2046 A dance school in Sydney's inner-west has made the decision to close down after its founder was charged with multiple child sexual assault offences. Grant Davies, the 39-year-old founder of RG Dance Studio in Chiswick, was arrested last week. He is facing four counts of aggravated sexual assault, and two counts of aggravated indecent assault of a person under 16. The former ...
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Australian sports firm refutes charges of financial irregularities
Australian sports management firm Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM), which finds itself in the midst of controversy regarding the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, has refuted allegations of any financial ...
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Aust stocks lower as $32b wiped off market
Australian stocks suffered their biggest one-day fall in two months as more than $32 billion was wiped from the value of the bourse. The four major banks and Telstra were the biggest losers as early falls extended throughout the day. Local investors initially took their cues from Wall Street after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the central bank may soon ease its stimulatory ...
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High dollar claims another scalp
The persistent strength of the Australian dollar is one factor behind the demise of another Aussie icon - Ford Australia. The car maker announced the loss of 1200 jobs at its Victorian plants of Broadmeadow and Geelong when it ends manufacturing in Australia in 2016, after some 90 years of operation. Ford Australia president and chief executive Bob Graziano said the costs of manufacturing cars ...
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$A falls as $US soars
In testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke gave an upbeat assessment of the US economy. He indicated there could be a winding down of the Fed's $US85 billion ($A88.17 billion) a month bond-buying program at one of its "next few meetings" if the economy continued to improve. Mr Rennie said the Australian dollar suffered further during Thursday's local session due to disappointing ...
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Defiant Slipper will defend fraud charges
A defiant Peter Slipper will face trial over allegations he defrauded Australian taxpayers while working as a federal MP, but his political future will be decided before a jury deliberates his guilt or innocence. The former commonwealth parliamentary speaker on Thursday pleaded not guilty after being charged with three counts of dishonestly causing a loss to the Department of Finance and ...
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Osieck banks on World Cup experience
Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has put his faith in the old guard to steer Australia to a third consecutive World Cup, despite three key members lacking minutes at club level. Osieck on Thursday named a 26-man squad for his side's three remaining World Cup qualifiers. The Socceroos, currently third in their qualifying pool, face Japan away on Tuesday week before crunch home fixtures ...
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It was a note folded in four and passed in the dock at a Sydney trial
It was a note written in Italian, folded in four and passed in the dock at a murder trial. In the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday, the jury at the trial of Giuseppe Di Cianni and Josephine Pintabona learned he gave her a letter about their trial, while they were inside the Darlinghurst court complex earlier this month. Mr Di Cianni has pleaded not guilty to murdering former business associate ...
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Not viable 1200 jobs to go as Ford pulls out of Australia
Ford Australia has confirmed it will close its Broadmeadows and Geelong production facilities in October 2016 and retire the Falcon nameplate in a move that will cost at least 1200 ...
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Runners swap outback for icy Canberra
SIX indigenous men have swapped the outback for frosty Canberra as part of their preparations to run the New York marathon in ...
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Not too late to stop Fords cuts union
AMWU National secretary Paul Bastian, who met with company officials after Thursday's big job cuts announcement, called for a crisis meeting between the government and the company to resolve the situation."It's not too late for Ford in our view at all," he said."What we need is to get parties on the table to sit down and actually listen to what the industry is saying is ...
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Police gun seizures continue in SA
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a Salisbury East property on Thursday morning, allegedly finding six rifles, three handguns, ammunition and a crossbow hidden under floorboards in the house.A 64-year-old man was charged with nine counts of failing to store a firearm correctly, nine counts of possessing a firearm without a license, nine counts of possessing an unregistered firearm, failing to ...
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Road-rage skateboarder avoids jail
Magistrate Paul Johnston said he could have sent Neilsen to jail but took into consideration his medical condition and the early guilty ...
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Breastmilk fights infant infections study
BREASTMILK helps fight infections in babies and their mothers, international research led by the University of Western Australia has ...
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Aviation bodies get scathing report card
That's the wash-up from a senate committee report which has sparked calls for urgent action after probing a 2009 plane crash off Norfolk Island."It's an alarming report because it outlines a number of deep concerns that the committee had about systemic and serious failures in terms of aviation safety in this country," committee member Nick Xenophon told reporters on ...
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AMA backs plan to boost vaccinations
But it's unlikely to support a proposal to lock non-immunised kids out of school.The NSW government and Queensland opposition have both flagged legislation which would give pre-schools and early childcare centres the right to ban youngsters who aren't immunised.Exemptions would be given to children whose parents object to vaccination on religious or medical grounds, under NSW's ...
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Childhood acne takes parents by surprise
PARENTS are being taken by surprise as an increasing number of children start suffering acne problems several years before they become ...
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Think tank seeks to launch drone debate
But before then, Australia needs to think through a wide range of ethical, legal and practical issues relating to use of unmanned aircraft, including rules of engagement, privacy, safety and air traffic management.Launching a campaign to promote community debate on remotely piloted aircraft or drones, former RAAF chief Air Marshal Errol McCormack, chairman of the air power think tank the ...
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Infrastructure NSW gets new look
FORMER Liberal premier Nick Greiner is stepping down as the chairman of Infrastructure NSW (iNSW), along with the organisation's CEO Paul ...
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Checks for Vic firies over toxic fish
THE Country Fire Authority (CFA) will conduct health checks on Victorian firefighters who ate fish caught in a contaminated lake at its training college at ...
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Robertson told to come clean on NSW coal
The Labor leader told a public forum the ALP supported phasing out the coal industry, in response to a question by an anti-coal activist on Sunday, Fairfax reports.Mr Robertson told him that Labor was working on a plan to phase out coal in the lead-up to 2015.Resources Minister Chris Hartcher on Thursday said shutting down the coal industry would devastate jobs, especially in the Illawarra and ...
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Aust bonds weaker on Bernanke comments
AUSTRALIAN bond futures prices spent the local session trading lower after comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke fuelled expectations key stimulus measures in the world's largest economy would be wound ...
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India Australia progressing well on FTA talks
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the fifth round of talks on the issue concluded in Canberra. "We have gone further in our goods negotiations. We have progressed well in our text on our services and investments. I hope in the next round we will start doing the real give and take of negotiations," J K Daddo, Joint Secretary ...
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Two charged over Sydney shooting
TWO men have been charged over a shooting incident in Sydney's west that left a man under police guard in a Sydney hospital. Police were called to a house in Castlereagh, near Penrith, shortly before midnight (AEST) on Wednesday following reports of gunfire. A 23-year-old Chipping Norton man found with multiple gunshot wounds in the back was taken to hospital, where he was arrested and ...
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Australia shares drop to one-month low on weak China flash PMI
Thu May 23, 2013 3:14am EDT (Adds details, comments) SYDNEY May 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 2.0 percent on Thursday, their worst daily loss in more than two months, depressed by a weak preliminary manufacturing activity survey from China. The flash HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for May fell to 49.6, slipping under the 50-point level demarcating expansion from contraction ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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