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Macdonald due before privileges committee
DISGRACED former NSW mines minister Ian Macdonald has been asked to appear before a parliamentary committee examining documents relating to a mining licence at the centre of a corruption ...
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Buswell commits to Dry July
But after vowing to give up the grog as part of the annual Dry July fundraising push, the controversial politician seems to have the support of the country, currently sitting number one on the national league table of fundraisers for the Cancer Council.While he struggles to balance WA's books as the state's mining boom comes off the boil, Mr Buswell has had no trouble drumming up ...
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Australias ASX 200 0.98 and Chinas Shanghai -0.73
Good Morning, - Euro in demand with all eyes in Fed's statement, Bernanke conference. - Asian shares: Japan's Nikkei 1.83%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng -0.58% (07:00 GMT), Korea's Kospi -0.65%, Australia's ASX 200 0.98% and China's Shanghai -0.73% - All the major currencies marked time on Wednesday as investors waited anxiously to see if the Federal Reserve could clarify ...
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Outlaw same-sex marriage Senator
THE two extremes of the same-sex marriage debate are set to collide in the Senate, with a new call for marriage to be defined in the constitution as between a man and ...
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Sunshine link to food allergies
SUNSHINE could help prevent the food allergies afflicting one in seven Australian primary school kids, the nation's biggest childhood survey ...
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Family hears officers final moments
The policeman was hit once in the chest with a .38 calibre bullet which pieced his heart and lung, while he shot Jacobs three times after returning fire.Police arrived at the scene within minutes and performed CPR on Snr-Constable Rixon, but he was declared dead by the time he arrived in hospital.Several of the officer's family members listened with their hands over their mouths as the ...
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State Sales Manager – Melbourne – Performance Media
Australia’s most reputable digital publisher seeks a strong sales manager to represent their market leading, digital offering in the Victorian market (Melbourne based). You will work with the greater agency sales team as the performance product lead. This is a brilliant career ...
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Aust shares rise ahead of US Fed meeting
Australian shares have gained ground as investors took a cautiously optimistic stance ahead of a keenly awaited update on economic stimulus measures in the United States.The US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke will speak to media on Wednesday in the United States, and investors are keen to for an update on the Fed's $US85 billion a month asset purchase program, known as quantitative ...
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Ahmed Sandhu in Australia A tour of Africa
SYDNEY (AFP) - Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed was on Wednesday named on the Australia A squad for a tour of Africa beginning next month, despite also being in contention for selection for the Ashes series against England.Ahmed was added to the 15-man squad for the July and August tour along with Ashton Agar, who has Sri Lankan grandparents and paceman Gurinder Sandhu, born in Australia ...
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Tinkler sells entire Whitehaven stake
Embattled entrepreneur Nathan Tinkler has denied being forced by his lender into the $600 million sale that has ended his involvement with Whitehaven Coal.His long-time financier, Farallon Funds announced on Wednesday it had paid $300 million at $2.96 a share for 9.9 per cent of Mr Tinkler's 19 per cent-plus stake in Whitehaven.It later emerged that Mr Tinkler would dump the lot on ...
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Mighty Matt strikes in Astros perfect 10
Third baseman Matt Dominguez has hit a grand slam to lead the Houston Astros to a 10-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.Houston, who have the second-worst record in Major League Baseball (MLB) this season, continued their improvement in the past week with a thumping win over the Brewers.The Astros collected their fifth win in six games on Tuesday, scoring five runs in the seventh inning in ...
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Orica-GreenEDGE name TDF team
Orica-GreenEDGE has named its nine-man team for the 100th Tour de France, with Stuart O'Grady to captain the side in his penultimate appearance.O'Grady will equal the George Hincapie's record for most Tour starts - 17 - when the race begins later this month, ahead of potentially holding the honour on his own in 2014, after which he plans to retire.The 39-year-old is a valuable ...
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Economy set for above trend growth data
New data suggests the Australian economy will be growing at an above trend pace heading into 2014, building on its outperformance of leading economies.Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan used a gathering of the world's leading countries that form the Group of Eight (G8) to highlight Australia's economic strengths since Labor came to power."We have grown substantially faster then every ...
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Rio Olympic rights to be package deal
Australian television rights for the next two Summer Olympic Games are likely be sold as a bundle after all three major TV networks failed to bid for the upcoming Rio Games, Nine Network boss Jeff Browne says.And in the wake of the Socceroos booking a place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Mr Browne said Nine would be a serious bidder in future for the broadcast rights for the A-League.Mr Browne, who ...
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New South Wales plans sale of Newcastle coal port
Australia's most populous state is considering the sale of the world's biggest coal export terminal, subject to a detailed study of the implications of such a ...
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Australia shares close at a 2-week high Whitehaven jumps
Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:16am EDT (Adds details, comments) SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 1 percent to close at a two-week high on Wednesday, helped by expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not move quickly to scale back its monetary stimulus and as a weaker Australian dollar lifted stocks with large exposure to overseas markets. Whitehaven Coal Ltd surged 4 percent after ...
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NRL spitting incident a one off Greenberg
Canterbury chief executive Todd Greenberg is confident the ugly scenes at Brookvale Oval, where star fullback Ben Barba was spat on by Manly fans, is simply a one off for the NRL. And Greenberg, who will join the NRL as second-in-command to CEO Dave Smith in August, said he is comfortable leaving the investigation in the hands of the NRL's integrity unit. He has yet to speak to the wife ...
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No outrage just sadness Meaghers family
When Jill Meagher "crossed paths with evil" her future was snatched away. But rather than exhibit outrage over the sentencing of her killer, serial rapist Adrian Ernest Bayley, her family is satisfied justice has been done. On Wednesday, Ms Meagher's parents, husband and brother watched in the Victorian Supreme Court as Bayley was jailed for life with a 35-year non-parole period ...
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Osiecks job was on knifes edge
Australia's World Cup fate hinged on a moment of sheer "intuition" and so too, FFA boss David Gallop admits, did coach Holger Osieck's job. At 0-0 and with 13 minutes to go in Australia's must-win World Cup qualifier against Iraq on Tuesday Osieck had one last role of the dice. Often criticised for his decisions, the German coach made the gutsiest one so far when ...
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Stocks to watch at close on Wednesday
Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Wednesday: CHC - CHARTER HALL GROUP - up 24 cents at $3.89 Property firm Charter Hall and an associated superannuation fund have paid $458 million to buy a Perth development which houses Bankwest's headquarters and the city centre's biggest retail space. NNC - NEW NEWSCORP - down 45 cents at ...
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Socceroos have Cup depth and quality
Experience, youth, depth. The Socceroos are convinced they now have all three key ingredients in sufficient quality and quantity to make an impression on next year's World Cup finals. For now, those who criticise the Socceroos for being an aging squad have been silenced. The experienced players - Lucas Neill, Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Mark Bresciano and Tim Cahill - have all ...
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Attitude a major concern Maroons
Not much fazes Mal Meninga, but the all-conquering Queensland coach admits he is concerned about his team's attitude ahead of next week's must-win State of Origin clash in Brisbane. However, Cameron Smith reckons he is not losing sleep over the thought of being the first Queensland captain to lose an Origin series since 2005. Meninga may have masterminded an unprecedented seven ...
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Combet blames coalition for GM cost cuts
Industry Minister Greg Combet blames the coalition for causing uncertainty in the car-making industry that has forced GM Holden to seek deep cuts to its labour costs. Holden workers in Adelaide may be forced to take a pay cut to save their jobs and keep the carmaker alive. Mr Combet believes the coalition's position to take out $500 million of assistance from the motor vehicle industry ...
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DPP called on to explain Kelly downgrade
The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is under pressure to explain why a charge against Thomas Kelly's killer was downgraded to manslaughter, but Premier Barry O'Farrell has stopped short of ordering a review. Kieran Loveridge, 19, was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser charge on Tuesday after he fatally king hit Mr Kelly in Sydney's King's Cross last year. He ...
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Miles Franklin winner rich and ambitious
This year's Miles Franklin award-winning novel, Michelle de Kretser's Questions of Travel, is hailed as a "rich and ambitious work" that explores many of Australia's big political and cultural issues. De Kretser won the $60,000 prestigious literary award ahead of a shortlist of five titles all written by women. It centres on two characters, with two stories, each ...
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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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