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End in sight for Elders sale
A 49 per cent surge in Elders' shares triggered talk that long-awaited asset sales were finally here. But Elders is expected to tell the Australian Securities Exchange today it has no idea what was behind Monday's rally, which generated its second speeding ticket in as many weeks from the ASX. However, Elders is understood to be close to striking a deal and could reach an outcome by ...
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US bumper crop to hit wheat futures
TRADERS in the grain market remain focused on the North American corn crop, which is in the last few weeks of its planting season. Good weather could lead to what is being forecast as a bumper crop - perhaps the biggest since 2009-10. The US Department of Agriculture has forecast that US farmers would be paid 32 per cent less for corn this year if the record harvest is collected. It would also ...
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Labor urges NSW govt support vaccine bill
Opposition Leader John Robertson is urging the NSW government not to play politics with a bill allowing preschools and care centres to refuse children who haven't been vaccinated. Labor will introduce the legislation to the lower house on Tuesday afternoon. "I want to see this parliament do something to ensure the safety of our children," Mr Robertson told reporters. "I am ...
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Lack of sleep greatly increases P-plater risk study
Young people who regularly miss out on just a few hours sleep are at a hugely increased risk of crashing their cars, a study of more than 20,000 NSW P-Platers has found. The teenagers – who slept, on average, six or fewer hours each night – may be so impaired by regularly missing out on sleep that they are unable to pick up the safe driving skills they need, lead researcher ...
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Women cricketers get big pay rises
Australia's women cricketers have been rewarded with big pay rises as they prepare their bid to add 2013 women's Ashes glory to their current World Cup and world T20 titles. Cricket Australia (CA) has announced a restructuring of the contracting system for women's international and state cricket which will make national team members some of the best paid female athletes in the ...
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Transfield shares tumble to record low
Almost $141 million has been wiped from the value of mining engineer Transfield Services as cost cutting in the mining sector sent its shares to a record low. The company has slashed its profit forecasts and fast-tracked additional cost saving measures, including job cuts, in response to weaker demand for its services. But analysts say Transfield's decision to slash 113 jobs comes too ...
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WA crisis meeting on Aboriginal suicide
Robert Eggington is among indigenous leaders to meet with WA bureaucrats over rising suicide levels among the Noongah community.Picture: Richard ...
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WA teen exercise rates drop academic
EXERCISE rates among high school children in Western Australia are declining to alarming levels, fuelling health concerns, an academic ...
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Ban unvaccinated kids - Health Minister
Health Minister Dr Kim Hames says he has no problem with individual child care centres banning unvaccinated kids, but won't be legislating on ...
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Seven West appoints new CEO
newspaper and Pacific Magazines. He began his career as a journalist with Seven News in Perth, and advanced to become the director of programming and production in 2002. Mr Worner takes over from former oil industry boss Don Voelte, who became CEO in mid-2012. "Don has always been quite clear that his management role at Seven West Media was only for the short term and that his job was to ...
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We will continue to provide support
JULIA Gillard says the government will continue to offer support to an Australian businessman for 10 years and fined $25 million on discredited bribery charges in ...
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Sydney home invader ties up woman 84
Police say the elderly woman was alone in her Eastlakes unit on Monday when she answered a knock at the door.She was confronted by an unknown woman who threatened her, tied her up and covered her mouth.The intruder, who was about 40 and wearing a baseball cap and reading glasses, searched the home and demanded money but fled empty-handed.After untying herself, the woman went to a ...
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Clean Up boss urges container deposits
NSW needs a container deposit scheme because it will reduce litter and won't cost consumers money, the man behind Clean Up Australia Day ...
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Qld MP Driscoll skips parliament again
It is the third sitting week that Mr Driscoll has missed since quitting the Liberal National Party to become an independent in April.The first-time MP is fighting fraud and misconduct allegations and quit the LNP less than 24 hours before he was expected to be expelled.Speaker Fiona Simpson told parliament on Tuesday that the parliamentary ethics committee had suspended its investigation into Mr ...
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Paramedics to break away from HSU
PARAMEDICS will be able to break away from the scandal-plagued Health Services Union (HSU) after a court ruled they could register their own ...
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Aussie close to an eleven-month low
The appetite for risk improved in the FX space on profit taking. While the dollar remains strong overall, the foreign currencies enjoyed a recovery on Monday from their recent losses. Still, the yen remains near a 4 1/-year low and the Aussie close to an eleven-month low. The US stock indexes slipped, but gold and oil closed higher. The short-term outlook for most foreign currencies is sideways. ...
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Woman filmed with partners teen son
A Tasmanian woman pleaded guilty to five counts of engaging in sexual intercourse with a young person after her partner filmed her cuddling and kissing his teenage son. ...
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Australia launches new April 2025 Treasury bond
SYDNEY | Tue May 21, 2013 12:38am EDT SYDNEY May 21 (Reuters) - Australia is to issue a new Treasury bond due April 21, 2025, the country's debt management office said on Tuesday, and expects the issue to be of benchmark size - typically at least A$1 billion. Initial price guidance for the issue is a spread of 18-20 basis points to the implied yield for the primary 10-year Treasury ...
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2DayFM edges WSFM on Sydney radio
SYDNEY music station 2DayFM has reclaimed its lead from rival WSFM. Southern Cross Radio (SCA) outperformed WSFM, which lost listeners across all timeslots, particularly in the 40-64 age demographic, according to figures supplied on Tuesday by Nielsen. Talk station 2GB remains top of the ratings ladder after gaining listeners across all timeslots. King of Sydney early morning radio Alan Jones ...
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Adelaide set for a drenching as rain pours on regional South Australia
THE heavens have finally opened across regional parts of the state and metropolitan Adelaide is set for a good drenching this evening. In the past 24 hours, the state's far North recorded almost 50mm of rain up to 9am this morning. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Paul Bierman said Ernabella recorded 47mm of rain and Mintabie, 45mm. "It's quite a lotover 40mm is 24 hours is ...
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West Australian describes tornado terror
Australians living in tornado-ravaged Oklahoma are bracing for more of the killer twisters that have ripped through the US State."I've lived here for 30 years and this is unprecedented," Kerry Vincent, the world-renowned, WA-born cake designer, said from her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday."My heart bleeds for my friends who I can't find."There's so many dead ...
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Aussie resident arrested over people smuggling allegations
A powerful tornado with winds over 300 kilometres per hour has pulverised an Oklahoma City suburb, hitting at least two schools and wiping out blocks of homes. At least 51 people have been ...
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Qantas brings pre-flight meal ordering to London Singapore
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Federal police to boost Adelaide Airport visibility
Adelaide 5000 Australian Federal Police (AFP) said they would have a more visible presence in future at Adelaide Airport.A $6.5 million centre has opened to allow all the AFP operations on one site.Commissioner Tony Negus promised there would be a more visible presence in the airport precinct."There are 49 officers here in this building who will respond to various incidents within the ...
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New Storm owners aim to break even by 2017
Melbourne Storm's new owners plan to make the NRL club break even financially by 2017 and also want to dramatically boost membership.New Zealand entrepreneur Bart Campbell heads a group of businessmen who bought the reigning premiers from News Ltd on Monday night.The other members of the consortium, Holding MS Australia, are expected to be announced at a Melbourne function within a ...
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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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