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Consumer rage to kill airline fees
Petition fights Jetstar credit card fees Airlines in particular have drawn the scorn of their passengers, who feel they are being ripped off when they book online and pay with plastic. Nearly 40 per cent of those who have completed the survey complained about airlines, often pointing to the $17 surcharge that applies to flights advertised at less than ...
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Killer unrepentantly evil says Tom
Jill Meagher's husband Tom tells the ABC's 7.30 report he thinks of the sentence imposed on convicted rapist Adrian Bayley is a 'disgrace.' Courtesy: 7:30 Report, ...
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PM to discuss boats in Indonesia
She will also visit a fishing town where many asylum seekers set sail from.The announcement came after a day in which Ms Gillard faced questions from the Opposition about how she would stop boat arrivals, after she pledged to stem the flow of boats when she toppled Kevin Rudd.In almost three years since Ms Gillard took over as PM more than 38,000 people have arrived on 575 boats and more than ...
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Thomson to throw $150-a-head party
BROKE independent MP Craig Thomson is inviting supporters to a $150-a-head fundraiser for his election campaign to help pay rising legal ...
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Australian court upholds alcohol rules in Aborginal communities
Restrictions on the possession and sale of alcohol in Aboriginal communities are not discriminatory, Australia's High Court said Wednesday. The court ruled for the government of Queensland and against Joan Maloney, a woman who challenged her conviction for bringing a bottle of rum and a bottle of bourbon to Palm Island, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Maloney, 59, was fined in ...
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Kiwi freezes to death in Queensland
A New Zealand man was found dead on the patio of a central Queensland home today after he slept outside in what were described as freezing conditions. Reports suggested the 40-year-old man told friends he was going to sleep outside the house in Clermont on Tuesday night. It was believed his friends covered him with a blanket but when they found him in the morning he was dead. Wellington Police ...
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Video Baby white rhino debuts at Australian zoo
Meet Pepper, the latest attraction at the Werribee Open Range Zoo, near Melbourne. She's a Southern White Rhinoceros, only two weeks-old and weighs 185 ...
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Cairns councillors hit out at 4-strong CBD committee
A COMMITTEE of four councillors all from the Unityteam will make key decisions about the looming CBD makeover in Cairns, scorning colleagues who say the process should be more transparent and involve the full ...
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Circus has fun covered in Cairns
ROLL up, roll up, Australia's largest circus family is in town, with Lennon Bros taking over Munro Martin Park for a big season of school holiday ...
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Dash of summer to shine on Cairns catwalk
The third annual Mercedes-Benz Fashion Passport will take place at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal on Saturday night and it is being billed as the best yet, with a national celebrity and Cairns Amateurs ambassador to be revealed.It is the second time Miss Drake has been part of the event with her label Lucinda and she said that she was looking forward to showcasing her "My Endless ...
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Cairns cabbies knife terror
Three men got into a taxi on Pease Stabout 9.50pm and on reaching their destination on McCoombe St, one of them held a steak knife-sized blade to the driver's throat, while another got out and reached in through the window to snatch the coin dispenser.All three offenders fled on foot and are yet to be caught.Cairns Taxis Fleet Services Manager Rob Haylessaid he spoke to the driver early ...
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Paddleboarders on a roll in Cairns as winter makes waves
Cairns man Luke Bamford and his father Andrew launched Paddleboarding Cairns about eight months ago in conjunction with their first venture Kiteboarding Cairns.Operating out of Yorkeys Knob and Palm Cove, Luke said paddleboarding had taken off in the region over the past two months."Things have skyrocketed since we started out," he said."The conditions here are perfect. There is ...
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Dreamliner set to open a world of connection to Cairns
Cairns Airport chief executive officer Kevin Brown spoke about destination planning yesterday while applauding Jetstar's preparation for the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to link Cairns with other domestic ports."Not only is it a new product for the customers, which they will be excited to use, but it's a more efficient aircraft," he said. "Its fuel consumption is 20 per ...
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Bad boy bunny Rabbitohs want to make it up to Cairns after Burgess charged
THE South Sydney Rabbitohs will do everything they can to make up for George Burgess' indiscretion when they return to Cairns next year, according to club boss Shane ...
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CCAs levy in limbo
THE Cattle Council of Australia (CCA) has yet to attract support for its proposed restructure from either the federal Labor government or the Coalition opposition. CCA is seeking a meeting with Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig and has declined to make any further public comment until after those discussions. The peak industry group is also seeking to discuss the proposals with Shadow Agriculture ...
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Prove yourself ADM blasted
COALITION Senators have warned US multinational agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) that an unethical business culture won't be tolerated by the Australian grains industry. ADM senior executives Ian Pinner and Kit Bethell faced a marathon grilling from NSW Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan and NSW Nationals Senator Fiona Nash at a parliamentary committee hearing in Canberra on Tuesday. ...
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Long-haul cattle make MSA grade
THOUSANDS of cattle once excluded from MSA grading due to obstacles posed by distance from the point of slaughter will now be eligible for the program, beef producers and processors in Brisbane have heard. The breakthrough for beef producers remote from processing plants comes after the findings of a Meat and Livestock Australia commissioned study indicate hauling cattle over long distances by ...
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Lamb prices leap ahead at Griffith
RAIN and a reduced yarding played in the favour of Weethalle mixed farmers Chris and Brenda Heaslip when their lambs were sold for a generous $182.20 a head at the Griffith prime lamb sale last Friday. This was a big turnaround from Griffith's May low of $120/hd and a long way ahead of its 2013 low of $112/hd in January. The Heaslips' top draft of 74 first-cross lambs (Poll ...
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Shale gas ignored by Feds
SHALE EXCLUSION: Duck Island Partners beef stud co-principal James Darling, Keith, wants all types of unconventional gas, not just coal-seam gas, to be within the remit of a federal expert scientific committee on ...
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OJD plan low risk
LIFTED RESTRICTIONS: Kangaroo Island Ovine Johne's Disease Committee chairman Andrew Heinrich says the community has been rewarded after it was allowed to rejoin mainland SA in trade 15 years after the first case of OJD was ...
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Uardry Merino name sold
CENTRAL West NSW Merino and Poll Merino breeders Graham and Susan Coddington have advised they have purchased the naming rights and intellectual property of "Uardry" Merinos and Poll Merinos. They will be offering stock for forthcoming sales at Bendigo, Dubbo, and on property at "Catombal", Cumnock. More details to ...
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British and Irish Lions 2013 George North passes fitness test to provide huge boost ahead of first clash against Australia
The Lions have received a massive confidence boost following yesterday's loss to the Brumbies with the news that George North will be fit for the opening Test against Australia on ...
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Clarkes Ashes squad fragmented
Even if some of the more scurrilous rumours abounding from within the Australian cricket team are discounted, it is impossible to escape the symbolism of their current disposition. Day one of the tourists' Investec Ashes campaign ended the same way it began, with the 16 chosen squad members and their shadows dispersed across the United Kingdom. Whether by accident or design, this is more a ...
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Evil Bayley begins life prison term
Adrian Ernest Bayley has spent the first night of his life sentence in jail for the rape and murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. Bayley was jailed for life with a non-parole period of 35 years on Wednesday for what a judge described as one of the worst conceivable murders. Ms Meagher was only 500 metres from home when Bayley raped then strangled her in a Brunswick laneway on September 22 ...
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Kids doing better under intervention govt
THE health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children has climbed since the intervention in indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, a new report ...
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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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