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Ford Motor to shutdown 2 units in Australia
MELBOURNE - Ford Motor Company Wednesday announced plans of closing its local manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong in October 2016 thereby forcing 1,200 people out of work. Spelling the end of the iconic Ford Falcon in the country, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano announced that the carmaker would shut its Victorian facilities in October 2016, bringing an end to nearly ...
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Isla Fisher had near to death experience on sets of Now You See Me
Australian actress Isla Fisher, who will be seen in Louis Leterrier's Now You See Me, recently revealed her near to death experience on the sets. Fisher is playing the role of an escape artist in the movie and is seen doing death-defying stunts, including her main stunt inside a water tank. "On the third day, in one of the last shots, there was a problem with the safety and my chain caught ...
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Harris picks out chief weapon Starc to rip through English top-order at Ashes
Australian bowler Ryan Harris has singled out his pace counterpart Mitchell Starc as the team's potentially ' chief weapon' for the Ashes series in England. According to Harris, the Australians had been training with the ball that would be used for the series, with the bowlers achieving significant swing, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Harris further said that if Starc kept going at his ...
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Flintoff to return to cricket duty with yesteryear stars T20 clash with Oz
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff is set to make a comeback to cricket with two Twenty20 matches involving yesteryear English and Australian cricket stars, with the back-to-back Ashes series underway. Flintoff, who has been victorious in his one-bout boxing career, which he adopted following his retirement from cricket, will be back on more familiar territory and will join former Test ...
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Racist Oz broadcaster Morrow spared the sack but banned from marquee events this season
Veteran Australian sports commentator David Morrow will not be sacked by ABC Radio for his racist remarks, but will be banned from working during this season's marquee rugby league events so that he can complete training and cultural awareness programs. Morrow, Rugby League caller and the voice of National Rugby League (NRL) for ABC Radio, was suspended by the national broadcaster management ...
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Prince Harry names himself ginger queen
Prince Harry dubbed himself the "Ginger Queen" in a bowling match against Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia on Friday. The 28-year-old royal, who snuck with Imbruglia into a bowling alley to have some fun, mocked his own strawberry-blond hair when he inputted 'Ginger Queen' as his name on the electronic scoreboard, the Daily Star reported. Later Sam Branson, 27, playboy son of billionaire ...
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Oz cricketer apologises for calling woman accusing rugby star Teo of assault as psycho bad news
An Australian cricketer has offered an apology for a tweet in which he called a woman accusing Australian rugby league star Ben Te'o of assaulting her, as 'bad news' and 'psycho'. Following on the footsteps of the David Warner Twitter fiasco, batsman Chris Lynn, who plays for the domestic Queensland Bulls, became the centre of another firestorm following the tweet in which he insulted the woman ...
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Twitter ranting Warner calls for ban on IPL spot-fixers
Australian Test batsman David Warner has said that the Indian players caught in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal should be banned from cricket. In a candid interview with Malcolm Conn, one of the journalists, whom Warner insulted on Twitter along with another journalist Robert Craddock for an article by Craddock on the seedier side of the IPL, the cricketer appeared to move ...
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DC comics win court case over Melbourne gyms Superman workout
DC Comics has won a Federal Court case against a Melbourne gym over the term 'Superman Workout' which the company used to promote its products, allowing the fitness company to register 'superman workout' as a trademark. The gym Cheqout had had been using the phrase to describe its workout DVDs and video clips, but DC Comics challenged the trademark, saying Cheqout's consumers would think it was ...
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Australia India strengthen agriculture skills ties
Australia and India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and strengthen cooperation in skills training in the agriculture sector. The MoU results from the joint commitment of the Australian and Indian Prime Ministers in October 2012 to build bilateral partnerships between skills councils in key industry areas, including telecommunications, retail, mining, ...
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Hayne has grown into Eels captaincy Burt
Parramatta legend Luke Burt says Eels captain Jarryd Hayne has emerged as capable of leading the NRL club to a new era of success. Burt, a member of the Eels coaching staff after retiring last year, said he had reservations when Hayne was first named as skipper by new Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart. But the Eels' most prolific try-scorer said Hayne has grown into the leadership role ...
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ASIC appeals Storm class action settlement
The corporate watchdog has appealed the Federal Court's recent decision to approve an $82 million settlement between former Storm Financial clients and Macquarie Bank Ltd. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell said the settlement should be in the interests of the class action group as a whole. "ASIC's appeal raises the question ...
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Body found in WA may be missing snorkeller
The 48-year-old has been missing since May 15 when the body of his 41-year-old partner Kathreen Ricketson washed up on the same shoreline at Elle's Beach.They had been snorkelling at the idyllic holiday spot when something went terribly wrong.Their two children, a 13-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, watched the tragedy unfold from the beach.A member of the public found the ...
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With fleeting reference to God Australian evangelical draws big audience in Communist Vietnam
In this Thursday, May 23, 2013 photo, a Vietnamese girl sells headbands printed the name of Nick Vujicic, a Serbian Australian evangelist outside My Dinh national stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vujicic was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. Amid childhood bullying, he once tried to drown himself. (AP Photo/Na Son ...
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Food plan forgets small growers alliance
The federal government's vision for the future of the food industry focuses too much on big business and not the smaller players who employ the most people, an alliance of community farm groups say. The first-ever National Food Plan will be released on Saturday, outlining the government's long-term strategy for securing a sustainable and globally competitive food supply. The ...
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Pell should concede failings Vic priest
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Homicide squad looks into boys death
The boy was found dead inside his Oatley home, in the city's south, about 6.30am (AEST) on Tuesday.Members of his family told police he had fallen off a pogo stick the previous day and hit his head in the fall.Police have been treating the boy's death as suspicious.The Seven Network has reported that the family is known to the NSW Department of Family and Community Services.On Friday ...
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Damaging winds forecast for Gold Coast
The weather bureau has issued a severe weather warning for southerly winds of up to 90km/h about the southern border ranges and Gold Coast hinterland.The wild weather is likely to affect places including Springbrook, Lamington National Park and Mount Tambourine into the early hours of Saturday morning before easing.For emergency assistance, call the State Emergency Service on 132 ...
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Hope Pell will reveal truth at Vic inquiry
ANTHONY Foster hopes an uncomfortable and unfamiliar environment will open cracks in the armour of Australia's most senior Catholic, bringing out the truth about the decades-long child sexual abuse ...
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Australian preacher takes on Vietnam
THE 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver. "Do you know why I love God?" Nick Vujicic asked a young girl on stage who, like him, was born without arms and legs. "Because heaven is real. And one day when we get to ...
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Govts want generous Ford contribution
Ford is under pressure to cough up significant cash to help employees set to lose their jobs in Geelong and Melbourne retrain for other work.Ford has pledged to contribute to the government fund to help the 1200 workers at its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants, which will close in 2016.Ford president and chief executive Bob Graziano hasn't said how much cash will be coming, but Prime Minister ...
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Ford Australia announces shut down of car production
Ford Motor Company's Australian subsidiary announced yesterday it is shutting down all manufacturing operations by 2016. The closures will mean sacking about 1,200 workers at Ford's two plants at Broadmeadows and Geelong in Victoria. These two working-class areas, already afflicted by widespread unemployment, will be devastated.Thousands more jobs will be destroyed in the auto ...
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Rangers stay alive in NHL playoffs
The New York Rangers arrested two deficits to edge the Boston Bruins in overtime to prolong their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final series.The Rangers trailed 2-0 and 3-2 in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden, but showed plenty of grit to force a Game 5 back at Boston's TD Garden.Two penalty goals had Boston on the brink of a series sweep, as Nathan Horton and Torey Krug made the most of the ...
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Indians thrash Red Sox
The Cleveland Indians began their four-game series against Boston with a thumping 12-3 win at Fenway Park on Thursday.The game was the first time ex-Red Sox manager Terry Francona had returned to Fenway Park with an opposing team, and the Indians showed his former side no mercy in a dominant display.Cleveland led 6-3 after five innings, but a six-run sixth blew the game open.Mark Reynolds and ...
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Indigenous Australians facing psychological distress
A new report by the Council of Australian Governments Reform Council has found over nearly one-third of Indigenous Australians are experiencing high psychological ...
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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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