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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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Brazilian girls bid to sell virginity now turns into reality TV series
Australian filmmaker Justin Sisely, who controversially filmed 'Virgins Wanted,' a documentary where a man and a woman auctioned off their virginity, has transformed the film into a reality series. The project in the beginning was supposed to be a feature-length documentary but now Sisely is promoting it as a reality TV series - set to debut at MIPCOM, an entertainment trade fair in October in ...
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Ford to close manufacturing operations in Australia slash 1200 jobs
Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016. Ford Australia president and CEO Bob Graziano said that the company would shut the Geelong engine factory, costing 510 jobs, and the Broadmeadows car assembly line, shedding another 650 positions, reports News.com.au. Sacked workers have been offered a 39 million-dollar rescue ...
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Oz pace attack shaking in their boots after ominous English swing against Kiwis at Lords
Australia's much-vaunted pace attack had to sit up straight and take notice of England's prowess with the swing and seam bowling at the first day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. Although captain Michael Clarke does not want his team losing focus and getting too engaged in England's series with New Zealand, but Stuart Broad's ominous second-innings spell in the first Test ...
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Aussie Hughes says English mentor to play key role in Ashes preparation
Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes has said that English county mentor who reinvented him as a Test batsman will play a key role in his preparation for the Ashes. Crediting his Worcestershire coach Steve Rhodes with rejuvenating his career in 2012 after he was dumped from the Test side midway through the 2011/12 summer, Hughes said that Rhodes helped him believe in himself again after ...
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Australia looks into allowing Sikhs to wear turban at work
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the turban while at work and also while riding motorcycles. "We will work with your community to help make the necessary changes requested on cultural and religious grounds," the Blacktown Sun quoted her as saying Thursday during a visit to Gurdwara Sahib in the Sydney ...
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Casual Khawaja set to prove critics wrong with worthy performance in Ashes
Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has said that he is often misunderstood by some in the Cricket Australia hierarchy, saying that he will prove them wrong by proving himself on the field and bringing home the Ashes. Khawaja has been largely stranded on the periphery in the past two years, playing only six Tests since his debut in an Ashes Test in Sydney in 2011, and against England, the Sydney ...
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Clarke not worried by Englands winning performance against Kiwis in first Test
Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he is not worried by the fact that England's highly rated swing and seam bowlers demolished New Zealand for just 68 this week. England opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were almost invincible as 14 wickets fell on the scheduled fourth day of the first Test, in which New Zealand, which was chasing 239 for victory in a low-scoring ...
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Oz girls team coach says more women to pursue cricket career following pay rise
Australian under-15 girls team coach Em Preston has said that more girls will look forward to pursue a career in cricket in the near future following Cricket Australia's (CA) decision to introduce pay hike in the new funding scheme. Preston played for the women's team ACT Meteors and was an age representative for her country before retiring three years ago, the Sydney Morning Herald ...
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Angered Harris calls for ban on crooked spot-fixing players for turning cricket into joke
Australian paceman Ryan Harris has said that cricketers found to be indulging in spot fixing should be banned for life and wiped from record books for turning the game into a 'joke'. Rajasthan Royals trio S.Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were arrested for alleged spot fixing in 2013 Indian Premier League fixtures, News.com.au reports. Wanting the maximum punishment for a player ...
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CA chief Sutherland says IPL not a concern for Oz Ashes bid
Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has said that Australia's Ashes bid in England will not be compromised by the Indian Premier League (IPL). Two members of the Ashes party, Shane Watson and James Faulkner, remain on the subcontinent with their team, Rajasthan Royals, who will play in an elimination semi-final in Delhi, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Describing the ...
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Penitent Warner fined 5750 dollars by CA for Twitter rant
Australian Test cricketer David Warner has copped a 5750-dollar fine from Cricket Australia for his Twitter rant controversy. Warner had pleaded guilty to unbecoming behaviour after his expletive-laden criticism of senior News Ltd cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn for an article by Craddock exposing the sleazy nightlife and alleged corruption within the Indian Premier League ...
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Slaughter of Horses in Australia Described as Inhumane
Canberra, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Animal rights groups described as inhumane and cruel the governmental procedure to slaughter thousands of wild horses in the outback, 300 kilometers southeast of Alice Springs city. The Australian organization of animal defenders said that the killing of 100,000 individuals by shooting them from a helicopter will make those wounded suffer a lingering death, ...
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Selectors will get green light on Teo
Queensland rugby league selectors will be given the green light to pick Ben Te'o in the State of Origin squad as the South Sydney forward continues to weather assault allegations. Katie Lewis has accused the backrower of hitting her during a scuffle at the home of Brisbane Broncos fullback Corey Norman last month. Another Queensland player, Darius Boyd, was also alleged to be present. ...
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ET on Titan You can’t be serious
Astrophysicists know full well that the biggest of Saturn’s retinue of moons, Titan, is one of our solar system’s most mysterious worlds. Might it one day turn out to harbour extraterrestrials, albeit of the most elementary kind? With its organic-rich chemistry and Earth-like processes sculpting the surface, Titan resembles a frozen version of the Earth, billions of years ago, ...
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Shortlists weekly album reviews
(Sony) ★★★Snoop Dogg, or Snoop Lion as he is known on this contentious album, says he is the reincarnation of Bob Marley. While the journey to Jamaica to ...
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6000 images seized in Vic child porn bust
A VICTORIAN man has been charged after police seized computers and hard drives allegedly containing more than 6000 child pornography images and ...
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MasterChef set to carve up rivals
MASTERCHEF Australia is set to go to war against some of Australia's highest rating TV shows when it returns in just over one week's ...
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Australia-India ink MoU for skills training in agri sector
NEW DELHI: India and Australia today signed an agreement for skill development in the agriculture sector. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between ...
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Australians believe economy is fair
Australians overwhelmingly see their country as prosperous and fair, yet most think the next generation will be worse off, according to a new international comparison. The opinion poll conducted across 39 countries for the Washington-based Pew Research Centre found that only in three countries did a majority say their economic system was ''fair to most people''. And among ...
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Its over shock and sadness as era ends
In these Victorian boom times as many as 8000 people were employed at Geelong alone. The XM, XP and XR Falcons were released during the swinging 1960s. Mario Kontelj was not only making a go of it as a migrant but was also thriving. ''I became floor superintendent in the press shop then I was leading hand then I was senior supervisor. ''It was a good place to work. It was ...
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Older than Vegemite DJs birthday spread marks 175 years
Harking back to the pomp and ceremony of David Jones' heyday, when crystal sparkled and furs flounced, Sydney's glitterati gathered at the department store's headquarters to celebrate the chain's 175th birthday. Delta Goodrem sang, 400 bottles of Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve were popped and fairy lights lit the way for the 350 guests on Thursday. David Jones is the ...
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Industry to seek ban on spruiking of odds in games
The online betting industry has caved in to public pressure and will push for a ban on the promotion of live odds in sports broadcasts. Gambling industry bosses will hold a crisis meeting with TV representatives on Friday to present an 11th-hour proposal to stop betting spruikers interrupting football coverage. To succeed, the proposal needs the support of the TV networks and wagering giant ...
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Kudo Higashinamed to squad for Australia match
Kashiwa Reysol’s in-form striker Masato Kudo and FC Tokyo midfielder Keigo Higashi received their first callups as Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni named a 26-strong squad on Thursday for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Australia. Kudo has scored 13 goals in the J.League and the Asian Champions League this season, including Kashiwa’s third in a 3-2 win over Jeonbuk Hyundai ...
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Melbourne will be IT capital of country
Melbourne has been selected by the federal government as the location where the NBN’s operations centre will be headquartered, setting the stage for the city to become the IT, technology and communications capital of Australia.
Melbourne has a long-running rivalry with Sydney and, to a lesser degree, Perth. The two biggest cities in Australia competed intensely to be designated the capital in the early 20th century and Canberra was built from scratch and designated the national capital in large part because of such rivalry, but now Melbourne is set to have something that Sydney will not, the city has been officially chosen as the centre of operations for the ground-breaking National Broadband Network. Analysts and city leaders see the decision as one which will in time make Melbourne the IT hub of the country. Read more
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