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Clarke stands up for embattled Warner
Michael Clarke has thrown his support behind embattled batsman David Warner, saying the opener can still captain Australia despite his recent Twitter ...
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Tomic will play French says Woodbridge
Bernard Tomic will be able to ignore the controversy surrounding his father when he plays next week's French Open, according to Todd ...
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Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin insist Australia ready to reclaim Ashes urn against England
Australia Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and deputy Brad Haddin insist Australia's disastrous series in India is history with the team fired up to win back the Ashes from England.Clarke and his squad head to England in the knowledge they have not won an Ashes series on foreign soil since 2001 when Steve Waugh's men won in convincing fashion 4-1 before triumphing by the ...
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Pitt Street fire in Sydney CBD forces more than 1000 workers to evacuate
Sydney 2000 More than 1000 people have been evacuated from an office building in Sydney's CBD after a fire broke out in a ground floor pizza restaurant.The fire and rescue service says the blaze is in an air conditioning duct and has sent smoke throughout the entire building.The blaze is in the State Street Centre on the corner of Pitt and Liverpool Streets. Superintendent Ian Krimmer ...
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Tinkler begins sale of $48m properties
MINING entrepreneur Nathan Tinkler has begun selling the bulk of his Australian property assets, including prime land on Newcastle's waterfront and a Queensland mansion. Mr Tinkler, who owns property estimated to be worth around $48 million, has listed his country estate in the wealthy suburb of Pullenvale, on the outskirts of Brisbane, for between $4 million and $5 million. Agent Benjamin ...
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Around the saleyards Emerald and Gracemere
NUMBERS increased marginally last week at the Emerald store and prime sale held on May 16 with just over 1900 penned. There was clearly a better quality line-up at the sale which reflected an improvement in most categories, only the slaughter descriptions lost a little ground on the last sale. Females dominated the yarding with a much lower percentage of store steers on offer. Bullocks over ...
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A-League Roar rival Miller now a fan
The last time Liam Miller spoke passionately about the Brisbane Roar he was ruing Perth Glory's controversial 2011-12 A-League grand final loss. But the ex-Ireland international could only heap praise on his former fierce rival on Wednesday, claiming he had always been a closet Roar fan after being unveiled as the two-time champions' newest signing. How times have changed. One of ...
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Party leaders united on welfare tough love
The major party leaders admit single parents and the unemployed are struggling on the Newstart Allowance, but are united on a tough love approach aimed at getting them into the workforce. The Salvation Army released the results of its economic and social impact survey on Wednesday which showed a 12 per cent rise in people on the Newstart Allowance seeking the charity's help. It attributed ...
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Tax office needs reform says Hockey
A coalition government will consider breaking up the tax office to separate its policeman functions from its tax administration role. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey used his budget reply speech on Wednesday to outline reforms a coalition government would pursue to make the tax system fairer. He repeated his "deep reservations" about the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) being both an ...
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Three injured in Vic army base crash
Three men have been injured after two vehicles, believed to be army tankers, collided at a Victorian army base. Police said the vehicles collided about 10.30am (AEST) at the Puckapunyal Army Base in central Victoria. Three men have been injured. Army and police are investigating the ...
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Rugby league players linked to assault
Prominent NRL players are believed to be at the centre of assault allegations by a young woman. Details of the story are set be aired on the Nine Network news on Wednesday night. A third footballer is also expected to be named in the report, though is thought not to be involved. The incident is understood to have happened in Brisbane on April 20, the night after the Australia-New Zealand ...
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Gold Coast to sit AFL exam against Hawks
Gold Coast's young defenders must put the lessons learnt this year into practice in an AFL examination against Hawthorn this weekend, according to coach Guy McKenna. The Suns are buzzing after last weekend's fourth win of the season against the Western Bulldogs, with McKenna admitting there is plenty of noise coming from his charges in training this week. But for all the enthusiasm ...
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Man acquitted of people smuggling charges
An Indonesian construction worker who helped sail a leaky fishing boat packed with 97 asylum seekers to Christmas Island has had his conviction for people smuggling quashed after a court found he had no idea where the boat was going. In a judgment that could have significant implications for future people smuggling cases, Ardi Zam Zamudin was on Wednesday acquitted of all charges and is now ...
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Aggravated sex charges for dance teacher
A prominent Sydney dance teacher accused of grooming children for sex and possessing child pornography is facing six new charges of aggravated sexual assault. Grant Davies, 39, who ran a dance studio in Sydney's inner west, was arrested on Friday after police allegedly uncovered a large amount of child porn and evidence of grooming on a computer. At Burwood Local Court on Wednesday, ...
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Some losers in disability scheme Barnett
THERE will be "winners and losers" under the federal government's disability insurance scheme, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett ...
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Qld health complaints rise by 33 per cent
Health Quality and Complaints Commission chief executive Cheryl Herbert fronted a public hearing in parliament on Wednesday.She says the organisation is making good progress on minor "early resolution" complaints, with 93 per cent handled in 30 days, up from only 53 per cent in January.Another 37 cases are awaiting assessment.Ms Herbert believes the spike is partly due to a rise in ...
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Levy to pay for Syd casino regulation
Taxpayers currently bear much of the cost of maintaining the casino regulatory regime in NSW, Hospitality Minister George Souris says.He has introduced legislation to amend the Casino Control Act 1992 to allow a casino supervisory levy to be imposed on the casino operator to help the state government recoup some of the costs."There is currently no ongoing levy imposed on the casino to ...
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Pedestrian killed in Ascot collision
It is understood the pedestrian was run over by a car near the corner of Tonkin and Great Eastern Highway just before 10am.Tonkin Highway northbound is closed just before Great Eastern Highway.Road users will need to exit Tonkin Highway northbound at the Great Eastern Highway off ramp and get back onto Tonkin Highway via the Great Eastern Highway on ramp.Emergency services remain on site.Traffic ...
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Barnett Some losers in NDIS
THERE will be "winners and losers'' under the federal government's disability insurance scheme, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett ...
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Barnett denies broken election promises
TWO months after the West Australian election is too soon to start claiming the state government is breaking election promises, Premier Colin Barnett ...
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Aged care needs more beds funds Cosgrove
AUSTRALIA needs 83,000 more aged care beds to care for the growing elderly population which is set to rise by three million, former defence chief general Peter Cosgrove ...
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Ferrero fail World Nutella Day saved
She loved their spread and spruiked it online. They didn't like it and shut her down. But the reaction from fans has led to a resurrection for World Nutella ...
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No deal on broadcasting betting odds
JULIA Gillard says a deal is yet to be inked on live betting odds being spruiked during television broadcasts, despite reports today the issue had been ...
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Building fire in Sydney CBD
About 1200 people have been evacuated in Sydney's CBD due to a fire in a multi-story building.The area around World Square is engulfed with smoke from the blaze, which firefighters believe may have started in an oven in a pizza shop on the ground floor.About 50 firefighters are on the scene at 338 Pitt St.Workers and residents on the 14th floor and above remain inside the building following ...
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Kewell unhappy with Australia omission
Club-less Australian Harry Kewell insists he is fit for his country's upcoming World Cup qualifiers despite playing just three games this year.Socceroos coach Holger Osieck is set to announce his squad for June's crucial matches against Japan, Jordan and Iraq on Thursday. Kewell, 34, has played three matches for Al Gharafa in Qatar since leaving the Melbourne Victory in June, 2012. But ...
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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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