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High Court throws out challenge to alcohol ban
The High Court has accepted an indigenous woman's argument that alcohol restrictions on a Queensland island targeted indigenous people, but has rejected her bid to have the restrictions removed. Joan Maloney, an indigenous resident of Palm Island, was convicted of possessing a bottle of rum and a bottle of bourbon in a public place, in breach of the island's alcohol restrictions. The ...
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State funeral for Yunupingu
The NT government says the service for M. Yunupingu will be held at Gulkula in north-east Arnhem Land on June 30.Yunupingu, an Aboriginal elder, educator and 1992 Australian of the Year, died aged 56 at his home in the small town of Yirrkala on June 2.He was the first indigenous person from Arnhem Land to gain a university degree and the Northern Territory's first Aboriginal school ...
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Judge urged to rule on bashing video
A SUPREME Court judge has been urged to decide quickly if CCTV footage of an ex-policeman apparently punching and kneeing a prisoner in the head can be released to the ...
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Insulting receipt served with chicken and fries
Missouri father Joseph Gibson took his three-year-old son to the Botanic Gardens, before popping into Friendly's Sports Bar for a 7-up, chicken and fries.Everything went according to plan, until Mr Gibson received a bill with "F***in needy kids" printed right above the $13.75 charge.Mr Gibson posted the receipt on ...
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Market higher but eyes are on US Fed
AUSTRALIAN shares were stronger at noon, with trading levels light as investors await a crucial economic statement from the US Federal ...
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News Corp. print assets start trading in Australia
0.00% fell 15 Australian cents to 14.85 Australian dollars ($14.04) Wednesday as they began trading in Sydney. The company holds the publishing assets that were spun off by media conglomerate News Corp. More than 4.6 million New Newscorp shares were traded in the first 15 minutes of their debut, according to FactSet data. News ...
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Will anyone drop the ball at the Canberra mid-winter bash
It’s usually a night when politics is put aside for good times and glamour, but there have been occasions when tempers have frayed at the press gallery’s annual mid-winter ball, to be held in Canberra on Wednesday night. With Labor’s leadership tensions turned up (Spinal Tap-style) to 11 and just five sitting days left for the tumultuous 43rd parliament, this year’s ...
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German coach claims credit as Australia go to Rio
Australia's captain Lucas Neill (L) celebrates victory with teammate Mark Bresciano after defeating Iraq in the World Cup qualifier in Sydney, on June 18, 2013. Coach Holger Osieck claimed vindication for his methods after Australia qualified for the Cup with a last-gasp ...
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Exposure expands to Melbourne with new clients
After just recently opening an office in Melbourne to complement its Sydney agecny, Exposure Public Relations & Marketing has already won two new clients in the medical and beverage fields. With a list of prestigious clients already under its belt including celebrity chefs and premium beauty brands, Exposure PR is now adding the Los Angeles-based fertility doctor Dr Potter, and BOK ...
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Premium Sydney OOH location launched
The first advertisers have taken pride of place on OohMedia’s new billboards above Sydney’s busy Spit Road. Optus and Blackberry are the first companies to advertise on the Bridgepoint pedestrian bridge at Mosman. Brendon Cook, CEO of OohMedia, said: "The bridge links Bridgepoint Shopping Centre to buildings on Spit Road’s southern side so the location couldn’t ...
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Australian serial sex offender sentenced to life in prison for murdering Irish immigrant
MELBOURNE, Australia - A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for a rape and murder that outraged Australia's second-largest city. The violent death of Irish immigrant Jill Meagher as she walked home from a bar on Sept. 22 last year shocked the city of Melbourne. A week later, 30,000 people took to the streets near the laneway where she was strangled to rally ...
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Australian sentenced for life for migrants murder
MELBOURNE, Australia -; A serial sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for a rape and murder that outraged Australia's second-largest ...
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Australian Market Trades Higher On Wall Street Lead
The Australian stock market is trading higher on Wednesday with investors indulging in some brisk buying in mining, energy and industrial stocks, tracking positive cues from Wall Street, where the major averages surged higher overnight on the back of some encouraging economic data.The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index, which advanced to 4,844.8 in early trades, is currently trading at 4,825, up ...
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Australian shares edge up ahead of Fed Whitehaven surges
Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:03pm EDT (Updates with movements in late morning trade, analyst comments) SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.5 percent in late morning trade on Wednesday, after a second straight day of gains on Wall Street, but trading was subdued as investors remained cautious ahead of the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve monetary meeting. The Fed meeting started on ...
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Australias World Cup history – in pictures
After two unsuccessful campaigns, Australia finally qualified for their first World Cup. Australia were dealt a tough group. Games against East and West Germany (pictured above), ended in defeat. They gained a point against Chile but it wasn't enough to save them from group-stage elimination. Photograph: ...
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Qantas IT glitch lists $11000 Sydney-Melbourne fares
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Ashes Australian Test Captain Michael Clarke said he does not need back surgery
England Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke says he doesn't believe his degenerative back condition is getting closer to requiring a serious operation. Clarke says he's aware of speculation suggesting he'll quite likely require some sort of spinal fusion in coming years, something that would probably end his career.And Clarke can't rule out that possibility. But the ...
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Tigers re-sign four AFL players
While Dustin Martin and Jack Riewoldt are yet to re-sign to AFL deals, Richmond have re-signed Chris Newman, Jake King, Nick Vlastuin and Brandon ...
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Australias Wilful Blindness On Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan woman and her son were released from detention after their ASIO assessment was reviewed. Lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea acted for the family - and says it is not a victory for the ...
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Legionella inquiry will look at 2011 death
Authorities will widen an investigation into a legionnaires' disease outbreak at a major Brisbane hospital to include a 2011 death. Queensland's Chief Health officer Dr Jeannette Young has called a press conference for 11am (AEST) to discuss her probe into the outbreak at The Wesley Hospital. One patient is dead and another one is in intensive care after an outbreak of the disease at ...
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Jill murderer Bayley gets life with parole
Adrian Ernest Bayley has been jailed for life but granted a 35-year non-parole period for the rape and murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Nettle jailed Bayley for life for the murder plus 15 years for the rape. "The nature and gravity of your offending and its antecedence ensure that nothing but life imprisonment will suffice," Justice ...
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Market higher as investors look to US
Australian shares have opened stronger as investors look to whether the United States will alter its massive economic stimulus program. The US Federal Reserve early Thursday is expected to provide an update on its $US85 billion a month asset purchase program, known as quantitative easing. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said a clear direction from the US Fed would prompt bargain hunting by ...
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Teammates back Milne to play in AFL
St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt and Nick Dal Santo want teammate Stephen Milne playing in their milestone AFL match this Saturday. Milne was charged with four counts of rape this week and the Saints board met on Tuesday night to discuss the crisis. The AFL is awaiting further information from the club and it is unclear whether the veteran goalsneak will be stood down because of the charges. ...
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Tinkler sells Whitehaven stake for $300m
Entrepreneur Nathan Tinkler has sold about half of his stake in miner Whitehaven Coal to his financier Farallon Funds. The financially troubled businessman has sold a stake of 9.9 per cent for about $300 million, or $2.96 a share, to the US investment firm. It cuts down his own stake to less than 10 per cent. The Whitehaven holding represented the one-time billionaire's major ...
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Aust shares open higher
Australian shares have opened stronger as investors look to whether the United States will alter its massive economic stimulus program. The US Federal Reserve early Thursday is expected to provide an update on its $US85 billion a month asset purchase program, known as quantitative easing. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said a clear direction from the US Fed would prompt bargain hunting by ...
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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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