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Indigenous booze bans racist Qld elder
"Is that discrimination or what?" the Aboriginal elder from Yarrabah, near Cairns, told AAP."Who gives them the right to tell us how much we can drink?"Booze is restricted to one carton of light beer or one bottle of wine per adult in the community under an Alcohol Management Plan (AMP) introduced in 2006.The High Court on Wednesday ruled AMPs in 19 indigenous Queensland ...
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McClelland farewell speech spares party
But in a farewell speech to parliament the long-serving politician, 55, stopped short of berating the party leadership which dumped him from the office, and subsequently the frontbench."Obviously if I had've had a little longer in the role of attorney-general - which I must say, I did want a little longer - there were several things I would have liked to have finished," Mr ...
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SA premiers Twitter feed cut
THE tweets of South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill have been blocked from an internal feed to public servants in his own ...
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NSW candidate claims Terminator support
Gladiator star Russell Crowe tweeted this week that Ms Gillard was his choice of political leader through tough times.Now Jamie McIntyre, founder of the 21st Century Australia Party and candidate for the NSW seat of New England, is claiming endorsement from Terminator star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.Mr McIntyre has issued a statement with a video link showing Mr ...
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Australia Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland to Get New Sand
The Sunshine Coast Council announced a plan to test a new sand-pumping dredger which will add sand on the heavily eroded beaches at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland, according to ...
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Smith spells out post-2013 Afghan mission
Defence Minister Stephen Smith has spelled out key aspects of Australia's ongoing military presence in Afghanistan, with several hundred troops set to remain after the main force withdraws at the end of this year.That will include a new commitment of 75 instructors and support staff and security personnel at the Afghan National Army's new officer academy in Kabul.In Kandahar, the ...
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How to survive Australia’s Metals Market Correction
Petra Capital's Andrew Richards believes that, while Australian miners have been hard hit, the country's sector is turning a corner. An interview with The Metals ...
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Justice done in Bayley sentence family
Nothing can bring Jill Meagher back, but her family can say justice has been done. Even though Adrian Ernest Bayley could walk free from jail at age 76, Ms Meagher's family are satisfied that the judge determined that only a life sentence was appropriate for her savage rape and murder. "Jill was brutally raped and murdered and she is never coming back," Jill's father George ...
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Dollar recovers as traders look to US
The Australian dollar recovered from early weakness to end Wednesday little changed as traders marked time ahead of a key monetary policy decision in the US. At 1700 AEST on Wednesday, the Aussie was trading at 94.92 US cents, in line with its level on Tuesday afternoon. It had traded as low as 94.34 during the Australian morning, while the subsequent rally stalled as it poked its nose above ...
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Hodgman remembered as political giant
Former federal minister Michael Hodgman has been remembered by friends from across the spectrum as the colourful - and vocal - giant of Tasmanian politics. Mr Hodgman has died aged 74 at a Hobart aged care centre after a long battle with emphysema. Liberal colleagues and opponents alike have paid tribute to a man who spent more than 40 years in the Tasmanian and federal parliaments, his ...
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Aust dollar recovers to end little changed
The Australian dollar recovered from early weakness to end Wednesday little changed as traders marked time ahead of a key monetary policy decision in the US. At 1700 AEST on Wednesday, the Aussie was trading at 94.92 US cents, in line with its level on Tuesday afternoon. It had traded as low as 94.34 during the Australian morning, while the subsequent rally stalled as it poked its nose above ...
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Ferguson stood down by Raiders for 4 weeks
Canberra have made suspended NSW Origin winger Blake Ferguson unavailable for NRL selection for at least four weeks while he undertakes an extensive alcohol management program. The Raiders board made the decision on Wednesday after the club met with Ferguson following his dumping from the NSW team when charged with indecent assault over an alleged nightclub incident. The four-week period ...
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MoMAs best on show in Perth
last year, said he was thrilled to return."I feel like Perth is now becoming a second home," he said.He said the exhibition presented a rare opportunity for the Perth public to view remarkable works in their hometown."This exhibition is a remarkable opportunity to see not only some of the most important works of art in the Museum of Modern Art’s collection but some of the ...
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Rio native title deal irks splinter group
A NATIVE title group in Western Australia's Pilbara has inked a land use deal with Rio Tinto despite objections by rival ...
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Xenophon calls for Virgin flight probe
THE emergency landing of a Virgin Australia flight in northwest Victoria should be investigated as a matter or urgency, independent senator Nick Xenophon ...
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Macdonald due before privileges committee
DISGRACED former NSW mines minister Ian Macdonald has been asked to appear before a parliamentary committee examining documents relating to a mining licence at the centre of a corruption ...
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Buswell commits to Dry July
But after vowing to give up the grog as part of the annual Dry July fundraising push, the controversial politician seems to have the support of the country, currently sitting number one on the national league table of fundraisers for the Cancer Council.While he struggles to balance WA's books as the state's mining boom comes off the boil, Mr Buswell has had no trouble drumming up ...
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Australias ASX 200 0.98 and Chinas Shanghai -0.73
Good Morning, - Euro in demand with all eyes in Fed's statement, Bernanke conference. - Asian shares: Japan's Nikkei 1.83%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng -0.58% (07:00 GMT), Korea's Kospi -0.65%, Australia's ASX 200 0.98% and China's Shanghai -0.73% - All the major currencies marked time on Wednesday as investors waited anxiously to see if the Federal Reserve could clarify ...
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Outlaw same-sex marriage Senator
THE two extremes of the same-sex marriage debate are set to collide in the Senate, with a new call for marriage to be defined in the constitution as between a man and ...
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Sunshine link to food allergies
SUNSHINE could help prevent the food allergies afflicting one in seven Australian primary school kids, the nation's biggest childhood survey ...
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Family hears officers final moments
The policeman was hit once in the chest with a .38 calibre bullet which pieced his heart and lung, while he shot Jacobs three times after returning fire.Police arrived at the scene within minutes and performed CPR on Snr-Constable Rixon, but he was declared dead by the time he arrived in hospital.Several of the officer's family members listened with their hands over their mouths as the ...
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State Sales Manager – Melbourne – Performance Media
Australia’s most reputable digital publisher seeks a strong sales manager to represent their market leading, digital offering in the Victorian market (Melbourne based). You will work with the greater agency sales team as the performance product lead. This is a brilliant career ...
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Aust shares rise ahead of US Fed meeting
Australian shares have gained ground as investors took a cautiously optimistic stance ahead of a keenly awaited update on economic stimulus measures in the United States.The US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke will speak to media on Wednesday in the United States, and investors are keen to for an update on the Fed's $US85 billion a month asset purchase program, known as quantitative ...
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Ahmed Sandhu in Australia A tour of Africa
SYDNEY (AFP) - Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed was on Wednesday named on the Australia A squad for a tour of Africa beginning next month, despite also being in contention for selection for the Ashes series against England.Ahmed was added to the 15-man squad for the July and August tour along with Ashton Agar, who has Sri Lankan grandparents and paceman Gurinder Sandhu, born in Australia ...
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Tinkler sells entire Whitehaven stake
Embattled entrepreneur Nathan Tinkler has denied being forced by his lender into the $600 million sale that has ended his involvement with Whitehaven Coal.His long-time financier, Farallon Funds announced on Wednesday it had paid $300 million at $2.96 a share for 9.9 per cent of Mr Tinkler's 19 per cent-plus stake in Whitehaven.It later emerged that Mr Tinkler would dump the lot on ...
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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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