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Johnson Athens cant measure up to Sydney
LONDON (AP) -- Track great Michael Johnson says Athens is crowded, old and ill-equippped to stage the Olympics. Johnson, a five-time Olympic gold mealist and world record-holder in the 200 and 400 meters, said Athens will never measure up to the success of the 2000 Sydney Games. "I believe that they will be ready to stage the Games, but I don't feel they will be ready or able ...
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Rugby Three Australia forwards in doubt
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -- Australia forwards Toutai Kefu, Patricio Noriega and Glenn Panoho are doubtful for Saturday's Tri-nations test against New Zealand after failing to join in full training Tuesday because of leg injuries. Wallabies vice-captain Kefu, who suffered spinal concussion in Australia's 29-9 Tri-nations win over South Africa in Brisbane on August 2, is struggling to ...
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Australian govt to inject funding for indigenous education
Australian Education Minister Julia Gillard on Monday announced a new multi-million dollar federal government program to improve indigenous education. The government will provide 16.4 million Australian dollars (14 million U.S. dollars) to the Stronger Smarter Learning Communities project, which helps school leaders improve educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. ...
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Air Canada plane returns safely to Sydney after smoke in cabin
An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in Sydney shortly after 12.10 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, an ATSB spokesman said.It had left Sydney Airport at about 10.30 a.m. (local time) for Vancouver and Toronto."Air Canada reported smoke in ...
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Storms hit Western Australias southwest
Wind gusts have torn roofing from houses, uprooted trees, and brought down power-lines as storms hit the southwest region of Western Australia (WA) overnight, local media reported on Thursday.The southwest town of Waroona in WA has been the worst hit with at least two houses losing large parts of their roofs and downed power-lines causing power cuts, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) ...
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Four Japanese tourists seriously injured in Australia crash
Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community said.About 10 tourists, believed to be from Japan, were on the minibus when the crash happened, the Department of Community said."Four were taken to Bundaberg Hospital with serious head and ...
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Bayley unrepentantly evil Tom Meagher
Adrian Ernest Bayley, the man guilty of the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, will be kept locked behind bars until he's at least 76 years ...
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Telstra contractors untrained in asbestos
Some Telstra contractors have been found to have participated only in basic asbestos awareness and competency training, the telco says. Telstra on Wednesday announced a number of new requirements for its three key National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout contractors in relation to asbestos handling for pit remediation. Telstra's preliminary review uncovered incidents of possible ...
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Accenture stats - ACT Brumbies v British and Irish Lions
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Meninga asked to leave Qld pub
Barely 24 hours after claiming he was fed up with rugby league's image being tarnished, Queensland coach Mal Meninga has unwittingly added to the code's growing list of off-field incidents. A red-faced Meninga admitted he was asked to leave a Brisbane CBD hotel early on Wednesday morning by security as the Maroons celebrated skipper Cameron Smith and fullback Billy Slater's 30th ...
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Gillard hand-knitted scarf gets $4050 bid
AN unknown punter has forked out $4050 to be able to wrap a scarf hand-knitted by Prime Minister Julia Gillard around their ...
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Canberra adds to Cambodia tribunal funding
AUSTRALIA is to give $A3.25 million extra support to the UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ...
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Canberra mid-winter ball 2013 – in pictures
One of the top social events in the political calendar, the mid-winter ball brings together the journalistic, political and corporate chiefs of Australia for a charity night of ...
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Chinas investment does not match status as Australias top trade partner
China's investment in Australia does not match her status as the nation's largest trade partner, said Duan Jielong, China's Consul-General in Sydney on Tuesday. In a speech to Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Duan said as more and more Chinese companies come to Australia to invest, there seems to be some concerns about Chinese investment being too much and growing too ...
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CA rejects 9 cricket selection influence
Cricket Australia has rejected suggestions from the Nine Network that the broadcaster could have input into team selections over the summer.Jeff Browne, managing director of the Nine Network, told a business luncheon in Sydney on Wednesday the network had to have the best players playing all the time in order to attract television ratings.CA consistently rotated its players last summer to keep ...
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Ashes 2013 Odds lengthen on Australia calling up spinner Fawad Ahmed
Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed has been named in Australia's A squad to tour Africa during the Ashes. Photograph: Mal Fairclough/AFP/Getty ...
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Wimbledon Rafael Nadal named fifth seed Australias Sam Stosur 14th
England Rafael Nadal has been named fifth seed for Wimbledon, leaving his major title rivals to ponder meeting the 2008 and 2010 title-winning Spaniard as early as the quarter-finals.Nadal, the holder of 12 grand slam crowns and fresh from his record-breaking eighth French Open triumph in Paris, was seeded behind compatriot David Ferrer who takes the fourth seeding.Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray ...
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Ultranet facing the scrap heap
The disastrous $180 million Victorian school intranet could be scrapped at the end of the month prompting fears that months of student work and reports would be lost. The four-year contract with NEC to run the troubled network has not been renewed days before it expires on June 30, with a decision yet to be reached on its future. Victorian Education Minister Martin Dixon said the government ...
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NRL boss vows to maintain hardline stance
Blake Ferguson's future is still in limbo after the Canberra winger was stood down for at least four weeks as NRL chief executive Dave Smith said the code's hardline stance against misbehaving players was here to stay. Ferguson was on Wednesday made unavailable for selection by the Raiders for the four-week period while he undertakes an extensive alcohol management program. Ferguson ...
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Poorer children miss out on benefits of after-school activities
Almost half of Australia's most disadvantaged children don't get to play sport outside of school hours or take part in cultural activities such as music and dance lessons. Analysis by the Smith Family and the Australian Bureau of Statistic has revealed an alarming gap between the country's wealthiest and poorest children. Almost 90 per cent of Australia's wealthiest ...
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Online sex squad nabs trainee WA teacher
Western Australia's Online Child Exploitation Squad charged the 21-year old from Yanchep, north of Perth, after he was nabbed following a covert three-month operation.Police will allege between June 12 and 17 the man used online social chat facilities to sexually engage with a police officer posing as a 12 year-old girl.He is said to have groomed the girl by exposing her to indecent ...
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Jeep Cherokee rear-end recall
Iconic 4WD manufacturer Jeep is recalling more than 2.7 million cars globally - including up to 28,000 in Australia - over its performance in rear-end ...
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Parents to blame for kids diabetes
PARENTS of Australian kids suffering from Type 2 diabetes should wear the blame for their poor health, an international expert ...
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Australia Maroochydore Beach Renourishment Kicks Off
The extra sand will widen the beach, help prevent severe erosion and protect public facilities and infrastructure along Alexandra Parade and Aerodrome Road. The popular stretch between Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland is worth around $80 million a year to the Sunshine Coast ...
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Australias Intrepid faces tough fight over Indonesia mine
By Sonali Paul and Fergus Jensen MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:07am EDT MELBOURNE/JAKARTA, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia's Intrepid Mines Ltd is learning that business in Indonesia is personal as it wages a difficult fight to win back rights to a $5 billion copper and gold prospect in East Java. Intrepid was booted off the site last year by its Indonesian partner ...
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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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