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Perth could be Asias Aberdeen
PERTH has an opportunity to become the best oil and gas technology centre in Asia by modelling itself on major hubs in Scotland and ...
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Rain rain wont go away forecaster
Sky News senior meteorologist Tom Saunders says a pattern of warm seas off the west coast of Indonesia and cool seas off the east coast of Africa - known as a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) - will likely make for a wet winter for most of the country."A negative IOD is the Indian Ocean's version of a La Nina and similarly produces above average rain and an increased chance of ...
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Qld dams complied with manual in 2013
Four reports have been published into the operation of the Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams.Water Supply Minister Mark McArdle says rainfall in January was the second largest on record since Wivenhoe was built.He says legislation passed by the government before the floods hit helped operators make early decisions to reduce the levels of the Wivenhoe and North Pine dams.Their capacity was ...
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Perth can be petroleum tech centre
Perth has an opportunity to become the best oil and gas technology centre in Asia by modelling itself on major hubs in Scotland and Norway.Some of the world's biggest oil and gas companies continue to attract bright professionals to WA and salaries in the local energy sector are now among the highest in the world.Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman says Perth has an opportunity ...
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Australia shares drop 2 pct to one-month low after flash China PMI
Thu May 23, 2013 2:20am EDT (Updates to close) SYDNEY May 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 2.0 percent on Thursday, the worst daily loss in more than two months, after release of a weak manufacturing survey about China. Australian investors are particular sensitive to Chinese manufacturing data, as China is the biggest market for Australia's raw materials. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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Suns young gun OMeara aiming high
Comparisons to some of AFL's biggest names don't bother teenage Gold Coast player Jaeger O'Meara because that's the type of player he aspires to ...
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Demons will do their best to keep Watts
Melbourne coach Mark Neeld isn't surprised other AFL clubs are queuing up to poach Jack Watts but says the Demons will do whatever they can to keep him. The 2008 No.1 draft pick is reportedly set to request a trade at season's end, seeking a fresh start after a tumultuous beginning to his career at the embattled club. He has been linked to Fremantle although another seven clubs are ...
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Faingaa to start in Brumbies only change
Brumbies flanker Colby Faingaa will return to the Brumbies starting line-up for the first time in over two years as the only run-on change made for Saturday's Super Rugby clash with the Blues in Auckland. Faingaa's ascension to the run-on side is due to a strained medial ligament suffered by veteran flanker George Smith, which will also make room for Jordan Smiler on the bench. ...
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NRL promises full investigation
The NRL has vowed to fully investigate assault allegations against South Sydney's Ben Te'o in order to dispense of notions that rugby league had a poor attitude towards women. A Brisbane woman said on Wednesday she was left bleeding and abandoned with a fractured eye socket from an alleged assault by New Zealand-born Te'o last month. Te'o strongly denies the allegations and ...
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2500 jobs lost as cleaner goes bust
Major cleaning company Swan Services has gone out of business, putting 2500 cleaners across Australia – and an estimated 800 in Victoria – out of work. The company, which billed itself as "one of the top 5 building cleaning companies in Australia" was run by founder and owner Robert Swan for 43 years. "Swan Services was placed into voluntary administration by its ...
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Flasher targets Sydney teens
JULIA Gillard needs to support gay marriage and help stop suicide by gay teens, one of the world's most high-profile gay rights advocates has ...
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Campaign to take guns from criminals
NEARLY 60 guns were stolen in WA last month it's been revealed, as police launch a campaign to get illegal and stolen guns out of the hands of ...
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Nervous wait for news of panda pregnancy
AN Australian professor who specialises in endangered species reproduction is nervously awaiting news on the potential pregnancy of giant panda Tian Tian in ...
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Ford closure is death of a Broady icon
Ford says it will cease manufacturing operations in Australia by October 2016, causing the closure of its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants and the loss of 1200 jobs.The Broadmeadows plant has been an icon of the working class suburb since 1959 but has been hollowing out in recent decades.Hume mayor Geoff Porter says the closure is disappointing and marks the end of an era for Broadmeadows."I ...
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Committee critical of transport bodies
The 150-page document highlights failures during the investigation of a plane crash off Norfolk Island.The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee on Thursday tabled a report probing the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's response to a light plane crash in 2009.Six people on board survived after the aircraft ditched into the ocean near the island east of the ...
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Silver linings in Fords end car industry
THE closure of Ford's two Victorian manufacturing plants could mean a new future for car design in the state, an industry group ...
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Bob Jane cant be trusted court told
TYRE king Bob Jane has been described as a "shrewd and calculating" witness who cannot be trusted, in a court battle with his son over millions of dollars of the family ...
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Woman ploughs into primary school library
The woman's car crashed into the Tranby Primary School library on Acton Avenue, Rivervale about 10.30am.The woman received only minor injuries and St John Ambulance attended, but fortunately no children or school staff were ...
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Design is way forward
PRODUCT design and innovation should be the top priority for the ailing automotive industry, says David Purchase, executive director of the Victorian Automobile Chamber of ...
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Rinehart loses $7B but still Australia’s richest
This image taken on June 9, 2010 shows Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart speaking during a rally in Perth. The world’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is believed to have increased her holding in Australian media group Fairfax to more than 15 percent, reports said on June 15. AFP / Tony ASHBY SYDNEY--Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$7 billion (US$6.8 billion) wiped off her fortune ...
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COLUMN-Peak in Australian commodity investment boom is a good thing Clyde Russell
Thu May 23, 2013 12:59am EDT --Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 23 (Reuters) - The delay or cancellation of A$150 billion ($145 billion) of resource projects in Australia in the past year is being viewed as proof that the commodities boom is well and truly over. While that is certainly the headline-grabbing ...
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Australian budget reports pave way for deeper austerity offensive
The Australian corporate elite seized on two reports issued yesterday, by the Australian Treasury department and the Parliamentary Budget Office, to advance its campaign for sweeping European-style austerity measures directed against the working class. Both reports examined the country's so-called structural deficit, that is, a hypothetical calculation of what the federal government's ...
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Sydney teenage girl 17 charged with assault for punching bus driver 30 times
Police say the 17-year-old and three friends got on the bus at Minto Station in southwest Sydney about 12.30am (AEST) on Friday. The group refused to pay and instead began to abuse and intimidate the 64-year-old driver. As the group began to alight at Ingleburn Station, the 17-year-old allegedly punched the driver at least 30 times. She has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily ...
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Ford to halt car production in Australia in 2016
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Ford announced Thursday it would cease making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, ending an era that began in 1925 with the firm's first local car.Ford Australia chief executive Bob Graziano made the announcement as he revealed losses of Aus$141 million (US$136 million) after tax in the last financial year and Aus$600 million over the ...
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Ford grows in America shrinks in Australia
Ford Motor Co. is adding production, and 3,500 jobs, in North America as it tries to keep up with Americans’ appetite for new cars and trucks. But the automaker will end production in Australia, cutting 1,200 jobs by 2016, as high costs left it unable to ...
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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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