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Baz Luhrmann gets last laugh at box office
AUSTRALIAN filmmaker Baz Luhrmann is used to getting mixed reviews, but he's having the last laugh with The Great Gatsby. The Australian-filmed Gatsby has received some lacklustre reviews from the critics, but it has opened with a box office bang. "This morning internationally we were No.1 in the world against Iron Man and Star Trek," Luhrmann said during an interview on 7.30 on the ...
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Australian storm chaser describes tornado
May 21, 2013 21:14:10 Australian storm chaser Melissa Marshall and her meteorologist husband were in Oklahoma's Tornado Alley when the tornado hit, and drove into the city after it had ...
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Aust women not complacent over Ashescoach
Since then, the Southern Stars beat England to clinch back-to-back world Twenty20 titles last October and again defeated them on the way to winning this year's World Cup. But, with England hosting this year's series, Southern Stars coach Cathryn Fitzpatrick says Australia won't have the upper hand. The last time Australia faced England away was in the women's quadrangular ...
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SA construction in crisis
Up to three quarters of South Australia's civil construction businesses are seeking work in other states to survive, an industry lobby group says. The Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) on Tuesday said the industry in the state is at a 20-year low, with an acute shortage of public and private work. Internal CCF survey results suggest South Australia is facing a "civil construction ...
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Drop in new apprentices worries business
Business is concerned about a significant drop in the number of people starting apprenticeships and wants the federal government to come up with a policy to stop the decline. The number of commencements for non-trade apprenticeships dropped 27 per cent in the March quarter, new figures from the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) show. It continues the overall trend of a ...
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Police seek man over Narrogin death
Police believe Kevin James Corbett (pictured) is in Perth and may be able to assist in the investigation into the death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18. Picture: ...
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Aussie garden shines at Chelsea
"It's a dream come true," exclaimed Phillip Johnson as his garden beat the best from across the globe at the Chelsea Flower Show this year in its milestone 100th year. For six weeks the garden's designer Johnson, driving force Wes Fleming and a team of 18 volunteers have labored over the largest and most elaborate garden ever attempted, a stunning showcase of an Australian ...
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Lifeguard bashed on Gold Coast beach
A Gold Coast lifeguard has been punched in the face after asking a couple to move their dog from a flagged area.Police are searching for a man they say assaulted the Gold Coast City Council lifeguard at North Burleigh on Tuesday.The attack happened after the lifeguard asked a woman not to walk her dog through the flagged area.He was attacked by a burly, heavily-tattooed man who was with her, ...
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Political stoush threatens Qld rail plan
The Newman government is continuing its fight with the commonwealth over Cross River Rail funding as Tony Abbott refuses to guarantee the project's ...
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Australia should help Dubai fraud man Abbott
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has suggested the 10-year jail sentence imposed on Australian businessman Matthew Joyce in Dubai is harsh by Australian standards and the government should be doing everything it can to ...
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Mining services suffer as Australias mining boom peaks
- A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers had ...
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A damsel in distress as King Kong arrives in Melbourne
Melbourne 3000 There was a movie star moment high above Melbourne as theatre promoters re-enacted one of cinema's most famous scenes.Melbourne' Eureka Tower took the role of the Empire State building, as part of a stunt to promote the stage show, 'King Kong'.Ann Darrow was the original damsel in distress in the movie version, and on Tuesday it was stunt double, Leigh-Anne ...
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Manly call for NRL extra-time rethink
Manly have renewed calls for a rethink of the NRL's contentious extra-time policy after Monday's 10-10 draw with Melbourne.The golden-point period of Monday's match again degenerated into a series of field goal attempts with neither side coming close to scoring a try in the 10-minute overtime period.Initially promoted as a worthy way to decide a close game, entertaining football ...
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Genia backs Coopers Wallabies chances
With Robbie Deans' critique still ringing in his ears, Quade Cooper has been backed by Queensland Reds halves partner Will Genia to respond by sealing a belated Wallabies squad spot for the British and Irish Lions series. Wallabies halfback Genia admitted he was disappointed by Cooper's omission from Deans' initial 25-man squad for the three-Test series against the Lions. ...
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Richmonds Grimes suffers new AFL setback
Dylan Grimes' horrendous run of injuries continues, with the Richmond defender set to miss up to eight more weeks in the AFL. Grimes was expected to miss only a couple of games after he suffered a foot injury in the round-six loss to Geelong. But the Tigers announced on Tuesday that the backman is sidelined for six to eight weeks. "Unfortunately, Dylan's foot has not responded ...
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Desperate Tigers recall Marshall IN NRL
All is forgiven at Wests Tigers, with coach Mick Potter making an SOS call to star playmaker Benji Marshall to save their sinking season. Potter made the bold decision to bench his star five-eighth last week, but the move backfired with the Tigers falling behind 16-0 after 17 minutes before Marshall was injected into the game. But that move has been shelved after just one match, with Marshall ...
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High-rise bottle thrower a Facebook hit
POLICE are investigating a "foolish" video showing a teenager throwing a bottle at a car from the fourth storey of a Perth car ...
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Sally Ayhans weather update
GET the latest on what the weather's been doing today, plus the forecast for the next 24 hours and week ahead, with Channel 9's weather presenter Sally ...
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Sydney residents warned of conman gardener
NSW Fair Trading is warning against Robert Douglas Pentecost, who trades under the unregistered business names of Ku-Ring-Gai Tree Service and Bob Pentecost Tree Services.The 59-year-old has been cold-canvassing residents in the northern suburbs and northern beaches area.He has enticed elderly and disadvantaged consumers to enter into unsolicited consumer agreements for the trimming or removal ...
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Melb archbishop says remark ill advised
MELBOURNE'S top Catholic has admitted he made an ill advised comment when he said it was "better late than never" that the church petitioned Rome to defrock an abusing priest after 18 ...
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Basis for PEFO same as budget Treasury
Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson says his department does not provide government with a range of forecasts, but its best professional ...
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Aussie garden wins Best in Show at Chelsea
Australia's gardeners have created history at the Chelsea Flower Show by claiming the prestigious event's top prize for the first time.In his ninth and final year entering the competition, Wes Fleming, head of Fleming's Nurseries, bowed out a winner on Tuesday after he and his crew were awarded the Best in Show for their landscape-style design encompassing desert, wildflower and ...
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Chinas growth upsets Australian treasury forecasts
China's surprising growth in recent years has contributed to throwing Australian treasury economic and revenue forecasts out of whack, Secretary to the Treasury Martin Parkinson told economists at a budget briefing in Sydney Tuesday.The briefing was called to explain the context of errors in recent economic and revenue forecasts, which are currently undergoing extensive review.Parkinson ...
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No plans by Cricket Australia to curb player social media use after David Warner Twitter rant
Australia Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it had no immediate plan to curb the use of social media by players after a Twitter rant by David Warner, but suggested it could happen in the future.Opening batsman Warner is due to face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday night into an alleged code of conduct breach after a heated tirade at two top cricket writers.He faces sanctions ranging from a ...
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No more CSG Greens
THE Australian Greens have announced policy to empower landholders to say no to coal seam gas (CSG) on their land. "The Greens are the only party standing up to the big CSG mining companies who are threatening our precious water, valuable farmland and global climate," Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne said yesterday. "CSG is methane which is a potent greenhouse gas and is ...
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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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