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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT

Card-skimming gang hits Melbourne ATMs

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT

Alcoa workers eye industrial action at Australian plants

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT

Perth's big dry continues

Source: PerthNow PERTH continues to record the driest summer in history with just 0.2mm of rain breaking a dry spell on Sunday. Dry conditions will continue this week with hot, humid days in the mid-30s forecast until Monday. The average monthly rainfall
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT

Sweet spot’ for stock markets over: AMP Capital

MARKET CLOSE: NZX 50 sinks to 5-mth low; PRC drops Business Speirs prepares to ramp up fish oil output Business COMMENT: Will good politics fix broken tax system? Business Key takes middle road, whacking home investors Business NZ dairy herd now matches
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT

Govt delays plan to protect Cape York

The federal government is keeping Cape York off a list of potential world heritage sites until it can achieve support for the controversial proposal from Aboriginal landowners. Environment Department spokesman James Shevlin told a Senate estimates
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:29:00 GMT

Card skimming syndicate hits Melbourne

Detectives release photos.
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT

Govt 'wasted money' on Sydney offices

The federal government has been accused of forking out almost $1 million per year for office space in Sydney's CBD just so it can impress potential investors. Department officials told a Senate estimates hearing the Major Cities Unit was located in the
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT

PM Rudd defends Australia from debt default barb

By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Australia's government on Tuesday rejected election-year charges by the opposition that the country was close to default on national debt, charging its controversial finance spokesman with threatening its
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:26:00 GMT

Aussie's plea to PM from rat-infested jail

FEATURES: FEATURES: Finance BCM 1.7.05. Aussie Home Loans MD John Symond at the opening of the new store in Sunnybank Plaza. PicDrewFitzgibbon Australian in squalid Indonesian jail Allegedly defrauded John Symond Begs Kevin Rudd for help AN Australian
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Australia will boost aid to Myanmar; sanctions remain

2:47 pm TWN, Reuters CANBERRA -- Australia will boost humanitarian aid to Myanmar while maintaining sanctions on the military regime, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Monday. Smith said it was important to help Myanmar prepare for a time when it
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Queensland Nintendo pirate cops $1.5m fine

The Federal Court has ordered a Queensland man to pay Nintendo $1.5 million in damages after he illegally copied and distributed part of a Nintendo Wii game.
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Drought in SW Australia linked to Antarctica snow

2:43 pm TWN, AFP PARIS -- A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday. Researchers Tas
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:25:00 GMT

'Brand Oz suffering from racial attacks'

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Brand Australia has suffered following attacks on Indian students in the past nine months and this will cause long-term damage if not attended to, says a visiting Australian minister. 'The attacks (on Indian students) have hurt us
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:25:00 GMT

Original bands wanted in Sydneys west

The “JACK DANIELS How the West Was Won� Unsigned & Original Band Challenge is coming to one of western Sydney’s best live music venue, The Jolly Frog Hotel. Brian and Kathy from FishjaM Entertainment have been organizers of the Event for the
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:24:00 GMT

Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal

SYDNEY -Australian miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese company involved in a 60 billion US dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was legitimate. Resourcehouse said it had struck the deal, touted as an
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:24:00 GMT

Euro / Australian dollar - 2010-02-09 07:34:16 GMT

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:24:00 GMT

Govt delays plan to protect Cape York (AAP)

The federal government is keeping Cape York off a list of potential world heritage sites until it can achieve support for the controversial proposal from Aboriginal landowners.Environment Department spokesman James Shevlin told a Senate estimates hearing
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:23:00 GMT

WRAPUP 1-ECB head to leave Australia early for EU summit

* Trichet to return to Europe to attend EU council meeting * Special European Council meeting on Feb 11 on economy * Comes as concerns heighten over the euro zone debt crisis By Cecile Lefort and Victoria Thieberger SYDNEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - European
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:23:00 GMT

In pictures: Microsoft's Surface launches in Australia

By James Hutchinson Microsoft has launched its multitouch table in Australia prevnext Photo 1 out of 11 Microsoft today officially announced the availability of its touch-screen Surface table computer in Australia. Four people can use the Surface table
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:22:00 GMT

Australia set 171 to win Adelaide ODI (AAP)

Doug Bollinger fired out West Indian captain Chris Gayle with the first ball of the match and returned to help gobble up the tail as Australia made a mess of the visitors' batting at Adelaide Oval. Fancying their chances of a strong score after winning
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:21:00 GMT

Australia set 171 to win Adelaide ODI (AAP)

Doug Bollinger fired out West Indian captain Chris Gayle with the first ball of the match and returned to help gobble up the tail as Australia made a mess of the visitors' batting at Adelaide Oval. Fancying their chances of a strong score after winning
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:21:00 GMT

Streamlined and stringent security checks to safeguard Queensland children

Minister for Community Services and Housing and Minister for Women The Honourable Karen StruthersTuesday, February 09, 2010 Queensland has the most stringent criminal history screening checks in the country and it is about to get even better with new
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:18:00 GMT

Rudd backs NBN Co's Kaiser hire

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's role in helping a Labor powerbroker land a plum job with the . It that Communications Minister Stephen Conroy had referred former Queensland Labor MP Mike Kaiser for the
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:17:00 GMT

BHP Billiton names Campbell as new iron ore head

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:17:00 GMT

Shares trim losses as BHP buoys

Close Australian shares have closed lower, led down by banks following their US peers, but a positive finish from top miner BHP Billiton saved the market from a bigger slide. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.3 points, or 0.4
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:16:00 GMT

Australia's "Top End" Too Dry To Become Food Bowl

SYDNEY - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday. Despite a billion of liters of annual rain, the
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:15:00 GMT

Australia - Internet, Broadband And Convergence Statistics (Tables Only) - New Market Report Published

New report provides detailed analysis of the Telecommunications market Published on February 09, 2010by Press Office(Companiesandmarkets.com and OfficialWire)LONDON, ENGLAND The report includes details from a number of market surveys covering consumer
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:13:00 GMT

Race motive 'clear' in some Indian attacks: Australian FM

SYDNEY: Australia's foreign minister on Tuesday told parliament some of the recent violence against Indian students had clearly been racially motivated and had 'considerably damaged' the nation's reputation. Stephen Smith offered his government's
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:13:00 GMT

BHP Billiton names Campbell to head iron ore business

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:12:00 GMT

ABS backflip: SA still wine capital of Australia

Penfolds' winemaker Kym Schroeter in a vineyard at Nuriootpa. Source: The Advertiser SA is still the wine state of Australia, despite a major blunder by national statisticians who said we'd been overtaken by NSW. However, drought, lack of irrigation
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:12:00 GMT