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Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Palmer buys BHP's Yabulu refinery

Continues BHP's retreat from nickel Sold for undisclosed sum : Check the latest BHP Billiton has sold its Yabulu refinery in Queensland to Australia's fifth richest man Clive Palmer. The sale came after BHP took a $US675 million ($A853.6 million)
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:48:00 GMT

The Jackson spirit lives on via Sydney park performance for 30

Tribute act . . . Jason Jackson performs at Hyde Park in Sydney yesterday. Photo: Janie Barrett FANS paying sombre tribute to the late Michael Jackson in Sydney yesterday may have felt a ghost was moonwalking among them. A group of about 30 young people
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:45:00 GMT

The Jackson spirit lives on via Sydney park performance for 30

Adelaide girl was Jackson's guitarist

: Email : Print Submit comment: Submit comment CARLY CRAWFORD IN LOS ANGELES KATE KYRIACOU THE blonde guitarist who featured in the final video of Michael Jackson rehearsing before his death has been revealed as an Adelaide girl. Orianthi Panagaris, of
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:43:00 GMT

Rudd gives school with one kid $140k

Generous grant ... the Lagoon Public School will have one pupil and lots of money / Dean Marzolla School given hefty grant Locals say it's a waste of money School to have just one pupil by 2010 A SCHOOL with just one pupil for 2010 has been given a
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:38:00 GMT

Aussie girl was Jackson's guitarist

Australian guitarist ... Orianthi Panagaris will perform at Michael Jackson's farewell / Supplied Australian guitarist to perform at farewell Says Jackson was a beautiful spirit Worked with him on final rehearsal video THE blonde guitarist who featured
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:38:00 GMT

Australia probes navy 'sex game'

HMAS Success carries a crew of 220 male and female sailors An investigation is under way in Australia over claims that navy sailors competed with each other to bed their female colleagues for cash prizes. According to Channel Seven news, sailors on board
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:35:00 GMT

Australian scientists hail triple dinosaur find

SYDNEY - Australian scientists hailed the country?s most significant dinosaur discovery in decades after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong. The flesh-eating theropod ? dubbed Australia?s answer to the ?Jurassic Park?
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:28:00 GMT

Sydney forensic photo exhibit shows beauty in mayhem

SYDNEY - The subjects are dark, the black-and-white images stark, but visitors to an exhibit of old forensic photographs in Sydney will also be confronted by beauty, and a historical side of the city rarely seen. ?Archival Exposure: Illuminating a Dark
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Aussie super grandmother, 99, trains for 'Games'

Aussie super grandmother, 99, trains for 'Games' INTERAL News Aussie super grandmother, 99, trains for 'Games' (AFP)3 July 2009 SYDNEY - A 99-year-old Australian great-grandmother is in training for the World Masters Games in Sydney, where she will turn
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:26:00 GMT

HTC Delivers Snap, Touch Diamond2 and Touch Pro2 to Australia

All Windows Mobile-based Adjust text size: Taiwan-based company HTC Corporation, a worldwide leading mobile phone maker, announced recently the release of three new handsets in Australia, namely HTC Snap, HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2. All three
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:26:00 GMT

Tyson: Let me into Australia

FORMER world boxing champion and felon Mike Tyson has revealed his desire to visit Australia. Tyson's close friend, Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech, is behind a push to bring the US boxer Down Under for a series of promotional talks. 'I would be
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:24:00 GMT

Rudd gives school with one kid $140k

School given hefty grant Locals say it's a waste of money School to have just one pupil by 2010 A SCHOOL with just one pupil for 2010 has been given a $140,000 government grant to build a covered playground - even though it has already has a new one.
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:21:00 GMT

Xtract Energy sells more MEO Australia shares for A$2.37 million

Xtract Energy PLC (AIM: XTR) said it sold a further 10.67 million of the shares it holds in MEO Australia Ltd (ASX: MEO) for A$2.37 million. It reiterated that it will use the money to support the growth of the other investments within its portfolio and
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:14:00 GMT

Declining Aboriginal conditions unacceptable: Australian PM

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday described as â??devastatingâ?? a report showing conditions for Aboriginals were worsening despite efforts to improve them. The Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report found abuse and neglect of
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Canberra calls for calm after child's swine flu death

Australian authorities told parents yesterday not to panic after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu. Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the death of a three-year-old boy with A(H1N1) influenza was a â??tragedy,â?? but
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Storm rest: Sore Melbourne welcomes week off

THE bye could not have come at a better time for a battered and bruised Melbourne Storm. A shoulder injury to veteran five-eighth Brett Finch is of most concern after the 27-year-old needed injections at half-time last night to get back on the field. But
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:07:00 GMT

Butakoci e $85,000 mai na ANZ

Beitaki tiko e dua na vakalesilesi liu ni baqe na ANZ ni a butakoca mai e sivia ni $85,000. Vakaraitaka na gusu ni vosa ni tabana ni ovisa Suliano Tevita ni beitaki na tagane oqo, e tiko na nona yabaki ni bula e na 40. Kaya ni a vakayacora na baqe e dua
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:56:00 GMT

Facing a Crisis, Aborigines Stage Interventions of Their Own

Mick Benny, at right in hat, with other Aborigines at a pub in Fitzroy Crossing, Australia. He hopes that alcohol restrictions will change his sons behavior. HALLS CREEK, Australia Since Halls Creek recently became the latest Aboriginal town in the
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:53:00 GMT

Indian chartered accountants sign exchange programme with Australia

Agra, July 4 : Indian chartered accountants can now practise in Australia with the inking of an agreement between the chartered accountants institutes of India and Australia at an event here. The agreement, signed Friday evening, will facilitate exchange
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:51:00 GMT

Debt-laden miner Rio Tinto reaps rights bonanza

ining giant Rio Tinto confirmed a huge take-up for its record rights offering after investors snapped up the Australian portion, allowing it to pay off a large chunk of its heavy debt. The dual-listed firm, whose share offer came at rock-bottom prices in
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:50:00 GMT

BHP Billiton says sells Australian nickel refinery

BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, said it had agreed to sell an Australian nickel refinery to Australian businessman Clive Palmer for an undisclosed sum. However the Anglo-Australian group added that it had written down the value of the refinery
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:50:00 GMT

US airline Delta launches Sydney to LA route

Giant US airline Delta has launched non-stop Sydney to Los Angeles flights, becoming only the fourth carrier to ply the lucrative route. Delta Flight 16 left Sydney International Airport at 9:25 am (2325 GMT), kicking off a daily service in either
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:49:00 GMT

O'Farrell angers Howard

FORMER Prime Minister John Howard has bought into the growing internal Liberal row over school league tables, telling The Sunday Telegraph he is 'perplexed'' by NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell's decision to block the publication of results. Former
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:49:00 GMT

Australia records biggest trade deficit in a year

ustralia posted its largest trade deficit in 12 months, as softening commodity prices and demand hammered export earnings amid the global economic turmoil, dealers said. The trade deficit almost doubled to 556 million dollars (449 million US) in
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:49:00 GMT

Older shoppers more likely to buy Australian

A GENERATIONAL schism is emerging as younger shoppers shun Australian-made products. Fewer than half those aged between 18 and 44 try to buy locally made goods, against an average of 63 per cent for shoppers aged 45 and over. But while generations X and
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:46:00 GMT

Australia to hold 'Harmony March' in solidarity with Indian students

Dharamsala, July 4 : Australian lawmaker Michael Danby has said that Australia will hold a 'Harmony March' in Melbourne in solidarity with Indian students on July 12. Talking to reporters here on Friday, Danby, who is heading a six-member Australian
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships for Medical Students: An Innovation Adopted by Medical Schools in Australia, Canada, South Africa, and the United States

Medical schools have traditionally taught clinical medicine through a sequence of clerkships in key medical specialties. This paper documents the growing worldwide use of longer term clerkships that feature integration of the key specialties. The
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:33:00 GMT

Rudd hands school with one kid $140k

A SCHOOL with just one pupil for 2010 has been given a $140,000 government grant to build a covered playground - even though it has already has a new one. Another $110,000 grant from the Rudd Government's $14.7 billion education stimulus package will be
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:33:00 GMT

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