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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Mariners raid Melbourne's home again (ABC)

A rampant Central Coast made it two wins from two at Docklands this season with a stunning 4-0 upset over the Victory on Saturday evening.After shocking the defending champions 2-0 in round one, the Mariners returned with another opportunistic
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Mariners raid Melbourne's home again (ABC)

A rampant Central Coast made it two wins from two at Docklands this season with a stunning 4-0 upset over the Victory on Saturday evening.After shocking the defending champions 2-0 in round one, the Mariners returned with another opportunistic
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Idyllic run puts son of Scenic into Winterbottom (The West Australian)

Rejuvenated seven-year-old Idyllic Prince set up an epic clash with boom sprinters Waratah's Secret and Hay List in the Winterbottom Stakes after his stunning win in the $200,000 WAROA Lee-Steere Stakes (1400m) at Ascot.Idyllic Prince scored a fourth
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

Turnbull gets ovation for slamming PM

KEVIN Rudd is running an "extraordinarily vain" government that is handing over Australia's immigration program to people smugglers, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. Mr Turnbull was speaking at the Victorian Liberal Party's state council today
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:42:00 GMT

DJ UPDATE: PRECIOUS METALS: Comex Dec. Gold Tops $1,100/Oz

(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 11-06-09 0946ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 09:46 110609 (Adds price increase, analyst comments.) By Allen Sykora Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES U.S. gold futures topped $1,100 an ounce Friday for the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:37:00 GMT

Vietnam, Australia cooperate in drug crime prevention

The Police General Department under the Ministry of Public Security and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) liaison office in Ho Chi Minh City have jointly held a training course on drug crime prevention for police forces in southern provinces.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:37:00 GMT

Fans walk out on Britney Spears in Australia

Sydney - Fans of Britney Spears deserted the pop diva just three songs in to her first Australian concert after it became evident she was miming rather than singing, news reports said Saturday. "People are paying for it and have come here so she should
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Breaking the Australian Silence

'Information Clearing House' -- Thank you all for coming tonight, and my thanks to the City of Sydney and especially to the Sydney Peace Foundation for awarding me the Peace Prize. Its an honour I cherish, because it comes from where I come from. I am a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:09:00 GMT

SES WEEK 2009: Central Queensland SES Volunteers acknowledged

Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services The Honourable Neil RobertsSaturday, November 07, 2009 SES volunteers from Mackay and Rockhampton received top honours today at the SES Week Central Region Awards Ceremony. Emergency
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:05:00 GMT

Disaster declared in flood-hit Australia

SYDNEY, Nov 7 (AFP) - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast Saturday as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people. Torrential rain soaked the Coffs Harbour
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:52:00 GMT

French Interest Income to Australian Resident Not Taxable in Australia

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

RBA raises Australias growth forecast

Australias central bank said yesterday the country is accelerating faster than expected out of the global downturn thanks partly to demand from China, but warned against becoming too reliant on just a few countries for the recovery. In its latest
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:45:00 GMT

Sea level rise along Western Australia

Figures from Australia's National Tidal Centre show sea levels along Western Australia's coast are rising at a rate double that of the world average. Global sea levels rise at an average of just over 3 millimetres a year. Latest figures show sea levels
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:44:00 GMT

Turnbull slams 'vain' Rudd government

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is running an 'extraordinarily vain' government that is handing over Australia's immigration program to people smugglers. Mr Turnbull was speaking at the Victorian Liberal Party's state
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:39:00 GMT

Rudd too sensitive to criticism: Murdoch

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive to media criticism and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia. The News Corporation chairman says Mr Rudd has been more responsive to adverse media reports than
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:39:00 GMT

Ogilvy happy to be Aussie Open drawcard

Geoff Ogilvy says he is comfortable with the role of marquee attraction at next month's Australian Open in Sydney, even if doesn't except to attract any extra spectators. Following Greg Norman's withdrawal due to a slow recovery from shoulder surgery,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT

Rudd not revealing Oceanic Viking plan

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will not reveal how the government will end the Oceanic Viking asylum-seeker stand-off but is confident a solution is inevitable. Australia has been trying for almost two weeks to persuade 78 Sri Lankans to voluntarily leave the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT

Rudd savages climate change sceptics in major speech

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has savaged the federal opposition's climate change sceptics, labelling them dangerous, arrogant gamblers prepared to bet on their grandchildrens' future. Mr Rudd capped a week dominated by debate on the government's handling of
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:36:00 GMT

Police investigate two suspicious fires

TWO fires, which have damaged separate non-related businesses in Brisbane overnight, are being treated as suspicious, police say. A fire, which started about 8.30pm on Friday, damaged a convenience store at Tingalpa, east of Brisbane. A residence located
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:22:00 GMT

007, Bond's licence to thrill

KEEP an eye peeled for James Bond in Tasmanian skies this weekend, testing the limits of helicopter 007. The Hobart-born aircrewman is part of a team of Australian Defence Force personnel putting two new $40 million MRH90 helicopters through their paces.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:11:00 GMT

Shoe Hurled At Former Australian Premier

(RTTNews) - An angry white man with a long blond ponytail threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Britain's Cambridge University--the latest political figure to have a shoe thrown at him by an angry protester.
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:08:00 GMT

Fiji expels Australian and New Zealand diplomats

Tensions between Fiji and the two South West Pacific regional powers, Australia and New Zealand, intensified further this week after Suva expelled two top diplomats for interfering in the country’s internal affairs. Fiji’s Prime Minister Commodore
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:07:00 GMT

Unanswered questions over Australian offshore oil spill

The disastrous oil leak from a drilling platform off Australia’s northwest coast was finally stemmed this week, after more than two months. A spectacular fire that engulfed the West Atlas rig last weekend then petered out. Yet these events only
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Australia: Qantas aircraft engineers vote for industrial action

At a meeting on Friday, about 190 professional engineers at Qantas decided to impose work bans following a 98 percent vote to take industrial action. Seven months of negotiations for a new work agreement have failed to resolve issues over pay and working
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:06:00 GMT

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contributeto this regular feature. South Korean government workers strike Korean Railway Workers’ Union (KRWU) members began two days of strike action this week over plans by KORAIL to
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:05:00 GMT

Indian students left stranded in Australia with closure of tenth school

Hundreds of Indian students studying in Australia have been left in the lurch, with the sudden collapse of the Global Campus Management Group closing down four colleges in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday. The collapse has particularly come as a major
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:43:00 GMT

Police investigate two suspicious fires

TWO fires, which have damaged separate non-related businesses in Brisbane overnight, are being treated as suspicious, police say. A fire, which started about 8.30pm on Friday, damaged a convenience store at Tingalpa, east of Brisbane. A residence located
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:42:00 GMT

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:38:00 GMT

Murdoch says Rudd too sensitive

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive to media criticism and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia. The News Corporation chairman says Mr Rudd has been more responsive to adverse media reports than
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:36:00 GMT

College closures leave Indian students high-and-dry in Oz

Hundreds of Indian students studying in Australia have been left in the lurch, with the sudden collapse of the closing down four colleges in Sydney and Melbourne on Thursday. The collapse has particularly come as a major blow for the Australian
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 08:36:00 GMT