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1000-year-old African coins found in Australia
In 1944, during World War II, Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg found five copper coins on a beach in the Northern Territory, and marked the spot with an 'X' on a map. In 1979, he rediscovered the coins in a tin and sent them to a museum for identification, where they were proved to be 1000 years ...
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Apple to open first Adelaide store on Saturday in Rundle Mall
APPLE tragics, the wait is almost over - the technology giant's $2.5 million Rundle Mall store will open to the public from 10am on Saturday. The Rundle Place shopfront is Apple's 20th in Australia and the first store in South Australia. "Our stores offer the best buying experience and the best customer service on the planet," Apple chief executive Tim Cook said, in a supplied ...
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd backs same-sex marriage in online blog
Australia Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has thrown his support behind same-sex marriage.In a lengthy blog posted on his website tonight, Mr Rudd explains why he has reversed his opposition to gay marriage.Mr Rudd says he has reflected on the matter over a long period of time through conversations with family, friends and staff."I believe the secular Australian state should be able to ...
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Kevin Rudd endorses gay marriage
Kevin Rudd has endorsed gay marriage, changing his position on the issue. "The secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage," Mr Rudd wrote in a blog post on Monday night. "This change in position has come about as a result of a lot of reflection, over a long period of time, including conversations with good people grappling with deep questions of life, ...
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Rudd comes out in support of gay marriage
But he says any legal recognition for gay marriage should make religious institutions exempt from having to change their own practices.Last September Mr Rudd was one of 98 MPs to vote against a marriage equality bill."This change in position has come about as a result of a lot of reflection, over a long period of time," he wrote in a blog post on Monday announcing his change of ...
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Adelaide desalination plant cash details surrounding bid to double size of the facility dry up
DOCUMENTS detailing South Australia's bid for cash to double the size of Adelaide desalination plant are being withheld, despite release of an audit report that found the move lacked economic merit. The State Government has rejected Advertiser requests for release of a cost-benefit study on the doubling, submitted to the Federal Government advisory group Infrastructure Australia in ...
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Garlic supplements can help cut cholesterol finds University of Adelaide study
A TWO-MONTH course of garlic supplements can reduce cholesterol levels by 8 per cent, University of Adelaide research shows. Lead author Dr Karin Ried said the study, which analysed results from 39 separate trials involving 2300 people, was "the most comprehensive analysis" of the effect of garlic on cholesterol to date. It found participants who had slightly elevated cholesterol ...
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Big court cases to be moved to Adelaide city under justice shake-up
A HAND-PICKED team of city magistrates will oversee all murders, sex crimes and other major cases in a historic shake-up of the state's justice system. By year's end, all major criminal allegations will be heard in Adelaide - not the suburbs - under sweeping changes to court protocol. Speaking exclusively to The Advertiser, Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Bolton said she was breaking with ...
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Aussie gets 10 years jail in Dubai
Jailed: Matthew Joyce One Australian executive has been sentenced to 10 years' jail in Dubai but his junior colleague acquitted in a spectacular climax to their four-year battle against property fraud charges. In a verdict on Monday, described as a travesty of justice by Matt Joyce's supporters, the Ruler's Court rejected his defence against claims that he received $6 million ...
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Manly Storm draw 10-10 in golden point
Defending NRL champions Melbourne and Manly have played out a 10-10 draw after golden point failed to separate the arch-rivals at AAMI Park.Neither side could get the field goal they desperately sought to claim the win.The Storm had three attempts, as did Manly, but couldn't find the target and were forced to settle for the draw in another absorbing match between the two teams.Manly looked ...
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Australian-trained doctor Huang Jiefu hits back at critics over ties to China organ harvesting
The University of Sydney 2006 The Australian-trained doctor under fire for his involvement in China's controversial organ transplant program has defended the practice and responded to calls for him to be stripped of honorary titles from the University of ...
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Dubai case length is indefensible Carr
Foreign Minister Bob Carr says he can only imagine the stress Australian businessman Matthew Joyce and his family are under as they face news of his 10-year jail sentence in Dubai. Senator Carr also described as "indefensible" the length of time the legal process had taken, after the Dubai court on Monday jailed Joyce and fined him $25 million for fraud charges stemming from a ...
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Intense hard-fought draw in Melbourne
Melbourne look like they're suffering a mid-season GF hangover. No legit NRL premiership winner has made the GF the next year since the Chooks in ...
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Corby loses another freedom bid
National Narcotics Agency official Benny Mamoto yesterday revealed he had recently written to Indonesia's Minister for Justice and Human Rights to declare the Australian drug smuggler should not be given parole.The development comes after her hopes of release were boosted in March when the Australian government took the unprecedented step of offering a guarantee to Indonesia that Corby ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year, but Orb's defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with both of Singapore's International Group 1 races, Farhh provided a bright spot for ...
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Australian Catholic Church admits slow to act on sex abuse
SYDNEY (AFP) - The most senior Catholic in the Australian state of Victoria on Monday admitted the church had been too slow to act on paedophile priests, but insisted things have changed.Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart was speaking at a state government inquiry into the handling of child sex cases by religious and non-government bodies after hundreds of children were abused by clergy.The Church ...
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Suns Smith is latest AFL knee victim
Gold Coast ruckman Zac Smith is the latest player to have his season cut short as part of a plague of serious knee injuries that has swept the AFL.The Suns announced on Monday that the 23-year-old will need a reconstruction after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during Saturday's win over the Western Bulldogs.Smith hurt his knee in an innocuous incident ...
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Kevin Rudd declares his support for same sex marriage
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has thrown his support behind same sex marriage in a blog post on his website. "I have come to the conclusion that church and state can have different positions and practices on the question of same sex marriage," Mr Rudd said. "I believe the secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage." Mr Rudd said any marriage ...
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Focus on community not markets Sheldon
ALP vice president Tony Sheldon wants Labor to focus more on building communities and less on promoting market power ahead of this year's election. "I think we have been so successfully captured by market rhetoric that some people in the Labor Party have started to believe it," Mr Sheldon said on Monday. "Many of us in the party don't believe it. "We believe that ...
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Thurston says Leichhardt wanker chant ok
He's not one of rugby league's Immortals yet but North Queensland star Johnathan Thurston wears the "wanker" tag from opposition supporters as a badge of honour. He revealed the slight - frequently used against Queensland icon and Immortal Wally Lewis during his playing days - was a crowd favourite when he visited Leichhardt Oval, which Thurston will do again when the ...
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Fantastic downgrades profit guidance
Furniture retailer Fantastic Holdings has downgraded its full year profit guidance, citing subdued trading over the past few months. "The sales strength usually experienced in March and April did not eventuate this year and subdued trading has continued into May," Fantastic said in a statement on Monday after the close of share market trading. "The subsequent sales shortfall, ...
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Church better late than never Hart
MELBOURNE Archbishop Denis Hart says the Catholic Church taking 18 years to petition for a pedophile priest to be defrocked is "better late than ...
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65-year-old Qld man on rape charges
The man, from Upper Coomera, has been charged over several incidents police allege took place during 1998 and 1999.He is facing three counts of rape and five counts of indecent treatment of a child under 16 years of age.He will appear in Southport Magistrates Court on ...
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More than 2000 Australians gather for Lionel Roses funeral
by Vienna MaFriends, family, sports stars and politicians on Monday gathered at Festival Hall in Melbourne for the funeral of Australia's sporting greats, legendary boxer, Lionel Rose.More than 2,000 people attended the service at Festival Hall. Among the mourners at the state funeral are Rose's long-time trainer Jack Rennie, former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon and Aboriginal ...
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Australian Karl Muggeridge to replace injured Xaus at World Superbike in UK
Australian motorcycle racer Karl Muggeridge will replace Ruben Xaus at the World Superbike races in Britain, as Xaus suffered from injuries due to a crash, Fox Sports Australia reported on Wednesday. Earlier, Castrol Honda team had fielded Alex Lowes after Jonny Rea was sidelined by injury, but the team has to pull in a second substitute after their second rider, Xaus suffered a horrible crash. ...
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Major redevelopment plans for Perth eyesoars
The City of Perth has major projects in the works to redevelop the city’s CBD in-line with the aims of broader projects like Green City and Populate Perth, but some residents remain wary of red tape, while others fear for the future of historical sites such as Langley.
Perth is the commercial, transport and cultural backbone of Western Australia. This city of almost 2 million people is the fourth largest in Australia, but has grown consistently faster than many other cities, outstripping the national average and was ranked by The Economist in 2010 as the eighth ‘most livable city’ in the world, which means we have some of the best living conditions on the planet. Read more
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