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Brisbane man charged over girls death
A man has been charged in a major breakthrough in a two-month-old investigation into the death of a three-year-old Brisbane girl.The 28-year-old man, who has been charged with manslaughter and cruelty to children under 16, will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday.Kyhesha-Lee Joughin's body was found at the home she shared with her father in suburban Petrie on March 30, over the ...
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Gillard to convene summit on car industry
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has agreed to a summit on the future of car making, as she resists pressure from unions and Labor MPs to raise tariffs after Ford's decision to stop manufacturing in Australia.Ford says about 1200 workers will lose their jobs at its two plants in Victoria by October 2016.The company's profits have been squeezed by the high Australian dollar, making exports ...
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Adult obesity rates on the rise in Australia
Governments are being urged to tackle the growing problem of obesity, as a new report finds increased number of Australian adults suffering from the condition. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council will on Friday release its fourth report on the National Healthcare Agreement, showing an improvement in some areas such as smoking rates, but other areas deteriorating. Adult ...
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Australian coal firms steel themselves for lean years closures and job cuts
- Australian coal miners are steeling themselves for years of production cuts, job reductions and asset sales as swelling shipments from international rivals lower hopes of a recovery in prices for coal. Prices have slumped around 30 percent since their peak two years ago as coal flooded global markets, especially from the United States where cheap gas has cut domestic demand and led to a ...
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Holden and Toyota dismiss speculation that they will exit Australia
Holden and Toyota have recommitted to manufacturing cars in Australia, with Holden suggesting that more government support could be necessary. Holden ...
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Smith to tackle NRLs illicit drug policy
After introducing blood passports to bolster the NRL's anti-doping measures, chief executive Dave Smith says he will now consider a more transparent approach to stamping out illicit drug use.Smith wouldn't go so far as to say the NRL will mirror the AFL's policy, in which they publicly reveal the number of failed tests.However he promised to continue to take steps towards ...
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Landcare grants bolster ag projects
AGRICULTURAL and community groups will share in more than $10.7 million in Landcare Grants as part of the Sustainable Agriculture stream of Caring for our Country. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig launched the grants with Labor Candidate for Wright Sharon Murakami in Kalbar yesterday. Senator Ludwig said the program provides support for agricultural innovation ...
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EU quota boosts market options
IF YOU run a closed cattle herd, why aren't you European Union (EU) accredited? That's the question that has been posed by a number of industry heavyweights speaking at breed conferences in the past month. With domestic cattle prices remaining at depressed levels - a fortnight ago, heifers in Longreach, Queensland, sold for as little as $18.50 a head - the global outlook is for beef ...
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AACo cops $46.5m hit
Cattle sales and wholesale beef revenues up Profit adversely affected by non-cash $43.2 million mark-to-market herd revaluation due to low domestic prices Darwin abattoir a priority for capturing higher global cattle prices AUSTRALIA's largest beef cattle producer, the Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo), has announced a net loss after tax of $46.5 million for the three months to ...
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Dont sell port Farmers
NSW Farmers is formally asking Canberra to require one of the State's two grain export terminals to be excluded from the GrainCorp sale if the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) deal is allowed to proceed. The association's executive council last week called for either GrainCorp's Newcastle or Port Kembla grain elevator sites to be divested from the $3.4 billion takeover, enabling ...
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Moylan re-signs with Panthers
Penrith have re-signed fullback Matt Moylan, one of a handful of youngsters that coach Ivan Cleary says has helped power the NRL side to back-to-back wins amidst their injury crisis. Moylan was named man of the match when he made his NRL debut in the Panthers' 44-12 thumping of Parramatta in round seven. Over the past fortnight, the 21-year-old was influential in a shock win over reigning ...
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WA parents of Saudi detainee meet DFAT
THE parents of a Perth-born man jailed in Saudi Arabia on accusations of terrorist-related offences have met with Australian government officials in a bid to assist their ...
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Wayward croc divides Qld outback town
"Maybe this is the cause, because that's all this creature eats - fish."Mr Rowlands believes a fisher in north Queensland probably caught the croc as a baby and placed it in the river downstream some time ago "for a lark".The one to two metre croc was first spotted about a month ago by a tourist who failed to convince anyone of what he'd seen, Mr Rowlands ...
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Australias politicians look to master social media strategies in time for federal election
Australia As the federal election sweeps closer, the pressure to sell the politicians and their parties is intensifying - and the strategists are turning to digital technologies like never before to give candidates an edge.The huge growth in social media and data analytics over the past three years means this election campaign will be like no other in Australian history. But Australian ...
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Souths icon says Teo should be stood down
indicating whether or not the specified user agent represents a smart phone. * If any of the regular expressions are updated then they should be updated in ...
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$A finishes the day higher
The Australian dollar has finished the day higher, despite falling back from its earlier levels amid uncertainty about the future of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus program. The currency rose as high as 97.50 US cents early on Friday, up sharply from 96.23 US cents on Thursday afternoon. But the currency fell back during the morning and by the end of the local session at 1700 AEST the ...
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NW health worker charged with stealing
A WA public servant who allegedly used a government credit card to buy electrical goods has been charged with 19 stealing ...
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Giddings defends Tas deficit blowout
Lara Giddings, who's also Tasmania's treasurer, says the $426 million deficit for the current year, revealed in Thursday's budget, equates to 4.5 per cent of total expenses.She says that's much less than the 10 per cent the state's last Liberal government presided over in the early 1990s."The reality is that Tasmania's finances are in a far better position than ...
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Harsher terms urged for genital mutilation
A NATIONAL review into female genital mutilation laws has recommended South Australia and NSW more than double their maximum penalties for anyone performing it to at least 15 years in ...
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Borbidge to chair CommGames committee
FORMER Queensland premier Rob Borbidge will chair a new group tasked with getting the most out of the 2018 Commonwealth Games for the Gold ...
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Qld teen charged over fatal crash
A 52-year-old male driver was killed and his female passenger seriously injured in the collision on the Cooroy-Noosa Road at Tinbeerwah in August.The force of the collision was so great one of the vehicles was propelled into a third car and then a tree before it came to rest.An 18-year-old Ipswich man had been charged with manslaughter and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous ...
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Offshore processing threat to gas plants
BOTH major West Australian political parties fear Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project will trigger a departure from onshore processing, slashing state royalties and denying local ...
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Qld investor sold shares to himself
Thai Quoc Tang, 57, is accused of manipulating the stock market in an attempt to increase the share value of Brisbane-based biomedical technology company Tissue Therapies Ltd.Tang was the company's sixth-largest shareholder over the 13 months to January 2012 when he allegedly conducted the illegal trades, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says.He appeared in the Brisbane ...
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Public servant charged with $19000 theft
A WA public servant who allegedly used a Government credit card to buy electrical goods has been charged with 19 stealing offences.The Corruption and Crime Commission alleges Robert James Prasloski was working for the WA Country Health Service as the acting facilities manager in the Kimberley region when he allegedly committed the 19 offences.The 51-year-old was charged with 10 stealing offences ...
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Access to healthy food vital PHAA
AN accessible, healthy food supply is urgently needed to tackle the rising and costly problem of obesity, the Public Health Association of Australia says. The health care system cannot tackle the problem alone and strategies to prevent obesity should include shielding children from promotion of unhealthy foods during their peak television viewing times, the PHAA says. The Council of Australian ...
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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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