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Adelaide gets lost in the fog as morning mist blankets city
THICK fog has blanketed Adelaide this morning due to a high pressure system currently sitting above the state. Showers moving across the state overnight increased moisture and with current light winds produced the fog, which became prominent in the city between 6am and 6.30am. Around the state, the Bureau of Meteorology said we can start to expect more fog in the colder mornings. It said ...
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Aussies worry about information hacking
AUSTRALIANS' concerns about security have reached the highest level since 2008, according to a Newspoll survey. The national survey of 1200 Australian adults found three-quarters were worried about hacking and privacy breaches of financial institutions. Sixty per cent of those polled were extremely or very concerned about other people obtaining or using their credit/debit card ...
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Michael Long to kick off Sorry Day relay
AFL legend Michael Long will kick-off a nationwide relay in Melbourne to raise awareness about constitutional recognition of indigenous ...
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Tony Abbotts Liberal dose of pain
TONY Abbott's election as prime minister would leave the vast majority of families better off but single parents and low-income families could lose cash ...
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Stormers deny Reds 20-15 in Super Rugby
The Stormers' brick wall defence has kept Queensland tryless in Cape Town and put the Reds' Super Rugby finals hopes in doubt.The injury-hit Stormers won a bruising contest 20-15 at Newlands where only a brilliant set-piece backline try to Springbok centre Jean de Villiers separated the two willing sides.Fifth-placed Queensland (45) will now return from their two-match South African ...
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Lions all the more eager for victory in Australia after three defeats | Eddie Butler
Brian O'Driscoll scores for the British and Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia at the Gabba in 2001. Photograph: Darren England/Getty ...
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MDBA on world stage
MURRAY-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) chairman Craig Knowles has showcased Australia's historic water planning breakthroughs - and iconic river system - on the international stage. During a debate on sustainable development and climate change before the United Nations General Assembly in New York recently, Mr Knowles outlined how Australia's vexed water planning reforms were overcome ...
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A day for Slim
POLITICIANS on both sides of politics, along with country music singers Lee Kernaghan, Adam Harvey, Beccy Cole, and Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, are backing a move to make June 13 National Slim Dusty Day. Nationals MP for Parkes Mark Coulton said it had been 10 years since the death of the country music legend - one of Australia's most prolific recording artists with 110 albums to his ...
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Turning waste into an asset
AS waste, 1.4 million tonnes of pig poo is a problem. As a source of energy and fertiliser, it's an asset. China, home to 1.8 million pig farms and 700 million pigs, wants to make this waste-to-energy transition, and Australian researchers are helping them do it. Collaboration between the Adelaide-based Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the ...
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Absent sellers miss bonus
RAIN - it is a miraculous thing when some patchy rain can change the whole complexion of livestock prices. This may seem a bit premature considering the somewhat rocky path we have had in 2013, but most pundits are now confidently tipping that prime cattle and lamb prices are set to rise. These innocuous predictions will come as no surprise to anyone who follows livestock markets. It would not ...
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Rescue operation for Canadian in Australian Alps continues
Rescue Crew Officer Luke Ashford uses a thermal imaging camera to search for a missing Canadian man in the Snowy Mountains in Australia's Kosciuszko National Park (Westpac Life Saver Helicopter/QMI ...
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Watson leads Bombers to 29-point AFL win
Essendon coach James Hird has rated Jobe Watson's effort to drive his side to a 29-point victory over Richmond at the MCG as good a leadership performance AS he's seen in the AFL. Watson starred as the Bombers rebounded from successive losses and more off-field tumult to swat aside the Tigers 13.13 (91) to 9.8 (62) on Saturday night. Following a week in which players were grilled in ...
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Rugby Lions Hartley in danger of missing Australia tour
England hooker Dylan Hartley is in danger of missing the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia after being sent off for swearing at the referee in the English topflight final. The Northampton captain was sent off for calling referee Wayne Barnes "a (profanity) cheat" just before halftime Saturday in Leicester's 37-17 win at Twickenham. Hartley will face a Rugby Football Union disciplinary ...
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Relay for recognition kicks off Sorry Day
AFL legend Michael Long will kick-off a nationwide relay in Melbourne to raise awareness about constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians. The Journey to Recognition relay begins at Federation Square at 9.30am (AEST) on Sunday and coincides with national Sorry Day, which acknowledges the historical mistreatment of Aboriginal people including members of the stolen generation. Earlier ...
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Nibali wins snowbound penultimate stage at Giro d’Italia
Snow falls close to the start area of the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, in the village of Ponte di Legno, northern Italy, Friday, May 24, 2013. Friday's 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia was cancelled due to snow along the route and Saturday's penultimate stage was altered for the same reasons, leaving Vincenzo Nibali with a much milder finish to defend his lead ...
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Rosie the new face of Aussie ModelCo
GLOBAL "It" Girl, burgeoning actor, model and style muse, Rosie Huntington Whiteley is the latest global recruit to Aussie beauty brand, ...
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Sydneys new million-dollar suburbs
Sydney house prices are back on the rise and suburbs such as once-cheap(ish) Manly Vale have just joined the million-dollar club. Always considered Manly's poor cousin, Manly Vale's median house price has hit $1,005,000 - a rise of 10 per cent on a year ago. ''I've always thought it was one of those hidden gems that not many people knew about,'' said ...
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Charity watchdog investigates rogue individuals
Scores of complaints have been lodged about the conduct of charities months after a watchdog was set up to police the not-for-profit sector. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission says it has received 119 complaints, with 72 warranting further investigation and 37 investigations under way. Director of compliance and strategic intelligence Andrew Sealey said the majority of ...
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Fears mount over information hacking
The national survey of 1200 Australian adults found three-quarters were worried about hacking and privacy breaches of financial institutions.Sixty per cent of of those poll were extremely or very concerned about other people obtaining or using their credit/debit card details.Two-thirds were worried about data breaches by the telecommunication providers.It also found more than half those surveyed ...
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Vivid Sydney timelapse a spectacular canvas of light covers city landmarks - video
Some of Sydney's famous landmarks, such as the Opera House, Museum of Contemporary Art and the city's Circular Quay, are transformed into a spectacular canvas of light as Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark. Vivid Sydney is an annual event where immersive light installations and projections illuminate the city from 24 May until 10 June. In recent years the event has attracted ...
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Charities left at the altar after Edelsten wedding
It was billed as the ultimate wedding with a conscience. When Geoffrey Edelsten married Brynne Gordon, no expense was spared. A star-studded guest list, a video invitation made by the director ...
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Ill wind blows through Liberal ranks
A rift is widening in Coalition ranks over renewable energy targets, with several Liberal MPs planning to publicly defy the party line by attending a Tea Party-style anti-wind farm rally at Parliament House in Canberra. The rally is scheduled for June 18 and is being promoted through a clandestine group using a website called StopTheseThings.com, which provides no names of organisers or ...
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Industry push to allow gluten in gluten-free foods
Australian food manufacturers and suppliers are pushing to increase the amount of gluten allowed in so-called ''gluten-free'' foods on which thousands of people with digestive problems rely. The Australian Food and Grocery Council is preparing to ask Food Standards Australia New Zealand to relax its current standard, which states there must be no detectable gluten in foods ...
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Help for women veterans out of step study shows
Women veterans are not receiving the help they need to deal with sexual harassment and trauma, a three-year study has found. Many had served in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Gulf War and in key peacekeeping roles. Speaking anonymously, the 60 women who took part in the study told of a struggle with support services on return from deployment having, in many cases, been exposed to extreme trauma and ...
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Green light to work up a sweat
Parks and bushland are not just a soothing escape from the city grind - they also encourage people to exercise harder and more often. A new study of more than 200,000 Australians aged over 45 confirms that the grey-versus-green ratio in neighbourhoods can influence residents' health. It shows the more green space you have within one kilometre of your home, the more likely you are to walk, ...
Perth Focus
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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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