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Deal of the week: Hines sees opportunities Down Under
Houston Chronicle
By Katherine Feser Hines Global REIT has acquired 144 Montague inBrisbane, Queensland, Australia. Real estate page 04/23/2012 -- deal of the week -- / HC Houston-based Hines has expanded into Australia with the purchase of its first office building ...
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Roar win consecutive finals on late disputed goal
SI.com
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -Albanian striker Besart Berisha's second goal of the match on a heavily disputed penalty after seven minutes of added time gave the Brisbane Roar their second straight A-League football title on Sunday, a 2-1 win over the ...
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Ticker-tape parade for A-League winners
SI.com
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -The Brisbane Roar, back-to-back winners of Australian football's A-League, will be feted in their hometown with a ticker-tape parade while their coach considers his future. The Roar were handed the keys to the city after their ...
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Brisbane Beats Perth to Win Back-to-Back A-League Titles
BusinessWeek
By James Cone and Dan Baynes on April 22, 2012 Brisbane Roar rallied to beat Perth Glory 2-1 with a stoppage-time penalty to become the first team to win back-to-back Australian A-League soccer championships. Besart Berisha tied the game with a header ...
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From the oceans to the cloud: ship pilot's software solution
Brisbane Times
Brisbane-based Australian Reef Pilots is the region's lead supplier of marine pilots, with 38 licensed contractors with back-of-the-hand knowledge of the far northern waters on its books. One of them is Warren Wood, a former naval officer, who, ...
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Brisbane Times
Familiar kings crowned in Australia, India
Fifa.com
FIFA.com's weekly review of club matters across Asia and Oceania is highlighted by championship crowns secured by Brisbane Roar and Dempo SC in Australia and India respectively. The finishing line also looms large in both Iran and New Zealand, ...
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Brisbane to celebrate A-League victory as coach ponders future | The Republic
The Republic
AP BRISBANE, Australia — While their coach considers his future, the Brisbane Roar, winners of Australian football's A-League for a second-straight year, will be feted in their hometown with a ticker-tape parade. The Roar were handed the keys to the ...
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Another late show wins it for Roar
Fraser Coast Chronicle
Besart Berisha of the Roar celebrates after scoring his second goal during the 2012 A-League Grand Final match between the Brisbane Roar and the Perth Glory at Suncorp Stadium on April 22, 2012 in Brisbane, Australia. Were the Brisbane Roar worthy ...
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Vidosic backed as Ange's Roar successor
Sydney Morning Herald
AAP Brisbane Roar skipper Matt Smith wants long-time assistant coach Rado Vidosic to step up to lead the A-League champions if Ange Postecoglou returns to Melbourne. Despite leading the Roar to historic back-to-back titles on Sunday night, ...
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Deans names new Wallabies assistant coaches
SI.com
Australia will play 15 tests during 2012, starting with a one-off match against Scotland at Newcastle in New South Wales state on June 5. The Wallabies will face Six Nations champion Wales at Brisbane on June 9, Melbourne on June 16 and Sydney on June ...
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Qantas's Nancy-Bird Returns to the Skies
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Ms. Walton died in January 2009 after a career in which she won the Ladies' trophy in an air race from Adelaide to Brisbane in 1936 and trained women to back up Royal Australian Air Force pilots after World War II broke out.
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Markets Live: Stocks ease ahead of China data
Brisbane Times
Australian shares are trading lower, with investors on tenterhooks for inflation figures due today (PPI) and tomorrow (CPI), tipped to spur the Reserve Bank to cut rates. 12.11pm: Next economic numbers to keep an eye on are China's flash manufacturing ...
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Lagos to get 60 ferries as Fashola inspects prototype in Australia
WorldStage
By Press Release History was made in Brisbane, Queensland inAustralia on Thursday as Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) pushed ahead with another electoral promise of accelerating inter-modal transportation through the extensive use of ...
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Markets Live: Stocks flat in early trade
Brisbane Times
Australian shares fall amid political worries about Europe but losses are kept in check as data indicates Chinese manufacturing is stabilising. 4.46pm: That's all for today. Thanks for reading this blog and have a good evening.
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Markets Live: Stocks claw back losses
Brisbane Times
Australian shares claw back losses as data indicates Chinese manufacturing is stabilising, while local investors remain focused on tomorrow's consumer price index. The impending interest rate decision by the RBA was a contributing factor to the ...
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Deans names new Wallabies assistants
Brisbane Times
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has unveiled a new-look coaching staff and says player management will be the main challenge facing Australia when they face Scotland and Wales in a series of Test matches in June. Deans announced on Monday that Tony ...
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Biota Falls Most in Eight Months on Merger with Nabi
Bloomberg
“It helps to be in America for that, and that seems to be one of the primary motivations, although I don't understand why they can't do it in Australia,” said Shane Storey, an analyst at Wilson HTM Investment Group (WIG) in Brisbane.
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Brisbane Roar win A-League grand final in historic back-to-back victories
Herald Sun
Berisha converted the spot kick to earn Brisbane a come-from-behind 2-1 win, making the Roar the first team to win back-to-back A-League titles. But Football Federation Australia's decision to appoint Gold Coaster Gillett, this month awarded the ...
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Qantas orders $2 billion worth of A320-neo jets
Brisbane Times
IN the biggest deal ever for GE Aviation in Australia, Qantas has ordered $2 billion worth of latest generation engines to power its forthcoming fleet of 78 Airbus A320-neos. The engine Qantas has chosen is made by CFM International, a partnership ...
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Queensland's Callide Power Plant Now Firing With Retrofitted CCS Technology ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CS Energy Limited (Brisbane, Australia), a state-owned company and leading generator of electricity, has modified one of the six steam boilers at its Callide Power Plant to use the oxy-fuel method of CCS. Work on the Callide A4 unit began in 2008, ...
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Berisha clear about winning penalty
ABC Online
Besart Berisha has a clear conscience over the controversial penalty award that sealed Brisbane's second straight A-League title. The Albanian striker, who took his goal tally for the season up to 21 with his grand final brace, said the challenge from ...
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O'Connor in doubt for opening Tests
Brisbane Times
Photo: Anthony Johnson Wallabies star James O'Connor is in grave danger of missing Australia's opening Tests in June as he recovers from a lacerated liver. The Melbourne Rebel will remain in a Sydney hospital for the next few days and be sidelined for ...
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Brisbane Times
Ready to go back, despite splintered bones and betrayal
Sydney Morning Herald
Within a week, Private Payne was back in Australia, undergoing yet more surgery at St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane. In a big boost to his spirits, he was allowed home to Hervey Bay for Christmas, though he has not yet returned to his ...
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Berisha no diver: Brisbane Roar skipper
Sydney Morning Herald
Debate might rage over Besart Berisha's controversial A-League grand final penalty, but Brisbane captain Matt Smith said it would be "disgraceful" to accuse the extroverted Roar striker of diving. Smith felt compelled to defend Berisha's honour on ...
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An unjust penalty, but that's football
ABC Online
Trouble is that's how the 2012 grand final was decided for Brisbane Roar over Perth Glory. Besart Berisha toppled over in the box in the fourth minute of injury time. The Albanian had taken the ball at the edge of the box with three defenders bearing ...
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Wallabies prepared for northern ambush
Ninemsn
Australia will play Scotland on Tuesday June 5, and then just four days later will back up for the first of three Tests against Wales in Brisbane. To make the strain on players even tougher, NSW, Melbourne and Brumbies stars will be forced to back up ...
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Tourism chief says labour laws punitive
The West Australian
Stamford is the largest owner-operator of luxury hotels in Australasia, employing almost 4000 Australians, with hotels in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Auckland. Mr Ow said business conditions in Australia were "challenging" due to ...
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The West Australian
Marston Medal mix-up mars the final
The Australian
Video Image Brisbane beat Perth in A-League final NINE votes were cast, a name was given to the on-field announcer but a different name was read out to the 50334 fans at last night's A-League grand final. If the manner in whichBrisbane Roar won ...
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Women explore the themes of life in contemporary Australia
The Australian
An art collective from Sydney called Brown Council, they explain how the performance piece, set up on the ground floor of Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art, explores what artists will do for money. "It says a lot more about the viewers than us," says ...
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Slater and Thurston need to pull their heads in
The Roar
By soapit, 23 Apr 2012 soapit is a Roar Rookie Australia's Billy Slater attacks for try during the Rugby League test match between Australia and New Zealand in Brisbane, Australia, Friday, May 8, 2009. AP Photo/Tertius Pickard Friday night's rugby ...
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The Roar
Deans unfazed by McKenzie-Wallaby talk
Brisbane Times
... before heading to Brisbane to face Wales just four days later on the Saturday. With Quade Cooper virtually no chance of returning in time to be considered for selection, and O'Connor now also likely to miss the entire series, Australia will ...
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Ugly side of a beautiful game
Brisbane Times
I'm happy to accept that Berisha didn't dive yesterday afternoon and merely fell over his own feet in earning the Brisbane Roar's ultimately match-winning grand final goal. That said, there were three clear losers yesterday - one was the Perth Glory, ...
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Brisbane Times
3400-Year-Old Scroll Found
Manila Bulletin
The discovery was made by the British Museum's curator of ancient Egyptian artifacts, who was visiting the museum in Brisbane to open a special exhibit on Egyptian mummies, The Australian newspaper said. John Taylor was examining a fragment of papyrus ...
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Petrol set to drop 4c/litre in next 2 wks
Brisbane Times
The average price of unleaded petrol fell 0.1 of a cent to 151.6 cents a litre in the week ending April 22, according to Australian Institute of Petroleum figures. The national weekly average metropolitan retail price fell by 0.2 of a cent to 150.5 ...
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Uproar over Roar victory
Great Lakes Advocate
PERTH Glory captain Jacob Burns has slammed the penalty decision that led to Brisbane Roar winning the A-League grand final last night as controversy gripped the season finale. ''I feel we were robbed without a doubt,'' said Burns after Besart ...
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Man 'shot dead by police in Brisbane' | News.com.au
A MAN, 36, shot by police in Brisbane had hunted and cornered a detective in a home garage before he was killed, the police union says.
www.news.com.au/.../man.../story-e6frfkvr-1226330203291
Bryce cuts ribbon on ABC's new Brisbane HQ - ABC News ...
Governor-General Quentin Bryce has opened the ABC's new Brisbaneheadquarters, ending its half-decade without a permanent home.
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-19/abc-gears.../3959264
Prince Australian Tour Tickets Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane - Music ...
Tickets for the Prince Australian Tour are now on sale for Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane. This tour has been anticipated for many months, and is expected t.
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The Secrets Behind Brisbane Roar - Australia News - Australian ...
EXCLUSIVE: Brisbane Roar's championship winning manager Ange Postecoglou says his passion for coaching is stronger than ever and insists he still has so ...
au.fourfourtwo.com/.../237473,the-secrets-behind-brisbane-ro...
IHC2014 International Horticultural Congress (Brisbane, Australia ...
IHC2014 International Horticultural Congress (Brisbane, Australia): New Website Launched. The new website for IHC2014, the International Horticultural...
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ABC Radio Australia News:Stories:Brisbane win A-League grand final
Brisbane Roar has scored a dramatic stoppage time penalty goal to defeat Perth Glory 2-1 in the grand final of Australia's premier football competition in...
www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201204/3483013.htm?...
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Lynagh stable after suffering stroke
Wallabies legend Michael Lynagh is in a stable condition in Royal BrisbaneHospital after ... Video: Lynagh illness shocks rugby community (ABC News) ...The former Australian fly half, who helped Australia to victory in the 1991 World Cup, ...
www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-19/lynagh-stable.../3960228
Taiwanese-Australian killed in Brisbane shopping mall: MOFA ...
Read 'Taiwanese-Australian killed in Brisbane shopping mall: MOFA' on Yahoo! News Philippines. Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - A Taiwanese-Australian who ...
ph.news.yahoo.com/taiwanese-australian-killed-brisbane-shop...
Top NZ fillies flying to Brisbane : Australia Horse Breeding and ...
17 Apr 2012 | By Chris Scholtz - racingandsports.com.au. New Zealand Oaks winner Artistic will be flown to Brisbane on April 29 for a three-race Queensland ...
www.thoroughbrednews.com.au/australia/default.aspx?id...
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