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ABC News, Australia, Nov 25, 2011

Mining tax outcomes: everyone's a loser
ABC Online
By ABC's Alan Kohler Australia's effort to levy extra taxes on mining companies has been an unmitigated debacle, capped by the passage early this morning of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax with a further last-minute compromise. ...
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Obama touches down in Australia
ABC Online
US president Barack Obama has visited Australia to announce additional troop deployments after twice delaying his trip. HELEN KAPALOS (excerpt from Channel 10 News): First tonight the Obama charm offensive. IAN HENDERSON (excerpt from ABC News): After ...
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Shampoo Mistaken For Ecstasy: Neil Parry, Australian Man, Awarded $100000 In ...
Huffington Post
"The usual answer is something must have been going on and I can assure you nothing was going on," Parry told ABC News. Australian Customs and Border Protection officials issued a statement Monday saying that "mistakes were made during the presumptive ...
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NBN boss defends pricing
ABC Online
Ahead of a launch in Melbourne, Mike Quigley told ABC News Breakfast the wholesale company is happy with the retail price. "We sell to resale companies and what we've in fact plotted out, the retail prices which have now been announced by seven ...
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Hacking scandal overblown in newspaper wars
ABC Online
... reporter with ABC News in Victoria. For the past several years he has been a member of The Age's investigative team. Here are some undisputed facts about the affair which you might not understand if you only read The Herald Sun or The Australian. ...
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ABC unveils 2012 television lineup
The Spy Report
Finally, ABC News 24 will launch a weekend edition of ABC News Breakfast hosted by Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa; John Barron and Chas Licciardello will cover the lead up to the 2012 US Presidential Election in Planet America; and Peter Wilkins ...
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Attack dog Albanese unleashes on Abbott's Noalition
ABC Online
Now ABC News Online can't verify that Mr Abbott was asleep and the replay is inconclusive, but Mr Albanese wouldn't tell a porkie to the Parliament - would he? He went on: "There he was asleep on the frontbench. He only woke up to say 'no, no'. ...
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Royals off on Melbourne tour
Southall Travel
The couple were greeted by seven-year-old Catherine Babie, who presented Princess Mary with a bunch of gerberas, chrysanthemums and lilies, ABC News reports. As part of the Australia tour, Prince Frederick has been promoting his an ...
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Southall Travel
ABC TV launches its 2012 lineup
Crikey (blog)
In the lead-up to the 2012 US Presidential Election, ABC News Radio's John Barron teams up with Chas Licciardello, to present a lively weekly discussion program PLANET AMERICA. They'll follow and analyse the race to the White House, ...
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Crikey (blog)
Secretary Clinton Acknowledges that China Questions US Motives in the Pacific
ABC News (blog)
Through a trade deal that excludes China, a new permanent US military presence inAustralia, and other diplomatic efforts, the Obama administration is pushing to assert itself in the region. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday told ABC News that ...
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ABC News (blog)
Water reforms - more ideas
ABC Local
By Anne Delaney and ABC News A smarter way of finding water for the environment is one of the points for discussion in a paper just released by the Committee for the Economic Development ofAustralia. CEDA has released a new report urging the ...
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INTERNATIONAL Australia: 40000 skilled mining workers needed
Recruiter
The Australian state of Queensland needs 40000 skilled workers to fill positions at 66 planned mining projects between now and 2020, according to Australia's ABC News. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) and Deloitte Access Economics today release a ...
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Recruiter
New Zealand Election Night - How to Follow the Count
ABC Online (blog)
Unlike Australia, these additional votes are not counted progressively over the following days. The various categories of special vote will be included in the final count and determination of elected winners on 10 December 2011. ABC News 24 will be ...
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Qld approves CSG water discharge
ABC Online
KIRRIN MCKECHNIE: The Condamine River revelations are contained in an ABC News onlineinvestigation. It's modelling of industry data estimates there'll be at least 40000 gas wells across the nation by 2030, drawing 300 gigalitres of groundwater each ...
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Ratings: Beauty and the Geek Australia finale dominates Thursday
The Spy Report
My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita (230000), and Luke Nguyen's Vietnam (229000) led for SBS, Seven News (1.121m) beat Nine News (943000), ABC News (812000) and Ten News (546000). Today Tonight (992000) defeated A Current Affair (896000), and The Project ...
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The Spy Report
Government's immigration bill: a legal can of worms
ABC Online
In short, and in very lay terms, the new bill aims to make it illegal to knowingly transport anyone without a valid visa into Australia. Of course, that seems like an entirely reasonable thing, given this country's immigration regime, ...
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Aussie shoppers buying at work
eWAY AU eCommerce News
Australian retailers are adapting to the new shopping behaviour. In an interview with ABC News, David Shafer, the executive director of online retailer Kogan, said Australian retailers that have anonline presence are delivering lower prices to ...
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Snake handlers in demand on mine sites
Australian Mining
According to ABC News West Australian herpetologist Brian Bush says he has been run off his feet teaching miners how to handle snakes. He said many companies were making the training mandatory because mine sites were the perfect spot for curious snakes ...
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Interview With Jake Tapper of ABC News
US Department of State (press release)
QUESTION: But China feels a little bit put on the defensive, obviously, from remarks they've made about wanting to join this trade treaty about the fact that the US is putting Marines in Australia. Even if it's not meant as a counter, they seem to be ...
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Mayor calls for up to $20 toll charge on Australia's iconic Great Ocean Road
Daily Mail
According to ABC News, he said: 'I initially thought a token amount in a range of two or three dollars, but I think when you consider the benefits that the pros of the toll will experience in terms of state-of-the-art infrastructure, ...
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Daily Mail
The X Factor final draws 1.99 million viewers
NEWS.com.au
ABC News got 933000 viewers for the eighth spot. While Nine News pulled in 1.031 million viewers coming in at sixth place. Nine Network rounded out the top 10 with A Current Affair (929000 viewers in ninth) and the second episode of The Big Bang Theory...
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NEWS.com.au
Flexibility needed in national curriculum
ABC Online
... as the Australian Education Union, Victoria Branch) championed their cause. Dr Kevin Donnelly taught for 18 years in Victorian government and non-government schools and is Director of Education Standards Institute. Students in a classroom (ABC News )
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ABC Online
Vacating the viewing public
Sydney Morning Herald
ABC News 24 - one of the most prominent additions to the national broadcaster's roster - has been caught out several times in the past 12 months. Having already established a reputation for technical glitches, the fledgling news provider was caught on ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Onesteel's future in Whyalla
ABC Online
Ms Breuer said there was generally a concern about the state of the steel industry, with export prices inflated due to the strength of the Australian dollar. "The big problem there is the Australianindustry are not buying Australian steel, ...
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Pacific women suffering in terrible silence
Sydney Morning Herald
Virginia Haussegger presents ABC News in Canberra and is a member of the UN Women National Committee. These views are her own. "If Australia - and now the US - is truly serious about the Pacific, we have to get serious about ending the culture of ...
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iPhone users to get 3G iView streaming
ZDNet Australia
... as well as live streaming of ABC News 24. The app will also carry support for Airplay mirroring. It isn't all roses for iPhone users wanting on-demand content, however; the ABC informed ZDNetAustralia today that it hasn't struck any deals with ...
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Murchison Metals in trading halt over Oakajee buyer
Australian Mining
According to ABC News resources analyst Peter Strachan is tipping Murchison's Oakajee joint venture partner Mitsubishi as the likely buyer. “They would certainly have front running as they would understand all of the numbers and I think the Japanese ...
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Ex-Gunns chairman charged with insider trading
Ninemsn
Gray, 68, is facing two counts of alleged insider trading for selling his shares two months before the announcement on December 2 and 4 in 2009, ABC news reports. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission allege Gray, who stood down as ...
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PNG adopts ancestral practices to lower carbon footprint
eco-business.com
By : ABC News A PNG action committee says it is looking at ways to lessen the expected impacts of climate change on populated coastal and highland areas. Papua New Guinea has been flagged as “highly vulnerable” to the effects of climate change, ...
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Australia - ABC News Radio, 21 november 2011
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But, meanwhile, we'll get on with the business of seeking to get the mining tax through, because we're on the right side of the argument — and that is that the Australian people believe that the benefits of the mining boom should be fairly shared. ...
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Mine safety activist named local hero
Australian Mining
She told ABC News she started Miners' Promise after meeting other families that had gone through the same ordeal. “There are many gaps in terms of the support that's offered to families and I feel very passionate about making sure that the support that ...
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Furphies a'plenty in long ANZUS alliance
The Canberra Times
The pre-emptive announcement was made on the ABC news that evening - before Menzies, who was in the mid-Atlantic aboard the Queen Mary, was told. ''He was obviously put out ... He said little but even over the distance of some 12000 miles, ...
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Super committee failure: Bush's fault
Greeley Gazette
ABC News ostensibly blamed former President Bush for the deadlock. In a story titled “Bush tax cut debate dooms deal to cut deficit,” ABC News reported, “A long-running war between Democrats and Republicans over Bush-era tax cuts doomed the debt super ...
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At last, Fairfax changes its tune
The Australian
ABC cricket journalist Jim Maxwell was quoted on ABC news and AM praising Roebuck as a "very caring human being" who had a "strong motivation for a better world". Commentators such as Gerard Henderson and Andrew Bolt have noted the irony in this new ...
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Debates — More Than Money Or Retail Campaigning — May Decide GOP Nominee
North Country Public Radio
I got a lot of nice notes from old friends and acquaintances in the aftermath of my personal memories I shared in last week's column about Hal Bruno, my former boss at ABC News, who died on Election Day. My favorite came from Michele Davis, ...
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Our young media power players: Part One
Perth Now
Despite being just 28, O'Flaherty recently replaced long-time veteran Peter Kennedy as the ABC news program's chief political reporter. Known for her tenacity at press conferences (and her workaholic commitment to the news), O'Flaherty was the ...
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NASA MODIS Image of the Day: November 18, 2011 - Fires in northeastern Australia
Space Ref (press release)
Despite such precautions, several large fires burned throughout the state, said ABC News on November 17. Some of the fires were ignited by lightning. This true color image shows multiple fires, large and small, burning in northeast Queensland. ...
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Space Ref (press release)
The Tree of Life: ABC radio news story on Indoor Ecology
By Jonathan Eisen
Check out the story from ABC news (Australia, that is): Indoor ecology - RN Future Tense - 24 November 2011. Their summary: We're used to hearing about threats to our outdoor environment. But we rarely think about some of the challenges ...
The Tree of Life
War News Updates: Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials ...
By War News Updates Editor
Canada: Haven of choice for Iran's elite -- Payam Akhavan, Toronto Star Why night raids in Afghanistan should continue -- Jason Thomas, ABC News (Australia) Is Afghanistan more violent? ...Bookyards Online Library. Bookyards.com ...
War News Updates
War News Updates: North Korean Prison Camp Survivor Speaks ...
By War News Updates Editor
North Korean Prison Camp Survivor Speaks Out -- ABC News (Australia)/AFP. A North Korean prison camp survivor has given a rare testimony exposing public executions and starvation at the ...Bookyards Online Library. Bookyards.com ...
War News Updates
Sales up but Aussie online commerce still e-volving - ABC News ...
An Australian online retailer is warning the traditional retail model will change in the next decade as a new report finds nearly three out of five Australian adults ...
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Australia A bowls first against NZ - ABC Online - HOTheadlines ...
Australia A pace bowlers James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Ben Cutting and Ben ... Sports] All the latest Australia A bowls first against NZ - ABC Online headlines.
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Australian online shopping industry will be 5 to 10 years to catch up ...
According to the Australian Broadcasting Company News (ABC News Online) launched on Twitter survey, people interested in online shopping mainly Chinese ...
www.finance-ol.com/.../australian-online-shopping-industry-w...
News – ABC Environment (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
News Online 17 Nov 11. The environmental credentials of the planned Olympic Dam mine expansion in outback South Australia have been questioned by some ...
abc.com.au/environment/?type=news&page=24

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