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AUSTRALIA Summer News, Feb 14, 2012

India apply brakes to Australian winning streak
Sydney Morning Herald
INDIA finally had reason to cheer last night, defeating a Michael Clarke-led side for the first time this summer, but Australia could yet emerge the big winner after the debut of batsman Peter Forrest. Chasing Australia'schallenging but far from ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
For some vacationers, getting away means visiting remote, rustic places
Las Vegas Review - Journal
For several years, Isaacs has gone with college friends on a weeklong summertimecamping and fishing trip in parts of Australia where cellphones are useless and lodgings are rustic. » Buy this photo Diana Edelman is surrounded by some of her elephant ...
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Renault Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet takes its Top Off for Summer
Autochannel (press release)
SYDNEY – Feb 13, 2012: To celebrate the blistering Australian summer, Renault is releasing the special edition Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet SummerEdition. For a limited time, the striking Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet will now come standard with charcoal leather ...
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Autochannel (press release)
Former Queensland player Joe Dawes signed by India as bowling coach
The Australian
INDIA has turned to an Australian bowling coach after it was comprehensively outplayed in all aspects of the game during the Test series this summer. Former shield player turned full-time coach, Joe Dawes, has been hired by the visitors to replace ...
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Despite the rain, outdoor furniture sales are shining.
PR Web (press release)
Indicating that unpredictable weather is not dampening the Australian love affair with outdoor dining. “Australia is an outdoor dining loving nation and summer time is whenAustralia is at its best. It's the time of year we really indulge our love for ...
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Michael Clarke says true test of Australia's progress will be if they can win ...
Herald Sun
The trio, along with reborn speedsters Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus, have all had their time in the sun this summer as Australia's pace stocks regained their reputation as a forced to be reckoned with. But Clarke warned there was a huge difference ...
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White finds batting form as record looms
ABC Online
The 28-year-old's national contract would appear in jeopardy after his difficult summerand losing the Australian Twenty20 captaincy. "It was just great to spend some time in the middle and the game obviously starts tomorrow, so it was good practice," ...
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* Australia set for record winter wheat crop
Reuters
Chicago Board of Trade wheat slid nearly 1 percent on Tueday, falling for a fifth time in six sessions, as forecasts of crop-friendly weather in the US Plains and Australia'sestimate of a record large harvest weighed on the market.
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India target rare hat-trick
Deccan Herald
Since their arrival in Australia nearly two months ago, India have managed to stitch together two wins in a row for the first time last week, and they will be aiming to extend their good run when they face Sri Lanka here on Tuesday.
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Strange Death: Melissa Joy Dietzel - US Citizen Found Dead In Australia, Oak ...
Sky News
She told the SMH at the time: "I'm no expert on decomposing bodies in thesummertime but when I went out around the start of the New Year I remember thinking something smelled dead." Police confirmed Ms Dietzel was neither living in the tree nor was ...
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Sky News
Tendulkar might be rested but will rotation work for India?
Hindustan Times
In 2003-04, India beat Australia by 19 runs at Gabba. Tendulkar this timeweighed in with 86 runs off 95 balls with eight fours. And India actually topped 300 runs on the scoreboard. India's next three wins came all in one golden summer of 2007-08 ...
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Hindustan Times
Trickett boosts hopes
SkySports
Three-time Olympic champion Libby Trickett believes she now has a real chance of being selected for Australia's Olympic swimming team after setting her fastest time since coming out of retirement. The 27-year-old shaved one second off her previous best ...
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SkySports
Women's Australian Open: day one updates
Sydney Morning Herald
But the surprise was Kemp, the talented 26-year-old who hails from Tuncurry, north of Sydney, but now lives in the capital and spends her timeplaying in Europe and America through the northern summer. She was 85th on the LPGA money list in 2011 ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Ian Chappell's blueprint for Australian cricket success
Australian Times
“I think I wrote it first in the 1990s, early 1990s, that it's ridiculous,” Chappell told Australian Times. “I mean it's a terrific skill but can someone explain to me how it's fair? If the bowler has got to tell you which way he is bowling – over the ...
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Australian Times
Aussie Rules Social Innovation
Pro Bono Australia
He argues that now is the time for Australia to seize its role as a global leader in social innovation. This article is from the CSI blog. Exchanging a European winter for an Aussie summer is always a shock. No matter how many times you've done it, ...
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His batting skills are too good for him to be saddled with a frontline ...
ESPNcricinfo.com
It's hard to believe he has missed the whole summer with a calf injury. After an injury-free period his return to fitness uncertainty makes the case for him reverting to a part-time bowler even stronger. Watson is a top-class opening batsman.
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ESPNcricinfo.com
Steve Waugh surprised Brad Haddin omitted from one-day squad
Herald Sun
Coach and selector Mickey Arthur says Australia will take two wicket-keepers to the West Indies in March and April, presumably Haddin and Wade. And the last time Summer of Cricket spoke to chairman of selectors John Inverarity, he insisted that Haddin ...
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Face time for Australia's landscape masters
The Australian
The importance they attached to the representation of bright sunlight was not, as has so often been implied, simply a matter of opening their eyes and seeing what was there for the first time, as though Australia were all blue sky and glare.
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25. Australia: Challenger Turned Defender - AC Uncovered
YouTube
On their seventh attempt, Australia achieved the unthinkable. The historic win meant the America's Cup was leaving the USA for the first time in 132 years and heading to a new home in the southern hemisphere. Australia was now the defender.
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Sack petrol commissioner, Xenophon says
Ninemsn
Tax Time 2011Doing your tax doesn't need to be daunting! Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. Independent senator Nick Xenophon is calling for Australia's petrol commissioner to ...
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The 2012 Australian cricket tour of the West Indies
The Roar
Marsh, as we all know, had a horror time with the bat, and I think it would be wise for him to take a break from cricket and get ready for next summer and the 2013 Ashes battle against England.While White made 147 for his Victorian club side Richmond, ...
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Ponting to lead Australia in Sri Lanka ODI
AFP
Team officials said they hoped Clarke would recover from his strain in timefor Sunday's ODI against India in Brisbane. "After careful consideration the selection panel has asked Ricky Ponting if he would captain the AustralianODI team in Michael ...
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AFP
Lleyton Hewitt Eyes Olympic Spot, After Davis Cup Win
10sBalls
EPA/MAST IRHAM | After wrapping up a 3-0 swamping of China for Australia in Davis Cup zonal play, Lleyton Hewitt is starting to eye a possible place in the London Olympic tournament this summer after the 30-year-old and Chris Guccione completed the ...
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Rippon misses out
SkySports
Last Updated: February 10, 2012 12:38pm Rebecca Rippon: TheAustralian will not feature in the water polo arena this summer in London. Two-time Olympian Rebecca Rippon will not feature at this year's London Olympics, after being stripped of her place ...
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SkySports
Rest of summer unsettled
Voxy
WeatherWatch.co.nz says the second half of February looks quite unsettled with a mix of highs, lows and still plenty more of that cloud that has defined our summer so far. Head weather analyst Philip Duncan says time has pretty much run out for ...
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