BRISBANE TIMES News, Dec 24, 2012

graft probe clears Australian lawyer Brisbane Times An Australian lawyer who had been barred from leaving Mongolia has been cleared of involvement in a corruption case and will soon be able to leave the country, her employer says. SouthGobi Resources, a subsidiary of resources giant Rio Tinto, said ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Britain stamps its boot on Antarctica while Australia sits on its hands Brisbane Times Back in this heyday of imperialism, another Australasian Antarctic Expedition great, Frank Wild was at the same time taking possession of Queen Mary Land on the coast. This was another chunk of an eventual 5.8 million square km. ofAustralian Antarctic ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

WHO WE ARE: The songs Australia loved in 2012 Brisbane Times (blog) Sweden and Australia are the world's biggest consumers of the comics about the cave-dwelling crusader who wore his undies outside his purple tights. The Phantom was created in 1936 by an American named Lee Falk, who died in 1999. Right into the 21st ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times (blog)

Little Australia at large in New York Brisbane Times (blog) STROLLING down Mulberry Street in New York's Nolita, it is hard to believe you could be anywhere but downtown Manhattan. Cluttered vintage boutiques and their upscale neighbours beckon you inside to peruse their second-hand and designer wares at ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times (blog)

Game of Thrones crowned king of downloads Brisbane Times The critically acclaimed US fantasy drama Game of Thrones has topped the chart for illegal downloads, confirming it is the most popular TV show watched by people who are not watching TV. More than 4.2 million people around the world downloaded the ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Striding into the new year Brisbane Times It's fair to say 2012 was a great year: rock-solid dramas such as Howzat!; the very best talent show in The Voice; sharp, engaging overseas dramas such as Revenge and Downton Abbey; and strong, new Australian dramas such as House Husbands. See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Starc puts the Ashes before IPL riches Brisbane Times MITCHELL STARC will reject offers worth up to $500,000 to play in next year's Indian Premier League because he wants to be in peak condition for the Ashes. But Cricket Australia has not included the young fast bowler in discussions about resting him ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Boxing Day bonanza starts early Brisbane Times Australia's internet retailers are pushing forward their Boxing Day sales to as early as Monday night, taking advantage of the plethora of shoppers who now turn to the web, smartphones and tablets instead of bricks and mortar. GoogleAustralia said ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Australia adds two skink species Brisbane Times Australia has added two more species of skink to its 420 — which is around a third of the world total. Friends and colleagues Dr Conrad Hoskin, from Townsville's James Cook University, and Patrick Couper, from the Queensland Museum, recently ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Fire threat eases in South Australia Brisbane Times The threat of a bushfire that has destroyed about 3600 hectares in South Australia's south has been reduced, says the Country Fire Service (CFS). A CFS spokeswoman says the fire is still burning, but it has been contained. About 160 firefighters were ... See all stories on this topic »

Bird to debut, rested Starc 'absolutely shattered' Brisbane Times OUSTED fast bowler Mitchell Starc says he is "absolutely shattered" after he was dropped for the second Test against Sri Lanka at the MCG, beginning on Boxing Day, as part of Australia's contentious rotation policy. Absolutely shattered… Massive game ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Australian soldiers to march in uniform at Mardi Gras Brisbane Times Gay members of the Australian Defence Force will be allowed for the first time to march in uniform in next year's Sydney Mardi Gras. In a statement made this week, the ADF said a volunteer contingent of soldiers, sailors and airmen and airwomen will be ... See all stories on this topic »

Aussies warned about Phuket scamsters Brisbane Times Australian tourists in Phuket should be wary of extortion gangs, some of which are in cahoots with local police. Australian Ambassador James Wise and his British counterpart, Mark Kent, have joined a Thai Ministry of Tourism campaign to tackle tourist ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Ponting prepares Watson for captaincy Brisbane Times RICKY PONTING has backed Shane Watson to do a fine job if he has to captainAustralia in the Boxing Day Test, as long as he doesn't think too much. Michael Clarke is hopeful of overcoming a hamstring injury to lead the team into the second Test against ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Shifting sentiment ... the Duchess of Cambridge. Photo: Reuters Brisbane Times ''Kate and Wills's wedding not only resuscitated the royal family as a hot topic forAustralian women's magazines, it propelled Kate into one of our best-selling cover girls,'' she says. ''The demand for her stories is huge in Australia, easily on par ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Bupa goes on $500m health kick Brisbane Times The first is the $374 million purchase of Australia's biggest dental chain, Dental Corporation, which has about 190 clinics in Australia and New Zealand and more than $400 million in annual revenue. Dental Corporation was 64 per cent owned by the ... See all stories on this topic »

Australian rescued after Phil boat capsize Brisbane Times Ralf Harald Auer, 54, his son Thomas Auer, 20, and Australian family friend, Joshua Marsh, were taken to hospital and treated for bruises and dehydration before being released, said coast guard Chief Petty Officer Venerando Celis. All three of the men ... See all stories on this topic »

Brisbane Airport braces for Christmas traffic Brisbane Times Everyone is coming home for Christmas and Brisbane Airport is already gearing up for one of its busiest times of the year. Overall there are estimated to be 165,000 passengers flying in - or out - of Brisbane Airport over the next three days as people ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Nod for Qantas tie-up - strings attached Brisbane Times In a boost to the Australian airline's fortunes, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today released a draft ruling proposing to allow the airlines to co-operate on passenger and freight operations across their networks. But the regulator ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Australian DJs could face prosecution Brisbane Times British prosecutors will decide whether to pursue charges against two Australian DJs after a nurse who took a hoax call to a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine apparently killed herself. Scotland Yard said officers have sent a ... See all stories on this topic »

Guardian plans Australian venture Brisbane Times The Guardian has reportedly appointed its deputy editor as the head of its online expansion into Australia, a British newspaper report says, just days after journalists at the British newspaper voted to go on strike if voluntary editorial redundancies ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Australia snatches dramatic win Brisbane Times Photo: Getty Images. THREE weeks after Australia squandered a golden opportunity to beat South Africa in Adelaide its bowlers have delivered a decisive final-session performance against Sri Lanka to secure its first Test win of the summer ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

2013 Preview: the big six Brisbane Times The premise A four-part mini-series from writer-director Khoa Do and producer Jason Stephens, which tells the true story of Van Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Australian man who was convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore and executed in 2005. Star power ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Brisbane doctor asks: 'Why was I deported?' Brisbane Times An 81-year-old Brisbane doctor, deported from Singapore last week, has questioned whether the Australian government played a part in his forced removal from the nation. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade yesterday said it had no involvement in ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

A secret history of sexuality on the front Brisbane Times IT WAS a hot night in Borneo and eight Australian soldiers were sitting around discussing film stars they fancied. The war had just ended - Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ashes - but most soldiers in Asia remained on active duty in the all-male ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Australia tops list of giving nations Brisbane Times AUSTRALIA is the most charitable nation in the world, a new study shows, with Greece being the meanest. The Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index ranked Australia first followed by Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and the US. The pressure on the ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Tarantino heading to Australia to unveil 'violent' Django Brisbane Times In the midst of the US awards season, director Quentin Tarantino will travel toAustralia for the premiere of his film Django Unchained. Tarantino, famous for films including Pulp Fiction, the Kill Bill movies and Inglourious Basterds, will attend the ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

No regrets, says Australian boat race protester Brisbane Times After serving seven weeks in a British prison for his public protest against elitism and inequality, Australian Trenton Oldfield says without hesitation that he would do it all again. The former Sydneysider was jailed for six months in October after a ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Prize money increase for Australian Open Brisbane Times Responding to player demands for a bigger slice of the pie, Tennis Australia has averted a boycott of the opening grand slam of the year with rich rewards for the sport's battlers. While the 2013 singles champions at Melbourne Park will collect monster ... See all stories on this topic »

'Australia's favourite': Red Dog's true star dies Brisbane Times Kriv Stenders' warm-hearted drama, which starred Josh Lucas and Rachael Taylor, was based on a Louis de Bernieres novel about a real dog who roamed the West Australian outback. Koko on the set of <i>Red Dog</i>. Koko on the set of Red Dog. See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Australians waste $8bn of food yearly Brisbane Times Mr Dee is concerned many Australians will overstock their pantries and fridges leading into Christmas, saying overzealous shopping will cause unnecessary economic and environment impacts. "Australians will waste hundreds of millions of dollars that is ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

Workers asked to pay for economy's success Brisbane Times In seeking to explain why the fall in coal and iron ore prices from sky-high to merely unusually high has prompted them to start cancelling projects for new mines, they complain that Australia has become a ''high-cost'' place to do business. In part ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

WikiLeaks founder eyes window of opportunity in Australian Senate bid Brisbane Times JULIAN Assange lives in his own little bit of Ecuador. For the past six months he has been confined to that country's London embassy where he has been granted political asylum. He has sought refuge in this building just a stone's throw from Harrods ... See all stories on this topic » Brisbane Times

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