Credit card concern
Posted on 3 July, 2009
Police are reminding Goulburn Valley retailers to be alert after reports of attempted credit card fraud and arrests made in Melbourne and Sydney on Wednesday.
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ExxonMobil 'funding climate skeptics'
Posted on 3 July, 2009
The world's biggest oil company, ExxonMobil, has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to groups that continue to question the cause and effects of global warming.
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'I found myself in the water', survivor tells dad
Posted on 2 July, 2009
The only known survivor of Tuesday's air crash off the Comoros islands that killed 152 people is flying back home to Paris in a French government aircraft.
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'Just blew my mind': lotto winner
Posted on 1 July, 2009
A Queenslander and an Adelaide man are both $53 million richer today after winning a share in Australia's biggest ever lottery draw.
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Aussies hoping for a whole lotto luck
Posted on 30 June, 2009
By the time the numbers are revealed in tonight's Oz Lotto draw, it is estimated that about 10 million Australians will have bought a ticket.
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Bruised Turnbull plans frontbench shake-up
Posted on 29 June, 2009
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is planning a broad reshuffle of his frontbench in a move the ABC understands is designed to regain some momentum.
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King of pop dead at 50
Posted on 26 June, 2009
Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, has died aged 50.
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What crisis? Most Australians 'not feeling the pinch'
Posted on 25 June, 2009
A consumer survey has found the majority of Australians feel the financial crisis is not having a major effect on their lives.
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Living End takes out top APRA award
Posted on 24 June, 2009
The Living End frontman Chris Cheney has won the prestigious APRA award for Song of the Year with rock anthem White Noise.
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Washington trains collide, 'massive injuries'
Posted on 23 June, 2009
Two passenger trains have collided in the US capital, Washington DC, during peak hour, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more.
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Iranians broadcast violence despite media ban
Posted on 22 June, 2009
Foreign TV cameras may be banned from Tehran, but almost every hour graphic amateur video of violence in Iran is posted on the internet for the world to see.
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Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin
Posted on 19 June, 2009
Western Australian novelist Tim Winton has won Australia's most prestigious literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award, for the fourth time.
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Sensis index show business optimism returning
Posted on 18 June, 2009
A measure of business confidence has rallied for the first time since November 2007, in another sign the economy is turning a corner.
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Judy Moran charged over brother-in-law's murder
Posted on 17 June, 2009
Underworld widow Judy Moran is among three people charged in connection with Monday's murder of Desmond 'Tuppence' Moran, the brother of her slain husband Lewis.
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Shots fired at Iran protest
Posted on 16 June, 2009
Shots have been fired at a rally in Iran where hundreds of thousands of people were demonstrating against the result of last week's election.
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Rudd faces dissent over construction watchdog laws
Posted on 15 June, 2009
Labor Senator and former union leader Doug Cameron has called on his own party to ditch its plans to keep tough laws to prevent lawlessness in the construction industry, and has accused the Government of treating workers like organised criminals.
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Pandemic: swine flu goes global
Posted on 12 June, 2009
For the first time in four decades the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic.
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Unemployment figures tipped to rise
Posted on 11 June, 2009
The surprising fall in the unemployment rate in April is expected to be reversed in today's official figures.
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Grim outlook for retail sales
Posted on 10 June, 2009
Prominent forecaster Access Economics says the retail sector's prospects are grim once the stimulus packages wear off.
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Obama deeply concerned by N Korea sentencing
Posted on 9 June, 2009
The White House says US President Barack Obama is deeply concerned about a North Korean court sentencing two American journalists to 12 years in a prison camp.
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