Carmaker bailout 'doomed to fail'
Posted on 17 March, 2009
A Centre for Independent Studies report today says taxpayer-funded support for the Australian car industry is doomed to fail.
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Boom gate lowered to protect jobs
Posted on 16 March, 2009
In a bid to protect Australian jobs, the number of skilled migrants allowed into Australia is being slashed.
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Oil spill: Qld beaches declared disaster zones
Posted on 13 March, 2009
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has declared Moreton Island, Bribie Island and southern parts of the Sunshine Coast disaster zones after a massive oil spill.
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Oil slicks washing up on Queensland beaches
Posted on 12 March, 2009
Oil is washing up on beaches just off and north of Brisbane, after 20 tonnes of fuel oil leaked from a damaged cargo ship yesterday.
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Eight dead in Alabama shooting spree
Posted on 11 March, 2009
Eight people including the suspected gunman have been killed in a shooting spree in the southern US state of Alabama, police said.
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Coal industry cries foul over 'political' ETS exclusion
Posted on 10 March, 2009
The coal and mining industries have accused the Federal Government of putting political concerns ahead of environmental concerns in designing its emissions trading scheme.
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Huge tides batter coast as Hamish moves south
Posted on 9 March, 2009
Huge tides are sweeping the coast from Queensland's north to the Wide Bay region as Cyclone Hamish moves south.
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Bank of England prints notes, slashes rates again
Posted on 6 March, 2009
The Bank of England has dropped interest rates to 0.5 per cent and announced that it will print more money to tackle the UK's deep recession.
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Heartbreaker: a bad marriage raises cardiac risk
Posted on 5 March, 2009
Women in strained marriages are more likely than other wives to have high blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease, US researchers have found.
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Pakistan in 'state of war' after cricket attack
Posted on 4 March, 2009
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has condemned yesterday's deadly terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in the city of Lahore.
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Dow Jones crashes after AIG wipeout
Posted on 3 March, 2009
Wall Street's Dow Jones index has closed below 7,000 points, its lowest level since 1997, after American insurance giant AIG announced massive losses for 2008.
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Angry Fitzgibbon sends in auditors over SAS pay bungle
Posted on 2 March, 2009
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon's relationship with his own department has hit a new low, with independent auditors being called in to examine the records of all SAS soldiers caught in a pay bungle.
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Victoria braces for extreme fire conditons
Posted on 27 February, 2009
Victoria is bracing for another day of dangerous fire conditions with temperatures predicted to be in the high 30s and low 40s degrees Celsius, low humidity, and strong winds ahead of a late change.
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Trujillo hangs up on Telstra
Posted on 26 February, 2009
Telstra's high-profile chief executive Sol Trujillo is stepping down and returning to the United States.
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Childhood peanut allergy rate doubles
Posted on 25 February, 2009
The incidence of peanut allergy among Australian toddlers has doubled in the past nine years, a new study suggests.
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Wall St dives to 12-year low
Posted on 24 February, 2009
Wall Street shares plunged to their lowest close in 12 years this morning, with the Dow Jones losing 3.4 per cent and the Nasdaq 3.7 per cent down at the closing bell.
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Turnbull launches carbon trade gamble
Posted on 23 February, 2009
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is upping the ante in the row over carbon trading, backing tougher emissions cuts than the Government while bidding to launch a Senate enquiry into the much-criticised emissions trading scheme (ETS).
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Extra US choppers to support Australia commandos
Posted on 20 February, 2009
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says the United States will send nearly 100 more helicopters to the region of Afghanistan where Australian soldiers are fighting.
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More diggers needed to win Afghan war: retired general
Posted on 19 February, 2009
A retired Australian general who helped to command Coalition forces in Iraq says Australia must be prepared to put up to 6,000 troops into Afghanistan.
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Obama signs stimulus plan
Posted on 18 February, 2009
US President Barack Obama has signed his $US787 billion ($1.2 trillion) economic stimulus package into law.
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