Shooters kill hippo in NT outback Nov 16, 2009
"We got out and had a look at it and thought: that's not a pig, it's a hippo. "Then we thought: you don't get hippos in Australia. " Mr Courtney went to bed hoping to reassess the situation in the daylight, but woke to find it was, in fact, still a pigmy hippo. The station hand's boss, Gordon Coward said he suspected the animal had come from what was formally known as Tipperary Sanctuary. "I heard all sorts of funny stories of breakouts and people kept saying, 'look out for giraffes in the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Consumers restrained ahead of Christmas Nov 16, 2009
Still, one financial market strategist, who has a nose for predicting official interest rate decisions correctly, does not believe the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will lift the cash rate again in December. Last week's monthly Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey found that while confidence fell 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
42nd boat arrives off Australian coast Nov 16, 2009
Another asylum seeker boat has been intercepted off the northwest Australian coast ... "The Australian government remains vigilant and committed to protecting Australia's borders and today's successful interception by Border Protection Command continues to demonstrate the effectiveness of the pro-active response program in place," he said in a statement ... "People smuggling is not just an issue for Australia, it is a global and regional problem," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Waugh insists Wallabies career not over Nov 16, 2009
Waugh said Smith had been playing very well for Australia, but had probably been a bit disappointed with his game against England last week ... Waugh, who earlier this year re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union and Waratahs until the end of 2011, stands to record some significant milestones in the next 12 months. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Cricket hopeful of another win over AFL Nov 16, 2009
The Vics are hopeful he will favour cricket, like Del Borrello did when he informed Western Australia he had not nominated for the AFL draft ... "I just thought that the chance of representing your country was a great incentive to play cricket, as well as the opportunity of travelling around the world if you were good enough to play for Australia." ... Del Borrello's decision came the season after Mitch Marsh, the son of former Australian player Geoff and brother of one-day player Shaun, chose... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Langer named Australia's batting coach Nov 16, 2009
Inspirational former Test opener Justin Langer has been named as the Australian team's batting coach. The 105-Test player recently retired from first-class cricket with Somerset and Cricket Australia said his role would include helping Ricky Ponting's men in a mentoring capacity ... "I have been passionate about Australian cricket for many years so I am excited about playing a hands on role in the continued development of the Test team, particularly in the batting and leadership departments,"... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Burgess gives Souths fans an appetiser Nov 16, 2009
"He showed me didn't he," said Australia backrower Nathan Hindmarsh, who dared label Burgess's first-up game against the Kangaroos just over a fortnight ago "quiet.". "I ran at him with the second last hit-up of the game and he picked me up and drove me. "He's got a bit of skill and a bit of footwork and he's got good toe, it'll be interesting to see how he goes (in the NRL). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Sports talent 'hot spots' being studied Nov 16, 2009
Queensland's Griffith University is leading research into identifying potential elite athletes, which could be the key to improving Australia's international sporting success ... The university is working with the Australian Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport, Cricket Australia, Tennis Australia and the Australian Football League following a $300,000 grant last month from the Australian Research Council ... "It costs Australia a lot to win a gold medal and previously we've... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Kangaroos discover Four Nations identity Nov 16, 2009
Now meet the Implacables, Australian rugby league's latest version of world-beaters ... Even better is the fact it was not self-appointed, but rather a description bestowed upon the tourists by French sports newspaper L'equipe after Australia's 42-4 win in Paris just over a week ago ... "I googled it," said Australian coach Tim Sheens after being shown the newspaper article. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Votes counted in East Timor poll Nov 16, 2009
These troops - mainly Australian - have been in East Timor since June last year to help stabilise the country after the clashes, which caused thousands to flee their homes ... Australia 'sorry' for child abuse ... Australia 'sorry' for child abuse. (Yahoo News -- East Timor)
Forbidden love Nov 16, 2009
She, a 41-year-old South Australian from the left of the Labor Party, born in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia ... It also wants a guarantee that Australian coal exporters will not be held liable for the carbon embodied in coal sold overseas, and a clause giving federal ministers discretion to provide up to five years of free emissions permits to new power projects ... If the ETS is passed then Australia will go to Copenhagen with less than nothing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
From guts to glory: Rees decides to take out the trash Nov 16, 2009
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and Labor, just like the Libs federally, have been in power way too long. They believe they are unaccountable to the people for decisions such as selling Graythwaite to a rich private school rather than keeping it for the people of Australia (even when their own federal government put in a massive offer to buy it) ... Rees and Tebbutt don't listen to the people and for that they will become one of the many ranks of the unemployed in NSW-the state in Australia... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
No ordinary Joe: how a political fox became a lamb Nov 16, 2009
Eight years ago, Tripodi's Right faction stood firm as he made a 250-word speech to Parliament denying he sexually assaulted an Australian Democrats aide on the night the Olympic torch arrived in Sydney ... the 3 main levels of Australian politics 00004000 allows game-players and factions to flourish at the expense of proper public service ... I want to see the crooks within Labor and the Coalition all over the place totally wiped out asap to "cleanse" Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Speeding bullet Nov 16, 2009
Australia 'sorry' for child abuse ... Australia 'sorry' for child abuse. (BBC News -- UK)
2011 APEC meeting to be held in Honolulu Nov 16, 2009
Hawaii officials have been lobbying aggressively for more than a year to snag the APEC meeting, which brings together leaders from 21 nations, including the U.S., China, Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, Russia and Korea to discuss trade, investment and other economic issues. "Hawaii has never had anything remotely approaching an international meeting" of this scope, said Chalres Morrison, president of the East-West Center in Honolulu. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Nov 16, 2009
Australia 'sorry' for child abuse. Deep-sea fish captured on camera. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
NAB CEO paid less than predecessor Nov 16, 2009
National Australia Bank Ltd chief executive Cameron Clyne has taken home a 76 per cent hike in total remuneration to $5. 2 million compared with when he ran the bank's New Zealand operations but is still paid only about two-thirds of his predecessor at the top job. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Canberra eyes states' powers Nov 15, 2009
But no, the Federal Government wants to make sure every permit includes a Southern Cross logo and map of Australia, just in case someone wants to take their disabled parking permit overseas ... It was the Immigration Department that lost Cornelia Rau, and kicked Australian citizen Vivian Alvarez Solon out of the country ... State and territory ministers are now preparing for the meeting of the Council of Australian Governments on December 7. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Government Offers to Exempt Farming From New Carbon Law Plan, Wong Says Nov 15, 2009
Australia Offers to Exempt Farming From Carbon Plan (Update1) - Bloomberg ... Australia Offers to Exempt Farming From Carbon Plan (Update1) ... Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Australias government has offered to exempt agriculture from the nations carbon-reduction system in an effort to get political support, Climate Change Minister said. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
'It's Orwellian': Everyone in UK could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'... Nov 14, 2009
If every individual(all 6+ billion) on Earth were given 1/4 acre in Australia, all of Queensland would be uninhabited. RobertT on November 13, 2009 at 05:03 PM. (The Drudge Report)
South Africa: Civil Society to Lose Major Supporter [interview] Nov 14, 2009
It spends some 400 million dollars annually in seven countries: South Africa, Vietnam, Ireland, Northern Ireland, the U.S., Bermuda and Australia. LaMarche was in South Africa, where TAP is the largest funder of human rights work, to deliver the keynote address at the Annual Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards ceremony recently. (allAfrica.com)
God's memo for Kevin and Joe Nov 14, 2009
A Special Address to a Joint Sitting of the House of Representatives and the Australian Senate, from God ... I follow politics, of course - don't let anyone tell you I don't - but in my lengthy experience Australia is one of the jurisdictions least demanding of my attention ... In Australia, I think we've arrived at a better arrangement, on the whole. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A divisive climate Nov 14, 2009
Australia knows that the Coalition has always been prepared to take the tough decisions on national security and border protection ... Well a fear in 'big government' is unfounded here, because (Australia's) remedy is founded in market theory, no restrictive laws and removal of 'rights' just markets; yes- the same 'free' markets that are now so hysteric that they won't let even low risk customers buy a house, or indeed the same markets that are driving prices up while screwing producers like... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Fiji: Coconut dictator Nov 14, 2009
He will restore relations with Australia and New Zealand only in 2014, he says, having booted out their High Commissioners on November 4th ... Kevin Rudd, Australia s prime minister, gave warning that Fiji might spread its coup culture across the Pacific ... Some Pacific island leaders, though, who think Australia and New Zealand are being overbearing, are more sympathetic to Fiji s coup leader. (The Economist)
Nile stands nine in byelection 'abuse' Nov 14, 2009
These good folk are seriously concerned about the fact that the emissions trading scheme, if introduced, will mean that Australia will end up markedly poorer,'' he said ... Other parties which nominated were the Australian Sex Party, Conservatives for Climate Change, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, One Nation, the Liberal Democrats, the Democratic Labor Party, and five independents. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
MIA dog found in Afghanistan after months Nov 13, 2009
Australian bomb-sniffing black lab disappeared after battle with militants. Andrew Mearse / Pool via APAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, front left, and U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, pat explosive detection dog Sabi in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, on Wednesday ... 12: An Australian bomb-sniffing dogreturnsafter disappearing during an ambush more than a year ago. (MSNBC -- International)
Climate sceptics versus spin versus science Nov 13, 2009
It has very effectively framed the debate in the Government's superficial way the choice between action and inaction and, in so doing, allowed the Government to again escape scrutiny at a crucial moment here in Australia. I say here in Australia because the Rudd Government is not escaping scrutiny on the global stage, where its woefully weak targets and obstructive negotiating stance are coming in for some serious and sustained criticism ... The Climate Action Tracker website, a highly... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Envoy surprised by climate of scepticism Nov 13, 2009
BRITAIN'S new high commissioner, Baroness Valerie Amos, has expressed surprise that Australians are still debating whether humans cause climate change and says other nations have long since ''moved on. In her first public comments since arriving in Canberra three weeks ago, Baroness Amos, a former leader of the House of Lords, said Australia was well-positioned to lead the international community on climate change but the public debate should move beyond scepticism and negativity to finding... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Vote 1 for election day long weekend Nov 13, 2009
Australian law already requires citizens to vote and punishes them if they don't - so why not make it as easy as possible ... The idea for automatic enrolment should be credited to the academic and blogger Peter Brent, who raised the reform last year in a discussion paper for the Democratic Audit of Australia ... Australia was once regarded as a world leader in democratic innovat 00004000 ion, but that crown has slipped in recent decades. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Economics cliche department Nov 13, 2009
At points, Rudd sounded more television weatherman than prime minister, boldly forecasting that Australia was well placed to ''weather the global economic storm ... But ''the Government has set an economic course for the country to see Australia through ... Long before swine flu hit Australian shores, allowing journalists to rename the ''blue room'' news conference facility at Parliament House the ''flu room'', thanks to regular appearances by the Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, Wayne Swan had... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
How do you appeal to a former rock star? Grow an algae mohawk Nov 13, 2009
But try telling that to the drab grey flatback turtle of Barrow Island, which is almost all that stands between Australia and $50 billion in gas revenue from the massive Gorgon project ... 5 M litres based on senate estimates economics committee evidence of Dept Env/Geo Science Australia - hearing of 21 Oct 2009 (ie 'up to 2,000 barrels a day'). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Sri Lankan solution will not deter smugglers Nov 12, 2009
Bluntly put, this is a far better outcome for the 78 asylum-seekers than if they had got their first wish, to be taken to Christmas Island for processing by Australia and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ... This deal is certainly humane - but it will do nothing to deter human trafficking syndicates, or people making the dangerous voyage to Australian waters in often unseaworthy vessels ... Are the Australian public all too stupid to realise that they are being had. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Time to change course for Christmas Island, PM Nov 12, 2009
Since the Australian customs vessel Oceanic Viking took on board its human cargo of 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been assuring interviewers about his Government's ''infinite patience'' in handling the matter ... The Australian Government has already been seriously embarrassed by the fact that Jakarta evidently does not share its interpretation of the discussion that Mr Rudd and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had last month about the fate of the Oceanic Viking's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Australian PM visits Afghanistan Nov 12, 2009
Australia sent an extra 450 troops to Afghanistan in April. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to spend Remembrance Day with the troops ... Australia has about 1,500 soldiers - the largest contribution of any country outside Nato - in Afghanistan. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Moyes switches allegiance to Family First Nov 11, 2009
Family First gained its first state parliamentary representative in South Australia in 2002, and Steve Fielding won its first Senate seat at the 2004 federal election ... Along with Mr Fielding in Canberra, Family First has two representatives in the South Australian Parliament and one in the West Australian Parliament ... Australia is part of a secret treaty to force ISPs to cut off. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Rees leaves it to Bligh on political donations Nov 11, 2009
Queensland is the first Australian jurisdiction to confirm it will cap donations as part of political funding reforms that include limiting election campaign expenditure and increasing taxpayer subsidy for campaigns ... Australians want to believe that they can influence their representatives no matter what their earning capacity is and whether they make donations or not,'' she said ... Australia is part of a secret treaty to force ISPs to cut off. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Big Brother is watching to make sure you register to vote Nov 11, 2009
electronic records catch voters who fail to enrol. ANDREW CLENNELL STATE POLITICAL EDITOR. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Myki users warn of transport 'nightmare' Nov 11, 2009
Myki users warn of transport 'nightmare. Myki users warn of transport 'nightmare. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
In this super model we trust Nov 11, 2009
When the Australian Government asked Jeremy Cooper, a former deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, to head a review of the country's superannuation system, one of the big questions it wanted answered was whether the trust model under which super funds operate was still appropriate ... The Law Council of Australia says: The trust relationship is more likely to facilitate the objectives of prudential security and management, particularly because of its inherent... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Conroy defends $1m bill for two communications forums Nov 10, 2009
ARI SHARP COMMUNICATIONS CORRESPONDENT. THE Communications Department has splurged more than $1 million on two talkfests for the new broadband network and the switchover to digital television amid suggestions one project will be a financial failure and the other will short-change regional viewers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Climate row hits boiling point Nov 10, 2009
THE Opposition spokesman on emissions trading, Ian Macfarlane, has attacked the National Party's attitude towards rural Australia as he jettisoned any hope of the junior Coalition partner playing any constructive role in emissions trading scheme negotiations. Mr Macfarlane, who is negotiating amendments with the Government before Parliament resumes next week to debate the scheme, indicated that should there be the prospect of a deal, it would have to be with the majority support of Liberals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Diplomatic dynasty sent into the breach Nov 10, 2009
HE IS the son of one of Australia's most famous diplomats, but Peter Woolcott is perhaps best known as the envoy who had to make way forAmanda Vanstone as ambassador to Rome ... Australia is part of a secret treaty to force ISPs to cut off. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
New law 'paves way' for Iraqi elections Nov 10, 2009
Australia is part of a secret treaty to force ISPs to cut off. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Rees needs to pull a rabbit out of his hat Nov 10, 2009
One interesting move has been that of Scott Gartrell, a director of Government Relations Australia and cousin of the former national secretary of the Labor Party Tim Gartrell, who has become chief of staff to Tebbutt. Conspiracy theorists have this as a sign Tebbutt could still get to the top job. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
G-20 Summit: Disharmony Rears Its Head Nov 10, 2009
Australia and Norway are both already tinkering with monetary policy, although their commodities-fuelled economies have few implications elsewhere ... Australia has raised its interest rate twice since September, taking it to 3. (BusinessWeek)
Social media: upside or downfall? Nov 9, 2009
In March 2008, the Public Relations Institute of Australia hosted a webinar (web-based seminar) titled How to Prepare for Social Media before you flick the switch. The session was presented by Thomas Tudehope. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
China lays on charm for Bishop's Beijing odyssey Nov 9, 2009
Before her arrival, the department sent her six questions on subjects ranging from how to improve China-Australia relations to the shaping of East Asian regional architecture and the Liberal Party's 2010 election strategies. The department was doing a research program on "the CPC in The World" and would be grateful for Hon. Bishop's views on "the image of the CPC in the eyes of the Australian mainstream society" and how the Communist Party and Liberal Party might overcome their "ideological... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
* World News Quick Take Nov 9, 2009
AUSTRALIA Shark mauls fisherman. A man spearfishing in South Australia was mauled in a shark attack yesterday, officials said as a report warned of several sightings of the deadly predators in the area ... The 24-year-old was among a group in the water at Second Valley south of Adelaide when he was bitten, a spokeswoman for the South Australian Ambulance Service said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Click to read:Should Pot Be Legal? Nov 9, 2009
Eugene wants to list his company on stock markets in Denmark, London, Amsterdam, Canada, Australia and Paris. Eugene states: "If marijuana works, I am going to go with opium next.". (CBS News)
Evangelist PM overdoes the fire and brimstone Nov 9, 2009
Australia's delegation at Copenhagen will find that nuclear ... The interesting question is: how will the Australian Government react to this ... They move seamlessly from government to industry and back to maximise the profits of Australia's worst fossil fuel emitters at our expense. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Come all ye faithful: Hockey reaches out to the other true believers Nov 9, 2009
He cites creationism as an example and singles out Australia's fast-growing evangelical churches ... Australia is part of a secret treaty to force ISPs to cut off. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NT webmaster Nov 9, 2009
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Kevin, you're so vain: Turnbull Nov 8, 2009
PRIME MINISTER Kevin Rudd is running an ''extraordinarily vain'' Government that is outsourcing Australia's immigration program to people smugglers, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says ... Australia has been trying for almost two weeks to persuade 78 Sri Lankans to leave the Australian Customs vessel and enter the Tanjung Pinang Detention Centre on the Indonesian island of Bintan ... Mr Turnbull said Mr Rudd had ignored warnings by authorities that changing immigration policies would result... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Out of the loop Nov 8, 2009
When it really counted last year, as the American economy started to nosedive and it appeared the downturn would hit Australia in a big way, Rudd listened to Treasury and implemented successive stimulus packages ... Of 15 OECD countries, Australia's spending comes in at $250 for every man, woman and child, second only to Sweden, which is said to be shelling out more than $320 per person (all figures are in American dollars) ... The impression is that Australia's support of its car makers has... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A statement Australians need to make Nov 7, 2009
TEN years after the defeat of the referendum on the subject, the Australian republic has come to resemble spelling reform ... First, a plebiscite on a single question: should Australia become a republic ... If the answer is yes, as polling suggests it would be, a prolonged debate would follow, most likely formalised in a constitutional convention, to establish which model is best for Australia. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Country profile: Lebanon Nov 7, 2009
- commercial, market leader and pan-regional broadcaster; channels comprise LBC Sat, LBC Europe, LBC Sat America, LBC Sat Australia and LBC Nagham ... Large hail storm hits Australia. (BBC News -- Africa)
Starbucks annual profit up after cost cuts Nov 7, 2009
Starbucks this year announced plans to close about 800 company-operated stores in the United States, restructure the company s business in Australia, and close approximately 100 additional company-operated stores in other nations. Starbucks also said it plans to open 100 new stores in the United States and 200 new stores abroad. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
The republic Nov 7, 2009
Former prime minister John Howard says Australia won't become a republic while the current monarch is on the throne. Australia will ditch the Queen if we can directly elect the president ... Whose fault is it that Australia is not a republic. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Power review sought by contender Nov 7, 2009
Page last updated at 08:45 GMT, Saturday, 7 November 2009. Carwyn Jones says he would consult Welsh Labour about a referendum. (BBC News -- UK)
Come in spinner Nov 7, 2009
Not long after Oleg Deripaska was named Russia's richest man for 2008, his company's Australian chairman wrote to the Department of Climate Change in Canberra with a dire warning: the oligarch's considerable investment in Australia was being threatened by the plan to tackle global warming being advanced by the Rudd Government. Deripaska had built his fortune, estimated then at over $US28 billion, by becoming the major shareholder in RUSAL, an aluminium empire that reaches across the globe from... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Foreign investors flock to Australian property Nov 6, 2009
The strong Australian dollar has done little to cool overseas demand for real estate as foreign cash seeks out a lucrative home in the nation's residential property market ... Australia's run-up in house prices is far from unique, with markets as far-flung as London, Singapore and mainland China itself reporting rapid rises in recent months ... The local market, though, has also seen a jump because of a relaxation in the rules covering foreign investment in Australia's property market since... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Hope is where the heart is Nov 6, 2009
Brumby, who says Victoria cannot lay claim to being the best state in Australia unless it is also the fairest, deserves further credit for promising a new homelessness strategy for Victoria by May next year - that is, before voters deliver their verdict on his Government at the November 2010 election. The taskforce chairman, state Labor MP Martin Foley, talks about ''the challenge of ending homelessness. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Still smarting Nov 6, 2009
The US company Keane operating as Keane Australia Micropayments, or Kamco won the bid in 2005 ... Pull up you socks Australia -- first world quickly going on third. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
United States Claims #1 Spot For First Time as World's Top Country Brand Nov 6, 2009
- Canada Holds on to Second Spot and Australia Slips to Number Three - - Global Study Expanded to Cover Regional Rankings Including Asia Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa and the Americas. LONDON, Nov. 6 /CNW/ -- The" /> | | | | November 6, 2009 Quick Search by Organization HOT TOPICS NEWS & INFORMATION: FREE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES: TOOLS FOR: RESOURCES: > > > United States Claims #1 Spot For First Time as World's Top Country Brand - Canada Holds on to Second Spot and Australia Slips to Number Three - -... (Canada Newswire)
Ten years on, republic rivals maintain the rage Nov 6, 2009
Mr Turnbull, who was the chairman of the Australian Republican Movement, said yesterday he still wanted Australia to become a republic but there was no point pursuing the matter again until the Queen's reign had ended ... In a statement to mark the anniversary, he called the defeat ''a great victory for those who believe with good cause that Australia has one of the best and most successful constitutions in the world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
