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Australia is facing the worst-ever drought in its history. Flash flooding a few months ago seemed to have marginalized drought, which has again sprouted its head from the dark, desiccating Australian food bowl.
First drought then floods and again...
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Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as a big interest rate cut in Australia helped spur recoveries in several regional markets, sparking hopes that other central banks will...
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Australia’s central bank cut its official interest rate by a bigger-than-expected 1 percentage point Tuesday to ease credit concerns amid a global financial...
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Former world No. 1 Leyton Hewitt will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International tournament in January ahead of the Australian Open.
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Before 1995, we couldn’t have said that with any certainty. Now we know of more than 300 planets orbiting distant stars, and we have a fleet of telescopes looking for...
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So what’s worse? Knowing of a guy who did it 40 years ago or voting for it within the last 20?
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Australia’s biggest terrorism trial has ended with the convictions of seven Muslim men. They were found guilty of belonging to an extremist organization that was...
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Whenever I pick up a children’s book for the first time now, I assess it not just for its story, but for its ratio of male and female characters, as well as the...
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Most Australians have tasted Kangaroo meat, the idea now is to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions by eating kangaroo meat, replacing them for cattle and sheep. The...
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A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and feeding live ones to a crocodile.
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The belching and farting of millions of farm animals is a major contributor to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Kangaroos, on the other hand, emit negligible...
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Teachers and parents in Queensland can now access information and support to improve the safety of young people from one website.
The website has been developed as...
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A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo’s...
made popular Oct 3 2008
AP, Fairport
Constellation Brands Inc. says it lost nearly $23 million in its fiscal second quarter as strong wine and spirits sales were more than offset by charges to overhaul its...
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A pony-size pig that held an Australian woman hostage for 10 days inside her home will be removed on Wednesday to a piggery, where his bacon was saved by a stint on...
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A patient treated for agonising abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital’s paperwork: “Based on your visit today, we know you are...
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Late actor Heath Ledger’s daughter Matilda Rose will inherit all of her father’s estate, Ledger’s father told an Australian newspaper.
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Science merely provides closer and closer approximations to some truth, never quite attaining it’s object but always and creatively aspiring in it’s general...
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Once again the focus shifts from what should have been an enticing encounter to unsavoury incidents that have become the highlight of the sad ending to the much touted...
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A different Australia will take the field when they meet India come October 9th. It is not the hosts alone that they will battle on home conditions. They will be...
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India and Pakistan will attend an international nuclear disarmament conference for the first time in Sydney next month, Australia’s government said Friday, even...
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Over the last 25 years, the sand slowly takes control of the mouth of the Murray River, especially where the Murray meets the surf of the Southern Ocean and close the...
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