Top Stories: Melbourne, December 6 : Brave may just be the word for a conservationist who was snapped stroking the heads of tiger sharks that were feeding on the carcass of a dead whale in Perth, Western Australia. ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:06 -0500Melbourne, December 6 : Demand for latest gadgets and fashion-based entertainment by tech savy girls is steadily pushing dolls to their grave, experts have observed. ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:00:05 -0500Sydney, Dec 6 (DPA) Australia overcame a two-goal half-time deficit to beat Germany... IANS Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:20:02 -0500Melbourne, Dec 6 : Tiger Woods used his loyal friends and money power to mask his life in which he enjoyed steamy romps with his mistresses, it has emerged. ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:20:03 -0500---------------------------- While the set in Bassendean is far from the pampering, luxury, trailer-filled movie lots that can be found in the United States, the cast and crew are enjoying the relaxe... WA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:11:35 -0500In a lakeside Florida mansion, marriage counsellors, lawyers and public relations advisors were this weekend engaged in a bizarre and expensive round of shuttle diplomacy between the world's richest a... WA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:11:32 -0500Britain's new professional road cycling team, Team Sky, will make their worldwide debut at the 2010 Tour Down Under in Adelaide.Santos Tour Down Under Race Director, Mike Turtur, expects the team to d... sportal.com.au Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:05:02 -0500Ryan Harris , the former one-day international, will play his first match of the season for Queensland in Wednesday's FR Cup game against New South Wales at the Gabba. Harris had knee surgery before t... Cricinfo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:54:29 -0500BEIJING -- Chinese regulators have approved Yanzhou Coal's A$3.5 billion (US$3.2 billion) takeover of miner Felix, the country's biggest Australian acquisition yet, the Chinese company said. The China Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:54:08 -0500Chevron Corp. signed an US$82 billion contract, Australia's biggest energy deal, to supply liquefied natural gas to Tokyo Electric Power Co. and sell the Japanese utility a stake in its Wheatstone pro... The China Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:54:03 -0500A man is standing trial for making a homemade bomb that killed a Sydney scientist. Lionel Barry Lowe, 67, was killed in an explosion while mowing his lawn at Dural, in Sydney's north west last year. ... ABC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:44 -0500Police have realeased CCTV footage of a group of men they want to interview over the death of a man at a karaoke bar in the Sydney CBD at the weekend. The 31-year-old died after allegedly being hit a... ABC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:43 -0500Tasmania's health department has warned against any panic over a surge in boil-water alerts. Southern water yesterday alerted Sorell residents to an abnormal amount of e-coli in the local water suppl... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:39 -0500Tasmania's main police boat is out of action again. The Police Association and State opposition say the PV Fortescue has returned to dry dock for repairs. The $1.2 million boat was bought more than ... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:38 -0500Aviation firefighters at airports around the country will get the lightest, safest firefighting suits available as part of a $2.4 million upgrade of fire gear. Senior Fire Commander at Airservices Au... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:38 -0500A man from Tasmania's north has been found in a Christchurch pub, unaware that New Zealand police and the Coast Guard had been looking for him for two days. Michael Craig is in New Zealand for a fish... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:37 -0500A hearing has begun of a case which embroiled former ACT chief magistrate Ron Cahill. The ACT Government ordered a judicial commission last month to investigate the actions of Mr Cahill after two of ... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:35 -0500Lawyers for Queensland businessman Ken Talbot are seeking court orders to force prosecutors to disclose more details about the corruption allegations against their client. Talbot will face trial in A... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:50:34 -0500Agriculture's success in feeding the world for several decades has had its drawbacks.As farming became boringly efficient, research funding dried up, business looked elsewhere for high-yielding invest... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:49:39 -0500A plan to manage one of the State’s most troublesome weeds is being released for public comment today.The Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation has released the draft State Opuntoi... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:49:38 -0500The showdown has started over control of Great Southern's timber assets, with Gunns urging grower investors to vote against a rival proposal by Pulpwood Plantations Pty Ltd. According to... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:49:36 -0500Eight regional locations and almost 27,000 people will benefit from a priority National Broadband Network investment linking Victor Harbor with Adelaide.Broadband Minister Senator Stephen Conroy said ... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:49:34 -0500South Australian irrigation infrastructure operators are invited to apply for a share in $110 million of Federal Government funding to improve efficiency and return water to rivers and wetlands.Federa... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:49:30 -0500A Canadian citizen, who has lived in Australia for nearly a decade and is on a hunger strike to protest his imminent deportation to Canada over visa problems, says he has been told by immigration offi... CBC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:46:03 -0500A Queensland hospital has agreed to pay $2.5 million to a young girl left with severe brain injuries due to a botched diagnosis. Leisha Miller was four years old in October 1996 when she was taken to... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:39:31 -0500The shares of paper and forest products group PaperlinX Ltd have been placed in a trading halt, pending the release of an announcement by the company. PaperlinX said that unless the Australian Securi... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:39:23 -0500Socceroos striker Mile Sterjovski is still unsure where he will be playing in the lead-up to the World Cup, but won't be fussy when selecting his loan club in January. Sterjovski is Perth Glory's mar... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:39:21 -0500A Chris Gayle half-century helped West Indies extend their lead over Australia to 107 runs on day four of the second Test in Adelaide. The Windies were two for 95 at lunch, with captain Gayle unbeate... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:39:18 -0500Up to 15 aircraft have begun searching the West Australian southwest for an ultra-light aircraft that left Bunbury on Sunday. Police said there had been no word from the pilot since his aircraft fail... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:39:16 -0500AUSTRALIAN swim team head coach Alan Thompson has taken personal leave following a claim of "inappropriate behaviour", says Swimming Australia (SA). News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:38:47 -0500This is the same Bureau of Meteorology that predicted a dry November for Tasmania, see link http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/climate_hype_drowns_in_tasmanias_... perthnow Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:38:32 -0500With Christmas approaching, the charity is struggling to fill enough hampers to meet the expected demand from struggling Perth families. The Salvation Army expects to help about 14,000 people througho... perthnow Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:38:30 -0500Nathan Smith, 18, of St Albans, has admitted killing Nathan Roberts-Nunan, 20, during a fight allegedly involving more than a dozen people at Diggers Rest on February 8 this year.His plea came before ... News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:38:27 -0500TONY Abbott says he only wants to argue climate change with the Prime Minister, not with Malcolm Turnbull, the man he deposed as federal Opposition leader. News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:38:23 -0500QUEENSLAND Police have begun draining a water-filled disused mineshaft after a tip-off that it could contain the body of a woman presumed murdered. Dulcie Birt, 31, was last seen in the Ipswich subur... Courier Mail Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:37:50 -0500Police received a phone call about 10.45am from a passer-by who reported the pilot "had been knocked around a bit but was basically okay". The police helicopter left about 11am to retrieve the man. ... The West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:29:12 -0500Fabian Quaid discussed a documentary regarding fallen West Coast Eagle Ben Cousins’ rehabilitation with star AFL ruckman Michael Gardiner in secretly recorded phone conversations played to a WA Supr... The West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:29:01 -0500John Curtin College of the Arts science teacher Julie Boston has been named WA's Teacher of the Year for her efforts to instil creativity in the classroom in a bid to boost learning.Ms Boston was ... The West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:28:58 -0500A fire at an Alfred Cove business caused damage estimated at $20,000 last night.The fire began at the Canning Highway business about 8.30pm and is understood to have started in a rear cooler room.Fire... The West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:28:54 -0500Two alleged teenage offenders face extradition to WA from Katherine in the Northern Territory after they appeared in court this morning charged with an armed robbery in Kununurra earlier this month.Po... The West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:28:47 -0500A Perth driver charged over the death of two pedestrians south of Brisbane has been refused bail.Brett Glenbar, 42, of Ellenbrook, appeared in Beenleigh Magistrates Court today charged over the deaths... The West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:28:43 -0500It would be interesting to find out who everybody thinks will be our Test team after the next Ashes series in England, I would think something like this:... Sportal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:06:29 -0500A MAJOR survey of employment advertising shows the largest gain in more than two years with WA reporting the best jump of 18.4 per cent and Tasmania the lowest at 0.8 per cent.The total of jobs advert... The Examiner Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:05:53 -0500(RTTNews) - Visitor arrivals to Australia rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2% month-on-month to 480,500 in October compared to the 4.1% increase in September, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported... Quote.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:03:34 -0500Australia's resources giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto will focus their energies on appeasing competition regulators across several jurisdictions, after signing a binding agreement for an historic 11... People's Daily Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:03:31 -0500A 53-year-old pilot and his ultralight aircraft have been found following an extensive search across WA's South-West this morning. Police said the man was piloting a Tecnam 5550 ultralight plane that... WA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:36:20 -0500Illegal car parkers in Perth's CBD could soon receive more fines, with Perth City Council staff wanting to install 500 in-ground vehicle detection units. Council service units director Garry Dunne ha... WA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:36:17 -0500Police have revealed a Sydney man charged with high-range drink-driving had two baby girls with him at the time. The 35-year-old man was allegedly more than five times over the blood alcohol limit, w... ABC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:17:21 -0500MCG boss Stephen Gough has urged Football Federation Australia to "hurry up" and say exactly what it requires from the stadium in any soccer World Cup bid. Gough said the MCG was in the dark over cla... ABC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:17:16 -0500Organisers are claiming one of the best fields outside a grand slam, confirming nine of the top 10 women's tennis players will play the Sydney International in January. The only top-10 player missing... ABC Australia Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:17:15 -0500A national scheme to help buyers choose environmentally-certified wine is being launched in Adelaide. The certification scheme requires wineries and grape growers to be registered and audited and rep... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:17:07 -0500Farmers and green groups have urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the premiers to commit to a new attempt at water reform after a damning assessment warned that interstate bickering and delays were th... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:16:04 -0500JUST how ethical is it, in the mind of the average primary school student, to hunt elephants for their tusks?What about exterminating rabbits, racing horses or testing cosmetics on animals, for that m... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:16:02 -0500Australians are being urged to help clean up the coast while they're at the beach this summer. Environment Minister Peter Garrett on Monday launched Coastcare Week at Collaroy Beach in northern Sydne... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:04:58 -0500Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand have called on anti-whaling protesters and whalers to exercise restraint to ensure people's safety is the highest priority in the coming whaling season. The... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:04:53 -0500A man who said a bomb he built would "make a big bang" should have known it had the potential to seriously injure, a court has been told. Prominent animal research scientist Lionel Barry Lowe, known ... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:04:52 -0500NSW children continue to drown in backyard swimming pools despite four different coroners handing down preventative recommendations since 1999, a Sydney inquest has been told. The latest inquest, whi... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:04:45 -0500Queensland Police have begun draining a water-filled disused mineshaft after a tip-off that it could contain the body of a woman presumed murdered. Dulcie Birt, 31, was last seen in the Ipswich subur... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:04:40 -0500ANZ Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) has opened its tenth branch in Vietnam and completed its acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) Vietnam businesses. The bank in August announced it would pay $U... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:04:38 -0500Seven has won the official ratings from the year both locally and nationally. In Perth, Seven has won 38 of the official 40 survey weeks and Channel 10 the other two. Nine didn't win any. For the five... perthnow Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:03:49 -0500A MAN who said a bomb he built would "make a big bang" should have known it had the potential to seriously injure, a court has been told. News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:03:40 -0500A MAN accused of the hit-and-run death of a pregnant woman and her partner at the weekend has been denied bail. Brett Glenbar, 42, a miner with Rio Tinto in Western Australia appeared in Beenleigh Ma... Courier Mail Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:03:02 -0500DEBT FUTURES CASH YIELDS 90-DAY BILLYBAc1 (DEC) 95.90 (-0.03) AU3MBB=RR 3.81(3.80) 3-YR BOND YTTc1 (DEC) 95.10 (-0.14) AU3YT=RR 4.81(4.65) 10-... Yahoo!7 News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:54:09 -0500Australian share market has retreated from the slight gains made in early trading, despite a positive lead from Wall Street on Friday. Shortly before midday, the All Ordinaries Index was 4 points low... Yahoo!7 News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:54:02 -0500Everton´s midfielder Tim Cahill (R) jumps for the ball with Tottenham Hotspur´s defender Gareth Bale during the English Premier League football match at Goodison Park in Liverpool. The match ended i... soccerway Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:41 -0500THREE bushwalkers have been airlifted out of Tasmania's South-West National Park after activitating an EPIRB.The Westpac police search and rescue helicopter was dispatched to the area this morning fol... The Examiner Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:32:20 -0500Regulators to scrutinise BHP and Rio's Australian joint venture By William MacNamara in London and Elizabeth Fry in,Sydney Published: December 7 2009 02:00 | Last updated: December 7 2009 02:00... Financial Times Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:30:48 -0500(RTTNews) - Monday, the Australian Industry Group reported that the AIG / Housing Industry Association Performance of Construction Index stood at a seasonally adjusted 47.6 in November, down from 50.... Quote.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:29:40 -0500---------------------------- While the set in Bassendean is far from the pampering, luxury, trailer-filled movie lots that can be found in the United States, the cast and crew are enjoying the relaxe... WA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:05:47 -0500Australians have long flocked to Los Angeles, especially wannabe actors intent on making it big in Hollywood. But it's never been more apparent than now - just take a look around the West Hollywood b... West Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:04:05 -0500Sydney - Two contestants in the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! face animal cruelty charges after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming in A... Earth Times Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:50:16 -0500Australian job advertisements in newspapers and on the Internet rose strongly in November, another sign of an economic pick up that could foreshadow an upbeat official employment report later in the w... CNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:49:13 -0500The Australian Federal Police Association is angry about a plan to send more of its members to Afghanistan rather than deploy additional Defence personnel. There are currently 22 AFP officers in Afgh... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:19 -0500Tasmania's tourism sector wants more flights in and out of Hobart to meet increasing demand. The Tourism Industry Council is concerned demand for airline tickets will outstrip supply over the busy su... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:17 -0500A 5.2 per cent rise in job ads during November suggests that employment is on the road to recovery. While the bounce follows a fall of 1.7 per cent the month before, job ads are now 12.3 per cent abo... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:17 -0500The Australia Nursing Federation says nurses need to be protected from assaults by drunk and drug-affected patients. The union is urging state and federal governments to use upcoming changes to Occup... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:17 -0500Australian pair Chris Sutton and Mat Hayman have been included in British outfit Team Sky for January's Tour Down Under in Adelaide. Led by Australian manager Scott Sunderland, the new team will be m... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:14 -0500An Adelaide-based plantation company is going into liquidation because of high land prices and water restrictions. Adelaide Blue Gum is a subsidary of the Japanese-owned Mitsubishi Paper Mills, and o... ABC News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:45:13 -0500Melbourne-based Sustainable Agriculture Fund has spent $30 million buying several mixed farming properties near Moree, NSW, as it forges into the rural sector. Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:43:58 -0500“There is work with designs such as fluted discs, or tangential discs, which have sown some success in getting through wet conditions.”With sowing date becoming recognised as an increasingly impor... Stock Journal Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:43:57 -0500Australia's Quade Cooper has been charged with burglary after allegedly robbing a house on the Gold Coast.Cooper, who played in the Wallabies' recent tour of Britain and Ireland, was released from a p... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:36:03 -0500Origin Energy Ltd has been prevented from buying the full 51.55 per cent stake in the Otway Gas Project it sought from Woodside Energy Ltd, after a joint venture partner decided to exercise its pre-em... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:32:36 -0500Communications provider SP Telemedia Ltd has changed its name to TPG Telecom Ltd. The name change was approved at the company's annual general meeting, on November 25. The company's ASX listing code... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:32:33 -0500Apart from the drunken teenager who stole a golf buggy and drove it around Sydney Olympic Park, the crowd at the V8 Supercar finale was well behaved, police say. A 17-year-old Central Coast boy was a... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:32:28 -0500Michael Craig .... unaware of all the fuss. A Tasmanian man at the centre of a two-day missing persons operation in New Zealand has been found drinking in a bar and oblivious to the search. Micha... Sydney Morning Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:32:24 -0500POLICE have named the Australian hiker who died after falling 40m down a bluff in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. The Daily Telegraph Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:44 -0500A 50ml bottle of Micotil was among several items stolen from a vehicle in Tapping between 8.30pm last night and 4.30am today. Police says the veterinary drug is deadly and warn the thief against takin... perthnow Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:43 -0500MALCOLM Turnbull has today described the new Liberal leader Tony Abbott's views on climate change as "bullshit" and vowed to cross the floor and vote with Labor when the legislation is ... News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:43 -0500POLICE have named the Australian hiker who died after falling 40m down a bluff in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:42 -0500QUEENSLAND Police have begun draining a water-filled disused mineshaft after a tip-off that it could contain the body of a woman presumed murdered. News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:38 -0500A MAN jailed for allegedly raping a woman at a Melbourne nightclub has walked free after DNA evidence linking him to the crime may have been contaminated. News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:36 -0500MALCOLM Turnbull has today described the new Liberal leader Tony Abbott's views on climate change as "bullshit" and vowed to cross the floor and vote with Labor when the legislation is ... News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:34 -0500POLICE have named the Australian hiker who died after falling 40m down a bluff in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. News.com.au Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:30 -0500POLICE have named the Australian hiker who died after falling 40m down a bluff in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. The Daily Telegraph Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:25 -0500POLICE have named the Australian hiker who died after falling 40m down a bluff in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. Karl Walter Quaass, 30, was a professional writer originally ... The Courier Mail Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:11 -0500THE man accused of assaulting Mike Rann with a rolled-up magazine wants to defend the case and go to trial, raising the possibility that the South Australian premier could be called to give evidence. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:31:03 -0500Australian stocks retraced early gains to lose 0.1 percent on Monday as weaker metals prices dragged down mining firms, offsetting optimism about the U.S. economy after better-than-expected U.S. jo... Yahoo!7 News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:21:14 -0500 | 
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