Man dead after mining accident in NT
A man from Darwin has died at a Central Australian gold mine overnight, Northern Territory Police say.
Sergeant Rudy Jamieson says police in Yuendumu, about 300 kilometres north-west of Alice...
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Monday November 23, 2009, 10:00 am
Aird surprised by McCain plant closure
Tasmania's Treasurer has denied having prior knowledge of a decision to close a vegetable processing factory in the state's north-west.
As many as 200 workers will lose their jobs when McCain...
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Monday November 23, 2009, 9:52 am
Island businesses support development plan
Business operators on Great Keppel Island say a developers decision to submit a revised resort proposal will give the local tourism industry a much needed boost if it is successful.
Tower...
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Monday November 23, 2009, 9:33 am
Petrol fight at heart of competition laws push
An independent senator will push in Federal Parliament this week for stronger competition laws.
Protesters rallied at the weekend in support of an Adelaide western suburbs service station they...
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Monday November 23, 2009, 9:06 am
Power retailers' last push for carbon compensation
In final frantic hours of negotiations over climate change legislation, media attention has focused on the politics of it, particularly the brawling within the Coalition.
But the expected impact...
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Sunday November 22, 2009, 6:40 pm
Wong tightens climate vote deadline
The Federal Government will give the Opposition just two days to decide whether or not to vote for an amended emissions trading scheme.
Climate Change Minister Penny Wong says a deal on the...
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Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:08 pm
Gender pay gap not closing
More needs to be done to address the wage disparity between Australian men and women according to the head of a Federal parliamentary committee.
It has been reported the committee will recommend...
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Sunday November 22, 2009, 2:32 pm
Christmas Is buckling under population boom
The Christmas Island Shire Council says there is not enough housing to cope with an influx of officials and contractors working at the immigration detention centre.
Last month the Federal...
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Saturday November 21, 2009, 3:04 pm
Developer plans to submit new resort proposal
The developer behind a failed resort proposal for Great Keppel Island on the central Queensland coast has announced plans to submit a revised application.
Tower Holdings' proposal including a 300...
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Saturday November 21, 2009, 1:20 pm
Executives stood down over banknote scandal
The board of the Reserve Bank subsidiary Securency International has stood down its managing director and company secretary amid federal police investigations into alleged corruption.
The board...
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Saturday November 21, 2009, 12:38 pm
Drop in endangered bird numbers sparks worries
Concerns have been raised about a dramatic decrease in endangered bird numbers in Tasmania.
Experts say drought, wildfires and the spread of urban development have contributed to the decline in...
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Saturday November 21, 2009, 12:34 pm
Firm sets trend for cheap remote housing
A company that has been able to build a house in a remote Indigenous community in Queensland, at a third of the usual cost, says it has been inundated with calls - including from the Northern...
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Saturday November 21, 2009, 12:01 pm
Banknote scandal: police raid RBA subsidiary
Federal police have raided the offices of a Reserve Bank subsidiary in Melbourne in the latest part of a scandal involving plastic banknotes in other countries.
The raids happened yesterday, with...
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Friday November 20, 2009, 8:03 pm
Holden boss wants states to buy local
The new managing director of Holden has taken aim at State Governments for failing to buy more locally built cars instead of imported models.
Alan Batey told a business lunch in Adelaide that...
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Friday November 20, 2009, 5:14 pm
200 jobs go at McCain vegetable factory at Smithton
Almost 200 permanent and casual jobs will be lost at Smithton in Tasmania's north-west next year, when McCain Foods closes its vegetable processing plant.
The company says ageing infrastructure...
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Friday November 20, 2009, 5:11 pm
