US negotiators finalise bailout deal
Posted on 29 September, 2008
It has taken days of marathon meetings, but US politicians now think they have struck a deal to tackle the country's worst financial crisis in decades.
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Bush fails to win agreement on bailout deal
Posted on 26 September, 2008
A summit at the White House to try to win congressional approval for a multi-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout has ended, however not all parties have come to an agreement.
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US warned disaster looms if bail out rejected
Posted on 25 September, 2008
The White House's proposed $US700 billion financial bail out continues to meet scepticism and anger from law makers, stoking fresh anxiety on Wall Street despite a $US5 billion investment by billionaire Warren Buffett that has been hailed as a vote of confidence.
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More teen girls harming themselves: report
Posted on 24 September, 2008
The number of teenage girls who have been admitted to hospital for intentionally hurting themselves has risen by a third over the last decade.
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Rudd ridiculed for Question Time 'blather'
Posted on 23 September, 2008
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says the Government is unable to engage in sensible economic discussion, accusing the Treasurer of relying on "cheat sheets" and the Prime Minister of giving "excruciating" answers in Parliament.
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Turnbull attacked over 'irresponsible' liquidity comments
Posted on 22 September, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has labelled Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's suggestion that more liquidity should be put into the country's financial markets as irresponsible.
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Relief expected for battered local stocks
Posted on 19 September, 2008
Australia's sharemarket is expected to open around 2.7 per cent higher this morning, with banking stocks expected to rally after yesterday's pounding.
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Swan backs Stevens on fat cash
Posted on 18 September, 2008
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the current global financial crisis shows that credit has been too easy to come by.
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Turnbull victorious in leadership spill
Posted on 16 September, 2008
Malcolm Turnbull has seized the Liberal leadership from Brendan Nelson after winning this morning's party room ballot.
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Remote Australia a 'failed state'
Posted on 15 September, 2008
A group made up of politicians, academics, miners and a former state governor says remote parts of Australia are akin to a "failed state", and there needs to be a rethink about the way the regions are governed.
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Residents demand answers over gas fears
Posted on 12 September, 2008
Several hundred angry residents have attended a public meeting at Cranbourne in Melbourne's south-east after being told they would have to leave their homes because of fears over a gas leak.
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NSW, Commonwealth buy Toorale Station
Posted on 11 September, 2008
The New South Wales and Commonwealth governments have purchased a 91,000 hectare irrigation property in north-western New South Wales in a bid to save the Darling River.
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Rudd foreshadows Pacific defence build-up
Posted on 10 September, 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that Australia must prepare for an emerging arms race across the Asia-Pacific region, and has flagged strengthening the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to meet the challenge.
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World record gold for superfish Cowdrey
Posted on 9 September, 2008
Australia's Matthew Cowdrey has won a gold medal and set a new world record in the men's S9 100 metres individual freestyle final.
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Fitzgibbon signals possible infantry combat role
Posted on 8 September, 2008
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has not ruled out using Australian infantry in combat for the first time since the Vietnam war.
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Garnaut to outline climate change costs
Posted on 5 September, 2008
The Federal Government will today be advised on how much a climate change plan will cost Australia, as well as how much needs to be done to reduce greenhouse emissions.
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Remote Australia a failed state: Indigenous policy makers
Posted on 4 September, 2008
A group of experienced Indigenous policy makers is warning of a "perfect storm" in remote Australia that will have dire social and economic consequences.
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Greens to back luxury car tax
Posted on 3 September, 2008
The Greens will support an increase in the tax on luxury cars after winning a compromise from the Federal Government.
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ABC TV gardening pioneer Heinze dies
Posted on 2 September, 2008
Australia's pioneer of television gardening, Kevin Heinze, died yesterday after suffering a heart attack at the weekend, at the age of 81.
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Costello our best asset: Abbot
Posted on 29 August, 2008
Liberal frontbencher Tony Abbott has added fuel to the fire of the Liberal leadership debate by saying Peter Costello is the party's "best political asset".
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