NAB chief executive steps down
Posted on 31 July, 2008
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that its chief executive John Stewart is stepping down.
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Opposition to meet over its climate change policy
Posted on 29 July, 2008
The federal Coalition begins two days of meetings in Canberra today, which will focus on the Opposition's climate change policy.
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Spirit sales 'up 46pc' since alcopop tax
Posted on 28 July, 2008
The Distilled Spirits Industry Council (DSIC) says new data showing an increase in the volume of alcohol sold since the introduction of the so-called alcopops tax is worrying.
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Emissions scheme 'could cripple energy industry'
Posted on 25 July, 2008
The energy industry has warned power plants will close and electricity prices will rise under the new emissions trading scheme and has called for more assistance from the Federal Government.
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Rent crisis causes prices to jump in capital cities
Posted on 24 July, 2008
New figures show there have been double-digit increases in capital city rent prices over the past year.
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Give carbon permits to workers: AWU
Posted on 23 July, 2008
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) wants workers to be given carbon trading permits if their employers move their operations offshore because of the Government's emissions scheme.
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Icy weather cuts Tasmania in three
Posted on 22 July, 2008
Snow and ice are causing major disruptions on Tasmania's roads this morning, with authorities forced to shut the main highways between the north and the south and to the west coast.
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Pope meeting angers abuse activists
Posted on 21 July, 2008
The Catholic Church has angered prominent sex abuse activists after they were left out of a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and a small group of abuse victims in Sydney this morning.
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Qantas cuts 1,500 job
Posted on 18 July, 2008
Qantas has announced it will be cutting 1,500 jobs worldwide and will cancel plans to hire 1,200 new employees this financial year.
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Expert launches physio training
Posted on 17 July, 2008
A new University of Melbourne and Goulburn Valley Health pilot program to train and retain more paediatric physiotherapists in the country was launched in Shepparton yesterday.
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Invitation extended for 'spectacular papal arrival'
Posted on 17 July, 2008
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather in central Sydney today for the official arrival of Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day.
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Drivers spared emissions trade price pain
Posted on 16 July, 2008
The ABC has confirmed that transport will be included in the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme when Climate Change Minister Penny Wong unveils the plan later today, but that motorists will be shielded for at least three years.
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Australia lagging in energy efficiency: report
Posted on 14 July, 2008
The Climate Institute says Australia will squander its opportunities to reduce emissions unless it tackles its poor performance in energy efficiency and productivity.
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Petrol tipped to hit $8 a litre by 2018
Posted on 11 July, 2008
A new report by the CSIRO has warned the cost of petrol could rise to as high as $8 a litre in the next 10 years.
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Conditions worsen for Murray -Darling
Posted on 10 July, 2008
The drought is getting worse for the Murray-Darling Basin, with June's inflows the lowest on record and expected rainfall to stay low, a report has revealed.
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Chinese woman probably beheaded alive, London court told
Posted on 9 July, 2008
A Chinese graduate, whose dismembered corpse was dumped in the River Thames in London, most likely had her head hacked off while she was still alive, a court heard overnight.
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Pell letter misled sex abuse victim
Posted on 8 July, 2008
Questions have been raised about how Sydney's Catholic Archbishop George Pell dealt with a priest found to have committed indecent assault on a boy.
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Costa fires warning shot on Garnaut report
Posted on 7 July, 2008
The Federal Government is facing mounting pressure from within Labor ranks on the content and the start date of its emissions trading scheme.
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Govt urged to encourage less energy use
Posted on 4 July, 2008
The former head of the Prime Minister's Department, Peter Shergold, says any emissions compensation scheme adopted by the Federal Government must encourage people to use less energy.
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Betancourt thanks God and soldiers for rescue
Posted on 3 July, 2008
The six-year hostage ordeal of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt is over.
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