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Canberra, Australia News

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A Couple of Days in Canberra - Canberra, Australia

Went to Canberra due to the lack of snow in Thredbo and to see the sites! The first visit was the War Memorial which is something that everyone should see at least once.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Austrailian

Inaction leaves Murray high and dry

TOO little, too late and far too slow. When all is said and not done, that is the problem with existing government plans to save the stricken lower reaches of the Murray River, according to water management ...

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

The West Australian

Wheatbelt women among longest living Aussies

Sun and surf seem to deliver glowing health to women on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, while WA's wheatbelt women come a close second on the list of who leads the nation in the life expectancy stakes.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Voice of America

Australia Signs New Disaster Response Pact with US, Japan

Australia is to sign a new disaster response accord with Japan and the United States.

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The Australian

Seasonal or illegal? Canberra, take your pick

PROPONENTS call it a win-win idea, and even the unions have dropped their opposition, but a plan to have Pacific Islanders picking fruit and vegetables on seasonal visas in fields and orchards across Australia ...

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Manawatu Evening Standard

Nat's secret advisers accused of dirty tricks across Tasman

Lynton Crosby co-heads the Australian firm John Key is using to polish his strategy and media image.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Voice of America

Australia, Japan Clash at International Whale Summit

Australia and Japan have traded barbs ahead of a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Santiago, Chile.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

News.com.au

Nelson takes heart from...

THE Gippsland by-election was described by Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson today as a "significant" result which sends a clear message to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

Earthlink

Australian official takes wombat vacation

Treasury Secretary Ken Henry and his wife will soon begin a five-week stint looking after a group of the northern hairy-nosed wombats, newspapers reported Friday.

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Med Ad News

Douglas Ellsworth named ISPE's Regulatory Affairs Advisor

ISPE , a global, not-for-profit Society of 25,000 pharmaceutical science and manufacturing professionals, has named Douglas Ellsworth its International Regulatory Affairs Advisor, effective 15 July.

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Sydney Morning Herald

Home alone: new child neglect case

Another case of alleged child neglect emerged today as state governments defended their handling of a woman charged with leaving five children in squalor in Adelaide.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

Medical News Today

Rural Doctors Association Doorstop, Senate Entrance, Parliament House,Canberra, 10am Wednesday

Main Category: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 24 Jun 2008 - 5:00 PDT President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia and Vice President of the Rural Doctors Association of South ...

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Washington Post

Australian Aboriginal children still vulnerable

By Rob Taylor Reuters Thursday, June 19, 2008; 10:59 PM CANBERRA - Australian Aboriginal children remain vulnerable to sexual abuse a year after the government sent in police and soldiers to clean up their ...

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

The RiotACT

Best Fish n Chips in Canberra

Where can you find the best fish n chips in Canberra? I have been to the fish n chip shop in O'Connor which was pretty darn pricey.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

High Point Enterprise

Lawmakers fail to gag celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay

Lawmakers fail to gag celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay By ROD McGUIRK The Associated Press Jun 19, 2008 CANBERRA, Australia -- A Senate panel rejected calls Thursday to ban certain swear words on Australian TV ...

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Three arrested over Labor Club robbery

Map: Weston Creek 2611 Three people have been arrested for an armed robbery at the Weston Creek Labor Club in southern Canberra earlier this year.

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Sat Jun 14, 2008

The Age

Rudd the very model of a modern major diplomat

Where every utterance was once a pearl, every quip a side-splitter, today your insights rarely make the news and the journos just sneer.

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Fri Jun 13, 2008

News.com.au

Quarantine boss quits over...

THE director of Australia's quarantine has taken the fall for last year's horse flu disaster, standing aside after an investigation blamed the service for the breakout.

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Wed Jun 11, 2008

Warrnambool Standard

Jakarta stands firm over tight grip on Papua

SENIOR Indonesian political leaders are looking to Kevin Rudd to restore the warmth in bilateral relations felt under the previous Labor prime ministers Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating, but they expect Canberra ...

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News.com.au

Telstra slams broadband pricing claims

TELSTRA has slammed claims the price it would charge consumers to use the proposed national broadband network would be 15 per cent higher than other suppliers.

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