Top Stories: Melbourne, Dec 1 : Mums-to-be who are exposed to insect repellent in the earliest phase of pregnancy are likely to give birth to boys with hypospadias in penises, say researchers. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:48 -0500Melbourne, Dec.1 : Victorian fast bowler Clint McKay has revealed that he is excited to be part of the Australian Test squad, and adds that he was stunned when he got the call to join the national team at Adelaide. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:39 -0500Cape Town (South Africa), Dec.1 : England cricket team coach Andy Flower has said that it saddens him when he sees fans and spectators booing great players like Australia's Ricky Ponting and England batsman Kevin Pietersen, but adds that sportsmen of their stature and achievement are used to it. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:37 -0500Melbourne, Dec 1 : Women get more pleasure out of life than men - but only by 15 minutes a day, says a new study. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:36 -0500London, Dec. 1 : Golfing legend Tiger Woods has clarified that he spent his nights in Australia watching the NFL, and not partying with New York nightclub hostess Rachel Uchitel, as has been rumoured. ANI Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:10:13 -0500Sydney, Dec 1 (DPA) The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Tuesday raised interest rates 25 basis points to 3.75 percent to choke off inflationary pressure as the economy gains momentum. IANS Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:30:02 -0500Sydney, Dec 1 (DPA) Australian houses are now double the size of the average house in Europe and three times bigger than homes in Britain, official figures showed. At an average for houses and apartments of 214 square metres, Australians now outrank even Americans as having the biggest houses on the planet. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:00:02 -0500Melbourne, Nov 30 (IANS) Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz is taking tips from former Pakistani spin great Saqlain Mushtaq to develop a 'doosra' that will be unleashed on the West Indies in the ongoing Test series. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:50:05 -0500Karachi, Nov 30 (IANS) A fit-again Pakistan pacer Sohail Tanvir is hoping to overcome stiff competition and find a place in the side for the series against Australia that will start with the first Test in Melbourne on Boxing Day. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:50:04 -0500Melbourne, Nov 30 (IANS) A defiant Chris Gayle says he is not stepping down from the West Indies captaincy after the side's embarrassing loss to Australia in the first Test, and feels he is the right person to lead the team out of the crisis. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:30:02 -0500London, November 29 : Australian cricketer Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle have reportedly decided to part ways. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:10:15 -0500Melbourne, November 30 : Publishers of adult magazines are gradually witnessing their businesses being shrinked, thanks to the unlimited moving pictures available on the Internet. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:10:09 -0500Melbourne, November 30 : A man in Australia has been booked for hitting the road wearing nothing but pink women's underwear. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:30:04 -0500Melbourne, November 30 : The Bangladeshi woman, whose conjoined daughters Krishna and Trishna were recently separated, has said she had become hysterical when she came to know about her kids' condition. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:30:03 -0500Sydney, Nov.30 : West Indies team manager and former fast bowling great Joel Garner has called for a review of national team's Test preparations and blamed an over-abundance of limited-overs cricket for their first Test humiliation. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:09 -0500Melbourne, Nov 30 : Kylie Minogue and her Spanish boyfriend Andres Velencoso are house hunting in New York, it has emerged. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:07 -0500Melbourne, Nov 30 : Agents of Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have denied reports of the pair's break-up. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:03 -0500Lahore, Nov 30: With the Pakistan team struggling against New Zealand and a tough tour of Australia coming up, former Pakistan batsman Hasan Raza has said that he is confident of solving team's batting problems. ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:30:06 -0500A man walking to his car from the Wanneroo Show suffered serious neck injuries after he was attacked with an axe, police say. The man and several of his friends were walking to their car on Waneroo R... WA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:41:13 -0500Australia raised interest rates for an unprecedented third month running today, announcing a 25 basis points rise to 3.75% as it makes a 'gradual recovery' from the financial crisis. Reserve Bank of ... RTE Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:35:49 -0500The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Australian investors can use U.S. securities law and American courts to sue an Australia-based bank for fraud.The justices said Monday they will use the ... eTaiwan News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:29:07 -0500Australia's opposition has elected a new leader who immediately vowed to vote against government legislation aimed at curbing greenhouse gases, which would hand Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a mechanism t... Independent.ie Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:28:46 -0500The Labor MP, Alannah MacTiernan's plans to leave state politics have moved forward after she nominated for preselection for the federal seat of Canning. The former Planning Minister is the only Labo... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:20:55 -0500A Melbourne court has watched footage of a woman, urging her daughter and others to attack a disabled teenage girl. The 40-year-old woman, who cannot be identified, encouraged her daughter and three ... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:20:46 -0500CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government's plans to cut carbon emissions were headed for defeat in a hostile Senate after the elevation of a new opposition leader opposed to carbon trade laws, s... The Star Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:20:12 -0500MELBOURNE - The share market ended the day stronger after Australian investors shrugged off news of a much-expected interest rate hike. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 17.7 points, or 0.38 p... New Zealand Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:56 -0500Biosecurity Queensland is urging grape growers in that state to check their vines. The next phase to develop a grape phylloxera exclusion zone in Central Queensland is underway with surveillance now t... Stock Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:22 -0500A farmer has been killed in South-West WA when he was mowed over by a combine harvester that was being driven by his brother.The 56-year-old man from Gnowangerup, 354 kilometres south-east of Perth, d... Stock Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:21 -0500Teenagers wanting to maintain a healthy body weight should forget about diet soft drinks, and go for milk instead according to new research. Researchers from the University of Minnesota's School of Pu... Stock Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:19 -0500SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, December 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sydney Wildlife World has announced that it will open a new exhibition dedicated to the giant salt water crocodile on December 22nd. Entit... 24 / 7 Press Release Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:13:16 -0500After overwhelming demand for Marianne Faithfull's concert at Beck's Music Box, Perth International Arts Festival is delighted to announce a second concert, to be held at the Astor Theatre on 10 Febru... 24 / 7 Press Release Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:12:51 -0500Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has revealed she voted for Malcolm Turnbull to remain in the top Liberal job. The Liberal party room on Tuesday chose Tony Abbott to be its new parliamentary lea... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:09:01 -0500Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan says federal parliament needs to pass legislation as soon as possible to force the separation of Telstra's retail and network arms to ensure a level playing field... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:59 -0500One has played for England and is married with children, and the other is a teenager who could one day play for Australia. Darren and James Pattinson are at different stages of life and cricket, but ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:53 -0500Divers have found the body of a man whose clothes and dog were found on the bank of a northwestern Queensland lake. Police say mining company divers found the body of William Marshall in Lake Moondar... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:52 -0500Agricultural chemicals supplier Nufarm Ltd says Chinese state-owned chemicals trader Sinochem Corp is still interested in acquiring Nufarm although Sinochem is still assessing the results of its due d... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:50 -0500Two young Victorian men have died in the past 24 hours following accidents at their workplaces. A 24-year-old Wangaratta man was killed when he was hit by concrete as he cleaned out a concrete pump h... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:45 -0500Newly-elected Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott will only be a temporary leader because his views are too far from the mainstream, former prime minister Bob Hawke says. Mr Abbott, a conservative Catho... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:42 -0500Australia's southern bluefin tuna quota, cut in October, could be boosted by aquaculture-bred fish within five years, world aquaculture scientists have been told. The 23 per cent cut in Australia's t... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:08:40 -0500The WA opposition has called on Mr Buswell to resign for bungling a travel expense claim for the second time within six weeks and allegedly trying to cover up his mistake. Mr Buswell has admitted clai... perthnow Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:51 -0500The Australian dollar closed lower on Tuesday as investors were disappointed that the central bank did not hint at future rate rises after it lifted the cash rate. News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:45 -0500THOUSANDS of university students face an anxious summer not knowing if any government scholarships will be available next year after education minister Julia Gillard today failed to persuade the coali... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:07:06 -0500An 18-year-old Wanneroo man who was lucky to survive after being hit in the neck with an axe on the weekend says he did not realise he had been assaulted with the weapon until he looked down and say h... The West Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:01:07 -0500ASX 200 ends up 17.65 points at 4,719.0 * Lend Lease jumps 9 pct on big London contract * Nufarm falls on Sinochem bid doubts (Adds broker comments) By... Yahoo!7 News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:00:45 -0500SYDNEY, Dec. 1 (AP) - (Kyodo)?The Reserve Bank of Australia raised the country's Official Cash Rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.75 percent on Tuesday, marking the first time the centr... Breitbart Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:43:22 -0500Posted: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 6:29:08 PM [quote=Been there] Ask Santy to bring you an abacus for Xmas.[/quote Walllabies won against Ireland Who else are the schoolboys playing?... Sportal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:39:56 -0500(RTTNews) - Australia's coalition partner "The Nationals" Tuesday welcomed Tony Abbott's taking over the Liberal leadership and appealed to moderates not to cross-vote on the Federal Government's Emi... Quote.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:37:01 -0500QANTAS has pushed through the broadest increase to ticket prices across its domestic network since the global downturn dented demand for travel late last year. The airline will now hope it can make t... WA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:23:03 -0500Kevin Rudd has thrown his support behind US President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan strategy but the prime minister reaffirmed his position that Australia would not boost troop numbers in the war... West Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:21:15 -0500Former prime minister John Howard says new Liberal Party leader Tony Abbott can lead the Coalition to victory at the next federal election. In a shock result this morning, Mr Abbott wrestled the lead... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:08 -0500The mostly misfiring nature of Melbourne Victory's attempts to add Brazilian flair have again been shown up with the sudden exit of striker Ney Fabiano. The 30-year-old scored five goals in 16 appear... ABC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:07 -0500A Sydney court has heard that a leader of an order Catholic brothers knew about an alleged abuse of a teenage boy but did not report the case to authorities. William Irwin, 54, has been charged with ... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:07 -0500New Liberal leader Tony Abbott has promised to take the fight to the Government over emissions trading after wresting the leadership from Malcolm Turnbull by just one vote today. Mr Abbott confirmed ... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:07 -0500Queensland's Fair Trading Minister Peter Lawlor says there has been a spike in complaints about odometer tampering scams. Mr Lawlor says officers have investigated 17 complaints so far this year - wi... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:03 -0500The Brisbane Magistrates Court has heard accusations of theft preceded the fatal bashing of a man south of Brisbane last year. Richard Saunders, 38, was the uncle of rugby league star Johnathon Thurs... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:01 -0500Some stem cell scientists are worried they might not be able to live up to some of the promises that have been made about their work, new research has found. It also found many others are concerned a... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:00 -0500The South Australian Government today launched proceedings in the High Court to try to overturn Victoria's water cap on the River Murray. The rumblings have been coming for some months and today SA P... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:02:58 -0500NEARLY 1 billion people go hungry every day. In 50 years, a larger world population will need 100 per cent more food than is currently produced.While adding acres of farmland and increasing cropping i... Stock Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:01:36 -0500, while on Saturday a one-year-old boy could not be resuscitated after being found in a pool in central-western NSW. Police appealed to parents to take extra care this summer. "Coming into summer, t... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:38 -0500Australia's IBO cruiserweight world champion Danny Green weighed in marginally lighter than challenger Roy Jones Jr for their clash in Sydney on Wednesday. Both men scaled considerably less than the ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:36 -0500It almost ranks alongside Biblical tales of plague, pestilence and punishment - a flood so severe it causes drought. That is what happened in the Gulf region of Queensland and, to add to the misery o... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:34 -0500Gold-plated shovels have been used to turn the first sod on the massive Gorgon natural gas project on Barrow Island, off Western Australia's Pilbara coast. Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil executives sh... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:32 -0500Country Fire Authority (CFA) crews are dealing with a factory leak in Melbourne's outer east after intruders broke in and tried to mix hazardous glues. At least 17 tankers are at the site in Mountain... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:25 -0500Building products group Boral Ltd has appointed former Alumina Ltd chief executive John Marlay to its board as a non-executive director. Mr Marlay, 60, replaces John Cloney who retired at the recent ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:51:22 -0500"There was actually a story of some people trying to help them that got beaten down and they got recaptured."From that point on, things got a lot worse for them. They were shackled (and) kep... News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:50:36 -0500Figures released by The Cancer Council Queensland show a steady rise in the national incidence of cancer among girls aged under 15.Girls have traditionally lagged behind boys when it comes to cancer -... News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:50:34 -0500The State Government has rushed the tabling of legislation to give courts the power to name and shame anti-social offenders before the summer break, a move the Opposition has labelled a stunt.Attorney... The West Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:43:46 -0500A man who set Joondalup Police Station alight causing $1.5 million damage had been “spiralling out of control” with paranoid delusions that police were implanting things in him and that he was bei... The West Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:43:42 -0500Australian stocks closed 0.4 higher on Tuesday after the central bank raised rates by 25 basis points, as expected, saying its third consecutive hike would help sustain economic growth. The S&... Yahoo!7 News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:43:15 -0500Doug Bollinger says he is relishing the opportunity to return to Australia's XI to face West Indies in the second Test at Adelaide Oval starting Friday. Bollinger's hopes of a recall were boosted whe... ABC Sports Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:42:29 -0500Australian big man Andrew Bogut lit up the Chicago Bulls in his return to the Milwaukee Bucks' line-up in their NBA clash on Tuesday morning (AEDT). After having missed just 12 days of an expected fo... ABC Sports Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:42:28 -0500Disgraced former track and field star Marion Jones has been training with the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars with a view to making a comeback in basketball for European and US teams at age 34. The o... ABC Sports Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:42:27 -0500-specific allocations, however, would remain at 55% of Asian investments by Australian pension fund managers. The study was conducted by Associate Professor... Morning Star Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:20:27 -0500Zijin Mining Group Co., China's largest gold producer and third-largest copper producer, announced Tuesday that it would pay 545 million Australian dollars (500 million U.S. dollars) to take over Indo... People's Daily Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:18:31 -0500There are fears the start of the wet season will see cane toad numbers explode. They're here - but now their numbers are set to explode. As the wet season approaches in WA's north, authorities fear... WA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:03:14 -0500Police have been "hounding" Northbridge identity John Kizon for many years and have wasted millions of dollars doing so, according to a colourful former NSW detective. Having recently released his me... WA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:03:12 -0500CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's plans to cut carbon emissions were set for defeat in a hostile Senate after the election of a new opposition leader opposed to carbon-trade laws, setting the stage... West Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:01:14 -0500Yangarra Estate Vineyard makes some of the best red wines I have tasted from Australia in recent years, and to understand why, I thought it might be useful to start with what Yangarra’s three new re... MSNBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:51:12 -0500SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's central bank raised its key interest rate Tuesday by a quarter percentage point for the third month in a row as the country's economy rebounds from the global downturn.... Canadian Business Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:42:47 -0500Hydro Tasmania is upbeat after recent heavy rain. The company has told a Government Business Enterprise hearing it made a net profit of almost $300 million last financial year and returned a dividend... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:57 -0500Petrol will start flowing again soon in the southern midlands town of Oatlands. The local service station has been without fuel since last week, when a feud between the former lessee and the owner ca... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:57 -0500A Northern Territory politician says she is concerned camels will slowly bleed to death in the desert if a planned cull is not carried out correctly. The community of Docker River is in independent M... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:52 -0500The South Australian Government has had a change of heart over a land swap planned by Charles Sturt Council. SA Local Government Minister Gail Gago has told State Parliamment that she will consent to... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:49 -0500A predicted $600 million-plus tourism boom from Adelaide Zoo's new giant pandas will see no marketing opportunity go to waste, including capitalising on Wang Wang and Funi's waste. They say in life y... ABC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:48 -0500CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's plans to cut carbon emissions were set for defeat in a hostile Senate after the election of a new opposition leader opposed to carbon-trade laws, setting the stage for... The Star Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:18 -0500The New Zealand dollar gained ground towards the end of the day today as Australia's central bank hiked its official cash rate. The kiwi was today treading water in a US71.20c to US71.70c range ahead... New Zealand Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:39:12 -0500A LONG-RUNNING police program, credited with reducing deliberately lit bushfires in South Australia, was ''a good model'' for preventing bushfire arson, says criminologist Damon Muller.South Australia... Stock Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:38:36 -0500VOLUME commercial orders put a solid floor in the dispersal sale of South Australia's largest Angus stud , Willalooka Basin, held on property on Wednesday and Thursday last week.After more than 30 yea... Stock Journal Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:38:35 -0500SYDNEY, Australia - Australia's central bank raised its key interest rate Tuesday by a quarter percentage point for the third month in a row as the country's economy rebounds from the global downturn.... C News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:34:56 -0500Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger says he feels sympathy for fellow New South Welshman Stuart Clark who has been left out of the Test squad so far this summer. Clark would have hoped to be includ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:48 -0500Perth and the Gold Coast have received a total of $3,000 in fines following a scuffle after their NBL clash on Saturday. The incident occurred following the Blaze's 82-78 win over the Wildcats, when ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:43 -0500SYDNEY (Reuters) - Serena Williams has confirmed her participation in next year's Sydney International, a lead-up to the Australian Open, after escaping a ban over her U.S. Open tirade. Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:30 -0500THE uncle of rugby league star Johnathan Thurston was fatally bashed in a Brisbane park after a dispute with a "mob" of men over a stolen purse, a court has been told. News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:02 -0500Paramedics say they are treating victims of the spill at Bayswater who are suffering breathing difficulties and chest pains.A Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokesman says about 40 members are at the si... News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:01 -0500GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce has warned Australians not to be complacent about the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus, with new infections increasing at an "alarming rate". News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:27:00 -0500POLICE claim they have smashed a major illegal drugs and firearms distribution syndicate, after seven men were arrested and four properties raided on NSW's south coast. News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:26:58 -0500"It's a great relief, it is extremely emotional day," he said."I said hello to my father for the first time. Today, I said goodbye."The overwhelming grief I carried throughout my l... News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:26:57 -0500TWO men have died and another man is in hospital after succumbing to heat in the Northern Territory outback in two separate incidents. News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:26:55 -0500THE Queensland attorney-general has sought a harsher sentence on appeal for a former sex educator for crimes he committed 20 years ago, after it emerged he reoffended by paying teenage boys to inject ... News.com.au Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:26:53 -0500 | 
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