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  • Enhanced contract payments for Australian cricket eves

    Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday announced a restructuring of the contracting system for women players which will result in the Australian female cricketers becoming some of the best paid female athletes in the country. CA approved a restructure of the contract system with a move from a three-tier payment system to a squad-ranking system. The top player retainer increases substantially from ...

  • Warner expected to plead guilty for Twitter rant during CA hearing

    Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists. Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference. According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's ...

  • Newly identified immune protein could stop diabetes in its tracks

    An immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, has been identified by Melbourne researchers. The discovery has wider repercussions, as the protein is responsible for protecting the body against excessive immune responses, and could be used to treat, or even prevent, other ...

  • Social network addiction taking over lives Australian study

    The 2013 Yellow Social Media Report has analyzed that a growing number of Australians are using social network at an addictive rate wherever they can, even in toilet cubicles! According to the study, three out of every five internet users are accessing these sites more than five times a day, making it a total of seven hours a day. In a report by News.com, the study found that the time spent by ...

  • Annual report of Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership launched

    The annual report of the Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership was launched at the Australian High Commission here last evening in the presence of Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling and Australia-India Institute (AII) Director Professor Amitabh Mattoo. The event was held in the Murray Harris Room of the Australian High Commission. Speaking on the ...

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Variety Lights (Luci del varietà) [DVD]

Variety Lights (Luci del varietà) [DVD]

"Variety Lights" ("Luci del variet") is a poignant melodrama set against the backdrop of a group of struggling variety performers that travels from town to town entertaining people for not much more than a meal to eat and a bed to sleep in (sometimes not even that much). They are a cast of lovable losers who proclaim great things about their "art" even though they aren't much more than semi-t ... ...

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  • Man denies hiding in Australia to avoid PNG fraud charges

    Papua New Guinea A controversial Papua New Guinean businessman denies he had been hiding in Australia to avoid charges of misappropriating millions of dollars.Eremas Wartoto had been living in Australia since 2011 after being charged with misappropriating $3 million earmarked for a high school.He returned to PNG this month after it was revealed he had been living in Cairns on a 457 visa, which ...

  • Australian garden team triumphs at Chelsea Flower Show

    Australia A team of Australian gardeners have created history by claiming best in show honours at the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London. The Trailfinders Australian Garden exhibit, which took a team of 18 volunteers 17 days to build, features a stone gorge, running waterfalls and a billabong.The $2 million display was designed by Melbourne's Philip Johnson, and is the first ...

  • Aussies dig deep to win Ashes of gardening

    An ecstatic team of Australians have won the best-in-show medal at the Chelsea Flower Show - the Ashes of horticulture. ''We're the best in the world; we're the Usain Bolts of gardening,'' said the head of Fleming's Nurseries, Wes Fleming. It was Fleming's last try for the medal after nine attempts. The 18-strong team hugged and broke into a ...

  • State Liberals propose privatising ABC SBS

    Tony Abbott is facing internal pressure from Victorian Liberals. Tony Abbott is facing internal pressure from Victorian Liberals to privatise the ABC and SBS if he wins the September 14 election amid claims both organisations are struggling to comply with their charters. State Liberals have launched a push ahead of the election to sell the public broadcasters, arguing the funds raised should ...

  • Deprivation worsening among single parents report reveals

    A bleak picture of disadvantage among single parents forced onto Newstart has emerged, with a new Salvation Army report finding the contentious policy has compounded levels of deprivation. The survey of 2705 people who used the organisation's emergency relief services in March highlighted the impact of the Gillard government's decision to shift 84,000 single parents on to the ...

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