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  • ACC report warns of increasing illicit drug abuse in professional sports

    The Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) Illicit Drug Data Report 2011-12 has warned of an alarming increase in the use, seizure and arrests for illicit drugs in sports, especially in football. The report revealed 76,000 seizures of cannabis, amphetamine-type substances, heroin, cocaine and other substances, together with 93,000 illicit-drug related arrests both of which have been the highest ...

  • Australian construction industry to see slow recovery

    The Australian building and construction industry will see a mixed recovery over 2015-16 after a number of challenging years, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA) forecasts released Monday. While the forecasts predict a positive growth for the industry, MBA reports that the current economic climate is creating headwinds that may impede the timing and strength of recovery. There's light ...

  • Warners Twitter rant sparked by Sreesanth-linking image on IPL article

    Australian Test batsman David Warner was reportedly enraged by a picture linking him to spot-fixing suspect S.Sreesanth in an article by journalist Robert Craddock into corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL), which led him to insult Craddock and his co-scribe Malcolm Conn on Twitter. An early morning text message from a friend in Australia is believed to have sparked the Twitter tirade ...

  • Warner facing CA disciplinary hearing over vitriolic Twitter outburst ahead of Ashes

    Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ...

  • Australia womens cricketers get major pay boost

    Members of the Australia women's cricket team will be among the country's highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system. The leading players could earn up to $80,000 over the next year as part of the new payment programme, with the top player retainer having increased from $15,000 to $52,000 and the minimum retainer having been boosted ...

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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Since the silent era there have been at least 25 major productions of Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol on film and television, with countless others that are in some ways spin-offs, spoofs, or updated variations. There have also been numerous stage incarnati ... ...

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  • End in sight for Elders sale

    A 49 per cent surge in Elders' shares triggered talk that long-awaited asset sales were finally here. But Elders is expected to tell the Australian Securities Exchange today it has no idea what was behind Monday's rally, which generated its second speeding ticket in as many weeks from the ASX. However, Elders is understood to be close to striking a deal and could reach an outcome by ...

  • US bumper crop to hit wheat futures

    TRADERS in the grain market remain focused on the North American corn crop, which is in the last few weeks of its planting season. Good weather could lead to what is being forecast as a bumper crop - perhaps the biggest since 2009-10. The US Department of Agriculture has forecast that US farmers would be paid 32 per cent less for corn this year if the record harvest is collected. It would also ...

  • Labor urges NSW govt support vaccine bill

    Opposition Leader John Robertson is urging the NSW government not to play politics with a bill allowing preschools and care centres to refuse children who haven't been vaccinated. Labor will introduce the legislation to the lower house on Tuesday afternoon. "I want to see this parliament do something to ensure the safety of our children," Mr Robertson told reporters. "I am ...

  • Lack of sleep greatly increases P-plater risk study

    Young people who regularly miss out on just a few hours sleep are at a hugely increased risk of crashing their cars, a study of more than 20,000 NSW P-Platers has found. The teenagers – who slept, on average, six or fewer hours each night – may be so impaired by regularly missing out on sleep that they are unable to pick up the safe driving skills they need, lead researcher ...

  • Women cricketers get big pay rises

    Australia's women cricketers have been rewarded with big pay rises as they prepare their bid to add 2013 women's Ashes glory to their current World Cup and world T20 titles. Cricket Australia (CA) has announced a restructuring of the contracting system for women's international and state cricket which will make national team members some of the best paid female athletes in the ...

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