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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Gillard takes vote pitch to western Sydney

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard will take her pitch for better schools funding and to tackle law and order issues to western Sydney on Wednesday.Ms Gillard will hold a community cabinet at the Regents Park Christian School in the safe Labor seat of Blaxland, with a public forum starting at 6pm (AEST).It's been two months since the prime minister conducted a week-long western Sydney blitz in a ...

Movie Review

Notorious [DVD]

Notorious [DVD]

Notorious is the best of Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thrillers and one of the strongest works of his extensive cinematic career. In Hitchcock's Films Revisted, Robin Wood described it as "one of Hitchcock's finest works," and Franois Truffaut, in his interviews with Hitchcock, professed that it "is truly my favorite Hitchcock picture ... In my opinion, Notorious is the very q ... ...

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  • Explainer Ocean energy in Australia

    Renewable ocean energy harnesses the power of the oceans to produce electricity. This can be done in several ways, but the resources that have the most immediate potential in terms of energy production for Australia and globally are: waves: using wave energy converters (WEC) to generate electricity tides: using tidal barrages, fences and turbines to generate ...

  • Come On Give the Aussie Dollar a Break Pros

    Australia's dollar has received its fair share of whacking lately and perhaps it's time to give the currency a bit of a break, currency strategists say. The Aussie dollar has shed almost 5 percent in the past two weeks against the U.S. dollar, hurt by signs of weakness in the Australian and Chinese economies, broad strength in the greenback and a continued fall in commodity prices. It ...

  • NRL issues time-wasting crackdown

    The NRL has issued a crackdown on time-wasting in a bid to regain an estimated eight minutes of match time every game. Rules being introduced this week will require teams to be ready to pack for a scrum within 30 seconds of one being awarded, and the 40-second time limit for line drop-outs has also been cut to 30 seconds. Failure to do so will result in a penalty, but only from round 15 ...

  • $A rises above 98 US cents

    The Australian dollar has pushed back above 98 US cents amid weakness in its US counterpart. At 1700 AEST on Tuesday, the currency was trading at 98.17 US cents, up from 97.57 cents on Monday. OzForex chief currency strategist Jim Vrondas said the Australian dollar had regained some of the ground it had lost over the past fortnight. The Australian dollar lost around six US cents in the two ...

  • Raider McIlwrick dumped for Manly clash

    Canberra hooker Matt McIlwrick has been dropped in one of just two changes for his side's NRL clash against Manly on Saturday. Veteran utility Shaun Berrigan has been named at hooker as McIlwrick's replacement, although Raiders assistant coach Brett Kimmorley said Glen Buttriss was still an outside chance of recovering from a calf injury for the match. "Berro's got a lot of ...

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