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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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  • South Australian Tourism Commission using short films to show new side to city

    THE secret Adelaide night life that rivals Sydney's; Chinatown's hidden treasures; chef Simon Bryant joining the new food-truck culture - these windows into Adelaide life are part of a South Australian Tourism Commission campaign using films made by independent film-makers. The SATC commissioned 10 filmmakers to shoot a short feature showing why they love the state - and the results went ...

  • Australians win show garden prize

    The Trailfinders Australian Garden by Fleming's Nurseries, which features plants native to the country and demonstrates sustainable landscaping in an urban setting, was also awarded a gold medal, being praised by ...

  • Detainee self-harm falls but figures questioned

    Self-harm rates among asylum seekers in Australian detention centres has dramatically fallen since September 2011. But an independent report by the Commonwealth and Immigration Ombudsman has lambasted the record-keeping practices of the Department of Immigration and its service provider Serco, saying they make inaccurate reporting ''practically inevitable''. On Tuesday, ...

  • Teens technology law when sexting is not pornography

    When three US high school students from Virginia made cellphone videos of drunken sex acts with fellow teens and shared them among themselves, they ended up in court last week facing charges usually reserved for adult predators: child pornography. The case is one of a number where teens caught ''sexting'' have been charged with a felony that can carry a sentence of 20 years ...

  • Leagues under the sea could even be a celebration

    crosswords. Avid readers know the order of battle just by their initials. They even have names for their tormenters: They call DA ''Don't Attempt'', NS is ''No Sweat''. When Mr Plomley joined the tribe, the late Lindsey Browne, the ...

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