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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • As close in on Rangers

    The Oakland Athletics earned the valuable scalp of rivals and divisional leaders the Texas Rangers in MLB on Monday.The Athletics were helped by a brilliant start from pitcher Bartolo Colon, who kept Texas to two runs and six hits in seven innings at the mound at Rangers Ballpark.Rangers debutant pitcher Josh Lindblom was belted out of the game by Oakland's four-run fifth inning, which ...

  • Stocks to watch at close on Tuesday

    Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Tuesday: NWS - NEWS CORPORATION - down nine cents at $33.89 NWSLV - NEWS CORPORATION NON-VOTING SHARES - down two cents at $33.77 News Limited has sold NRL club Melbourne to a private consortium gathered by New Zealand entrepreneur Bart ...

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  • Cowboy Bowens NRL deadline looming

    A deadline is looming as North Queensland sweats on off-contract fullback Matt Bowen's fate. But Cowboys coach Neil Henry says he is keeping his fingers crossed the livewire No.1 remains a one-club player. Reports linking 31-year-old Bowen to rival NRL clubs were dismissed as "rumours" by Henry on Tuesday. However, Henry admits his club will need to decide on what to do with ...

  • Aust shares close lower

    The Australian market has closed around half a per cent lower, dragged down by weakness among the banks and industrial stocks. CMC Markets trader Ben Taylor said the local market finished in negative territory, following weak global leads. He said markets were anticipating that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce more quantitative easing (QE) in his speech to Congress on ...

  • A-League now soccers backbone Gallop

    Football Federation Australia (FFA) boss David Gallop does not believe it would be a "disaster" for the Socceroos to not qualify for the 2014 World Cup. With the Socceroos facing World Cup qualifiers in Japan on June 4, followed by hosting Jordan in Melbourne on June 11 and Iraq in Sydney on June 18, Gallop isn't banking everything on the national side making it. Gallop says he ...

  • Spend less or tax more Parkinson says

    Australians expect more from their government than they are willing to pay and the community will need to decide whether it wants to cut spending or raise taxes, Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson says. Dr Parkinson said community expectations would need to change for state, federal and local government budgets to be in surplus over the long term. "We have a big gap between what the ...

  • Qld economy crisis make-believe Labor

    The Queensland government's controversial Costello audit was used to conjure up a "make-believe" crisis to justify mass sackings and privatisation, the state opposition says. In a scathing response to the report on Tuesday, shadow treasurer Curtis Pitt told parliament former federal treasurer Peter Costello's audit of the state's finances used pessimistic population ...

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