A community portal about Australia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest...
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A community portal about Australia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
[Pictured above:The All Gay Cruise NavGaytion launched this past year from Australia.]All Gay Cruise NavGaytionIf Australian Gays Hold Ceremonies the World Will Come to an End, Says the current Rudd Government . . . Well, not really, but you would think that's what they fear. Exactly what are they so afraid of? A bunch of gays and lesbians in Victoria, Australia want to have equal treatment of their committed relationships, and the current Rudd government is saying it MIGHT be 'Okay' as...
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YOUR CORRESPONDENT HATH IT THAT AUSTRALIA'S MINISTRY OF FAMILIES HAS ESTABLISHED A TRIAL OF A "QUARANTINE" FOR CERTAIN NEW MOTHERS entitled to a lump-sum allowance as may be considered "moral risks" because of prior histories of alcoholism, drug abuse, gambling or cases where the mother is under 18 years of age, in which case the allowance is issued in vouchers which can only be used for essential baby requisites such as diapers, baby food and baby care products; the...
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[Pictured above:The All Gay Cruise NavGaytion launched this past year from Australia.] All Gay Cruise NavGaytionIf Australian Gays Hold Ceremonies the World Will Come to an End, Says the current Rudd Government . . . Well, not really, but you would think that's what they fear. Exactly what are they so afraid of? A bunch of gays and lesbians in Victoria, Australia want to have equal treatment of their committed relationships, and the current Rudd government is saying it MIGHT be 'Okay' as...
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WHICH COULD EASILY BE THE REFLECTION OF MANY AUSTRALIAN WHEAT GROWERS FACING THE PROSPECT of the export wheat market "Down Under" being opened to free-market competition after years of such being the State monopoly of the Australian Wheat Board.
Canberra is considering winding up the AWB and allowing the free market to deal in Australian export wheat, especially favoured in the Near and Middle East for traditional flatbread in those parts; this in response to...
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Ever since I read Bill Bryson's In a Sunburned Country, I've been very keen to see Australia, and to go on one adventure in particular. I'd love to see the Outback--and no, I don't mean the steakhouse. Of course, the outback is a dangerous place. According to Bryson, all of Australia is teeming with poisonous spiders and snakes and other icky creatures I'd rather avoid...but it is also stunningly beautiful and exciting. Fortunately, there is a way for a girly-girl to see the outback...
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FMG's Andrew Forrest helps load the maiden shipment of iron ore for China. Map: Port Hedland 6721 Australia's richest man Andrew Forrest says history is being made as his mining company Fortescue Metals Group ...
Brian Surch and Lizzard's Brad Mackay : photo Jake White Industry News Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 14 May, 2008 : - - International surf wear company Lizzard Australia isn't just passionate about surfing.
Computerworld newsletters! SYDNEY, 15 May 2008 - Revenues for Australia's online classified advertising market reached $396 million in 2007, an increase of 30 percent over the previous calendar year according ...
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 13th May, 2008 The Australian government has set aside an extra A$2.2 million to fund the judicial inquiry into the way official agencies handled the terrorism case against ...
RIO TINTO, the world's third-largest mining company, and BP, Europe's second-largest oil producer, have cancelled a plan to build a coal-fired power plant in Australia that was supposed to capture and store ...
A PHONE call from an illegal bookmaker to room 206 of the Pride Hotel, Nagpur, in January 2007 has come back to haunt Marlon Samuels, whose likely suspension will upset the West Indies' preparation for the ...
Manly prop Brent Kite missed selection for New South Wales for the series-opening State-of-Origin match against Queensland only four days after playing in Australia's win over New Zealand in a rugby league ...
SYDNEY : Westpac Banking and its smaller rival St. George Bank said Tuesday that they had agreed to a takeover, a deal that would create one of largest Australian banks.
AUSTRALIA'S infrastructure players were big winners in the budget but it also delivered a nasty shock for the energy giant Woodside Petroleum , with the Federal Government removing an exemption for condensate ...