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Perth MusicKangaroo option not serious: NFF
1pointsThe National Farmers Federation (NFF) says calls for the kangaroo industry to take over other traditional sources of red meat are not a serious option in tackling climate change. Well they would say that wouldn't they?
Budget surplus faces $10 billion threat
1pointsFINANCIAL turmoil will strip more than $10 billion from the Rudd Government's budget surplus next year and has thrown budget planning at federal and state levels into disarray.
Revised Bailout Bill Awaits Senate Vote
1pointsThe Senate prepared to deliver a strong show of support Wednesday evening for the $700 billion economic bailout plan and House officials said that provisions being added to the measure should lead to its approval by Friday.
Australian passports don't prove citizenship!
1pointsFrom today a new ruling has come in effecting applications for passport renewal. Where in the past, having an old passport was proof enough of citizenship, you now have to provide either your Australian birth certificate or proof of citizenship.
Economic Irony
1pointsThe State of Finland and fast-food chain McDonald’s are now deemed more credit-worthy than the U.S. when measured by prices of CDS-derivatives (credit default swaps).
Defiant House Rejects Huge Bailout; Next Step Is U
1pointsDefying President Bush and the leaders of both parties, rank-and-file lawmakers in the House on Monday rejected a $700 billion economic rescue plan in a revolt that rocked the Capitol, sent markets plunging.
Was Howard Plagiarised?
1pointsNews that i just read over at CBC.ca, is showing that Howard might have been plagiarised for a speech he did in the house on March 2003, about the Iraq war. It will be interesting to see how this affects the Canadian Election currently on.
No pain, no game - is it worth it?
1pointsRules may change, players come and go, but one thing in AFL remains the same - keeping your best players on the field to contest for the ultimate prize, the Grand Final, sometimes at all costs.
$US700b bailout deal voted down
1pointsWall Street's benchmark Dow index has suffered its worst single-day points hit ever after a $860 billion ($US700 billion) financial bailout package failed to pass the US House of Representatives.
Paid maternity leave: Is 14 weeks enough?
1pointsA landmark government report today is expected to recommend women get at least 14 weeks paid maternity leave.
Do You Know The Owner of This Vehicle
1pointsAt approximately 1.30am on the 27th of September 2008,two wonderful specimens of humanity showed their true character.
'Fundamental' agreement on bailout plan
1pointsUS lawmakers have reached a "fundamental agreement" on a $US700 billion plan to bailout US financial markets even before the White House meeting begins - which could now be passed by the time the markets re-open on Monday.
China’s Milk Scandal Now Seen as Risk in Europe
1pointsEuropean Union regulators on Thursday ordered rigorous testing of imports containing at least 15 percent milk powder after concluding that tainted milk powder from China may well be circulating in Europe and putting children at risk.
Whales, porpoises increasingly threatened: report
1pointsA report compiled by Southern Cross University's Whale Research Centre has found 14 out of 86 species of the world's whales, dolphins and porpoises are now listed as threatened.
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