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Inflation hits a 17-year high
16 hours agoAustralia's inflation rate has hit a 17-year high. The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the Consumer Price Index rose 4.5 per cent in the year to the end of June. It leaves the Reserve Bank of Australia in the difficult position of having to decide whether to leave interest rates high at the same time that the economy is cooling.
Coalition delaying carbon emissions scheme
16 hours agoCoalition leader Brendan Nelson has indicated today that the Opposition will not support an emissions reduction scheme that starts before 2011 and that its preferred start-up date is 2012. In doing so he is effectively forcing the Government to do a deal with the Greens if it wants to bring in its carbon pollution scheme as planned in 2010.
Govt heads to Arnhem Land for community cabinet
16 hours agoIndigenous Australians on the Gove Peninsula will today present federal ministers with a statement calling for an end to key elements of the Northern Territory intervention and calling for the Federal Government to set up a future fund for Indigenous Australians. The ministers are in the Northern Territory for a community cabinet meeting in Yirrkala on the east coast of Arnhem Land.
Hospital infections could be halved by clean hands: research
16 hours agoThe body advising the nation's health ministers says hospital-based infection rates could be halved if health care staff washed their hands more regularly and more thoroughly.
Serbian nationalists protest over Karadzic arrest
15 hours agoSerbia's new Europe-leaning government and many of the country's citizens are optimistic that the capture of war crimes suspect, Radovan Karadzic, will open the door for Serbia to join the European Union and come to terms with the horrors of its recent past. But nationalist supporters of the former war-time leader are furious about the Government's plans to extradite Karadzic to the UN war crimes court at The Hague and have clashed with police in Belgrade.
Zimbabwean Senator sceptical about talks
15 hours agoThe two weeks of talks on a power sharing deal between Zimbabwe's ruling party and the Opposition have begun in South Africa. But while the Opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has said he will negotiate in good faith and many Zimbabweans are optimistic about the talks, a human rights lawyer and Senator with a faction of the Movement for Democratic Change, David Coltart, is sceptical.
McCain rebukes media over 'saturation' Obama coverage
15 hours agoIn the United States, John McCain's frustration with the US media is reaching boiling point. The Republican presidential hopeful is clearly becoming irritated by the saturation coverage being given to his Democrat rival, Barack Obama, who is on an international trip.
Journalist's boat sinks
15 hours agoIt was supposed to be a confidence-boosting farewell for New Zealand's Olympic rowers before they headed off to Beijing. But a boat carrying media to do a story on the rowers started taking water and capsized, sending the press pack into the freezing water, along with their expensive camera gear.
Mac Bank profit growth coming to an end
15 hours agoThe message from Australia's biggest investment bank to its shareholders today was decidedly subdued. At its annual general meeting in Melbourne, the Macquarie Group warned that its 16-year streak of rising annual profits may be coming to an end.
Iemma on the backfoot over Iguana affair
15 hours agoThe Iguana Joe's nightclub scandal that has NSW Education Minister John Della Bosca and his wife, Federal MP Belinda Neal, possibly facing charges, is now creating new problems for the New South Wales Premier. Premier Morris Iemma is now being accused of misleading State Parliament over a public servant who was caught out engaging in digging dirt for the Labor Party. The bureaucrat has been disciplined and his activities have been referred to the corruption watchdog.
Drummers as fit as athletes: study
15 hours agoBritish sports scientists tested the heart rate and oxygen intake of rock drummers during a gig and found they have as much stamina as elite athletes. But some drummers say while they work up a sweat - they might not be as fit as an Olympian.
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