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An academic who expects zero interest rates within two years and a 40 per cent drop in house prices has promised to walk from Canberra to the top of Australia's highest mountain if he's wrong.
University of Western Sydney associate professor of economics and finance STEVE KEEN made the bet with Macquarie Group interest rate strategist RORY ROBERTSON.
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World must learn to live with terror: conference told
04 Dec 2008 2:10 PM
ADELAIDE, Dec 4 AAP - The world must learn to live with terrorist attacks like those in Mumbai, a conference has been told in Adelaide.
University of Adelaide associate professor Michael Roberts told the Globalising Religions and Cultures conference on Thursday that the group involved in the attacks were not mindless fanatics and showed reasoning behind the targets they chose.
More than 180 people were killed and 300 others injured during 60 hours of violence last week that included attacks on two luxury hotels and a number of other sites.
Prof Roberts said the attacks were motivated by a desire to undermine the increasingly harmonious relationship between India and Pakistan.
NSW: Three charged over bashed body in river - police
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Three members of one family have been charged over the death of a man found in a southern NSW river nine months ago. More...
ASIA: Indian 'proof' of Pakistan intel role in Mumbai: reports
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 AFP - India claims it has proof that Pakistan's powerful military intelligence agency was involved in last week's attacks in Mumbai, Indian newspapers reported on Friday. More...
NSW: Alleged jail drug syndicate leader charged
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Convicted murderer Bassam Hamzy, the alleged mastermind of a drug-trafficking syndicate coordinated from his NSW jail cell, has been charged with drug offences. More...
Vic: Police appeal for info on dumped body
MELBOURNE, Dec 5 AAP - Victorian detectives have released images of a man wanted for questioning over the death of a bashing victim found dumped beside a road in Melbourne's outer west four weeks ago. More...
Qld: Bali drug mules jailed for five years
BRISBANE, Dec 5 AAP - Three people linked to the Bali Nine heroin smuggling syndicate have been jailed for five years. More...
NSW: Man charged over fatal boat crash.
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - A Sydney man has been charged over a boat crash that killed a 34-year-old woman and left him with serious injuries. More...
NSW: Pedophile to be monitored for five years after release
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Convicted pedophile Kenneth Tillman has been banned from seeing his grandchildren, leaving his house after 9pm and even changing his hair for the next five years. More...
Aust dollar closes lower as market awaits key US jobs data
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - The Australian dollar has closed marginally weaker in subdued trading as financial markets await a potentially dire jobs report from the United States on Friday night. More...
NSW: Psychiatrist to see woman accused of murdering toddler
A woman accused of murdering her infant son .. whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in a Sydney pond .. will be examined by a psychiatrist before returning to court. More...
ASIA: Five killed in bomb, shootings in Thai south: police
NARATHIWAT, Thailand, Dec 5 AFP - Shootings and a bomb attack carried out by suspected separatist insurgents have killed five people including a policeman in Thailand's far south, police say. More...
Aust stocks lower as oil price, uncertainty drag on resources
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Qld: MP apologises for threat to sue elderly woman
BRISBANE, Dec 5 AAP - A Queensland MP who threatened to sue an elderly lady who had criticised him has apologised for acting in the heat of the moment. More...
PAC: Climbers stranded on mountain were family friends
Wellington, Dec 5 NZPA - Two Japanese climbers stranded on New Zealand's Aoraki/Mt Cook were not just guide and client - they were family friends. More...
Fed: Charges expected over death of dad pushed off bridge
CANBERRA, Dec 5 AAP - Police say they're likely to charge three people later on Friday over the death of NSW father-of-four Danny Ralph. More...
NSW: Warrants issued after Sydney kava bust
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Customs investigators in Sydney have seized four tonnes of kava, an intoxicating powder made from the root of the kava plant. More...
NSW: Karaoke bar set alight with molotov cocktails
SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - A gang of youths has firebombed a Sydney karaoke bar with molotov cocktails. More...
FED: Welfare payments tied to school attendance under bill
CANBERRA, Dec 4 AAP - Parents could have their welfare payments suspended if their children wag school, under a bill passed by federal parliament. More...
Fed: Bill defeated which would have eased laws for job seekers
The federal opposition has joined with independent senator NICK XENOPHON .. to kill a bill which would have eased sanctions on job seekers that don't look for work. More...
NSW: Ringleader of drug syndicate operated from jail
SYDNEY, Dec 4 AAP - A convicted murderer allegedly made about 460 calls a day on a smuggled mobile phone as he coordinated a $250,000-a-week drug trafficking syndicate from his maximum security jail cell. More...
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