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"Possessing opinions is like possessing fish, assuming one has a fish pond. One has to go fishing and needs some luck - then one has one's own fish, one's own opinions. I am speaking of live opinions, of live fish. Others are satisfied if they own a cabinet of fossils - and in their heads, "convictions".
- Friedrich Nietzsche

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29 Nov 2008 2:30 AM

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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14 Dec 2008 4:28 PM

Police have arrested a man for driving at 237 kilometres-an-hour on Sydney's Hume Highway.

And .. they say they are extremely disappointed with instances of irresponsible driving by young and inexperienced motorists overnight.

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House Harris Heralding the arrival of a new publication from The Weird House, the first edition of House Harris, a news publication that should provide a window into current affairs in Australia with articles from the Australian Associated Press who should be credited and duly paid their royalties.
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This is the thing, I actually don't have any dosh and I'm trying to figure out a way to make House Harris work. At the moment the only thing I can do to make revenue is the Google Adsense Ads seen on the newsarticle pages. If you could see your way clear to visit the advertisers from time to time it would help support House Harris.

Feature Story Solar power energises outback Qld town

BRISBANE, Dec 14 AAP - Solar energy is powering a small outback town in south-west Queensland.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh on Sunday witnessed the emissions-free energy production at Australia's newest solar farm at Windorah - a Queensland first.
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Feature Story Big fines and dumped alcohol for NYE drunks: police

SYDNEY, Dec 13 AAP - Police admit new laws including fines of up to $2,200 to curb alcohol-fuelled violence on New Year's Eve, might antagonise drunken louts.

Revellers ringing in the New Year in Sydney risk having their alcohol poured out and copping massive fines if they resist.
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Feature Story Man pointed gun at police in dramatic arrest

SYDNEY, Dec 11 AAP - A man pointed a gun at police before surrendering in a dramatic arrest in the carpark of a club which had just been held up, police say.

Police have charged four men after staff at a licensed club were confronted by two men wearing balaclavas and armed with a shotgun in Hexham in the NSW Hunter region about 11.30pm (AEDT) on Wednesday.
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Feature Story Consumers happier as interest rates tumble

CANBERRA, Dec 10 AAP - Big interest rate cuts, a huge cash injection from the government and tumbling petrol prices have bolstered the spirits of consumers.

And it is not just retailers that may benefit - demand for home loans has also increased, including from first-time buyers.
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Feature Story Aussie escapes jet crash inferno

MELBOURNE, Dec 9 AAP - Australian Bill Dusting's life depended on a split second decision whether to turn left or right in San Diego on Monday.

He was running in blind panic from a pilot-less jet fighter aircraft that seemed to have him firmly in its in sights as it plunged to earth.
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Feature Story Hotel brawl proof of need for new pub laws: Rees

SYDNEY, Dec 8 AAP - A brawl involving up to 600 people outside a western Sydney bar is proof tougher regulations are needed to curb alcohol-related violence, says NSW Premier Nathan Rees.

Police had to call in the riot squad, Pol Air helicopter and the dog squad to disperse the crowd outside Parramatta's Roxy Hotel about 11.45pm (AEDT) on Sunday.
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Feature Story Govt inactive as author remains in Thai jail, family says

MELBOURNE, Dec 7 AAP - The family of an Australian author who is in a Thai jail accused of insulting the nation's royal family says the federal government has not done enough to secure his freedom.

Former Melbourne man Harry Nicolaides was arrested on August 31 at Bangkok Airport on his way back to Australia.
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Feature Story US preparing for troop buildup in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 AP - The US military is beginning a massive building effort in Afghanistan to house the roughly 20,000 additional troops, including an undetermined increase in marines, that are expected to begin pouring in early next year, a top military officer said on Friday.

Major General Michael Tucker, deputy commander for operations for US forces in Afghanistan, told reporters military leaders are anticipating a "very active winter" of insurgency attacks.
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By Greg Roberts 15 Dec 2008 5:55 PM

MELBOURNE, Dec 15 AAP - Notorious criminal turned author Mark "Chopper" Read was arrested and then released on Monday after being allegedly attacked by a man with a tomahawk in a Melbourne street.

The 54-year-old confessed murderer became involved in a fight in inner-suburban Collingwood when he was approached by another 54-year-old man.

It is believed the man pulled out a tomahawk and a fight broke out about 11am (AEDT) on Monday.

"He said `Chopper Read, you're not in H Division now', and started swinging a tomahawk at me," Read told reporters outside the Richmond police station.

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Police in Western Austrlaia say a 38-year-old power worker caught rainwater and fish and pulled his car apart to survive eight days lost in the remote East Kimberley.
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GREELEY, Colorado, Dec 15 AP - A Colorado man has pleaded guilty in connection with the death of his girlfriend's 7-year-old half-sister during an apparent imitation of the Mortal Kombat video game.
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SYDNEY, Dec 16 AAP - Two more men have been arrested over alleged child sex offences at a boarding school in central western NSW, police say.
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SYDNEY, Dec 16 AAP - A heavily intoxicated woman who stabbed her husband to death with an antique knife has been jailed for at least four years.
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SYDNEY, Dec 16 AAP - The discovery of a bag of human bones on a balcony has raised suspicions an elderly man killed his wife and kept her remains hidden for up to eight years.
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SYDNEY, Dec 16 AAP - An elderly woman has died after being struck in a hit-and-run accident and then run over by a second car in the NSW Blue Mountains.
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BRISBANE, Dec 16 AAP - A police officer has been charged with drink driving on the Gold Coast.
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DARWIN, Dec 16 AAP - Hiding out on islands off Arnhem Land are a group of endangered quolls.
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PARIS, Dec 15 AFP - The Ponzi scheme, or pyramid fraud, is a scam named after con artist Charles Ponzi that relies on a pyramid of investors who contribute money to a fraudulent program.
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MELBOURNE, Dec 16 AAP - One of the three police officers who shot and killed a teenage boy reportedly tried to shoot his legs as he advanced on them, allegedly wielding two stolen knives.
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MELBOURNE, Dec 15 AAP - Notorious criminal turned author Mark "Chopper" Read was arrested and then released on Monday after being allegedly attacked by a man with a tomahawk in a Melbourne street.
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MELBOURNE, Dec 15 AAP - Two young men accused of drag racing before a crash that killed a 15-year-old boy will stand trial.
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MANILA, Dec 15 AFP - At least 22 people were killed and 34 others were reported missing after a ferry capsized in the northern Philippines, the coast guard said on Monday.
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Queensland Police say they haven't yet identified a man whose body was recovered by police divers from the Bremer river in Ipswich today.
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The prime minister's launch of his greenhouse gas reduction plan was thrown into disarray today .. when three female protesters marched on him and were wrestled to the ground.
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SYDNEY, Dec 15 AAP - A Sydney man who bashed a retiree he wrongly accused of ignoring water restrictions has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
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A journalist has hurled his shoes at US President GEORGE W BUSH on his farewell visit to Iraq.
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SYDNEY, Dec 15 AAP - A suspicious fire has destroyed a 52-year-old swimming pool on the NSW north coast, forcing its closure.
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SYDNEY, Dec 15 AAP - A man has been charged for allegedly glassing a woman at a hotel in Sydney's west.
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SYDNEY, Dec 15 AAP - A fourth man who worked at St Stanislaus Catholic College in Bathurst has been charged with child sex offences at the central western NSW boarding school.
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The Australian sharemarket has opened almost three per cent higher today after gains on Wall Street on Friday.
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Victorian builders say more than half their clients have pulled out of new home projects in the past three months .. as the global credit squeeze bites.
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