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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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06 Dec 2008 8:18 AM

SYDNEY, Dec 6 AAP - A P-plate driver has returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.265 after allegedly flagging down a police car in northern NSW.

Police said a 26-year-old woman had her licence confiscated after she returned a high-range PCA reading near Tamworth about 8pm (AEDT) on Friday.

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20 Dec 2008 4:24 PM

SYDNEY, Dec 20 AAP - The drivers of a Porsche and two motorcycles have had their vehicles confiscated after reaching speeds of more than 220km/h in an alleged road race.

Police say the three men were racing along a 100km/h zone of the Pacific Highway on the far north NSW coast on Saturday about 10.40am (AEST).

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15 Dec 2008 5:38 PM

MELBOURNE, Dec 15 AAP - Two young men accused of drag racing before a crash that killed a 15-year-old boy will stand trial.

Mitchell Cairnduff, of Wheelers Hill, died when a turbo-charged Mitsubishi Lancer driven by Jarrod Rooke hit a taxi at 120km/h, the Melbourne Magistrates Court heard.

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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 Israel warns of ground offensive as jets pound Hamas in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Dec 28 AFP - Israel has warned it could send ground troops into Gaza as its warplanes continued to pound Hamas targets in the overcrowded enclave where nearly 230 Palestinians have been killed.

"We are ready for anything. If it's necessary to deploy ground forces to defend our citizens, we will do so," a spokesman for Defence Minister Ehud Barak quoted him as saying.
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Feature Story More than 200 dead as Israel hammers Hamas-run Gaza

GAZA CITY, Dec 27 AFP - Israel hammered Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 205 people in retaliation for ongoing rocket fire in one of the bloodiest days of the decades-long Middle East conflict.

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said "Operation Cast Lead", which has also left about 300 wounded, would continue "as long as necessary".
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Feature Story Massive Israeli air raids on Gaza kill 120: Palestinians

GAZA CITY, Dec 27 AFP - Israeli aircraft launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas compounds inside the Gaza Strip, killing at least 120 Palestinians, medics said.

Most of the dead are believed to have been inside police headquarters, Hamas said.
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Feature Story Israel threatens major offensive against Gaza

JERUSALEM, Dec 21 AFP - Israel threatened on Sunday to launch a major offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip as violence simmered around the impoverished territory days after the end of a truce with the Islamists.

Senior officials said after the weekly cabinet meeting that Israel is preparing a "response" to continuing rocket strikes from the besieged Palestinian coastal strip.
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Feature Story Experts urge police to improve relations with public

MELBOURNE, Dec 19 AAP - After a week of anger and accusations, a sad funeral song perhaps summed up the death of 15-year-old Tyler Cassidy best.

The pop song "Forever Young" celebrates the innocence of youth and brought tears to a packed St John the Baptist Catholic church in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Feature Story Govt backflips on means test for solar rebate

CANBERRA, Dec 17 AAP - All households will be able to get half-price solar panels after the federal government abandoned its unpopular decision to means-test its solar rebate.

The government will scrap the means test, meaning all Australian homes will qualify for a rebate worth up to $7,500.
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Feature Story Police arrest Chopper Read

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.
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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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By Mai Yaghi 29 Dec 2008 8:44 PM

GAZA CITY, Dec 29 AFP - Israeli jets have bombed Hamas targets in Gaza for a third day, killing several children, while the Islamists fired deadly rockets to retaliate for the blitz that has left more than 300 dead.

As Israeli tanks massed on the Gaza border, the army declared the area a closed military zone - a move that in the past has often been followed by ground operations in the Palestinian enclave.

Amid mounting international calls for a halt to the violence, Israel allowed the passage of humanitarian aid into the impoverished and overcrowded territory where most of the 1.5 million population depends on foreign aid.

Hamas militants remained defiant on Monday, firing some 20 rockets into Israel.

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Police have arrested several people after responding to reports of gunfire in South Melbourne.
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JERUSALEM, Jan 1 AP - For an Israeli pilot, bombing a Hamas missile launcher is like driving a car with a GPS road finder: All he does is drive where the machines tell him to go.
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SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - NSW has recorded its lowest annual road toll since the Second World War, as the number of people killed on the state's roads declined for a sixth straight year.
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SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Two children have been seriously injured by exploding fireworks on the NSW Central Coast.
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SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - A Sydney man has been charged with multiple offences and is due to face court on Thursday following a siege lasting almost 13 hours on the NSW mid-north coast.
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BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - A 24-year-old woman is in a critical condition in hospital after two boats collided near Bribie Island, north of Brisbane.
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ADELAIDE, Jan 1 AAP - More than 100,000 South Australians rang in the New Year at celebrations in Adelaide with police declaring the crowds well behaved.
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SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Police are investigating two separate fires that caused extensive damage to a Sydney business and a NSW funeral parlour overnight.
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GAZA CITY, Dec 31 AFP - Two people died on Thursday in New Year Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, raising the toll since Israeli military operations began on Saturday to 397, according to the head of the territory's emergency services.
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BANGKOK, Jan 1 AFP - At least 59 people were killed when a fire ripped through a popular nightclub in the Thai capital Bangkok early Thursday as people were celebrating New Year, a local police commander says.
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MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - A man has died in a house fire in outer Melbourne.
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SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Traffic congestion on the Hume Highway has eased after rescuers airlifted two children injured in a car accident from the road by helicopter.
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Hamas's star is rising among Palestinians as each new Israeli bomb falls on Gaza .. while Western-backed president MAHMUD ABBAS is becoming increasingly isolated.
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CAIRO, Dec 31 AFP - Several Arab states have cancelled planned New Year celebrations in solidarity with Palestinians in the Islamist-run Gaza Strip who suffered a fifth straight day of Israeli bombardment on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, Dec 31 AFP - Global stock markets on Wednesday close out a year that saw some of the worst losses since the Great Depression, with investors eyeing a possible recovery but cautious in the face of a deep economic crisis.
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Queensland cabinet documents released today under the 30-year rule show a BJELKE-PETERSEN government at its peak in 1978 .. willing to take on Canberra and impose its conservative philosophy on Queensland.
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More than a million revellers have ushered in 2009 in Sydney .. watching in wonder as spectacular bursts of fireworks lit up the night sky .. culminating in a giant glowing sun on the iconic Harbour Bridge.
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NSW Police are still trying to determine the cause of yesterday's siege which saw a gun wielding man hold five hostages captive for 12-hours on the mid north coast.
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MELBOURNE, Jan 1 AAP - Hundreds of thousands of Melburnians welcomed 2009 with hugs and cheers as a fireworks extravaganza lit up the sky above the Yarra River.
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SYDNEY, Jan 1 AAP - Guests waited for hours in Sydney for international party princess Paris Hilton to arrive for a New's Year Eve party.
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CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - In 1978, the government of Malcolm Fraser adopted one far-reaching measure which continues to be cursed by Australian motorists every time the fuel price soars.
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CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - By 1978, Australia's fine old parliament house was bursting at the seams and there was just one solution - build a new one.
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BRISBANE, Dec 31 AAP - The days of having a beer with brekky and a flutter on the pokies in Queensland are over.
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CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Buried deep in the South Australian red dirt outback was the nuclear age equivalent of a pot of gold - a quantity of bomb-grade plutonium, left over from British nuclear tests in the 1960s.
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CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Of all the weird trade deals in Australia's long mercantile history, probably none came close to the 1978 scheme to swap 7,000 tonnes of Aussie beef and offal for 2,000 Alfa Romeo cars.
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BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - Queensland cabinet documents released on Thursday under the 30-year rule show a Bjelke-Petersen government at its peak in 1978, willing to take on Canberra and impose its conservative philosophy on Queensland.
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CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Less than two years after the first Vietnamese asylum-seeker boat sailed into Darwin's harbour, dire fears of a flood of humanity had been realised.
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CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - Twenty-five years after the defeat of prime minister Malcolm Fraser, some critics believe he squibbed it as far as using his parliamentary majorities to implement real economic reforms goes.
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BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - Newly-released cabinet documents show that 1978 was a year of continued confrontation in Queensland over the Bjelke-Petersen government's street march ban; completion of several major projects in Brisbane; and the premier's moves to have a new power station placed in his own electorate.
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