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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.
BRISBANE, Dec 31 AAP - Queensland police have caught a man with an alleged blood alcohol reading more than six times the legal limit.
A 28-year-old man from Peak Crossing was stopped overnight for a random breath test in the nearby town of Boonah, south-west of Brisbane, and allegedly blew .303 per cent.
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).
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.
MELBOURNE, Jan 6 AAP - A 78-year-old hoon caught speeding at 170km/h on a narrow country road on New Year's Day told police he was a skilled race driver.
Victorian Premier John Brumby, however, was not impressed with John Belfield's claims, labelling Australia's oldest hoon driver an "idiot", while police said he was toying with death.i
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Aust labour market outshines US but maybe not for long
By Garry Shilson-Josling, AAP Economist
12 Jan 2009 5:49 PM
SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - If Australians want to gloat over how much healthier their labour market is compared with that of the US, they should get their gloating in before it's too late.
The contrast between the labour markets of the US and Australia is stark but may become less so in coming months.
The news on Friday from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics was bad.
Non-farm payrolls, the measure of employment favoured by economists, fell by over half a million in December for the second month in a row.
The annual fall in number of jobs was 2.6 million, the biggest fall in percentage terms since 1982, and the biggest fall in absolute terms since war production wound down in 1945.
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FED: Anti-logging activists blockade in Tasmania and Victoria
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - Anti-logging activists have ignored police warnings to leave a protest camp in the Upper Florentine Valley. More...
Hong Kong shares close down 2.8 per cent
Hong Kong share prices closed 2.8 per cent lower on Monday .. led by falls in Chinese banks on concerns more major shareholders will sell down stakes, dealers said. More...
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - Police Minister Bob Cameron has described as outrageous the behaviour of a teenager caught speeding at more than 140km/h three weeks after getting his licence. More...
Jobs ads at 'recession-like' levels: survey
SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - Australian job advertisements have slumped to "recession-like" levels, falling by almost 10 per cent in December alone, a key employment measure has found. More...
Aust dollar closes weaker on poor US jobs data
SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - The Australian dollar closed at its weakest level since New Year's Eve as the highest US jobless rate in 16 years sparked fears of a prolonged recession in the world's biggest economy. More...
Aust stocks close lower after falls from resources and banks
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - The Australian stock market closed lower on Monday amid falls in the resources and banking sectors as a a key employment measure indicated a rising jobless rate in 2009. More...
Aust labour market outshines US but maybe not for long
SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - If Australians want to gloat over how much healthier their labour market is compared with that of the US, they should get their gloating in before it's too late. More...
Qld: One Nation's flag keeps flying
BRISBANE, Jan 12 AAP - Australia's last remaining member of the right-wing One Nation, Rosa Lee Long, will carry the party's banner into a new seat after her far north Queensland electorate was abolished in a redistribution. More...
NSW: Teen charged with brawl shooting will stay in jail
SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - A teenage boy charged with shooting two brothers during a neighbourhood brawl in Sydney will remain in jail for another month until his next court date. More...
FED: Anti-logging activists set to clash with police over camp
HOBART, Jan 12 AAP - Anti-logging activists in Tasmania are set to clash with police at a protest camp in the Upper Florentine Valley. More...
Vic: Protesters blockade logging operations
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - Up to 30 conservationists have stopped logging operations in an old-growth forest in Victoria's east. More...
NSW: Man tells how he saved cousin from monster shark attack
SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - The man who saved a teenage girl from the jaws of a great white shark says the "monster" was "easily the length of a car". More...
Vic: Pilot a hero as he avoided crashing into homes
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - A 54-year-old pilot killed in a light plane crash south of Melbourne has been hailed a hero for steering his aircraft away from densely populated areas. More...
US: American Jews split over Israeli offensive
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 AFP - American Jews are divided over the Israeli military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which is being vigorously denounced by an increasingly active progressive Jewish movement. More...
Vic: Japan whalers scared of arrest in Aust, activists say
MELBOURNE, Jan 12 AAP - Japanese whalers sent a damaged vessel thousands of kilometres to be repaired in Indonesia because they feared arrest if they landed in Australia, an anti-whaling group says. More...
MID: Israel says Gaza war nearing end as fighting rages
Israel has indicated for the first time that an end is in sight to its war on Hamas .. as the death toll nears 900 in the Gaza Strip. More...
Vic: Man killed in crash landing at Mornington
MELBOURNE, Jan 11 AAP - The pilot of an ultra light plane has died after a crashing into a residential area of Mornington, south of Melbourne. More...
NSW: Surfer saw violent splashing before being bitten by shark
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - A man surfing on the far north coast of NSW saw violent splashing before being bitten on the thigh by a shark, a local lifeguard says. More...
FED: Jobs most likely to disappear this year
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - A new study says real estate agents, car salesmen and investment bankers are among the most likely to lose their jobs this year. More...
NSW: Weapons, reptiles and stolen items seized - man charged
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - Police have seized a cache of weapons, explosives, live reptiles and about 1,000 other suspected stolen items at a home in Newcastle. More...
NSW: Speeding offender found with drugs and cash: Police
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - A man caught speeding in southern NSW has been found with 15kg of cannabis and $54,000 in cash in his four-wheel drive, police say. More...
NSW: P-plate street racers will have cars wheel clamped: Police
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - Two P-platers caught street racing will have their cars' wheels clamped as part of a trial program to curb unsafe driving behaviour. More...
EUR: Gaza war sparks torrent of fiery comment on the internet
PARIS, AFP - European and US media and social network websites are struggling to cope with a deluge of reader comments sparked by the Gaza conflict, most fiercely partisan and some explicitly racist or anti-Semitic, according to the sites' administrators. More...
Qld: Tropical cyclone Charlotte forms in Queensland's far north
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - A surfer bitten by a shark on the far NSW north coast is in a stable condition, NSW Police say. More...
NSW: New drought figures show big dry easing
The big dry is easing in New South Wales .. and a bumper crop's reported for 2008. More...
NSW: More emergency room toilet miscarriages at hospital
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - Two more miscarriages in toilets have happened at a public hospital in the NSW Hunter region, Opposition health spokeswoman Jillian Skinner says, with more women likely to come forward. More...
NSW: Group of teens charged over assault - police
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - A man has been assaulted by a group of teenagers in central Sydney, police say. More...
MID: The macabre count of Dr Hassanein in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Jan 11 AFP - Doctor Muawiya Hassanein has no time for pleasantries these days. When a journalist calls, he barks out the latest number of the dead from Israel's war in Gaza and hangs up, getting back to his macabre count. More...
Qld: Police find drug equipment in car
BRISBANE, Jan 11 AAP - Drug manufacturing equipment has been found in a car after the driver tried to flee a random breath test in Brisbane's east, police say. More...
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