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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
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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Howard beams as Bush anoints "man of steel"
By Kate Hannon, National Political Editor
14 Jan 2009 3:50 PM
CANBERRA, Jan 14 AAP - Former prime minister John Howard beamed as outgoing US president George Bush hung the US Medal of Freedom around his neck at a White House ceremony on Wednesday (AEDT).
Mr Bush invoked his famous moniker for Mr Howard - "the Man of Steel" - as he described their friendship and his admiration for the Australian leader's courage in supporting the war on terrorism.
He told the Washington DC audience of Mr Howard's lament more than 20 years ago on his chances of reviving his political career after losing the Liberal leadership as "Lazarus with a triple bypass".
"The man has got an unusual way of speaking," Mr Bush joked.
Mr Howard and fellow member of the coalition of the willing, former British prime minister Tony Blair, and Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, each received the medal, the highest civilian honour in the US.
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Aust dollar ends two US cents weaker
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - The Australian dollar closed two US cents weaker at the lowest finish in five weeks, as a sharp fall in full-time jobs stirred worries about a recession. More...
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NSW: Woman drowns trying to save son
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - A woman who drowned in a western NSW river died trying to save her teenage son who was struggling in the water. More...
Aust unemployment rate 4.5 pct in Dec - ABS =3D3
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 4.5 per cent in December, compared with an unchanged 4.4 per cent in November, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show. More...
NSW: Bushfires burn at Mt Kuring-Gai and NSW military sites
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - A bushfire in northern Sydney is threatening more than a dozen factories and has been declared an emergency, the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) says. More...
US: 'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in LA
LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 AP - Patrick McGoohan, the Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show The Prisoner, has died. He was 80. More...
US: Actor Ricardo Montalban dies at 88
LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 AP - Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in splashy MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr Roarke in TV's Fantasy Island, has died at 88. More...
NSW: Woman dragged of bus, assaulted and robbed: Police
Four people have been charged after a woman was dragged off a bus by her hair .. assaulted and robbed of her handbag and clothes. More...
NSW: Murdered prostitute stabbed four times after sex: court
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - A man charged with the murder of a Sydney prostitute allegedly stabbed the 29-year-old four times in the neck after the couple had sex, before dumping her naked body in the grounds of a church. More...
NSW: ATM blown up on Central Coast
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - An automatic teller machine has been blown up by robbers on the NSW Central Coast. More...
NSW: Teen remains behind bars over fatal train stabbing
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - A 16-year-old boy charged with the stabbing murder of a teenager on a Sydney train just before Christmas will remain behind bars for another four weeks. More...
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Aust dollar lower at noon, bonds stronger
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - The Australian dollar was lower at noon despite a slight boost from a better-than-expected December jobs report. More...
FED: Anti-loggers have a right to peaceful protest: Garrett
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - Environmentalist have the right to protest the logging of old growth forests in Tasmania's Upper Florentine Valley, as long as it remains peaceful, federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says. More...
Fed: Telcos make up over half of Do Not Call complaints
CANBERRA, Jan 15 AAP - Telecommunications companies are to blame for more than half the complaints about unwanted and unsolicited phone calls. More...
Fed: Unemployed should get paid work experience: ACOSS
CANBERRA, Jan 15 AAP - People on the dole should have access to work experience paid at a training level wage, the nation's peak welfare group says. More...
NSW: Total fire ban in Sydney and other major cities
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - A total fire ban has been put in place across Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle as temperatures soar throughout NSW. More...
Fed: 180-year-old shipwreck gets federal protection
The federal government's declared a protected zone around the wreck of the 180-year-old British schooner .. Mermaid .. off the coast of Queensland. More...
MID: Fresh air raids across Gaza as toll passes 1,000
GAZA CITY, Jan 15 AFP/AP - Israel has carried out fresh air raids across Gaza and ground troops waged more street battles as its war entered a 20th day and the death toll passed 1,000 despite hopes of a truce. More...
QLD: Dildo-wielding man remains behind bars
BRISBANE, Jan 15 AAP - A man who allegedly broke into a house wearing a black leather mask and used a sex toy to beat a woman, before killing her dog, has been ordered to remain behind bars. More...
NSW: Two charged over cannabis worth $500,000 in hydro house
SYDNEY, Jan 15 AAP - Two people have been charged after cannabis plants worth almost $500,000 were found in a house in Sydney's west. More...
FTSE 100 down 218.51 points at 4,180.64
Share prices closed sharply lower Wednesday on the London Stock Exchange. More...
US: US kids with Nazi-inspired names removed from home
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Jan 14 AP - Three siblings whose names have Nazi connotations - and whose family made headlines after a bakery refused to put one of the children's names on a cake - have been placed in the custody of the state. More...
MID: Hamas agrees to Gaza truce, Israel reply awaited: official
CAIRO, Jan 14 AFP - Hamas has accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal to end the war in the Gaza Strip and Cairo is awaiting Israel's response, a senior Egyptian diplomat told AFP on Wednesday. More...
US: 'Prisoner' actor Patrick McGoohan dies in US
LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 AP - Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the cult classic television show The Prisoner, has died. He was 80. More...
MID: Red Cross says Gaza humanitarian situation 'shocking'
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is shocking .. following a visit to a hospital in the embattled territory. More...
European stocks slump, Wall Street slides on poor data
European stock markets have fallen hard .. shedding more than six per cent in London after fresh losses on Wall Street .. as investors fret over poor US economic data and resurgent credit-crunch woes. More...
EUR: Treating patients in Gaza was like working in hell: medics
OSLO, Jan 14 AFP - Treating patients in Gaza was like working in hell, said two Norwegian medics who were the only Western doctors in the war-torn Palestinian territory for the first 10 days of Israel's offensive. More...
EUR: German ad slogan evoking Nazi camp pulled: report
BERLIN, Jan 14 AFP - A German advertising campaign was abruptly cancelled over complaints that the slogan used also stood at the entrance to the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. More...
MID: Israel stops Iranian aid ship heading to Gaza
TEHRAN, Jan 14 AP - The Israeli Navy has intercepted an Iranian ship loaded with medicine, food and clothing destined for Gaza and forced the vessel to head toward an Egyptian port, Iran's state television reported on Wednesday. More...
PAC: NZ man offers to pay costs of dead men's car hire
MELBOURNE, Jan 14 AAP/NZPA - The parents of two Melbourne brothers killed in an ice collapse on a New Zealand glacier have brought the body of one of their sons home. More...
ASIA: Elephants behaving badly banned from India parade
NEW DELHI, Jan 14 AFP - Bejewelled elephants that have delighted crowds at every Indian Republic Day since 1950 have been banned from this year's parade due to their "berserk" behaviour, officials said on Wednesday. More...
Hong Kong shares close up 0.3 per cent
Hong Kong share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher today .. following mild bargain hunting after days of losses. More...
CANBERRA, Jan 14 AAP - Former prime minister John Howard beamed as outgoing US president George Bush hung the US Medal of Freedom around his neck at a White House ceremony on Wednesday (AEDT). More...
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