"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
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.
Police chase stolen car 250km from Wagga to Canberra
20 Jan 2009 12:21 PM
CANBERRA, Jan 20 AAP - Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in Canberra following a 250km high-speed car chase that started in south-western NSW.
NSW police started pursuing the stolen car in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday morning and ACT Policing took up the chase when the driver crossed the border into the territory.
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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Fires contained but extreme weather looms
23 Jan 2009 2:29 AM
MELBOURNE, Jan 23 AAP - A cool change has helped firefighters contain fires that had been burning out of control in central and eastern Victoria.
But the entire state faces the most severe fire threat of the summer over the next few days due to a combination of scorching temperatures and high winds.
Fires burned within metres of homes in Melbourne's south and in Malmsbury in central Victoria on Thursday evening, while residents in nearby Woodend were under serious threat for several hours.
Both blazes were brought under control late on Thursday and fire crews worked through the night to hold them in check.
More than 200 firefighters, 54 trucks and four waterbombing aircraft tackled a 400-hectare blaze that threatened the townships of Malmsbury and Taradale, fanned by a southerly wind change late in the afternoon.
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FED: Aboriginal leader Mick Dodson named Australian of the Year
CANBERRA, Jan 25 AAP - Aboriginal leader and academic Mick Dodson has been named Australian of the Year at a ceremony outside Parliament House in Canberra. More...
NSW: Man charged after disturbance on flight
SYDNEY, Jan 25 AAP - Police have charged a man after a disturbance on a plane which was forced to make an unscheduled landing at Sydney Airport. More...
NSW: Girl, 13, drowns on NSW Central Coast
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - Police are investigating the drowning of a 13-year-old girl on the NSW Central Coast. More...
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan 24 AP - The mother of infamous Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh has been stabbed to death, and Koresh's aunt is in custody on a murder charge. More...
VIC: Four hospitalised after stabbings
MELBOURNE, Jan 25 AAP - Four young men have been hospitalised with stab wounds following an incident in Melbourne's north. More...
PAC: NZ surrogate mum may have to pay child support to gay Aust dads
WELLINGTON, Jan 25 NZPA - A New Zealand surrogate mother could be forced to pay child support for the baby she had for two gay Australian men. More...
US: Obama pitches his plan to reverse economic slide
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 AP - President Barack Obama took to the airwaves on Saturday to promote his economic aid plan by emphasising how it would benefit ordinary Americans: thousands of better schools, lower electricity bills, and health coverage for millions who lose their insurance along with their jobs. More...
NSW: Staff, bureaucrats blame each other for hospital mistakes
SYDNEY, Jan 25 AAP - Staff at NSW hospitals and senior health bureaucrats blame each other for mistakes, including deaths of patients, according to a four-year study. More...
Fed: Aboriginal Australia celebrates Survival Day
A large number of Aboriginal people are preparing for one of their most challenging days of the year .. Survival Day. More...
EUR: Pope lifts excommunications of four bishops
VATICAN CITY, Jan 24 AP - Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four bishops consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late French ultraconservative Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the Vatican announced Saturday. More...
Vic: Theophanous sues his accuser
Embattled Victorian Labor MP THEO THEOPHANOUS is suing a woman who's accused him of rape for 10 million dollars. More...
Vic: Learner driver caught speeding 50kms over speed limit
Police in Victoria say a 25-year-old learner driver will be charged on summons .. after he was caught driving at more than 160-kilometres an hour .. with a young child in the car. More...
ASIA: Shot, hung or stoned for an Afghan spy?
KABUL, Jan 24 AFP - On the road to the Afghan mountains, the spy knew the game was up. The Taliban had caught him red-handed. There was only one question: would it be a bullet, the hangman's noose or death by stoning? More...
NSW: Man found dead in street was stabbed: police
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - Police believe a man who was found dead in the middle of a street in Sydney's west was fatally stabbed. More...
NSW: Cyclist dies, another critical, after being hit by truck
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - A cyclist has died and another has been critically injured after a truck ploughed into them on the M7 motorway in Sydney's west, police say. More...
NSW: Property owner found dead inside ute submerged in dam
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - A body found in a dam in the NSW Hunter Valley is believed to be that of the 78-year-old property owner who had being trying to repair a pump on the dam wall, police say. More...
NSW: Father caught driving suspended with children at 216km/h
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - A man with a suspended licence has been caught travelling at up to 216km/h with his wife and young children in the car, police say. More...
NSW: Sydney, Newcastle and south coast on total fire ban
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - Some long weekend BBQs will have to wait until Sunday after the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) announced a total fire ban from Newcastle down to Bateman's Bay on the south coast. More...
Qld: Man shot walking through park
BRISBANE, Jan 24 AAP - A man has been shot in the knee while walking through a park in Brisbane's south. More...
NSW: Firefighters continue battling south coast blaze
Ground crews and water bombing aircraft are continuing to attack a bushfire which has burnt out 12-hundred hectares of national park land on the New South Wales south coast. More...
EUR: Australia's 'Jihad Jack' testifies in French bomb trial
PARIS, Jan 23 AFP - An Australian convicted of plotting attacks with al-Qaeda told a Paris court on Friday that a German accused of blowing up a synagogue had been close to Osama bin Laden. More...
NSW: More than 100 people caught with drugs at Big Day Out
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - More than 100 people were caught with drugs at the Sydney leg of the Big Day Out music festival. More...
US: US approves 1st stem cell study for spinal injury
A US biotech company says it plans to start the world's first study of a treatment based on human embryonic stem cells .. a long-awaited project aimed at spinal cord injury. More...
NSW: Be on alert to prevent bushfires: Rural Fire Service
SYDNEY, Jan 24 AAP - Searing heat and the threat of more bushfires has prompted an appeal from the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) to take care over the Australia Day long weekend. More...
NSW: Teen girl impaled during river joy ride
SYDNEY, Jan 23 AAP - A 13-year-old girl has died after being impaled on part of a tree during a night-time joy ride on the River Murray. More...
Vic: Motorist charged after police seize drugs, weapons
MELBOURNE, Jan 23 AAP - A Victorian man will appear in court next week after police stopped his car and allegedly found drugs and weapons inside. More...
MID: Iraqi family of nine gunned down in home: police
BAQUBA, Iraq, Jan 23 AFP - Nine members of an Iraqi family, including six women and a child, were killed when unknown gunmen stormed their home on Friday near Baquba in the restive province of Diyala, police said. More...
Tas: Two youths missing after escape from van
HOBART, Jan 23 AAP - Two youths have escaped while being transported to a Tasmanian detention centre. More...
MID: Ahmed and Mohammed want one-way tickets out of Gaza
GAZA CITY, Jan 23 AFP - Israel's 22-day war on the Islamists of Hamas have left young men like Ahmed and Mohammed with just one dream -- get out of Gaza as fast as they can. More...
UK:Riddle of suspense in The Italian Job solved, film buffs say
LONDON, Jan 23 DPA - The question of how to solve the agonising suspense at the end of the iconic film The Italian Job has troubled cinema-goers for years. More...
Weather Storm Warning NSW: Issued 6:38pm, Jan 23
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FED: Max's shoe phone close to reality
ADELAIDE, Jan 23 AAP - Bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart made it famous but a Flinders University computer scientist may make the shoe phone a reality. More...
NSW: More charges from Strike Force Tuno
A Sydney man on remand over an alleged murder conspiracy has faced court on new charges of attempting to shoot a man and possessing a police uniform. More...
NSW: Police try to identify body found off Bondi
SYDNEY, Jan 23 AAP - Police are struggling to identify the body of a man found floating off Sydney's Bondi Beach. More...
Qld: Men arrested over cold case murder after wire sting: court
BRISBANE, Jan 23 AAP - Two men were arrested over a 20-year-old murder after one of them confessed to a friend who was wearing a police wire, a court has been told. More...
Tougher times to obtain a reverse mortgage
Retirees wanting to use their home as equity to fund their lifestyle could find it harder to obtain reverse mortgages .. as firms feel the pinch of the credit crunch. More...
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