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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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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.

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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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31 Dec 2008 2:16 PM

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.

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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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By Michelle Draper 06 Jan 2009 5:31 PM

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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Feature Story Australia 'may escape' recession

SYDNEY, Feb 23 AAP - Australia may escape a recession in 2009, although analysts say a sluggish housing sector and possible downgrades to state government credit ratings could affect confidence in the economy.

The world's premier economies of the US, Japan and Germany are already in recession, along with at least 11 other industrialised countries.
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Feature Story Stimulus package projects to be fast tracked in NSW

SYDNEY, Feb 18 AAP - Infrastructure built in NSW from federal government's $42 billion stimulus package will bypass the usual planning and local government approval.

Instead, Premier Nathan Rees says the projects, including public housing and schools, will be approved by the newly appointed Infrastructure Coordinator General.
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Feature Story Stimulus package clears parliament - now for the hard part

CANBERRA, Feb 13 AAP - The Rudd government cleared a final hurdle to get its $42 billion economic injection through parliament but the International Monetary Fund says the key now is to implement its stimulus plan.

Following a fortnight of parliamentary wrangling, the government can now begin spending its $42 billion package of cash handouts and infrastructure investment after securing the passage of legislation through the Senate.
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Feature Story New stimulus package passes house, goes to senate

CANBERRA, Feb 12 AAP - The Rudd government will have a second crack at getting its $42 billion economic stimulus package through the Senate on Friday after a new version passed the lower house late on Thursday night.

The amended package, introduced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will see cash handouts to low and middle-income earners and single-income families cut by $50, a concession won by the Australian Greens.
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Feature Story Ninety-three dead as fires continue to rage across Victoria

MELBOURNE, Feb 9 AAP - Ninety-three people are confirmed dead in Australia's deadliest bushfires that have scorched Victoria, with fears the death toll may rise sharply.

There was little rest for many firefighters overnight, with 25 bushfires still raging out of control at 3.30am (AEDT) on Monday.
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Feature Story Rudd tells Turnbull to get out of the way

CANBERRA, Feb 6 AAP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told Malcolm Turnbull to "get out of the road" and stop holding up the government's $42 billion stimulus package.

The government increased pressure on the coalition on Friday as it prepared to work out a deal with crossbench Senators to get the nation building and jobs plan through the Upper House next week.
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Feature Story Govt unveils $42 billion buffer against world recession

CANBERRA, Feb 3 AAP - The federal government has unveiled a massive $42 billion nation building and employment plan aimed at retaining 90,000 jobs over the next two years and insulating Australia against the worst of the global economic recession.

Billed as a "rapid response" to the deteriorating global economic conditions, the centrepiece of the 72-page plan is $28.8 billion of spending on schools, housing, energy efficiency in homes, community infrastructure and roads, and support to small business to be delivered mostly in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

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Feature Story More grim economic news as political battle heats up

CANBERRA, Feb 2 AAP - The suspicion that Australia's economic outlook is far worse than publicly acknowledged became a reality with a sickening thud on Monday.

Back in November, the Mid-Year-Economic and Fiscal Outlook revealed a $40 billion hole in government revenue over the next four years but the surplus was still intact as a straitened $5.4 billion.
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Feature Story Southeast under strain as heatwave takes its toll

MELBOURNE, Jan 30 AAP - As far as heatwaves go, the sweltering conditions in south-eastern Australia this week are remarkable.

Tens of thousands of people were left without power, train tracks buckled and the Australian Open tennis tournament came under attack for putting players at risk.
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Feature Story Another big rate cut on the way as inflation pressures ease

CANBERRA, Jan 28 AAP - Rapidly moderating inflation pressures have opened the gate for another substantial interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its first board meeting of the year next Tuesday.

Financial markets are pricing in the risk of a further 100 basis point cut in the central bank's official cash rate as consumer prices posted their biggest quarterly drop in more than a decade.
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Feature Story Fires contained but extreme weather looms

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.
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Feature Story Get ready for sharpest economic deceleration ever seen

CANBERRA, Jan 19 AAP - A leading economic forecaster has warned its clients to batten down the hatches for the sharpest deceleration Australia's economy has ever experienced.

But Australia is in a better position than almost any other rich nation heading into recession, Access Economics says.
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By Kate Hannon, National Political Editor 26 Feb 2009 7:02 PM

CANBERRA, Feb 26 AAP - The federal government has been accused of creating panic after a senior minister said no one's job is safe.

There was more bad news on Thursday with commercial property manager Lend Lease announcing it would cut 340 jobs in Australia, a day after Pacific Brands said it would axe 1,850 positions.

The opposition and the government accused each other of talking down the economy as they brawled over whether the economic stimulus packages were working to stem the tide of job losses or creating new ones.

Former Woolworths chief executive Roger Corbett called on the opposition, which tried to block the $42 billion stimulus package in the Senate, to stop trying to stifle the government's attempts to stimulate the economy.

Asked in a radio interview whether anyone's job was safe, Industry Minister Kim Carr replied: "I wouldn't say anyone's job is safe, even your's."

Senator Carr later told a Senate estimates committee he had chosen his words poorly.

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SYDNEY, Feb 28 AAP - NSW police have dismissed reports of a brawl involving up to 50 people at a troubled Sydney housing estate, saying they found only a crowd watching a stoush between two "idiots".
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BRISBANE, Feb 28 AAP - Police are continuing to search for a 70-year-old man missing in floodwaters north of Julia Creek, north Queensland.
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BRISBANE, Feb 28 AAP - Police are searching for a man who attempted to rob a Gold Coast petrol station at gunpoint on Saturday.
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BRISBANE, Feb 28 AAP - A man faces charges of assaulting police after he allegedly spat at officers, hitting one in the eye, outside a south Brisbane hotel.
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Election promises keep on coming in Queensland as the state gears up for an election next month .. and this time it's Surf Lifesaving that will benefit.
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Police are searching for a gang of teenagers who stabbed a 29-year-old man in a Gold Coast carpark overnight.
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BRISBANE, Feb 28 AAP - Sunshine Coast police officers have arrested 20 people and searched up to 300 others during a drug blitz at Mooloolaba.
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MELBOURNE, Feb 28 AAP - Firefighters welcomed a quiet night after fears of the worst fire weather since Black Saturday were not realised on Friday.
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SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - Police are working to locate six guns that were stolen from a property in the NSW Upper Hunter Valley.
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CANBERRA, Feb 27 AAP - Something odd happened in federal politics this week.
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After nearly eight years tackling corruption and crime Victoria's police boss .. CHRISTINE NIXON .. has handed in her police badge on Friday at a tea party.
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SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - By the end of next week we will know whether the standard definition of recession had already been met last year.
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CHRISTCHURCH, Feb 27 NZPA - A 55-year-old New Zealand man pleaded guilty in Christchurch District Court on Friday to 12 charges of possessing objectionable images, and was found guilty of cruelty by neglecting his daughter.
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PAULINE HANSON's lagging behind in the popularity stakes .. when it comes to Twittering.
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Tourism Queensland has come under fire from angry hopefuls who missed the deadline for what could be the best job in the world.
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The nephew of media personality ITA BUTTROSE has been arrested .. after a raid on a Sydney apartment allegedly netted millions of dollars worth of cash and cocaine.
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SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - Handguns, drugs and cash have been seized in a raid on a home in south-west Sydney, police say.
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SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - Up to 19 swimming pools have been investigated after 200 people - half of them children under five - contracted a parasitic infection, NSW Health says.
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WILLIAMTOWN, NSW, Feb 27 AAP - Twelve of 24 Boeing Super Hornets on order for the RAAF are to be rewired so they can be readily upgraded to give Australia a very advanced electronic warfare capability.
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CANBERRA, Feb 27 AAP - Labor should follow US President Barack Obama's example and act against the greediest chief executive pay deals, Greens leader Bob Brown says.
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ADELAIDE, Feb 27 AAP - Police have shot dead a gunman after a woman was killed during a domestic dispute in the South Australian Riverland.
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MELBOURNE, Feb 27 AAP - Victorian fire authorities are preparing for a "grim" day of high temperatures, hot winds and a cool, dry change with lightning that could spread existing bushfires and spark new ones.
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CANBERRA, Feb 26 AAP - South Africa has agreed to work closely with Australia on a massive radio telescope proposed for Western Australia.
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MELBOURNE, Feb 26 AAP - Police are questioning three men over the discovery of an alleged clandestine drug laboratory in Melbourne's inner southeast.
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The Nine Network .. a high-profile reporter and a producer have been charged for a controversial hidden-camera report in which the journalist posed as an alleged hitman's accomplice.
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CANBERRA, Feb 26 AAP - The federal government has been accused of creating panic after a senior minister said no one's job is safe.
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Top 10 highest grossing Australian films at the local box office:
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MELBOURNE, Feb 26 AAP - A Melbourne woman plotted to kill her stepfather in revenge for sexually abusing her daughter, a court has been told.
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SYDNEY, Feb 26 AAP - A man has been arrested in north Queensland over the death of a Sydney father-of-two found brutally bashed in his own bathroom.
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DARWIN, Feb 26 AAP - The Northern Territory government is investigating claims children from a remote Aboriginal community must walk through a crocodile-infested billabong to get to school.
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DARWIN, Feb 25 AAP - Four Northern Territory police were told by the family of the Aboriginal man they were holding on the ground that he was sick and suffered from asthma, a coronial inquest has heard.
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SYDNEY, Feb 26 AAP - Wages continue to rise strongly but employees should expect slower growth in their pay as the economy turns down, economists say.
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Politics in Queensland has been described in many ways .. but rarely as sexy.
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New data suggests the government's first stimulus package sparked some life into our economy at the end of last year .. when other major economies were slowing massively in the global recession.
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There's mounting speculation the tender process for the national broadband network is on the verge of collapse.
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SYDNEY, Feb 26 AAP - The number of rental properties available in outer Sydney has jumped to levels not seen in 18 months while vacancy rates in inner suburbs dropped or remain unchanged.
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Nine people are dead and more than 50 injured .. after a Turkish Airlines plane slammed into a field on Wednesday while attempting to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
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NEW ORLEANS, Feb 25 AP - The shootings of seven people, including a toddler, marred Mardi Gras partying in New Orleans as gunfire sent revellers ducking for cover and brought the final stream of truck floats to a halt.
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PERTH, Feb 25 AAP - A partially-disabled man who walked for three days in the West Australian desert with his adult son says he would not have lasted another day if he had not been found by another family member.
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SYDNEY, Feb 25 AAP - Two sailors survived a fatal boat capsize and seven hours in high seas only to be "creamed" by the ship sent to their rescue, a Sydney court has been told.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 24 AFP - A US satellite to monitor global carbon dioxide emissions failed to reach orbit early Tuesday and crashed into the ocean near Antarctica, officials said at a NASA press conference.
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California, Feb 24 AP - A rocket carrying a NASA global warming satellite has landed in the ocean near Antarctica after an early morning launch failure.
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