"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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Labor, LNP set for photo-finish in Qld poll
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Back to soul searching for LNP after election loss
By Gabrielle Dunlevy, State Political Correspondent
22 Mar 2009 12:10 AM
BRISBANE, March 21 AAP - Queensland's Liberal National Party will look to a new leader as it laments an election result that by past standards was good, but not quite good enough.
Despite polls predicting a photo finish, and talk of a hung parliament or a minority LNP government, the newly merged conservative party managed only a 3.5 per cent swing.
It was well short of the 8.3 per cent required for majority government, but LNP Leader Lawrence Springborg said the party still had cause for celebration albeit from the opposition benches.
As he conceded defeat, he noted the swing matched the one that ultimately allowed the West Australian conservatives to form minority government.
"Normally those sorts of seats and the sort of swing we've had tonight might even bring about a change of government," he said, as he announced he'd step down as leader after three failed bids to become premier.
"But ... that wasn't meant to be and I very much accept the mandate of the people of Queensland."
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Vic: Protest to be held over prayer rooms at university
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Vic: Man caught driving 80km/h over speed limit
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NSW: Two injured, homes damaged in latest Sydney shooting
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Qld: Back to soul searching for LNP after election loss
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Qld: Hanson not sure about her political future
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Qld: Hanson concedes defeat
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BRISBANE, March 21 AAP - Senior party figures have declared Labor the victor in the Queensland state election. More...
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QLD: LNP accused of producing fake Labor voting cards
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Qld: Queensland goes down to the wire
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NSW: Ex-judge Marcus Einfeld makes history by being jailed
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VIC: Man charged over Hodson murders
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NSW: Cessnock would be crippled by jail sell-off: Council
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Vic: Outrage at Garrett's approval of desal plant
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Qld: Police officer stood down after further charges
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NT: One dead, two injured in Darwin head-on smash
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NSW: Nine teachers dismissed for sexual assault
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