"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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Global recession engulfs once booming economy
By Colin Brinsden, Economics Correspondent
21 Apr 2009 4:54 PM
CANBERRA, April 21 AAP - The global recession - the consequence of many Americans being unable to pay their highly-complex home loans two years ago - has claimed another victim ... us.
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens confirmed most economists' suspicions on Tuesday that the Australian economy is already in recession, for the first time since the early 1990s.
"Whether or not the next GDP statistic, which is due in early June, shows a further contraction, I think a reasonable person looking at all the information that we have available now would come to the conclusion that Australia too is in recession," Mr Stevens told a lunch in Adelaide on Tuesday.
A recession is normally defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The December quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures released last month showed the economy shrank 0.5 per cent, the first decline in eight years.
When the crisis broke, an Australian recession seemed inconceivable.
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Gulf: Iran says ready for 'constructive' nuclear dialogue
TEHRAN, April 22 AFP - Iran is ready for "constructive dialogue" with world powers on its nuclear drive, local news agencies on Wednesday quoted chief nuclear negotiator Said Jalili as saying. More...
US: Top executive at US mortgage giant kills himself: reports
WASHINGTON, April 22 AFP/AP - A top of executive of the troubled US mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his Washington area home Wednesday of an apparent suicide, local media reported. More...
NSW:Triple zero operators apologise for mishandling teen's calls
Three triple-zero operators .. who bungled a series of calls from a dying schoolboy lost in the New South Wales Blue Mountains .. have apologised for their conduct. More...
Fed: Trial bionic eye could be just two years away
CANBERRA, April 22 AAP - A trial bionic eye could be just two years away after a $50 million funding injection from the federal government. More...
NSW: Protesters call for proposed NT waste dump to be scrapped
SYDNEY, April 22 AAP - Aboriginal elders and anti-nuclear protesters have targeted a global nuclear conference, calling for a proposed radioactive waste dump in the Northern Territory to be scrapped. More...
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Fed: Stevens says recession, Swan says we're being dragged down
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Fed: Police begin interviewing boat blast survivors
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US: Obama vows to pursue Iran diplomacy despite tirade
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US: Cyber spies breach US fighter-jet program: report
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US: Mystery surrounds Somali pirate's personal life
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EUR: Diplomats seek to salvage controversial UN racism meet
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US: NASA to beam planet's images for Earth Day
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EUR: World treasures go on-line in global digital library
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MID: Israel remembers Holocaust still seething over Iran
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Fed: Global recession engulfs once booming economy
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NSW: Man loses bid to change to reverse his murder guilty plea
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Fed: Foxtel launches new web portal
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NSW: More than 50 bikies arrrested by Stike Force Raptor
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Fed: Police begin interviewing boat blast survivors
CANBERRA, April 21 AAP - Police in Darwin have begun interviewing three people injured in last week's fatal blast aboard an asylum-seeker boat. More...
Fed: Rudd "washing hands" of responsibilty for recession - Oppn
SYDNEY, April 21 AAP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has washed his hands of responsibility by claiming a recession is inevitable because of overseas influences, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. More...
PAC: Sound like a goat saves NZ man trapped in hopper
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NSW: Driver dies after truck leaves freeway, plunges 20 metres
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PAC: NZ poll puts support for monarchy at 45 per cent
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UN: Iran president triggers racism conference walkout
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Vic: Inmates in violent detention centre protest
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EUR: UN chief decries boycotts at racism conference
GENEVA, April 20 AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon decried Western boycotts of an anti-racism conference on Monday as others threatened to walk out if Iran's president uses anti-Semitic language at the event. More...
CBA raises rates on fixed rate mortgages by 20 to 45bps
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FED: NT Police dismiss cover-up suggestions
DARWIN, April 20 AAP - Northern Territory Police have angrily attacked suggestions they are involved in a cover-up over the fatal explosion aboard a boat carrying asylum seekers off northwestern Australia last week. More...
NSW: Man accused of war crimes was a hero, defamation case told
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US: Al-Qaeda's number two says Obama 'did not change anything'
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NSW: Two police injured during arrest scuffle
SYDNEY, April 20 AAP - Two Sydney policemen suffered facial injuries while trying to arrest a man at the scene of a violent domestic dispute. More...
US:Scientists plan greenhouses on the Moon
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Fed: Aust needs strategy to respond to China 'good or bad'
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Fed: Special forces may be honoured for counter-terrorism work
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