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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.
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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Declining jobs trend to produce some surprisingly big falls
By Garry Shilson-Josling, AAP Economist
04 May 2009 5:28 PM
SYDNEY, May 4 AAP - The trend in employment will turn downward with "rogue" figures showing very steep monthly falls will grow more frequent.
At last measure in March the trend measure of the number of people with jobs estimated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was falling at 5,000 per month.
If that kept up for a full year it would mean an annual rate of decline of about 60,000 or 0.6 per cent.
But with gross domestic product (GDP) contracting, that downward slope will steepen.
Even if GDP flatlines over the coming year, without contracting further, it would be more than three percentage points slower than the long term average growth rate.
That in turn would imply employment growth somewhere around the same margin below its long term average of around 1.7 per cent per annum.
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Fed: Homes to get "green loans"
CANBERRA, May 7 AAP - Households will be given low-interest $10,000 loans to green up their homes under a federal government scheme to be detailed on Friday. More...
PAC: Ex-army gunman shooting at police in NZ siege
WELLINGTON, May 7 NZPA - A 51-year-old former territorial army member is firing a high-powered rifle sporadically at New Zealand police officers who have surrounded his central Napier home. More...
PAC: Armed man keeps police at bay after fatal NZ shooting
A 51-year-old man armed with a high-powered rifle remains inside a house in Napier after three police officers and a civilian were shot during a routine drug search this morning. More...
Fed: Australia must stay vigilant against swine flu - Roxon
MELBOURNE, May 7 AAP - Australia must remain vigilant against swine flu despite signs the threat is receding around the world, Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says. More...
NSW: Rewards doubled as police target ATM bandits with dye bombs
The New South Wales government has doubled the reward it's offering to anyone with information leading to a conviction over a spate of ATM explosions .. to 200-thousand dollars. More...
FED: Jobless fall not due to govt stimulus: Hockey
SYDNEY, May 7 AAP - A fall in the nation's jobless rate is good news but is not the result of the federal government's stimulus packages, the opposition says. More...
NSW: Double murder in Sydney's west, police say
SYDNEY, May 7 AAP - Two men found dead in a Sydney house may have been the victims of a double murder, police say. More...
IRE: Irish student's Wikipedia hoax fools newspapers
DUBLIN, May 6 AFP - An Irish student's fake quote on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world, the Irish Times reported on Wednesday. More...
Vic: Man charged over four deaths in West Gate crash
A man's been charged with culpable driving over a fiery car crash that killed four teenagers on the West Gate Freeway in December 2007. More...
NSW: Penalty for child sexual intercourse increases to life
SYDNEY, May 6 AAP - Life in prison is to be the penalty in NSW under new legislation for sexual intercourse with a child under 10 during a break in. More...
FED: Swine flu sparks bogus online drug sales
SYDNEY, May 6 AAP - Australians are being warned not to fall prey to internet scammers trying to cash in on fears about swine flu. More...
FED: Swine flu sparks bogus online drug sales
Australians are being warned not to fall prey to internet scammers trying to cash in on community concerns over swine flu. More...
Qld: Gas plant shows energy potential
ROMA, Qld, May 6 AAP - What oil is to the Middle East, coal seam gas could be to southwest Queensland as a $250 million project opened on Wednesday to tap the seemingly unlimited supplies of the clean, green fossil fuel. More...
Santos shrugs off recession fears, predicts growth
ADELAIDE, May 6 AAP - Australia's third biggest oil and gas producer Santos Ltd says it will defy a global recession and target further growth. More...
MID: Iran hangs drug traffickers in mass execution: reports
TEHRAN, May 6 AFP - Iran has hanged eight men convicted of drug trafficking and another man found guilty of murder, press reports said on Wednesday. More...
Australia more resilient to crisis than UK, US, says Westfield
SYDNEY, May 6 AAP - Westfield Group, the world's largest shopping centre owner, says its business remains resilient dpesite the global recession, with its Australian operations leading the way. More...
NT: Mandatory child sex reporting could result in pregnancies
A peak doctors group says laws requiring Northern Territory GPs to report all sexual activity by children could result in more teenage pregnancies and increased sexually transmitted diseases. More...
EUR: Famed Nefertiti bust a fake: expert
PARIS, May 5 AFP - The bust of Queen Nefertiti housed in a Berlin museum and believed to be 3,400 years old in fact is a copy dating from 1912 that was made to test pigments used by the ancient Egyptians, according to Swiss art historian Henri Stierlin. More...
Fed: People confused over govt's approach to economy: Turnbull
SYDNEY, May 5 AAP - Australians are worried the federal government's debt will stop the economy recovering from the downturn, Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says. More...
Fed: Flu drug to be rationed in Australia
CANBERRA, May 5 AAP - The supply of Tamiflu, used to treat potentially deadly swine flu, will be rationed in Australia after a rush on the anti-viral drug. More...
NSW: Adults missing during child strip searches: Ombudsman
SYDNEY, May 5 AAP - In more than 840 cases when children were strip searched by NSW police, a supporting adult was present at only six per cent of occasions, the state's ombudsman says. More...
NSW: Truckies to target main routes to Sydney
SYDNEY, May 5 AAP - Truck drivers plan to hold go-slow protests on two main roads into Sydney on Wednesday morning, with motorists told to expect major peak-hour delays. More...
US: Windows 7 to make public debut May 5
Microsoft says it's on the verge of releasing its next-generation Windows 7 .. to replace the much criticised Vista. More...
NSW: 16-year-old boy charged with murder and attempted murder
A 16-year-old boy's been charged with murder and attempted murder over the stabbing death of a man and serious wounding of a woman. More...
Qld: Road toll rises to 127
A motorcyclist has died after hitting a tree south of Brisbane .. taking Queensland's road toll to 127 and putting the state on track for its worst toll in more than a decade. More...
Qld: Three in serious but stable condition after horror crash
BRISBANE, May 4 AAP - Two teenage boys and a man critically injured in a fatal two-car collision in Toowoomba remain in hospital in a stable but serious condition. More...
Declining jobs trend to produce some surprisingly big falls
SYDNEY, May 4 AAP - The trend in employment will turn downward with "rogue" figures showing very steep monthly falls will grow more frequent. More...
ASIA: New Zealand confirmed swine flu cases rise to five
WELLINGTON, May 4 AFP - The number of confirmed swine flu cases in New Zealand rose by two to six Monday, the health ministry said, adding there was no evidence of the virus spreading in the wider community. More...
Tas: Activists blamed for booby traps in Tasmanian valley
HOBART, May 4 AAP - Anti-logging protesters have been blamed for laying potentially deadly booby traps in Tasmania's Styx Valley. More...
Vic: Six months jail for ATM skim scam
A Romanian man who skimmed nearly 20-thousand dollars from ATMs has been jailed for six months. More...
Vic: Boy whose pet dog bashed will never get over it
MELBOURNE, May 4 AAP - A deaf Melbourne boy whose pet dog was battered with a baseball bat so badly it had to be put down, will never get over the loss of his best mate, his mother says. More...
EUR: Fiat aims to create global car giant with GM tie up
MILAN, May 4 AFP - Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne on Monday outlined a plan to create a new global car giant that would link up with General Motors' European operations after rescuing bankrupt Chrysler. More...
Egypt pig farmers clash with police over slaughter
CAIRO, May 3 AFP - Egyptian riot police clashed on Sunday with stone-throwing pig farmers who were trying to prevent their animals being taken away for slaughter as part of a mass nationwide cull. More...
NSW: Sex book aimed at children - report
SYDNEY, May 4 AAP - A book which explains how gay parents have children and includes in-depth descriptions of sex is being aimed at children as young as two. More...
SA: Road cameras to catch unregistered and uninsured vehicles
From next month .. road traffic cameras in South Australia will not only catch offending drivers .. but also unregistered and uninsured vehicles. More...
UK: Bob Dylan tops British album charts once again
LONDON, May 3 AFP - Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan jumped to the top of Britain's album charts on Sunday, almost 40 years since he last held the number one slot here, the Official Charts Company says. More...
SA: Plastic bags to disappear from close of business Sunday
ADELAIDE, May 3 AAP - Checkout-style plastic bags will disappear from South Australian shops from the close of business on Sunday, with the state the first in the nation to ban them. More...
Qld: Teens in boot of car in fatal crash
BRISBANE, May 3 AAP - Two boys were travelling in the boot of an overloaded sedan when it ploughed into an oncoming car, killing two teenagers and critically injuring three others. More...
NSW: Three dozen still under swine flu cloud in NSW
SYDNEY, May 3 AAP - Thirty-six people in NSW remain under assessment as possibly having swine flu, health authorities say. More...
US: US confirms 160 cases of swine flu in 21 states
WASHINGTON, May 2 AFP - The United States has confirmed 160 cases of the A(H1N1) influenza virus in 21 states, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. More...
EUR: WHO sends 2.4 million Tamiflu courses to poorer nations
GENEVA, May 2 AP - The World Health Organisation says it's sent 2.4 million treatments of anti-flu drug Tamiflu to 72 developing countries preparing themselves against a possible swine flu pandemic. More...
CAM: World still on alert as Mexico sees flu 'stabilisation'
MEXICO CITY, May 2 AFP - Mexico says its H1N1 flu outbreak appears to be "in a stabilisation phase", with the death toll unchanged at 16, but health officials around the world are still on alert. More...
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