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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 Economy - things might not turn out as badly as expected

With the global economy in recession and Australia waiting for news on Wednesday that gross domestic product fell for the second consecutive quarter, it is hard to imagine the slump might not be as steep or as prolonged as it is widely predicted to be.

And perhaps a gloomy outlook for Australia is justified.

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Feature Story Aust economy continues to falter - WBC/MI survey

SYDNEY, May 27 AAP - The Australian economy continues to falter due to the global economic downturn, a survey shows.

The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity rose by a mere 0.3 per cent in March and was down 5.1 per cent over the year.

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Feature Story Australia best placed to beat recession: survey

A global business survey's found Australia is an economic oasis in the financial storm .. despite pessimistic government and media responses.

One in five international businesspeople have cited Australia as the country best surviving the recession .. in a survey of seven thousand 500 people in more than 24 nations.

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Feature Story Turnbull speech empty rhetoric with no solutions, Tanner

SYDNEY, May 14 AAP - Malcolm Turnbull's budget in reply speech was marked by empty rhetoric and offered no solutions to reduce government debt, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said.

In his budget-in-reply address on Thursday night, the opposition leader attacked the spiralling levels of debt forecast in the budget and run up by Labor with its "profligate" spending on two economic stimulus packages.

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Feature Story Record first home byer share backs stimulus, Rudd

CANBERRA, May 12 AAP - First-time home buyers now account for a record share of new housing loans, proving that stimulus package measures are working, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

First home buyers made up a record 27.3 per cent of all home loans granted in March according to data released on Tuesday, topping the previous peak of 26.5 per cent set in January and February.

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Feature Story Big budget deficit fault of government's of "both stripes"

CANBERRA, May 11 AAP - Massive government spending in the boom times means the federal budget will be deep in deficit well after the global financial crisis has disappeared, an independent forecaster says.

Access Economics is forecasting a $58.9 billion deficit for Tuesday's 2009/10 budget, allowing for an extra $9 billion of infrastructure spending and $3.9 billion for pension reform.

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Feature Story 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.

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.

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Feature Story US economy leads the way downhill with Aust close behind

SYDNEY, April 30 AAP - Now is a good time to remind yourself that the past two years, when economic growth in Australia outpaced growth in the United States, were out of the ordinary.

In the past decade Australia has shown tantalising signs of shrugging off its historical tendency to mimic the ups and downs in the US economy.

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Feature Story Long-term jobless lessons of '90s recession

CANBERRA, April 24 AAP - Even as Australia sinks into recession for the first time in 18 years, one statistic is still overlooked by the daily news cycle - long-term unemployment.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines long-term unemployment as someone of working age who has been out of a job for 12 months or more.

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Feature Story Global recession engulfs once booming economy

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.

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Feature Story Long-term joblessness to persist long after economic recovers

SYDNEY, April 16 AAP - Long after the recession has ended, consumers have resumed spending and businesses are investing once again, one group will be left behind - the long-term unemployed.

It has long been known that demand for labour waxes and wanes in response to changes levels of production of goods and services.

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Feature Story US captain's rescue raises stakes in piracy ops

KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 AP - The killing of three Somali pirates in the dramatic US Navy rescue of a cargo ship captain has sparked concern for other hostages and fears the stakes have been raised for future hijackings in the lucrative Indian Ocean shipping lane.

Sunday's rescue followed a raid at sea on Friday by French navy commandos, who stormed a pirate-held sailboat, the Tanit, killing two pirates and freeing four French hostages. The French owner of the vessel was killed in the assault.

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Feature Story Jobless rate hits 5-year high and worse to come - economists

SYDNEY, April 9 AAP - Australia has posted the largest monthly jump in unemployment in 18 years, as the global downturn hits the local economy.

The nation's jobless rate rose 0.5 percentage points in March to 5.7 per cent, a five-and-a-half year high, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on Thursday showed.

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Feature Story Obama leads world condemnation of North Korea

PRAGUE, April 5 AFP - US President Barack Obama led global condemnation of North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday, calling it "a provocative act" for which Pyongyang must be punished.

South Korea said it was "reckless" and put its armed forces on heightened alert, as did Japan. China and Russia pleaded for restraint as the UN Security Council was summoned to an emergency session in New York later on Sunday.

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By Melissa Jenkins 02 Jun 2009 9:03 PM

CANBERRA, June 2 AAP - The number of swine flu cases in Victoria has surged again, adding 89 in one day to push the national tally beyond 500.

And there are fears the number could soar again following Wednesday's State of Origin series opener at Melbourne's Etihad Stadium, where a near sell-out crowd of 50,000 is expected.

Officials last week discussed cancelling the game but that option was eventually ruled out.

As of Tuesday night, 395 people in Victoria had tested positive, including a sessional male teacher at Swinburne University's Croydon TAFE campus, which hosts about 1,800 students.

The teacher taught a short-course class of six students on May 23 and Swinburne learnt of the test result last Thursday.

"This teacher is believed to have been exposed to the virus while teaching at a school in Melbourne's northern suburbs," the university's executive director Michael Thorne said.

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CANBERRA, June 3 AAP - The economy has avoided a much feared recession on paper, but Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned the nation could still experience further periods of negative economic growth in the future.
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SYDNEY, June 3 AAP - Australia dodged an economic bullet and returned to growth in the first quarter, as a debate erupted over whether new figures meant the nation had escaped the worst of the global downturn.
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GENEVA, June 2 AFP - The world is "getting closer" to a swine flu pandemic as some countries outside the Americas are showing early signs of flu spreading locally, a senior World Health Organisation official said on Tuesday.
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Software giant Microsoft and Australian online media company Ninemsn will launch a new web search engine today that challenges internet search king Google.
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Robots are taking over from humans to fast-track DNA profiling .. as police review cold cases.
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New figures show more than three-quarters of Victoria's swine flu cases occurred in Melbourne's north and west.
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LONDON, June 2 AP - President Barack Obama has reiterated that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy - provided it takes steps to prove its aspirations are peaceful.
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WASHINGTON, June 2 AFP - Opening a round of hot dog diplomacy with Iran, the State Department says it is letting US embassies invite Iranian diplomats to their Fourth of July celebrations this year.
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SYDNEY, June 3 AAP - Young Australians support the use of the "morning after pill", research shows, but are mostly in the dark about when to use it.
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CANBERRA, June 2 AAP - The number of swine flu cases in Victoria has surged again, adding 89 in one day to push the national tally beyond 500.
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Four men have fled from a fatal car crash that left one person dead and another seriously injured in Sydney's southwest.
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MADRID, June 1 AFP - Cult director Terry Gilliam says he plans to restart work on "Don Quixote" in Spain next year after filming in 2000 was abandoned due to a series of mishaps.
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MELBOURNE, June 2 AAP/AFP - Holden's Australian and New Zealand operations will remain unchanged despite its American parent, General Motors, filing for bankruptcy protection.
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MELBOURNE, June 1 AAP - Police have come under fire, accused of using excessive force to break up an all-night rally as the fallout over attacks on Indian students deepens.
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CANBERRA, June 1 AAP - Australia's swine flu tally has passed 400 as Victoria recorded a massive surge in cases, most of them children.
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SYDNEY, June 1 AAP - A policeman shot during an armed siege at a Sydney pub accepts that he could have been killed, but says his training has equipped him to deal with such life-or-death situations.
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CANBERRA, June 1 AAP - Evidence of Australia's mounting carbon pollution levels strengthens the case for emissions trading, says Climate Change Minister Penny Wong.
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MELBOURNE, June 1 AAP - Victoria is in uncharted territory as it struggles to contain the swine flu outbreak, with a pandemic plan that fails to fit the characteristics of the virus.
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CANBERRA, June 1 AAP - The Nationals say they're willing to support Labor's plan to "rebadge" the Auslink road and rail program, but they won't allow funds to be redirected away from regional Australia.
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JAKARTA, June 1 AFP - A teenage US-Indonesian model has returned to her family in Indonesia with tales of abuse, rape and torture at the hands of a Malaysian prince, after her dramatic escape with the help of Singapore police.
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A New Zealand financial adviser who fled to Australia after ripping off nearly 80 thousand dollars from five victims .. has been jailed for two and a half years.
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Prof Bishop said pregnant women, people with respiratory problems, such as asthma or chronic airways disease, and diabetics were particularly susceptible to swine flu.
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WASHINGTON, May 29 AFP - US satellite photos have revealed vehicle activity at two sites in North Korea suggesting the regime may be preparing to launch a long-range ballistic missile, two US defence officials said on Friday.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 29 AFP - Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group's image.
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SYDNEY, May 30 AAP - There are six new confirmed cases of swine flu in NSW, health authorities say.
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BRISBANE, May 30 AAP - Seven passengers on the cruise ship Pacific Dawn have returned negative tests for swine flu, Queensland Health said on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON, May 29 AFP - US president Barack Obama says he will name a White House "cyber czar" to deter and defend against mounting criminal, espionage and hacker attacks on US government and private computer networks.
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SEOUL, May 29 AFP - North Korea fired another short-range missile on Friday and threatened fresh steps if world powers impose sanctions for its nuclear test, amid signs it may be readying a new long-range launch.
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MOSCOW, May 29 AFP - Three new astronauts have boarded the International Space Station (ISS) from a Russian space capsule, doubling its permanent crew to six for the first time.
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A Queensland passenger who travelled on the Pacific Dawn cruise ship's last voyage has tested positive for swine flu .. bringing the total number of cases in the state to 11.
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A Queensland passenger who travelled on the Pacific Dawn cruise ship's last voyage has tested positive for swine flu .. bringing the total number of cases in the state to 11.
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The number of Victorians infected with swine flu has spilled into triple figures .. as tens of thousands of people prepare to pack football stadiums this weekend.
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SINGAPORE, May 30 AP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for "harsh" sanctions against North Korea for conducting nuclear tests, saying the communist nation will only respond to a unified show of strength by the world.
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WASHINGTON, May 29 AFP - US satellite photos have revealed vehicle activity at a site in North Korea, suggesting the regime may be preparing to launch a long-range ballistic missile, two US defence officials say.
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SYDNEY, May 29 AAP - The competition watchdog says it won't opposed the planned merger of the Australian mobile communications businesses of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd and Vodafone plc.
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MELBOURNE, May 29 AAP - A Melbourne woman who cyber-stalked an American Idol contestant has been jailed for 26 months.
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SYDNEY, May 29 AAP - Thousands of damaged Australian two-dollar coins seized during an alleged money laundering scam in Sydney were supposed to have been melted down in Korea.
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CANBERRA, May 29 AAP - Australia is fast becoming an international "laughing stock" over its mismanagement of the Murray-Darling Basin, an environmental expert says.
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SYDNEY, May 29 AAP - Maybe things won't turn out so badly.
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WELLINGTON, May 29 NZPA - The United Nations asked New Zealand to help fight piracy in waters off Somalia but the navy does not have the capacity, a spokesman for New Zealand Defence Minister Wayne Mapp says.
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SYDNEY, May 27 AAP - After a couple were arrested for the murder of their seven-year-old daughter, the man allegedly pointed to his wife and told police: "It was her, all her fault".
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