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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
CANBERRA, Australia -- Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.
Wilson's Blogmanac (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
1858 Birth date of King O'Malley (d. December 20 , 1953), eccentric American-born Australian politician in the Australian Government, one of the most colourful characters of the early federal period of Australian political history. Neither the date nor the place of O'Malley's birth is known with certainty. His biographers Larry Noye and Arthur Hoyle say he was born on July 2 , while the Australian...
BBC NEWS | Nick Bryant's Australia (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Australia's national airline has long been known as the 'flying kangaroo', but it might be time to rename it the 'flying former parliamentarian'. Once again freedom of information laws have thrown a harsh light on the perks that MPs enjoy at the taxpayers expense. Although, in this instance, it's the lifelong perks handed to many former MPs. 'The gravy plane: 20,000 freebies,' screamed the Sydney...
The Orstrahyun (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Yes, The Sky Is Blue Australia's most boring columnist states the bleeding obvious as only he can : You may soon be called upon to donate to ensure sufficient emergency "new blood" supplies are available for The Liberal Party, because plenty of blood will spill, as surreal discussions break out over in Canberra about whether it should be Christopher Pyne or Joe Hockey who will replace Malcolm...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
While Britain is obsessed with its moat-digging, duck-housing political class, it is worth remembering that other countries suffer political scandals too. This week, for instance, Australians have been fretting about Utegate - a row about a fake email and a pickup truck. Americans have watched the self-inflicted humiliation of their love-cheating runaway state governor Mark Sanford. Italians have...
Maryam Namazie (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
For details on the various demonstrations on June 26, click here . Some of the demonstrations are listed below. They will be held at consulates and embassies of the Islamic Republic of Iran: London , UK , 12:30, 16 Princes Gate, London SW7 IPTThere is also a march organised on Saturday 27 June beginning at 2pm at the former Bank Melli building (High Street Kensington station) and moving towards the...
Peter Martin (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
IMF to RBA In a generally positive assessment of the Australian economy the International Monetary Fund has implored our Reserve Bank to be "more cautious than normal" when deciding whether to tighten interest rates, describing international conditions as "fragile". The Fund has backed an OECD forecast that this year's downturn will be milder than predicted in the Budget and next...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Backstroker Ryosuke Irie has pledged to set a world record in an approved swimsuit in the world swimming championships getting under way on July 18 in Rome. The 19-year-old sliced more than one second off American Ryan Lochte's 200-meter backstroke world record in the inaugural Japan-Australia swimming meet in Canberra last month, but his time was not authorized by FINA, the sport's world governing...
Daily Advance - Business (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
CANBERRA, Australia — The government, criticized for sinking Australia too deep into debt with...
Tamilnet (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
“I call upon the Australian government to stand up and complain bitterly until something is done”, said Justice John Dowd, Vice President of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), stressing his point that it is “to not speak up but yell” in order to save the Tamils in the concentration camps. He was addressing a forum in Federal Parliament, Canberra, discussing Australia's...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor | June 25 RIAD Malki, the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority, would like to see Australian troops posted to the Gaza Strip as peacekeepers. More than that, he would be happy, in the event of an eventual Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territories, to have Australians posted in the West Bank. Malki told me this in a meeting in Ramallah earlier this week....
BBC NEWS | Nick Bryant's Australia (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
What with 'Utegate' and its ongoing aftermath (does anyone agree, by the way, that journalists should contribute to a kind of suffix swear box every time they attach 'gate' to a scandal'), it's been easy to miss what is incontrovertibly the really big story to emerge from Canberra this week: the attempt to strip my fellow compatriots of the vote in Australian federal elections. It's a little-known...
SEO News and Advices (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Hotel rates in 27 cities across 10 countries in Asia Pacific are being reduced in Accor's new "City Super Sale." Australia ( PRWEB ) June 23, 2009 -- Travelers will be able to take advantage of savings of up to 60% when they book on-line between 23 - 29 June, for stays between July 10 and September 30, 2009. Over 250,000 room nights will be on sale, with rates starting as low as US$25 per...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
CANBERRA, Australia, June 22 (UPI) -- Australian police say an e-mail that alleged abuse of office by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was faked. The e-mail became an issue this past weekend when a civil servant testified before a Senate commission that a Rudd adviser had sent out an e-mail seeking to win a government bailout loan for a political supporter, car dealer John Grant, The Daily Telegraph reported....
SEO News and Advices (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Accor City Super Sale offers massive reductions in hotel rates in 27 cities across 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region. Sydney, NSW ( PRWEB ) June 22, 2009 -- Up to 60% savings in Accor's new Asia Pacific City Super Sale Hotel rates in 27 cities across 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region are being reduced in Accor Hotels' new City Super Sale - running between Tuesday, 23 June and Monday, 29...
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