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The region we must not ignore
July 31, 2010Politicians who talk about preserving Australia as a ''sanctuary'' from an overcrowded world, or deciding who will come here and the circumstances in which they come, cannot afford to take their eyes off the ring of islands off the north and east coastline.
Australia Submit 2015 Asian Cup Bid
July 31, 2010Football Federation Australia (FFA) today submitted Australia’s bid to host the 2015 Asian Cup. FFA Chairman Frank Lowy, CEO Ben Buckley and Head of the bid Rob Abernethy handed over the bid book to AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam at 9am at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
Papua New Guinea
July 31, 2010Key facts, figures and dates
The Adjudicator verdict: NRL R20
July 31, 2010A week of watching the Mighty Ducks trilogy has left the Adjudicator loving the underdog and sniffing for an upset in round 20 of the NRL premiership.
Highlights of day five
July 31, 2010• Two pieces of polling intelligence have emerged today on what appears to be a widening electoral gender gap. The Australian reports the weekend’s 55-45 Newspoll had Labor leading 44 per cent to 33 per cent on the primary vote among women, but trailing 39 per cent to 42 per cent among men.
The World Digest: Pakistani militants kill 16 civilians in ambush; Hong Kong passes its 1st minimum wage law
July 31, 2010The World Digest: Pakistani militants kill 16 civilians in ambush; Hong Kong passes its 1st minimum wage law
The Day the Oil Stopped Flowing
July 31, 2010BP would have to be viewed as short-term speculation right now. For one, it's not certain the leaking oil has actually been stopped. It's just been stopped from the top of the well. If the well is ruptured in other places, more leaks will emerge. This could be just the end of the beginning (rather than the end of the end). The larger question, in our mind, is how long it might take be BP to be ...
FACTBOX - How an Australian election works
July 31, 2010SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is likely to call an election on Saturday for August 28, public broadcaster ABC reported on Friday, quoting sources from the ruling Labor party.
Regional fix for population problems
July 31, 2010FEDERAL Treasury secretary Ken Henry yesterday warned the government to fix policies that discouraged economic growth in regional areas if it was to deal with the looming population challenge.
Consumer, Health and Family
July 31, 2010Welcome to this week's edition of Health Alert. The Health Alert is transmitted on Monday of each week (unless there is a public holiday on Monday). Health Alert is a summary of the critical judgments, legislation, press releases and news items which have come to our attention each week.
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