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  • Australian construction industry to see slow recovery

    The Australian building and construction industry will see a mixed recovery over 2015-16 after a number of challenging years, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA) forecasts released Monday. While the forecasts predict a positive growth for the industry, MBA reports that the current economic climate is creating headwinds that may impede the timing and strength of recovery. There's light ...

  • Australia name womens Ashes squad

    Australia have named a 15-player squad for the women's Ashes tour of England, including all 14 players contracted for the 2013-14 season as well as the batsman Sarah Elliott as a Test specialist. Elliott will fly home after the one-off Test and is the only player from outside the contract list to be part of the official touring party, although the 17-year-old Jemma Barsby will join the ...

  • White rhino born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo

    Dubbo 2830 A New South Wales zoo is celebrating the birth of a white rhino calf.The still unnamed male was born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo in the early hours of last Tuesday.The white rhinos have been closely watched by keepers at the zoo after a mystery illness killed four of the animals last year.One of the female rhinos that survived the illness, Mopani, has given birth to the ...

  • Horse owners at state parliament in fight over inner Sydney paddocks

    Concord 2137 The New South Wales Opposition has brought ponies to parliament house in a bid to highlight the plight of horse owners who it says are being pushed off land in Sydney's inner west by the Government.The horses are kept at the historic Yaralla public estate in Concord, which holds some of the last paddocks close to the city.The site is owned by the Sydney Local Health District ...

  • Mike Carlton lashes Australian Story

    , claiming his comments were "selectively edited" by the show's producers to give a glowing account of his former radio nemesis Ray Hadley. Carlton launched his tirade via his Twitter account, describing the program, which aired on Monday night, as a "travesty", "disgrace" and "garbage". On Tuesday, Carlton tweeted: "Bizarre that last ...


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Movie Review

M. Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de M. Hulot) [DVD]

M. Hulot's Holiday (Les vacances de M. Hulot) [DVD]

Jacques Tati's cinematic alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, is long-limbed and gangly, polite and friendly, and a disaster waiting to happen. With his white pants pulled up about a foot too high, giving the impression that he is three-fourths legs and only a quarter torso, his foppish hair, striped socks, and slightly sleepy eyes, he is a strikingly funny sight, someone who inspires laughs even befor ... ...

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  • Its like a war zone down there

    ''They are still in the process of picking through the rubble to try to find survivors,'' Jerry Lojka, a spokesman for Oklahoma Emergency Management, said in an interview. ''We know it was on the ground for 40 minutes. It travelled across the entire city of Moore.'' ''It's like a war zone down there,'' said Moore resident Melissa ...

  • Tinkler mansion put up for sale

    Embattled coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler has put his $5.2 million Queensland mansion up for sale. The seven-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate, on four hectares on Brisbane's outskirts, features a home cinema, a gym, a climate-controlled wine cellar that can house 3500 bottles and a nine-car garage. The property, in Pullenvale, west of Brisbane, is listed online as being for sale for ...

  • Teen driver killed dodging kangaroo

    The car accident that killed a 19-year-old woman from Kirrawee on Monday night was witnessed by her friend, who was driving the car travelling behind her on Guyra Road at Guyra in the state's north. Police say the woman who died had been negotiating a bend in the road when she swerved to avoid a dead kangaroo in the middle of her lane about 7.20pm. She lost control of the car and veered ...

  • Gloom hits services as Australias mining boom peaks

    With miners from BHP Billiton Ltd down shelving projects and slashing costs that grew out of control during the boom, they have turned the screws on ...

  • Australia womens cricketers get major pay boost

    Members of the Australia women's cricket team will be among the country's highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system. The leading players could earn up to $80,000 over the next year as part of the new payment programme, with the top player retainer having increased from $15,000 to $52,000 and the minimum retainer having been boosted ...

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