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  • Search continues for missing Canadian in Australia as family pleads for stepped up efforts

    CANBERRA, Australia -- Searchers in Australia are continuing efforts to try to find a Canadian who has been missing since May 13. New South Wales police say Prabhdeep Srawn went for a bushwalk in a national park (Koscuiszko National Park) southwest of the capital Canberra and hasn't been seen since. His rental car, which was due to be returned on May 15, was found in Charlotte Pass ...

  • Australia focused on Champions Trophy

    Michael Clarke will return home from England in September either gutted at an Ashes defeat or exultant at a triumph. But Clarke flew out of Sydney on Sunday night conscious that Australia's near four-month tour begins not with the main attraction but with a curtain-raiser that has as its reward another prize: the Champions Trophy. And while it is not in the same league as the Ashes in terms ...

  • DJs shares plunge as sales slip

    David Jones has reported $391.1 million in sales for the three months to April 27, a 2.2 per cent fall from the previous corresponding period, as a mild winter impacted its womenswear business and the home categories continued to struggle. The department store chain said like-for-like sales dropped 3.4 per cent for the quarter. David Jones shares plunged 12 cents, or 4.65 per cent, to $2.46 in ...

  • Shell says to invest $30 billion in Australia over 5 years

    plans to invest $30 billion (19.82 billion pounds) in Australia over the next five years, the firm's outgoing chief executive Peter Voser said on the sidelines of an industry conference on Monday.Voser, who built the oil company into a leader in liquefied natural gas, announced his retirement earlier this month.Shell has invested in gas projects in Australia and its Arrow LNG project is one ...

  • Autumn in Australia – share your pictures

    It’s been a beautiful, mild autumn in much of Australia. How have you been enjoying it? We’d love to see how the country’s changing where you are, what you’re wearing as the cold kicks in, or what you’re enjoying as the dry season gets into gear. Share your pictures with us using Guardian Witness, and we’ll feature our favourites on the ...


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Movie Review

A Civil Action

The name of the lawyer-protagonist at the heart of Steve Zaillian's true-life legal saga "A Civil Action" is named Jan Schlichtmann, and the first several times we hear it spoken, it seems almost purposely mispronounced to sound like "Slick Man." If Schlichtmann weren't a real person, I would attribute his name to a bad in-joke because it fits his character too perfectly. As played with charisma a ... ...

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  • Most Sydney ferry services halted after strike which company says is unsanctioned

    Sydney 2000 The majority of Sydney's ferries have ground to a halt as workers walk off the job.Most Harbour City Ferries will be stopped between 10:00am and 2:00pm because of the industrial action, although the Taronga Zoo Service will still run. Harbour City Ferries Management says it will go to Fair Work Australia to seek an injunction against the strike, which it says is unsanctioned. ...

  • Australias Lleyton Hewitt loses in French Open first round backs Bernard Tomic to thrive in the spotlight

    France Troubled Bernard Tomic will thrive in the harsh French Open spotlight despite his father facing an assault charge in Spain, the Australian's Davis Cup teammate Lleyton Hewitt insisted on Monday (AEST).Hewitt was speaking after he lost in the first round at Roland Garros in five sets to France's Gilles Simon.Tomic, 20, has not played since his father and coach John was arrested ...

  • Most ferry services cancelled until 2pm

    Most of Sydney’s ferry services have been cancelled this morning due to strike action. Staff walked off the job at 10am, disrupting most services until the strike action finishes at 2pm. Harbour Cities Ferries, the private operator of Sydney’s ferry services, said it would head to Fair Work Australia to get an injunction against the action. ‘‘The Maritime Union of ...

  • PM rolls dice over gambling

    Broader gambling ban? Labor backbencher Stephen Jones applauds the PM for live odds legislation, but reserves the right to argue for a broader ban in caucus this ...

  • Why I quit the Labour Party

    The Pulse Live: Stephanie Peatling blogs live from Parliament My father had been an active member of the Labor Party. In November 1975 I rode my bicycle around the streets with a ''We Want Gough'' and a ''Shame Fraser Shame'' badge pinned to my chest. I remember meeting Whitlam as a kid and being presented with a Tonka toy for coming second in a sack race ...

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