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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 ...

  • Warner facing CA disciplinary hearing over vitriolic Twitter outburst ahead of Ashes

    Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ...

  • My house is on top of me terror in rubble

    Moore, population 55,000, was worst hit. The tornado arrived in the afternoon as children were preparing to leave school. As night descended, rescue workers used floodlights to search for children at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, where seven children reportedly drowned, while others were pulled alive from the rubble and passed hand-to-hand by a human chain of ...

  • Tax Office puts e-tax on Apple Macs

    Now the Tax Office says it will finally provide functionality for Mac users from July. "We are working to deliver a version of e-tax for Mac users for this tax time, which is currently undergoing development and testing by the [Australian Taxation Office]," a spokeswoman told Fairfax Media, after tech ...

  • 2Day FM back on top in ratings

    2Day FM celebrate their return to the top. 2Day FM have reclaimed their title as the number one FM station in Sydney after only one survey, as usurpers WSFM suffered a hugely disappointing ratings result. In the latest survey, which covers the period from February 24 to May ...


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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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  • Hairdressers sex assault claim

    Another woman has come forward to report an alleged indecent assault at the hands of a Merrylands hairdresser. The 21-year-old came forward following the arrest of the 31-year-old man last week, when he was charged with indecently and sexually assaulting four female clients. Those women, aged between 29 and 41, allege they were assaulted between February and May this year. Detectives from ...

  • Replay Melbourne Storm Manly Sea Eagles draw

    After 90 minutes the Storm and Sea Eagles can't be split, and they're forced to share the spoils following a 10-all draw at AAMI Park.The two sides traded field goals in golden point extra-time but no one could split the goal posts and they leave with a point ...

  • Stranger offers boys lollies puppy

    The friends, both aged 11, were riding their bikes to school along Wollombi Rd, Millfield in the Hunter Valley, when they were approached by the man.The incident occured on Monday 8.30am, but police only released details this morning.Police said the man asked the boys if they wanted a lift to school before offering them lollies and the puppy.They declined and rode off before telling their ...

  • UPDATE 1-Gloom hits services firms as Australias mining boom peaks

    Mon May 20, 2013 11:27pm EDT * Mining services large and small suffer * Cuts in mine projects, exploration spending hit mining services * Share prices smashed, Transfield sinks to record low By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE, May 21 (Reuters) - A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked ...

  • Australias trading partner looking better

    The outlook for Australia's major trading partners is good, with economic growth for most expected to pick up in 2014, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.The minutes of the RBA's May board meeting gave a positive assessment of the economic outlooks for China, Japan and the US.While growth in China is not expected to return to its stellar levels of recent years, the RBA board said the ...

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