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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • NSW paramedics allowed to form their own union

    NSW The NSW Industrial Relations Commission has granted paramedics permission to register their own union.Last year, state parliament passed laws allowing paramedics and junior doctors to choose their own unions, paving the way for them to break away from the Health Services Union.The Emergency Medical Services Protection Association already has several hundred members and had applied to the ...

  • Search expanded for Canadian man missing in Snowy Mountains

    Jindabyne 2627 Police in the Snowy Mountains say they are expanding their search for a Canadian man who has been missing for over a week.The 25-year-old set off to bushwalk alone to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko from Charlotte Pass Village over a week ago and has not been heard from since. Police say they are concerned for his safety with overnight temperatures in the mountains dropping to as ...


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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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  • The secret life of a sociopath like me

    If my life were a television show it would start like this: It's a pleasantly warm summer day in a beautiful southern clime. Sunlight glints off ripples in the pool. The sliding door opens with a gentle rumble. A young woman steps out in her flip-flops and a black Speedo swimming suit. Her skin is darkly tan from lifeguarding at the local municipal pool. Today she is giving a private ...

  • Now for the $US190m house

    A Sydney waterfront property recently sold for $50 million, but in the United States, a house has hit the market with an asking price of $US190 million. Copper Beech Farm in Connecticut is regarded as the last great estate in Greenwich, and comes with an asking price 30 per cent more expensive than its nearest market competitor, Crespi Hicks Estate in Dallas. Set on 17 hectares, the farm is ...

  • 1.6km-wide monster tornado dead hit

    Oklahoma tornado caught on camera RAW VIDEO: The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma US, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle. NO ...

  • Paramedics break away from HSU

    PARAMEDICS will be able to break away from the scandal-plagued Health Services Union (HSU) after a court ruled they could register their own ...

  • Adelaide set for a drenching as rain pours on regional South Australia

    THE heavens have finally opened across regional parts of the state and metropolitan Adelaide is set for a good drenching this evening. In the past 24 hours, the state's far North recorded almost 50mm of rain up to 9am this morning. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Paul Bierman said Ernabella recorded 47mm of rain and Mintabie, 45mm. "It's quite a lotover 40mm is 24 hours is ...

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