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  • Australia India strengthen agriculture skills ties

    Australia and India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and strengthen cooperation in skills training in the agriculture sector. The MoU results from the joint commitment of the Australian and Indian Prime Ministers in October 2012 to build bilateral partnerships between skills councils in key industry areas, including telecommunications, retail, mining, ...

  • Ford to close manufacturing operations in Australia slash 1200 jobs

    Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016. Ford Australia president and CEO Bob Graziano said that the company would shut the Geelong engine factory, costing 510 jobs, and the Broadmeadows car assembly line, shedding another 650 positions, reports News.com.au. Sacked workers have been offered a 39 million-dollar rescue ...

  • Australia looks into allowing Sikhs to wear turban at work

    Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the turban while at work and also while riding motorcycles. "We will work with your community to help make the necessary changes requested on cultural and religious grounds," the Blacktown Sun quoted her as saying Thursday during a visit to Gurdwara Sahib in the Sydney ...

  • Australias politicians look to master social media strategies in time for federal election

    Australia As the federal election sweeps closer, the pressure to sell the politicians and their parties is intensifying - and the strategists are turning to digital technologies like never before to give candidates an edge.The huge growth in social media and data analytics over the past three years means this election campaign will be like no other in Australian history. But Australian ...

  • 101 ways to make sure the beat goes on

    The City of Sydney is making it easier to stage live music in the city with a how-to seminar for small bar operators, restaurant owners and anyone else interested in putting on a show. The free Live Music 101 will give prospective venue operators practical information on how to organise and promote live performances, as well as which approvals are needed and how to avoid noise complaints. Hear ...


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Edtv

Ron Howard's "Edtv" is a satire masquerading as a romantic comedy (or is it the other way around?) about a man who willingly allows every moment of his life to be filmed and broadcast live to whoever wants to watch. At first, this premise might sound absurd (which it is), but in today's TV-driven world, it could easily become a reality. With the recent overload in "reality TV," ranging from Fox sp ... ...

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  • Greiner resignation signals no-confidence in OFarrell

    Sydney 2000 NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is facing accusations that departures at the top of Infrastructure New South Wales amount to a vote of no-confidence in him.In State Parliament yesterday, Mr O'Farrell announced the resignations of the advisory body's inaugural chairman Nick Greiner and chief executive Paul Broad after just two years.Mr O'Farrell says it is the right ...

  • Commuter anger at ferry price hike

    Sydney ferry commuters and transport advocates have reacted with anger to the state government’s decision to increase the cost of weekly ferry tickets, saying it will reduce the number of people commuting by boat. About a quarter of all Sydney’s ferry passengers will have to pay more after the O’Farrell government on Friday announced it would drop the use of a popular travel ...

  • Children damaged by diet

    Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and are viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography", a major British study has found. For the first time, the Children's Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in "risky behaviours". It emerged that children who regularly ...

  • At home with the worlds fifth-richest man

    When you're invited to the home of Larry Ellison, whose $US43 billion ($A44 billion) worth makes him the fifth-richest man in the world, it's not so much what to wear that matters but what you have to sign to get past the guards at his front gate. Do you bring a gift for the man who, as co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, has pretty much everything including military ...

  • Big wet to take a short break

    Bureau of Meteorology spokesman David Barlow said the sunshine would be short lived, however, with rain set to return by Monday evening.``Monday will be mostly sunny with some showers in the evening, while for Tuesday showers will remain along the coast,’’ he said.Mr Barlow added that heavy rain and wind warnings are in place tonight for the NSW mid-north coast.``The area we're ...

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