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  • Explainer Ocean energy in Australia

    Renewable ocean energy harnesses the power of the oceans to produce electricity. This can be done in several ways, but the resources that have the most immediate potential in terms of energy production for Australia and globally are: waves: using wave energy converters (WEC) to generate electricity tides: using tidal barrages, fences and turbines to generate ...

  • Raider McIlwrick dumped for Manly clash

    Canberra hooker Matt McIlwrick has been dropped in one of just two changes for his side's NRL clash against Manly on Saturday. Veteran utility Shaun Berrigan has been named at hooker as McIlwrick's replacement, although Raiders assistant coach Brett Kimmorley said Glen Buttriss was still an outside chance of recovering from a calf injury for the match. "Berro's got a lot of ...

  • Greenpeace Coke war hits Google

    The ';recycling wars'; between Coca-Cola and Greenpeace have spilt into cyberspace, with the beverage giant buying the top advertising slot for searches of the environmental group's name. The battle for internet attention follows claims by Greenpeace that free-to-air television channels 7, 9, 10 and SBS had all declined to broadcast the group's anti-Coca-Cola, pro-recycling ...

  • Same-sex bigotry Wong hits out

    Opinion: Rudd deserves benefit of doubt on backflip Finance Minister Penny Wong has condemned the Australian Christian Lobby over comments likening children of same-sex couples to the stolen generations, saying the group's "bigotry" has no place in modern Australia. Senator Wong, who is a lesbian, a mother and a Christian, said comments made on Tuesday by the the ACL's ...

  • AGL fined $1.5 million for lies

    A door-to-door salesman spruiking AGL's electricity and gas services in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg in late 2011 has cost the energy giant nearly $1.5 million in penalties for lying to consumers. The $1.48 million penalty against AGL Sales and another penalty for $70,000 against AGL South Australia follow legal action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the Federal ...


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Movie Review

She's All That

"She's All That" is "Pygmalion" set in a Southern California high school, with the student body president and all-around athlete trying to turn a gawky, bespectacled art student into the prom queen in six weeks. The set-up is thin and much of the film is composed of predictable, well-trodden material from the John Hughes oeuvre and its imitators of the mid-1980s (anybody remember "Can't Buy Me Lo ... ...

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  • Recycling war spills into Google

    Coca-Cola opposes Greenpeace's call for a national recycling scheme. To promote its message, the company bought the top advertising slot for online searches including such words as ';Greenpeace';, ';cash for containers'; or ';cash for ...

  • Please fix it Dear Julia fix it

    your government to show leadership on an issue that you feel strongly about – an issue the opposition has already signalled it will fix should it win in September. You'd think, wouldn't you, that you would grab that issue with both hands, FIX it, and then bask in a moment of rare ...

  • Hunt for tornado survivors as toll rises

    RAW VIDEO: US man, Ricky Stover, recounts the harrowing experience as the Oklahoma tornado swung the cellar doors open where he sought ...

  • Tinkler mansion up for sale for millions

    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 ...

  • Executed Afghan presidents daughter a best job finalist

    Moska Najib is hoping to become Melbourne's 'lifestyle photographer' in Tourism Australia's 'best jobs in the world' competition. Life hasn't always been kind to 29-year-old Afghan Moska Najib, but she is now close to landing a dream job in Australia that will pay $100,000 for six months' work. The daughter of former Afghan president Mohammad ...

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