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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 ...

  • Wed-locked Fake marriages in Australia

    For many Arab Australians being gay is still taboo, and now some are turning to fake marriages to hide the truth about their sexuality, reports The Feed's Patrick ...

  • Australia must help break the resource curse

    Developing countries need not fall victim to the 'resource curse', writes Andrew Leigh. Australia has a role to play in ensuring these countries use their natural resources to foster democracy and boost living ...

  • Father of four dies after fight at Coffs harbour kebab shop

    Coffs Harbour 2450 A father of four has died in hospital after a fight on the New South Wales mid north coast on the weekend. Police say there was an altercation between the 34-year-old victim and a 20-year-old man outside a kebab shop in Coffs Harbour. The sapphire Beach man was flown to Newcastle's John Hunter hospital but never regained consciousness and his life support has been ...


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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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  • Boy 7 dies after pogo stick fall

    A seven-year-old Sydney boy has died a day after he apparently fell from a pogo stick. Paramedics say they were called to a home at Mulga Road, Oatley to treat an unresponsive boy just after 6am (AEST) on Tuesday. He was declared dead at the scene. "It is believed the child had suffered a head injury the previous day after falling off a pogo stick," the NSW Ambulance Service said in ...

  • I just froze when Taylah 12 had gun held to her head

    A 12-year-old girl says she "froze" when a man held a gun to her head and robbed her of her phone and wallet as she walked back from a friend's house in Sydney's southwest. Taylah Gresham was making the 150-metre walk home from a friend's house in Minto on Monday night when, at 8.30pm, a man came up to her in Bennett Street. The man allegedly pulled out a gun, held it ...

  • Sex case woman crying in sand

    The barrister for an English tourist charged with sexually assaulting a young woman he met at a trendy Bondi nightspot says the act was consensual and the pair were "interacting in a way that suggested they have an interest in each other" prior to the incident. But the alleged victim told police she was left crying in the sand after Gregory Charles Cox allegedly forced her to give him ...

  • 51 killed as tornado wreaks havoc

    A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...

  • 37 killed as tornado hits Oklahoma City

    A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...

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