NSW:Sydney car yard set alight in arson attack

AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2011
NSW:Sydney car yard set alight in arson attack

SYDNEY, Aug 21 AAP - A car yard in western Sydney has been badly damaged in a suspected
arson attack.

The car yard at St Marys was broken into about 8.30pm (AEST) on Saturday, police said.

Several fires were lit inside the premises and a number of cars were torched.

The office area was also significantly damaged in the blaze, which the fire brigade
extinguished about 9.30pm (AEST).

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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SA: Govt to advertise Adelaide as 'the next boom town'

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2008
SA: Govt to advertise Adelaide as 'the next boom town'

An interstate advertising blitz .. promoting Adelaide as the next boom town .. will
begin this week.

Premier MIKE RANN says South Australia's the state of the future .. and it's important
to get the message out.

The 1.1 million dollar advertising campaign will continue until June.

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QLD:Two armed hold-ups on Gold Coast

AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2011
QLD:Two armed hold-ups on Gold Coast

A service station and a bottle shop have been the targets of armed robberies on the Gold Coast.

Police say a man brandishing a gun held-up two bottle shop attendants in Elanora last
night .. soon after another man also used a gun to rob a service station in Ashmore.

Police have not linked the two robberies.

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CHINA ONLINE PAYMENT MARKET TOPPED CNY1TRN LAST YEAR

AsiaInfo Services
02-10-2011
China Online Payment Market Topped CNY1trn Last Year

BEIJING, Feb 10, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- The Chinese online payment market reached CNY 360.25 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, rising 24% from a quarter earlier. The figure amounted to CNY 1.0858 trillion in the full year, jumping 96%, according to the latest report by Analysys International.

Analysts point out that third-party payment service providers formed special teams for business expansion in the fields of aviation, insurance and fund, since the People's Bank of China (PBC) decided to grant them licenses and allow them to join super online banking system.

Besides, the e-commerce market experienced robust growth last year and online shopping platforms kicked off large-scale promotions, which boosted the transaction value of third-party payment service providers.

Earlier, on December 23, 2010, Analysys International predicted in a report that the Chinese online payment market would reach CNY 1.071 trillion in the full year, leaping 93%. Meanwhile, the market research firm believed that third-party payment service providers qualified by the PBC would kick off mergers and acquisitions to reshuffle the whole market.

Source: www.beijingtimes.com.cn (February 10, 2011)

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NSW:Man due in court over murder

08-26-2010
NSW:Man due in court over murder

A man will appear in court today charged with murder after two brothers were shot during
a home invasion in Sydney's west at the weekend.

Police arrested the 24-year-old from Werrington at a home in Kingswood in Sydney's
west last night and charged him with murder .. and a string of other offences.

He was refused bail and is due to appear at Penrith Local Court today.

DEVRIL LEUTHWAITE died in hospital aged 17 after the incident at Werrington on Sunday
.. while his 25-year-old brother .. who was also shot .. survived.

Detectives are still hunting for the other men involved in the incident.

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Main stories in Monday's ABC 0900 Radio News

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2010
Main stories in Monday's ABC 0900 Radio News

PERTH, April 19 AAP - Main stories on today's 0900 ABC Radio news:

- WA won't give up its GST but will allocate the funds to the national health pool.

- A 35-year-old man will face court over the murder of a 29-year-old father of two in Coolbellup.

- Students and teachers from Bunbury Cathedral have been stranded in Paris as airports
remain closed.

- State funeral of Polish president and his wife has been held in Krakow.

- Police are trying to track four men over an aggravated armed robbery in Perth's northern
suburbs.

- Composition of Tasmania's new cabinet remains unclear with the ALP and Greens at
loggerheads over cabinet seats.

- St Kilda coach warns other clubs of rapidly improving Fremantle.

- Olympic polevault champion Steve Hooker has missed out on long-standing world record
of 6.15m at the Commonwealth Games selection trials.

- Arsenal loses to Wigam 2:3.

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Main stories in today's 1300 2GB news

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2009
Main stories in today's 1300 2GB news

SYDNEY, Dec 4 AAP - Main stories in today's 1300 2GB news:

- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned the NSW government to start governing rather
than fighting each other.

- Former national water polo player Keli Lane will fight accusations that she murdered
her newborn daughter in 1996.

- A cyber sex stalker who enticed young girls to Rookwood cemetery through a gothic
website has been sentenced to six years in jail.

- The Commonwealth Bank has followed the lead of Westpac, lifting its variable home
loan rates above the official cash rate increase.

- A fourth person has been arrested over the murder of a woman in a 1987 bag snatch.

- Australia is off to a strong start in the second cricket Test against the West Indies
at Adelaide.

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Fed: WA government and traditional owners sign off on gas hub

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2009
Fed: WA government and traditional owners sign off on gas hub

PERTH, April 27 AAP - The Kimberley Land Council (KLC) has signed off on an in-principle
agreement to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) precinct near Broome.

In a ceremony at the James Price Point site, 60km north of the tourist centre, federal
Resources Minister Martin Ferguson joined West Australian Premier Colin Barnett, Woodside
chief Don Voelte and KLC chief executive officer Wayne Bergmann for the signing of the
heads of agreement.

Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett has said a number of important steps remain
before the hub gains any final approval, and a full environmental impact assessment will
not be completed until next year.

Mr Barnett said the broad agreement marked the start of heritage, environmental and
social impact studies within the James Price Point area.

"Today was the first time that all parties stood on country together, providing an
opportunity to look back at the hard work involved in achieving this agreement and to
look toward the next phase of development," he said.

"The government will work with traditional owners through the KLC to identify the exact
location of the precinct, develop an indigenous land use agreement and involve them in
the design and construction of the precinct.

"The agreement by the traditional owners is an historic moment for the Kimberley, for
Western Australia and for Australia.

"This is a significant step forward in terms of economic self determination and an
improvement in the living standards of the Aboriginal people of the Kimberley.

"It may also become part of a milestone along the way to reconciliation across Australia."

Mr Bergmann said the signing had been hosted by the Goolarabooloo Jabirr Jabirr Native
Title Claim Group, who voted on April 15 to enter into the heads of agreement.

He said it put in place a process for the traditional owners to work with the state
government and Woodside on developing the project.

"Traditional owners will not give final approval for the project until essential cultural
heritage and environmental studies are completed and provide satisfactory clearance of
these issues," he said.

"Standing here today with the state government and Woodside shows us how far indigenous
people have come in the 30 years since the Noonkanbah dispute (when) a multinational company
and the state government ignored what little rights indigenous people had."

A Broome-based environment group, Environs Kimberley, said the environmental impact
on threatened species meant the development would have to be scrapped, despite the signing
of the agreement.

"The massive blasting and dredging of millions of tonnes of reef and seagrass for a
five-kilometre breakwater and industrial port would be an environmental disaster for marine
life off the internationally significant Kimberley coast," the group said in a statement.

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Qld: Family of four rescued from rising water by helicopter

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
Qld: Family of four rescued from rising water by helicopter

BRISBANE, Dec 23 AAP - A family of four have been rescued by police helicopter after
becoming stranded in a north Queensland national park.

Police received a triple-0 call at about 6pm (AEST) on Monday when rising water stranded
the four on a walking track near a camping ground in the Cape Bowling Green National Park.

A helicopter was used to find the group and the four were winched to safety, police
said in a statement.

The 33-year-old man, 34-year-old woman and two children were taken to Townsville Hospital
as a precaution.

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Cyc: Youngsters step up in teams pursuit

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2008
Cyc: Youngsters step up in teams pursuit

By Roger Vaughan

BEIJING, Aug 16 AAP - Jack Bobridge and Mark Jamieson are suddenly pivotal members
of the Australian teams pursuit squad as they prepare to defend their Olympic title in
track cycling.

Brett Lancaster has struggled for form since the Tour de France and fellow Athens gold
medallist Brad McGee has intimated his ninth in the individual pursuit last night might
be his last Olympic competition.

That means Bobridge, 19, and Jamieson, 24, will be doing a lot more at their Olympic
debuts than just gaining experience.

The teams pursuit will start tomorrow with qualifying and the first round of racing.

"We've got two young kids in Mark Jamieson and Jack Bobridge who've really stepped
up - it hasn't hurt our chances too much," said track endurance coach Ian McKenzie after
he confirmed Lancaster would not ride the teams pursuit.

A few days ago, before it became clear McGee and Lancaster were not at their top form,
Bobridge had made his ambition clear.

"My goal early on in the year was just to get to the world titles, let alone get to
the Olympics," he said.

"My goal (in Beijing) would definitely have to be to win, obviously, or to medal, but
a lot of (my goals), being so young, would be to get all the experience for London coming
up.

"I can normally handle the nerves pretty well, so it will be interesting to see how
it all unfolds."

Bobridge comes from a strong South Australian cycling family and is highly-rated for
his maturity and dedication.

The first-year senior rider, a two-time junior world champion, first emerged in March
at the world titles when he rode solidly in team pursuit qualifying.

Australia went on to finish third in the event as Great Britain set a world record
and Denmark was second.

Australia have a long-standing rivalry with the British in this event, beating them
for the Athens gold medal.

This will be one of Australia's best medal chances in track cycling at the Olympics.

Also tomorrow, the men's and women's sprint competitions start.

Australia Anna Meares will make an improbable quest for an Olympic medal, after a race
crash in January left her just millimetres from permanent spinal damage.

Meares fractured a disc in her neck, but she has made an astonishing recovery.

If she wins a medal, it will be one of the great stories of these Games.

Defending champion Ryan Bayley and probably Mark French will contest the men's sprint.

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Vic: Child with lighter blamed for $100,000 house fire

AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2008
Vic: Child with lighter blamed for $100,000 house fire

MELBOURNE, April 8 AAP - A child playing with a lighter has been blamed for starting
a fire that caused an estimated $100,000 damage to a flat in Melbourne's inner south-east
yesterday.

The pre-school aged boy was not injured in the fire, which engulfed a bedroom and kitchen
in the second storey flat in McIlwrick Street, Windsor shortly after 8.45pm (AEST), a
Metropolitan Fire Brigade spokesman said.

His mother, 26, suffered slight smoke inhalation while trying to douse the flames.

The fire also caused extensive smoke and heat damage.

The child will be referred to the MFB's junior fire awareness program, the spokesman said.

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Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2007
Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news

SYDNEY, Dec 5 AAP - Main stories in today's 1200 ABC news:

- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined the family of Bernie Banton in paying tribute
to the asbestos campaigner at a state funeral in Sydney.

- The former ACTU boss Greg Combet says Banton was a passionate fighter for justice.

- The Australian economy is expanding at a solid pace but not as rapidly as widely forecast.

- Official interest rates have been held steady and for the first time the Reserve
Bank has explained why.

- The head of the ASIO Paul O'Sullivan has defended the conduct of two of his agents
accused of grossly violating the rights of a suspected terrorist.

- Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill says he hopes to return to action in the new year.

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Qld: Businessman kidnapped and threatened, say police

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2007
Qld: Businessman kidnapped and threatened, say police

A Brisbane businessman has been kidnapped and tortured by two men allegedly posing
as federal police during a four hour ordeal on Brisbane's southside.

The 58-year-old man escaped after untying himself from a chair bolted to the floor.

Network Seven says the crime happened in the southside suburb of Annerley yesterday
and found two sound-proofed rooms.

The victim was snatched in the car park of the Pacific Golf Course at Carindale yesterday
afternoon by two men and a woman allegedly posing as federal police officers.

The victim was handcuffed and bundled into a white van and then driven to the house
in Annerley where the trio allegedly demanded money from him.

A 59-year-old man from Annerley has been charged over the kidnap and is due to appear
in Brisbane magistrates court tomorrow.

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Qld: Brutal triple murder accused will face court in Toowoomba

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2006
Qld: Brutal triple murder accused will face court in Toowoomba

A Queensland court has been told a teenager will stand trial next year over a brutal
triple murder in the state's south.

Two other teenagers .. who can't be named .. have already pleaded guilty to three brutal
home invasion style murders in Toowoomba .. west of Brisbane .. on May 30 last year.

30-year-old MICHAEL ROSS THOMPSON and 17-year-olds TYSON ROBERT WILSON and DAVID JAMES
LYONS were allegedly bashed to death in their Hume Street unit .. with various weapons
including a metal pole.

A 17-year-old male from Rockhampton in central Queensland has pleaded guilty to three
counts of murder and two of rape.

In the Supreme Court in Brisbane today .. Justice DEBRA MULLINS has ordered a pre-sentence
report for a 16-year-old from Toowoomba .. who's pleaded guilty to three counts of murder
and interfering with bodies.

An 18-year-old Rockhampton man will plead not guilty and will face trial in the Supreme
Court in Toowoomba .. starting on February 19.

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NSW: Abattoir drivers left in limbo: TWU

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
NSW: Abattoir drivers left in limbo: TWU

SYDNEY, Aug 14 AAP - Cowra Abattoir truck drivers are making their deliveries unsure
if they will be paid, as the plant heads towards administration.

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) has accused the abattoir in central western NSW of
giving the drivers their usual loads while knowing administrators were expected to take
over later today.

The TWU says the drivers were yet to be informed whether the company intended to pay
them for today's work.

"These hard working and loyal truck drivers are now doing their jobs wondering whether
they have a future, or a pay cheque, to take home to their families at the end of this
week," TWU national leader Tony Sheldon said today.

"The abattoir management yesterday allowed the drivers to pick up their loads as normal
and begin their deliveries.

"It is likely they did this with the knowledge they would this morning be locking out
their workers.

"The TWU will not allow the abattoir to let these drivers go to work today and not be paid."

The TWU will request an urgent meeting with any administrator of the abattoir to discuss
the individual concerns of the drivers and how their jobs can be saved.

Mr Sheldon also said it was critical to find out whether the trucks currently on the
road were still insured.

Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union NSW secretary Charlie Donzow said workers
had turned up for a meeting about the plant's future at 12pm (AEST) today but were told
to go home because the administrators were late.

The meeting has been rescheduled to later today, Mr Donzow said.

The abattoir declined to comment on the issue when contacted this morning.

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NSW: School evacuated after petrol spill

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2006
NSW: School evacuated after petrol spill

SYDNEY, April 7 AAP - A northern NSW public school has been evacuated after a petrol
tanker rolled and spilt up to 1,000 litres of fuel nearby.

The Rural Fire Service (RFS) says the tanker rolled at Gilgai, near Inverell, shortly
before 2pm (AEST) today.

The RFS, the NSW Fire Brigades, police and ambulance personnel are at the scene.

A NSW Fire Brigades spokesman said between 500 and 1,000 litres of unleaded petrol
and 500 litres of diesel have escaped from the tanker at Schwenkes Lane, near the Inverell-Bundarra
Road.

The nearby Gilgai Public School, which is understood to have 29 students, has been
evacuated as a precaution, he said.

The spokesman said the tanker has now been sealed with foam and the situation seems
"under control".

There are no reports of injury.

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MALAYSIAN WEBSITES LACK EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS SAYS ISP.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 Asia Pulse - The number of Malaysia websites is growing but many seem to lack good educational contents, said Mimos Bhd's president and chief executive officer, Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen.

"We noted something is missing, not very strong in education contents," he said at a press conference today in conjunction with the soft launch of the second my awards.

There are some 4,000 of Malaysia's hosted and owned websites.

He said readily available education material would be useful to web users.

Mimos Bhd is the first and biggest ISP in the country.

Referring to netpreneurs, he said, many were reluctant to develop educational site given the huge potential that it could gain and its attractiveness.

Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman noted that younger people kept looking for educational materials.

He said firms may not want to venture into education sites as there was no business model as yet.

He, however, believed the business or revenue model of education site could be discovered at "some stage" but it needed to be developed first.

"Those who think about education should try. Don't assume that there is a business model. Nobody has it and no one can tell you how the business model looks like. You have to go in and try," he said.

On the second my awards, Dr Tengku Azzman said similar award categories like the ones last year, would be given this year.

They include most popular website, most creative web design, best community development website, best internet application website and internet application website.

Apart from showing recognition, the my awards created by Mimos, helped to unearth the wealth of local talents on the Internet scene.

Malaysia national news agency Bernama website (www.bernama.com) won the commercial website category event last year.

This year's award presentation will be held in November.

Reader horrified to hear poor Aaetree manAAE ridiculed in phone-in.

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I really was horrified to be unlucky enough to accidentally tune into Virgin Radio this afternoon (Tuesday 26th) when Kris Fade, decided that it would make entertaining radio to throw a comedic spin on the unfortunate plight of Dede Koswara, the gentleman suffering from a terrible skin condition that has left the majority of his body riddled with bark like warts. As if it isn't enough to be dubbed "the tree man" Kris thought it would be amusing to encourage the public to call in with suggestions of what advantages there might be to actually being a "tree" man. I won't dignify the crassness by mentioning some of the suggestions made, and besides I soon turned off the dreadful show.I wonder if Kris Fade would still make the jokes if the "tree man" were a member of his family or someone else he cared about or even knew.I very much doubt he would.Really, really poor show and furthermore, I would I have expected a professional radio entertainer to be able to come up with something better; there is plenty of more tasteful material out there.

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