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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Wildlife smugglers tried to mail 15 Australian geckos to Europe in hollowed-out books and photo frames, the Customs Service said Tuesday. Most of the leaf-tail geckos were found dead from lack of air, food and water when the parcels were opened by Australia Post, said a...
The New South Wales Police Association has launched a campaign against a state government pay rise limit of 2.5 per cent. The move has come on the first day of its four day conference. The association's president, Bob Pritchard, was cheered on as he said police view the Government's offer of a...
The World Hepatitis Alliance, a newly formed Non-Governmental Organisation, today called on governments around the world to do more to drive improvements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment for people living with chronic viral hepatitis B and C. Although it is estimated that 500 million,...
This year's Super 14 semifinals will be two of the closest contests in the competition's history. On Saturday morning the Crusaders will host fellow New Zealanders, the Hurricanes, in Christchurch, while the Sharks will be in Sydney, Australia, to take on the Waratahs later in the day. The Sharks...
Federal Opposition frontbencher Joe Hockey has ruled out a move to New South Wales state politics. Mr Hockey has not denied reports that the Opposition's treasury spokesman, Malcolm Turnbull, urged him to transfer to state politics. He has told Fairfax Radio a number of people have talked to him...
AUSTRALIA - Three Forbes district farmers have been fined a total of A$32,980 in Forbes Local Court for swill feeding 620 pigs at three separate properties in the Central West, the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. "This is one of the largest swill feeding busts seen in NSW,"...
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 4:19 AM EDT A man has been crushed to death by a packaging machine at a Sydney factory, the Australian Workers Union says. The man was carrying out a maintenance task on the packaging machine at Vinidex in Smithfield, in the city's west, when it...
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN (MARKET WIRE) HTC Purenergy (TSX VENTURE: HTC) ("HTC") and EESTECH have entered into an agreement to explore business opportunities with Santos (www.santos.com) for carbon capture, storage and enhanced oil recovery using carbon (CO2) from its own gas fields.
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters)—Australia Insurance Group on Tuesday rejected a takeover proposal by rival Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group Ltd., saying it was too low. Australia's top insurer by premium income, QBE is offering $8.7 billion Australian ($8.2 billion) in cash and shares for...
The rehiring of a NSW government executive sacked over Sydney's Waterfall rail disaster shows insensitivity towards the victims' families, the state opposition says. Former deputy RailCorp chief executive Arthur Smith has been used as an occasional consultant with the NSW Office of the...
