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Blundstone Strides Off to Asia

January 17th 2007 07:10
Blunstone boots
The Age reports that Blundstone, the famed Tasmanian bootmaker, is to shift most production overseas at the cost of about 360 jobs.


The company's marketing slogan is "Australian for boot", but they're about to be made in Asia. The surprise announcement that yesterday rocked the company's home town, Hobart, was forced by a widening costs gap. "You've just got a situation where the country can no longer sustain this type of company," chief executive Steve Gunn said.

He ruled out government aid to keep the private company making boots in Australia and New Zealand. It will split production between India and Thailand.
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Recycled Water to Become Compulsory For Some

January 16th 2007 07:32
The West Australian reports that connection to recycled water will be mandatory for 40,000 new homes which will be built in the south east of Melbourne.

The homes will be built in a number of precincts around Cranbourne over the next 25 years and will be required to have separate pipe systems for recycled water installed.

The recycled water will only be used for the garden and flushing toilets, but would save four billion litres of drinking water annually.


The cost of the new pipe system at each home would be about $5,000, but the households would not have to install rainwater tanks and would not be subject to water restrictions.
The recycled water also will be sold at a cheaper rate than drinking water and will arrive through purple pipes and hoses fitted at homes.


This sounds like an excellent initiative and I hope we see more of these schemes in the rest of the country.
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Huge Cruise Liners to Rendezvous in Sydney

January 11th 2007 08:27
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 megaliners will meet in Sydney on February 20th.

Queen Mary 2
Queen Mary 2


Queen Mary 2 is the world's largest ocean liner and will easily smash the record as the largest ship to have visited Port Jackson when it arrives at 6am. In the evening a fireworks display will greet Queen Elizabeth 2 when it arrives and mark the historic reunion between the two Queens. The occasion will recreate the meeting of the original Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during wartime.
The two original Queens, painted a dour grey, first met in Sydney on April 9, 1941 while they were serving as troop ships.

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Radar to be Used to Find Diggers' Bodies

January 11th 2007 07:56
Southern Vietnam during the war.
Southern Vietnam during the war.


The West Australian reports that a small government funded team will use radar to try and find the bodies of two diggers missing in Vietnam for over 40 years


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20/20 a Big Hit

January 10th 2007 07:03
The Age reports that last nights 20/20 match saw an average of 2.3 million viewers watching the match on TV with the audience peaking at 2.8 million. This beats last year's figure of 1.8 million.

Fans seem to love the fast paced carnival atmosphere of the game while cricket purists see it as a mere hit and giggle


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Joe Hachem Pockets Another $3 Million

December 21st 2006 06:45
The West Australian reports that former world Poker champion from Melbourne Joe Hachem, is at it again winning the world's second biggest poker tournament and earning himself another $3 million in prize money.

Hachem became famous in his home country last year when he won the main event of the World Series of Poker and pocketed a whopping $10 million


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Victoria's Wind Farm Will Go Ahead

December 21st 2006 06:23
As The Age reports the Bald Hill Wind Farm to be located in South Gippsland was cancelled earlier in the year as a study found it would kill up to one orange-bellied parrot a year.
However, Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell has reversed his decision and given the wind farm the go ahead under a revised plan where six turbines have been moved so as to not interfere with the migratory path of the parrot.

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Top 10 News Stories of 2006

December 18th 2006 09:13
Matt Price from The Australian blogs has a look at the top 10 news stories in Australia in 2006.

There are a couple of top 10 lists, the first from the AAP wire service


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Sydney to go Dark as a Greenhouse Message

December 18th 2006 09:02
The West Australian reports that Sydney's lights will be turned off for an hour during a Saturday night next March under a climate change initiative called "Earth Hour" organised by environmental campaigner WWF and the local council.

In a world first, businesses and residents will also be encouraged to turn their lights off in an attempt to show the small things people can do to tackle climate change


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Un-Australian of the Year

December 12th 2006 09:15
The Age Blog with Jack Marx decides to shy away from the traditional "Australian of the Year" talk that usually pops up this time of year. Instead he looks at who has been the most un-Australian in 2006.

The list is quite controversial and includes Ian Thorpe, Nicole Kidman, Germaine Greer, Sheikh Taj El-Din Hamid Hilaly, Peter Carey, Mark Viduka, Crown Princess Mary, Mark Philippoussis, Belinda Emmett and Kim Jong-il. Read his explanations here
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