topic:"australian broadcasting company"
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Won't back down ... Chad Cornes will not throw in the towel, his coach reckons.
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Disgruntled Port Adelaide veteran Chad Cornes will not quit the AFL, his coach Matthew Primus says.
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Swan Districts ruckman Luke Adams
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)The father of a 19 year-old footballer critically injured after an assault in Northbridge has revealed the trauma his family has been experiencing since the incident last weekend.
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The issue of Aboriginal land rights is central to James Price Point. (16/10/10)
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Indigenous people in the Kimberley region have voted to accept Australia's biggest native title deal, allowing for the development of a gas precinct. The successful vote means Woodside has cleared a major hurdle in its proposal to establish a gas hub north of Broome.
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The faces of Burke and Wills
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Ballarat school children and historians have unearthed a time capsule buried in the Burke and Wills fountain in 1863. The glass canister contains priceless gold, silver and copper coins along with newspapers and a memorandum.
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Locky does it for the fans
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Kangaroos skipper Darren Lockyer holds the Bill Kelly Cup after winning the ANZAC Test between Australia and New Zealand at Skilled Park on May 6, 2011.
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Better with age: Lockyer showed why his Broncos are on top of the NRL by marshalling Australia to victory over New Zealand.
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Champion five-eighth Darren Lockyer's farewell Test to Queensland fans on Friday night was the first notch in what could be an amazing end to an amazing career.
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Tasmanian Electoral Commission ballot box
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Voters in the Legislative Council electorates of Derwent, Rumney and Launceston will head to the polls today.
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Potent combination ... is the addition of Josh Dugan what Jarryd Hayne and the Blues need to break the drought?
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Canberra full-back Josh Dugan says he and Jarryd Hayne could be a potent double act for New South Wales, and has urged Blues coach Ricky Stuart to consider picking both stars.
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Still a chance ... James Hilgendorf may still accompany the Rebels to South Africa.
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Melbourne's injury concerns for its tough Super Rugby tour to South Africa have eased with playmaker James Hilgendorf and key back Mark Gerrard both chances to travel.
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Up high ... Heath Grundy flies for a mark
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Sydney has staved off a last-minute fightback from the Western Bulldogs to earn a thrilling eight-point AFL victory at Manuka Oval.
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Hilgendorf, Gerrard escape injury scares
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Melbourne)Melbourne's injury concerns for its tough Super Rugby tour to South Africa have eased with playmaker James Hilgendorf and key back Mark Gerrard both chances to travel.
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Swans hold on to beat Dogs
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Melbourne)Sydney has staved off a last-minute fightback from the Western Bulldogs to earn a thrilling eight-point AFL victory at Manuka Oval.
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Grit not polish wins it for Hawks: Clarkson
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Melbourne)Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson praised grit, not polish, for his side's comeback AFL victory against Port Adelaide.
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Dugan keen for Hayne double-team
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Goulburn Murray)Canberra full-back Josh Dugan says he and Jarryd Hayne could be a potent double act for New South Wales, and has urged Blues coach Ricky Stuart to consider picking both stars.
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Lockyer shining until the end
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Gold Coast)Champion five-eighth Darren Lockyer's farewell Test to Queensland fans on Friday night was the first notch in what could be an amazing end to an amazing career.
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Kiwis up for the fight
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Gold Coast)They walked away from yet another ANZAC Test empty handed, but New Zealand half-back Kieran Foran said the days of the Kiwis being Australia's rugby league whipping boys were well and truly over.
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Elderly NZ crimefighter told to stay home
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)A 91-year-old New Zealand war veteran says he has been forced to put his new career as a modern-day Batman on hold because he is not allowed to be out fighting crime alone at night.
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Fisherman drowns at Sydney national park
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)A man has been swept to his death while fishing off rocks with two friends south of Sydney this morning.
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Britain decisively rejects voting change
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Britons have voted by a majority of 67.9 per cent against making historic changes to the electoral system, final results from a referendum showed on Saturday.
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Warning to Federal Government against health interference
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)The Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has accused the Federal Government of interfering in the management of the State's hospitals since the signing of the national health reform deal.
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Abbott surf lesson no political wipeout
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)A surf lesson turned into a political dialogue when Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott took an Afghan refugee for a paddle at Sydney's Manly beach.
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17 killed, two missing in Indonesian landslide
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)A landslide and flash floods triggered by heavy rain killed 17 people and inundated four villages on Indonesia's Java island, a disaster management agency spokesman said Saturday.
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Gillard reaches asylum agreement with Malaysia
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Julia Gillard has announced Australia has reached an agreement with Malaysia as part of efforts to combat people smuggling.
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Budget and rates rise flagged to pinch households
[News, Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Australian households could soon feel the pinch, with interest rates flagged to rise sooner than expected and a frugal federal budget due next week.
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Lin Thorp's job on the line in Upper House elections
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Hobart)Voters in the Legislative Council electorates of Derwent, Rumney and Launceston will head to the polls today.
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School principals defend NAPLAN performance
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Hobart)The State's most senior teachers have hit back at suggestions several grades of Tasmanian students came in below the national average in NAPLAN testing.
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Primus adamant Cornes isn't done
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Adelaide)Disgruntled Port Adelaide veteran Chad Cornes will not quit the AFL, his coach Matthew Primus says.
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Budget aims to cut charity red tape
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)An independent regulator for Australia's not-for-profit sector will be set up in next week's budget, with the aim of cutting the red tape that burdens the sector.
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South African minister's wife jailed for drug running
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)The wife of South Africa's intelligence minister has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for drug running.
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Paul McCartney to marry NY girlfriend
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Paul McCartney is engaged to his New York girlfriend of four years, Nancy Shevell, the former Beatle's spokesman said.
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Mining project still planned despite regulation changes
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Eastern Star Gas says it is comfortable with the State Government's promised tough new approach to mining approvals.
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Manus Island's last detainee warns against reopening
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)The last refugee detained on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea says it would be senseless to reopen the mothballed detention centre.
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Father of assaulted footballer faces tough decision
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)The father of a 19 year-old footballer critically injured after an assault in Northbridge has revealed the trauma his family has been experiencing since the incident last weekend.
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Port Kembla wharfies expected to strike
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Port Kembla wharfies are expected to walk off the job tonight as the dispute between Patrick Stevedores and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) continues.
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Wilkie offers to discuss pokies with Victoria
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says he is happy to talk to Victoria about its concerns regarding his planned poker machine changes.
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Research finds coffee, sex, exercise can trigger stroke
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)Dutch researchers have found drinking coffee, having sex, exercising or blowing your nose, can all act as triggers for a brain aneurysm.
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Police association angered by Sir Ken's removal
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)There is anger in the ranks of the Victorian Police this morning at the abrupt removal of Deputy Commissioner Sir Ken Jones last night.
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Manus Island
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)After years criticising the Howard Government's Pacific Solution, Labor looks set to reopen an offshore processing centre for asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea.
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The Eternal Muster Memorial Wall stands proudly in the gardens of the Stockman's Hall of Fame
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)When 18-year-old Richard Estcourt died in a mustering accident in Queensland's gulf country two years ago, his parents knew they wanted to do something to remember him and others killed while working on the land.
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Favourable climatic conditions are lifting olive yields this year
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Australia is on track for a bumper olive harvest, with a production forecast of 17 million litres of extra virgin olive oil this year. And Flinders Island in Bass Strait will be doing its little bit with growers Jude Cazaly and Mary Anne Roberts preparing for their first major pressing on their farm at Killicrankie.
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Just call me the Fonz.
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)The numbers are a bit mindboggling when you talk about Sydney's Royal Easter Show.
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Rural Reporter for Saturday May 7, 2011
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)This week we're off to the Stockman's Hall of Fame in outback Queensland where a special memorial has been unveiled to honour those who've died while working on the land, and take a look at some of the highlights from the Sydney Royal, Australia's biggest agricultural show, which has wrapped up for another year. Farmers love talking about the weather but one avocado farmer in north Queensland has turned an interest into a bit of an obsession with a high-tech weather surveillance system on his f ...
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A storm cell passes over Bonogin and Mudgeeraba
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)All farmers love talking about the weather, but Marcello Avolio has taken his interest to a new level. On his avocado farm near Mareeba in far north Queensland he's set up a high tech electronic weather monitoring system.
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Arboretum
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Last year, much of the budget week bile was focused on the National Arboretum. Has public affection grown with the trees? Or is it still seen as a waste of money?
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Ray's Garden
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Farrer retiree Ray Eshpeter has turned a patch of public land beside his house into a garden festooned with children's art.
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Buddy, Chaplin compete for the ball
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)Port Adelaide's AFL misery continued with a 32-point loss to Hawthorn and another knee injury to prime mover David Rodan on Friday night. Rodan, who has already had three knee reconstructions, could need another after being injured in Hawthorn's comeback 15.14 (104) to 10.12 (72) victory at Football Park.
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Man shoots himself in eye with nail gun
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (All Media from ABC Local)A 36-year-old man is recovering after he shot himself in the eye with a nail gun in Ashburton, in Melbourne, on Friday afternoon.
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Scotland moves towards independence with election
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)The Scottish National Party has won a majority in the Scottish Parliament for the first paving the way for a referendum on state independence.
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US economic recovery slowly picking up
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News : Just In)The US economy added far more jobs than expected last month as the recovery continues to slowly pick up steam.
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Wallis Lake Flood Study on public display
[Australian Broadcasting Company] (ABC News: Mid-North Coast NSW)A study assessing the impact of potential flooding around Wallis Lake is on public display for comment.
