Contributor ReportsLarge fire burning in Melbourne factory
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 19:52:28 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The fire brigade says a building housing a graphic design and printing business at the corner of Wellington and Langridge streets started to burn just before 12:30pm. Staff have been evacuated and people in nearby businesses and homes are being...
Glacier victims posed for photos
Source: The Courier-Mail
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 20:57:13 -0800 2009 | political-news
Aussie brothers killed posing for pics at glacier Article from: AAP Tamara McLean December 02, 2009 02:39pm TWO young Melbourne brothers killed on New Zealand's Fox Glacier had been posing for photos just moments before being engulfed in ice. An...
'Worrying' rise of TV in children's bedrooms
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 05:44:08 -0800 2009 | business-news
New research suggests that 13 per cent of three and four-year-old children can now watch television in their bedrooms. For children aged seven and eight, the proportion grows to 20 per cent. It is a surprisingly high figure, says Michael...
Under-age drinking OK, says half of Australia
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 05:37:47 -0800 2009 | health-news
Australian adults say 15 to 17-year-olds should be allowed to drink alcohol at home, despite official guidelines warning young people to delay drinking for as long as possible. A survey of 1200 adults by health insurer MBF also found that...
Fresh Demons touch down for pre-season and sponsor's preview
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 10:57:02 -0800 2009 | sports-news
Luke Tapscott got off a plane from South Australia to start his new life as an AFL footballer yesterday morning, Melbourne's draft pick No. Demons' other acquisitions at a sponsorship announcement, fronting the media. ''Surreal'', is how the 18-year-old, powerfully...
Man winched from sea off Sydney beach
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 19:46:29 -0800 2009 | political-news
He got into difficulty when he became separated from his craft in heavy swell off Long Reef headland, police say. The other man, aged 30, tried to help him, but both were swept further out to sea. Conditions were too...
Thieves spill volatile glue in break-in
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Mon Nov 30 22:18:25 -0800 2009 | political-news
At least 17 tankers are at the site in Mountain Highway, Bayswater, with many CFA members donning breathing apparatus as they try to clean up the mess and reseal the volatile glue into drums. Staff at a factory next door...
MP seeks national monitoring of gambling
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Mon Nov 30 21:37:24 -0800 2009 | business-news
The outspoken pokies opponent also wants the effectiveness of problem gambler programs measured. He says the programs are woefully funded when compared to the billions collected from poker machines. Senator Xenophon spoke on Tuesday in Sydney at a public hearing...
Court watches video of attack on disabled teen
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 09:33:09 -0800 2009 | political-news
The 40-year-old woman, who cannot be identified, encouraged her daughter and three of her daughter's friends to attack another teenager at a reserve in St Alban's earlier this year. Footage of the attack was posted online and played to the...
Frozen $15b still out of reach
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Dec 01 05:10:54 -0800 2009 | business-news
Perpetual, one of the industry's giants, yesterday said investors, mostly retirees, who sought to redeem their holdings in the past year had received 91c in the dollar. Others have paid out a lower proportion of claims to retail investors, who...
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