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Hospital With No Patients

A minister has been forced to explain why more than 200 staff were being paid to work at Perth's new Fiona Stanley Hospital despite there being no patients due for eight months. Despite delays to the opening of the $2 billion hospital, 230 staff from...

Tassies newly acquired forest extensions to come off heritage register

How did we miss this? Environment Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed for the first time that the Abbott government will formally seek to wind back World Heritage listing of Tasmania's forests, less than a year after it was approved. Mr Hunt said the go...

Ian Thorpe

He is such an inspiration and a hero to us all, let's hope he receives the help he so desperately needs. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/ian-thorpe-in-rehab-battling-alcohol-abuse-and-depression-20140131-31q45.html

Do you REALLY need to use the special glass cook top cleaner?

I have finally had my kitchen renovated, and just had a lovely new glass cooktop put in.It came with a sample pack of ceramic cook top cleaner and also one of a "protector".Do you really need to use that stuff and does it prolong the life / looks? Op...

Revolution in colour

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/brightly-painted-stairway-in-turkey-starts-color-revolution-against-drab-gray.htmlWatch the video A 64 year-old man in Istanbul decided to brighten people's days by painting rainbow colors on the old, gray, crumb...

OMG Baz Lurman wins 13 AACTA Awards for The Great Gatsby!

I thought the movie was absolute trash!

Coca-Cola Amatil Wants $25 mil from Government

And an additional $25mil from the Victorian Government to Bail out SPC Ardmona. Victoria's premier is holding crisis talks in Shepparton after the federal government rejected pleas for a $25 million bailout to save fruit processing in the region. Den...

Sea Shepherd fails to inform on oil spill.

Sea Shepherd on trial over spill in coastal waters off Cairns A WELL-known marine life conservation group has been charged with discharging oil in coastal waters off Cairns.Sea Shepherd Australia Limited was recently mentioned in Cairns Magistrates C...

Rejects To Be Deported

MORE than 1000 failed asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected but are still in Australia have been put on notice, with the Abbott government threatening to put them into detention and deport them if they refuse to return home voluntarily. I...

Who has a Turbo oven

Who has a Turbo oven? Does it cook quicker? Does it brown like a normal oven when doing a roast?

the roads have become dull colourless and boring

an observation i had while driving around a fair bit latey all you see are neutral coloured cars - white silvers greyshardly see a red or a blue one, lol or classic cars mines red, whats yours?

Future posture problems?

I am really concerned about young peoples' slouching habits whilst with their handheld paraphernalia. Their necks are bent over to view screens. They curl around their seats, floor, beds, etc. Their thumbs are going flat out. Mostly over an extended ...

Kiwis Consider A Flag Of Their Own.

NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key says he supports changing the national flag but would hold a referendum before any decision was made to ditch the existing banner. The current flag has attracted criticism because one corner features the Union Jack...

Is Australia becoming a police state?

If you look up the meaning it probably is

Only 2 Weeks On The Job And Already Pulls A Sicke

KYLE Sandilands has already pulled a sickie less than two weeks after he started on air at Kiis FM. Frustrated fans of the show vented on the Kyle and Jackie O Facebook page this morning after hearing what they thought was a prerecorded show featurin...

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