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Conditions ease but NSW fires might flare

HIGH temperatures and warm winds across northwest Sydney where bushfires are burning have eased, but authorities are preparing for possible flare-ups on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday a significant part of the city’s northwest was under threat from bushfires that have claimed two houses and injured several firefighters. But the temperature has since dropped from a […]

Fake products may be dangerous: CHOICE

AUSTRALIAN customs last year seized more than 700,000 items of fake merchandise worth about $48.5 million, it has been revealed. The haul was part of the $272 billion annual global trade in potentially dangerous bogus goods. And it’s not just products being ripped off. Groups selling counterfeits “lure consumers to their sites with paid online […]

"Albo4Leader" campaign under way

A SOCIAL media campaign is underway backing Anthony Albanese as the next federal Labor leader, with supporters convinced he would defeat powerbroker Bill Shorten if the choice goes to party members. A day after being launched, the “Anthony Albanese for Labor Leader” Facebook page had attracted more than 700 “likes” on Tuesday evening. The “albo4leader” […]

Jessica Mauboy adds to Deadlys haul

JESSICA Mauboy has done it again taking home two more gongs at the 19th Deadly Awards at the Sydney Opera House. The pop sweetheart won Female Artist of the Year and Single Release of the Year for Something’s Got A Hold on Me, bringing her total tally of Deadlys to nine, having triumphed in five […]

Mirabella living on a prayer

Incumbent Liberal Candidate for Indi Sophie Mirabella with her husband Greg and daughters Alexandra and Katarina. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source: News Limited SOPHIE Mirabella was hoping prayers and postal votes would get her over the line as a Sydney seat held by Labor for more than 90 years officially fell to the Liberal Party on […]

Commercial baby food lacks nutrition

Sarah Dean says she waited for eight-month-old Ava Richards to show an interest in solid foods. Picture: Jono Searle Source: News Limited COMMERCIAL baby foods are being pushed on to babies at an age when babies should be exclusively breast fed. Australian and UK baby foods are being promoted for babies aged four months when […]

Donkey vote an earner for Liberal Dems

David Leyonhjelm, left, admitted the Liberal Democrats had re-registered the Outdoor Recreation Party to direct preferences to the LDP. Source: Supplied THE Liberal Democrats, having secured a surprise Senate seat, could now be accidental millionaires as well, thanks to confused and donkey voters. Public funding for parties or candidates receiving a primary vote of 4 […]

Price pain of drug double

From December, taxpayers will be spending a staggering $50 million-plus a year extra on combination medicines. Source: Supplied IT’S the great drug company con – combining a $2.71 blood pressure pill with a $19.32 anti-cholesterol tablet, then charging taxpayers $55.66. From December, taxpayers will be spending a staggering $50 million-plus a year extra on combination […]

‘Albo4Leader’ campaign under way

The home page for the pro-Albo Facebook campaign. Source: News Limited A SOCIAL media campaign is under way backing Anthony Albanese as the next federal Labor leader, with supporters convinced he would defeat powerbroker Bill Shorten if the choice goes to party members. A day after being launched, the “Anthony Albanese for Labor Leader” Facebook […]

G20 to share tax information by 2015

BBC – G20 members say they expect to begin automatically sharing tax information by the end of 2015.  The system of information sharing forms part of plans to tackle global tax evasion.  In a communique published on Friday, G20 leaders said they would take steps to close loopholes that allow legal tax avoidance by […]

Is One Direction’s Niall in Melbourne?

Is One Direction’s Niall Horan in Melbourne? Picture: Keith Hewitt/FilmMagic Source: Getty Images FANS of boyband One Direction are in meltdown mode on Twitter tonight with news one of the fab five, Niall Horan, has touched down for a holiday visit in Melbourne. Social media was awash with speculation the star was out here visiting […]

Windows tablets hope for Bay Trail power boost

Intel-generated benchmarks suggest that the Bay Trail version of the Atom processor is providing a much-needed power boost for Windows tablets. The Toshiba Encore.(Credit: Rich Trenholm/CNET) The Bay Trail Atoms have been built with tablets in mind, and should be able to add the processing power that Windows 8.1 needs, while still keeping their […]

LG sends G2 smartphone into the stratosphere

LG’s next flagship phone, the G2, is likely to hit Australia in November, where it’ll be an Optus exclusive. (Screenshot by Nic Healey/CNET Australia) Until then, LG has produced a video designed to show off the phone’s 13-megapixel camera in style. A team used a weather balloon to get the LG G2 to around […]

iPhone 5S parody ad: ‘the S stands for same’

On 10 September, Apple will reveal its new range of iPhones, expected to be the iPhone 5S and the lower-cost iPhone 5C. CNET Australia will be there to bring you all the news from the event, but in the meantime, here’s a slickly produced parody ad for the new phones, a suggestion that Apple […]

NASA joins Instagram

(Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) NASA has created an official Instagram profile for sharing its images on the photography social network. OK, it’s official. Your selfies have been outdone and shown up until the end of time. You may as well pack it in and close your Instagram account — you’ll […]

Instagram to start serving ads ‘within the next year’

Over the weekend, Instagram announced that it now has 150 million monthly active users, with over 60 per cent coming from outside of the US. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook, which bought Instagram last year, is ready to start making some money back from that install base. Instagram’s chief operating officer Emily White told The […]

Newly discovered Van Gogh painting, Sunset At Montmajour, unveiled in Amsterdam

Posted September 09, 2013 22:22:27 Photo: Sunset at Montmajour had been lying for years in the attic of a Norwegian collector.  (AFP: Olaf Kraak) Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum has unveiled a newly discovered painting by the Dutch master, a find labelled “a once-in-a lifetime experience”. Sunset At Montmajour, a large oil landscape, was unveiled to […]

Another Beckham steals the show at New York Fashion Week

Updated September 09, 2013 15:28:29 Photo: David Beckham holds his daughter Harper as he sits next to Vogue editor Anna Wintour. (Reuters: Lucas Jackson) As the fashion world focused its attention on the Spring 2014 offerings in New York, it seemed one look in particular had caught the eye of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The […]

National Gallery to host Australia’s first Peruvian art exhibition

Updated September 06, 2013 19:23:37 Photo: MOCHE culture: A bead in the form of an owl’s head made of gold and turquoise (north coast 100–800 AD). (Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán) Photo: SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture: Vessel with bridge and double spouts (north coast 750–1375 AD). (Museo Oro del Perú, Lima) Photo: SICÁN-LAMBAYEQUE culture: Tumi, or sacrificial knife, […]

Telecommunications carriers worried change of government may slow down NBN rollout

Posted September 09, 2013 19:43:03 Photo: Analysts say it is unclear how the rollout of the NBN will proceed following the election. (AAP: Dan Peled) Telecommunications carriers are worried the election might slow down the rollout of the National Broadband Network, as the new Government negotiates with Telstra for access to the copper network. Underpinning […]

Good gains on stock market as investors embrace decisive election result

Updated September 09, 2013 17:59:22 The share market has enjoyed some good gains, with investors embracing a decisive result from Saturday’s federal election and positive economic news from China. The All Ordinaries Index added 35 points to 5,179 and the ASX 200 closed up 37 points, or almost three-quarters of a per cent, to 5,182. […]

Farmers seeking to cash in on research funding promise

Updated September 09, 2013 16:48:04 The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) hopes the Abbott Government will stick to its promise to boost productivity in the sector. During the election, the Coalition pledged millions of dollars for research and development, rebates for small exporters and tougher biosecurity and quarantine measures. QFF chief executive Dan Galligan says it […]

Qld Government considers cut-price cross-river rail

Updated September 09, 2013 17:25:51 Photo: Queensland Premier Campbell Newman in Brisbane today. (ABC News) Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says his Government is coming up with a cheaper way to get more trains across the Brisbane River. The Bligh government had planned a tunnel under the river with new stations at a cost of about […]

Solomon MP wrestles own party into bills backflip

Updated September 09, 2013 17:48:49 Photo: Power and Water politics threatened to engulf the newly returned Member for Solomon after the NT Government said it wouldn’t pass on savings from the scrapping of the carbon tax. (Jack Kerr) The Member for Solomon spent her first day back in the job forcing her own party to […]

Finance data show housing market improving

The number of home loans approved rose for the seventh month in a row, official figures show. Source: AAP HOME loans approvals have risen for the seventh month in a row, and the housing sector is expected to strengthen further in the coming months. The number of home loans approved in July rose 2.4 per […]

Economists keep rosy view for 3 pct growth

BUSINESS forecasters have maintained their rosy view of the US economy in 2014, predicting three per cent growth by the second quarter of next year, low inflation and improving employment. The top economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Economics between August 8 and August 20 also said there’s an 80 per cent likelihood […]

Newcrest boss’s pay falls to $2.73m

THE fall-out continues for Newcrest Mining after its horror year, with boss Greg Robinson’s annual pay cut by 27 per cent to $2.73 million. The pay cut came as the company last month posted a massive annual net loss of $5.8 billion on the back of more than $6 billion in asset writedowns and restructuring […]

Bond issue to pay tax bill

ALLIED Farmers, which is recovering from its disastrous takeover of the Hanover and United Finance loan books, wants to raise up to $NZ1 million ($A879,662) in a bond issue to settle an outstanding tax bill and stave off threatened liquidation proceedings. The Hawera-based company’s Allied Farmers Rural subsidiary will seek at least $NZ500,000 from a […]

Cash Converters to raise up to $60m

CASH Converters is seeking to raise $50 million to $60 million through an issue of corporate bonds to repay part of the group’s existing debt and to fund further investments. The loans provider and second-hand goods retailer on Monday said it would offer senior unsecured notes at a minimum subscription of $50,000. “The ability of […]

Perth man Dominic Bird re-arrested in Kuala Lumpur

  Dominic Bird, 33, who was acquitted last Wednesday on drug trafficking charges, was taken into custody at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday morning. An application will be heard by a court in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday to decide whether or not grant prosecutors an appeal against last week’s decision. Mr Bird was arrested […]

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