Sunday, November 15, 2015

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  • Rapid Metro build for Sydney’s second subway system - Government News

    Rapid Metro build for Sydney’s second subway system - Government News
    Sydney’s straining heavy rail transport network has been given a huge boost after New South Wales Premier Mike Baird confirmed the construction dates and locations for a new high frequency driverless subway system that will connect the North Shore with the city’s Southwest.The massive investment in construction, understood to be estimated to be more than $12 billion, will finally create a second rail crossing underneath Sydney Harbour to eliminate a historic choke point that has been created pro..
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  • Heatwave builds across Australia this week, extreme conditions in...

    Heatwave builds across Australia this week, extreme conditions in...
    Heatwave builds across Australia this week, extreme conditions in partsUpdatedNovember 16, 2015 15:11:14 A scorching heatwave is building across the country this week with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecasting severe and extreme conditions in parts.Temperatures are predicted to rise from tomorrow in all states except Tasmania, caused by a large high pressure system moving east across the country from Western Australia.Severe heatwave conditions are first predicted for the western Top E..
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  • Eccles earns Masters call up

    Eccles earns Masters call up
    Eccles earns Masters call up The good news keeps coming for Victorian amateur Ben Eccles this week. Yesterday the 20-year-old upstaged the Professionals to win the New South Wales Open by three shots.Electing to remain an amateur, Eccles is not entitled to reap the winner's benefits and exemptions on the PGA Tour of Australasia. If he chooses to turn Professional between now and the end of the 2017 season Eccles will be able to utilises ..
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  • Potential nuclear waste site: Sallys Flat locals want peace, quiet and...

    Potential nuclear waste site: Sallys Flat locals want peace, quiet and...
    Potential nuclear waste site: Sallys Flat locals want peace, quiet and a toilet at the local fire shedUpdatedNovember 16, 2015 17:16:51 In the heart of central west New South Wales, in prime wool growing country, the tiny hamlet of Sallys Flat sits between the historic gold rush villages of Hill End and Sofala.The name is somewhat of a misnomer because the landscape is full of rocky outcrops, rolling hills and steep, winding roads.The hamlet itself is easy to miss and consists of a few..
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  • Not guilty of murder, but Easton Woodhead will stay in jail until at...

    Not guilty of murder, but Easton Woodhead will stay in jail until at...
    Video will begin in5seconds.Easton Woodhead found not guiltyJury finds former Melbourne Grammar student, Easton Woodhead, not guilty for the murder of homeless man Morgan Wayne "Mouse" Perry because of mental impairment.PT1M20S620349A former Melbourne Grammar student who stabbed to death a homeless man but was found not guilty of murder because he was psychotic will remain in prison until at least January.Easton Woodhead, 21, who believed his father was a werewolf and had had an eye tattooed on ..
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  • Island hop: Experts call for release of Tasmanian devils on mainland...

    Island hop: Experts call for release of Tasmanian devils on mainland...
    Video will begin in5seconds.The plight of the Tasmanian devilTim Faulkner, general manager of the Devil Ark conservation project talks about the possibility of introducing Tasmanian devils to the mainlandPT1M32S620349The push for a trial release of Tasmanian devils on the Australian mainland is gathering momentum with scientists and conservationists saying it would safeguard the species' survival and restore ecological balance.Since devils on the island state were devastated by a fatal, contagio..
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  • Australia set to sizzle with temperatures up to 44 degrees

    Australia set to sizzle with temperatures up to 44 degrees
    AUSTRALIA is set for some scorching weather on Friday with temperatures of up to 44 degrees.Weatherzone reports that South Australia is on track for its hottest spell since last summer and its hottest November in six years.Queensland and New South Wales won't escape the heat.Regional centres are expected to face temperatures in their low to mid 30s.But others will be much warmer.Birdsville, which is no stranger to November hot weather, can expect a maximums of between 42 and 44 degrees on Friday..
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  • Why Georgia O'Keeffe has remained a feminist icon (and, that it...

    Why Georgia O'Keeffe has remained a feminist icon (and, that it...
    Success in the art world can sometimes be a double-edged sword. For many people, the name of artist Georgia O’Keeffe conjures up images of her 
close-up flower paintings. Zoomed in, the blooms are soft and voluptuous, the undulating lines minimal in their movement. The flowers – or her cattle skulls, combining the sinister gothic of mortality with the mysterious New Mexico landscape – is where most people enter the world of O’Keeffe.The mythology of Georgia O’Keeffe extends beyond her art. Stori..
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  • Paris attacks: At least 129 dead after night of terror in French capital...

    Paris attacks: At least 129 dead after night of terror in French capital...
    People light candles at a vigil held by the local French community in Sydney on November 14, 2015, as Australians express their solidarity with France following a spate of coordinated attacks that left 128 dead and 180 injured in Paris late on November 13. Both the Opera House and the Sydney Town Hall were bathed in the French colours and New South Wales state Premier Mike Baird said he had also asked for a French flag to fly over the city's famous harbour bridge. AFP/Getty ImagesA woman weeps a..
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  • Asgard designs new look sales team

    Asgard Wealth Solutions has redefined the roles of its business development team and restructured its distribution network to work along regional lines as part of its latest strategic review of the business.Asgard head of distribution Wayne Wilson said the current generalist business development positions had been separated into four specialist roles — Asgard sales, Securitor sales, Asgard business development, and Securitor business development.He said this specialisation would provide advisers..
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