NSW:Town planner breaks down after hearing plans of former lover

AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-2008
NSW:Town planner breaks down after hearing plans of former lover

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By Kim Christian and Simon Kirby

SYDNEY, Feb 27 AAP - Former Wollongong town planner Beth Morgan broke down at an inquiry
today after hearing her former lover used a conman to intimidate her against speaking
to corruption investigators.

An intercept of a telephone conversation between property developer Frank Vellar and
conman Ray Younan was today played to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
inquiry …

ClearOne Communications Sets Date to Release Financial Results

Wireless News
05-11-2011
ClearOne Communications Sets Date to Release Financial Results
Type: News

ClearOne Communications announced it will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, on Thursday, May 12, before market opens.

According to a release, the company also said that senior management will host an investor conference call the same day at 11 a.m. Eastern Time to review the company's financial results.
The conference call will be available to interested parties through 877-407-4134 (domestic) or 201-689-8430 (international). The passcode is 372339. The call will also be available through a live, listen-only audio Internet broadcast at clearone.com.

ClearOne is a global communications solutions company that develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming media and connectivity systems and other related products for audio, video, and web applications.

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QLD:Body of man found at Phantom Island

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2011
QLD:Body of man found at Phantom Island

BRISBANE, Aug 29 AAP - The body of a man who tried to swim to a boat at night in north
Queensland has been found.

An air and sea search was launched for the 48-year-old Victorian man after he attempted
to swim from Phantom Island to the nearby boat around 7.30pm (AEST) Sunday.

His body was found close to the island at 9.45am Monday.

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FED:eBay chief praises local online retailers

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2011
FED:eBay chief praises local online retailers

SYDNEY, Feb 18 AAP - Australians are embracing online shopping and its our internet
retailers who are reaping the benefits.

eBay, the online auction site, says the sector is meeting the needs of the modern,
time-poor consumer.

The company's Australia and New Zealand managing director, Deborah Sharkey, has told
a conference in Sydney the local sector is looking at double-digit growth in 2011.

She rejected concerns that consumer spending is favouring offshore internet retailers.

"I am thrilled at the thousands of Australian businesses who are already capitalising
on this trend and evolving to meet the needs of the modern consumer," she said on Friday.

"I look forward to watching their ranks swell over the next few months.

"The statistics are clear, 10 million Australians are voting with their clicks and
they're telling us that the future of retail is online."

In 2010, the turnover of the top 2000 sellers on eBay was more than $120,000.

The top seller generated turnover of more than $12.6 million, Ms Sharkey said.

More Australians are buying online due to the strong Australian dollar exchange rate,
which is making offshore purchases cheaper than ever before.

But it's not all roses for Australian retailers.

On Thursday, local booksellers Borders and Angus & Robertson bookstores went into administration.

Book retailers across the globe have been hit in recent years due to the rise of internet-based
book sellers such as Amazon and electronic books.

Australian retailers, such as Gerry Harvey, recently called for offshore internet purchases
to be subject to GST, like goods sold in traditional stores.

Ms Sharkey said on average Australian spends an hour and 40 minutes shopping online each week.

Australia also had one of the the highest penetration of mobile smartphones in the
world, with a quarter of Australians using their phone to shop.

Every 15 seconds an Australian buys something using eBay's mobile phone app, she said.

Ms Sharkey was speaking at an Online Retail Forum, which is being attended by senators
Stephen Conroy and Nick Sherry.

The event was packed with guests having to watch the proceedings via a webcast in an
"overflow room" at the Westin Hotel in the CBD.

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FED:Gillard continues cabinet tradition

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2010
FED:Gillard continues cabinet tradition

In her first foray at community cabinet as prime minister .. JULIA GILLARD's faced
questions on immigration .. helping impoverished countries .. and Australia's World Cup
bid.

Ms GILLARD and a selection of her team have continued with the community meetings popular
with her predecessor KEVIN RUDD .. and today met with residents at Redcliffe .. north
of Brisbane.

But MR RUDD .. now the foreign minister .. was 12-thousand kilometres away in Kazakhstan
for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe summit.

A number of local issues were raised by attendees at the community meeting .. like
the lack of specialist services in the electorate .. poor internet availability .. and
asylum seekers.

Ms GILLARD ended the meeting by plugging Australia's credentials as a World Cup host
nation for the 2022 event .. but she insisted she didn't have any "inside knowledge".

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Fed: Govt won't confirm reports ETS on backburner

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2010
Fed: Govt won't confirm reports ETS on backburner

The federal government says it remains committed to its emissions trading scheme ..

despite talk it's been put on the backburner until after the election.

The Sydney Morning Herald says Labor plans to push back the proposed start date ..

from July next year to at least 2013 .. after a decision by cabinet's priorities and budget
committee.

Climate Change Minister PENNY WONG's office says the opposition's blocking of the ETS
legislation will obviously affect its treatment in the May budget .. but the government
still believes its scheme is the best and lowest cost way to reduce carbon pollution.

The Opposition's GREG HUNT has told ABC radio .. KEVIN RUDD's dropping the ETS because
it's an inconvenience .. and the decision will save Labor two and a half billion dollars.

His colleague GEORGE BRANDIS has told Sky News the government still wants to impose
a great big new tax on everything .. but doesn't want it to become an election issue.

AAP RTV gd/rl/jmt

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QLD: Firefighters working to protect homes from grass fire

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2009
QLD: Firefighters working to protect homes from grass fire

Firefighters are working to protect two homes in south-east Queensland .. with a large
grass fire burning out of control.

The blaze broke out at 11am (AEST) at Euleilah and is burning near two homes along Taunton Road.

Firefighters are backburning and reinforcing fire breaks .. while residents are advised
to be prepared to enact their bushfire plans.

AAP RTV ka/ajw

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NT: Anderson accuses NT govt of condoning racism

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2009
NT: Anderson accuses NT govt of condoning racism

Rebel MP ALISON ANDERSON has called on the Rudd government to condemn Northern Territory
Labor .. and stand-up for Aboriginal rights.

Ms ANDERSON has quit the party today over its handling of remote Aboriginal housing.

Labor now has only 12 seats in the 25-member parliament and Territorians could now
go to the polls within weeks.

Ms ANDERSON says she's also quitting because the Territory's Labor leader PAUL HENDERSON
failed to stand up for her after she was attacked in a weekend column.

She says the article was blatantly racist and Mr HENDERSON'S silence is a signal that
it's OK to beat up on black politicians.

AAP RTV tr/ka

KEYWORD: ANDERSON (DARWIN)

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Qld: Search resumes for boy feared taken by croc

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2009
Qld: Search resumes for boy feared taken by croc

CAIRNS, Qld, Feb 10 AAP - The search for a five-year-old boy feared taken by a crocodile
in the Daintree River north of Cairns continued on Tuesday.

Five-year-old Jeremy Doble was playing with his brother Ryan, seven, around the croc-infested
river, where his parents run a tour company, when he disappeared after following his dog
into the water on Sunday.

His brother told police he spotted a crocodile in the area moments after Jeremy disappeared.

Police and State Emergency Service volunteers are carrying out a large-scale search
operation of the area, about 100km north of Cairns, but have yet to find any trace of
the boy.

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KEYWORD: CROCODILE

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0600 2UE HEADLINES

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2008
0600 2UE HEADLINES

- Steve Hooker has become the first Australian to win a gold medal in pole vault.

- Sprint star Usain Bolt leaves Beijing with three gold medals and three world records.

- Australia could add to its 12 gold medals tonight when the Opals meet the US in the
final of the basketball.

- A man has been critically injured during a stab attack overnight in southern Sydney.

- It's claimed more than a dozen children stolen from Indian slums have been adopted
by Australian families.

- The defence department will investigate how two soldiers clipped down a steep slope
in East Timor .. acquiring serious injuries.

- And plans are being unveiled for a whale summit in Sydney after Colin was bought
down yesterday.

AAP RTV fdf

KEYWORD: 0600 2UE (SYDNEY)

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Vic: Jail for man who gouged out partner's eye

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2008
Vic: Jail for man who gouged out partner's eye

MELBOURNE, April 17 AAP - A man who stunned his de facto wife with a cow prod and gouged
her eye out with his thumb has been jailed for six years by a Victorian court.

But Jason Weidlich, 30, will be eligible for release in two-and-a-half years after
he was set a minimum jail term of three-and-a-half years and taking into account the year
he has already spent in custody.

Victorian County Court Judge Rachelle Lewitan said Weidlich's attack on Michiell (Michiell)
Maker, then aged 27, was "serious and appalling".

"Your behaviour was outrageous," Judge Lewitan told Weidlich in sentencing him today.

Judge Lewitan said Weidlich had been drinking and smoking marijuana when he attacked
Ms Maker about 11.30pm in Malmsbury, central Victoria, in April last year.

She said Weidlich jabbed his de facto wife numerous times with the cow prod, forcing
her to fall to the ground as she tried to escape.

She stumbled from her home to the Malmsbury Hotel across the road where she screamed for help.

There, Weidlich sat on top of Ms Maker and used his thumb to prise her left eye completely
out of its socket.

As he did this Weidlich said: "I don't want you to breathe. I would rather go to jail
for it this time."

As he was attempting to gouge out his de facto's right eye, the pub lights came on
and Ms Maker was able to escape.

The court heard Ms Maker's left eye was re-attached but she suffers ongoing sight loss,
pain and trauma.

Weidlich pleaded guilty to one count each of intentionally causing injury, intentionally
causing serious injury and making a threat to kill.

Judge Lewitan said she accepted that Weidlich was suffering post traumatic stress and
depression and was receiving psychiatric help.

She said a reduced parole period was appropriate because it would help Weidlich's supervision
on release.

Outside court, Ms Maker's father, Chris Maker, said his daughter was not happy with the sentence.

"She just broke down and she's scared," he said as his eyes welled with tears.

"I just think for what he done, he should have got a lot longer.

"By the time he gets out, she'll still be having trouble."

Ms Maker was not in court for today's sentencing.

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KEYWORD: WEIDLICH

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Qld: Pregnant woman, two men assaulted

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2007
Qld: Pregnant woman, two men assaulted

BRISBANE, Dec 13 AAP - Two men have been charged following a violent attack on three
people, including a pregnant woman, in Brisbane's west.

The pair, a 28-year-old man from Springwood and 33-year-old man from Kuraby, are alleged
to have entered a home at Lowry Street, Inala, armed with baseball bats and a hammer on
December 10.

The 38-year-old woman was allegedly struck in the abdomen, causing rib soreness, while
a 42-year-old man received blows to the head, face, back and stomach.

A 21-year-old man also received head and shoulder injuries.

The two male victims were taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital while the woman
was taken to the Mater Hospital.

The attackers were charged with entering a dwelling with intent to commit an indictable
offence while armed and in company, grievous bodily harm, and two counts each of assault
occasioning bodily harm while in company.

They will appear in Richland Magistrate Court today.

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KEYWORD: PREGNANT

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Fed:Building workers remain in short supply

AAP General News (Australia)
04-30-2007
Fed:Building workers remain in short supply

Despite the housing downturn in New South Wales .. workers in building trades remain
in short supply for new home building.

The HIA-Austral Bricks quarterly trades report released today .. shows in the March
quarter all trades were in short supply.

Seven of the 13 trades surveyed fell in availability .. including carpenters .. electricians
.. painters and plumbers.

Regional Queensland is currently the most severely affected by trade shortages.

AAP RTV cb/tm/bart

KEYWORD: TRADES HIA (CANBERRA)

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Fed: Women have moved on from feminism, says PM

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2006
Fed: Women have moved on from feminism, says PM

Eds: Reissuing to restore dropped word in 1st par



SYDNEY, Dec 31 AAP - Australian women have moved on from the days of feminist demonstration
and no longer need to measure themselves by career success, Prime Minister John Howard
says.

Discussing a rise in births triggered in part by his government's baby bonus scheme,
Mr Howard said women today had greater awareness of the disadvantages of leaving child-bearing
too late and were more confident about their choices.

"Fortunately I think today's younger women are more in the post-feminist period, where
they don't sort of measure their independence and freedom by the number of years they
remain full-time in the workforce without having children," Mr Howard told News Ltd newspapers.

"I think they've moved on from that demonstration phase... (when) they thought `I'll
be letting the sisterhood down if I don't stay in the workforce until I'm a certain age'."

Mr Howard said the majority of families were now in a "one-and-a-half" structure, where
one parent worked full-time and the other part-time.

"In the last figures I saw about 27 per cent were one-and-a-halfs, 18 or 19 per cent
were two full-timers and about 22 per cent were single incomes," he said.

AAP ajc/apm

KEYWORD: WOMEN HOWARD (REISSUING)

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WA: Beazley reiterates pledge on Aboriginal health

AAP General News (Australia)
08-22-2006
WA: Beazley reiterates pledge on Aboriginal health

KIM BEAZLEY has reiterated his promise to reverse Australia's poor record on Aboriginal
health .. if Labor wins the next federal election.

The opposition leader says it's up to the federal government to take a leading role
in reversing third world figures and statistics on Aboriginal health.

Mr BEAZLEY says he wants to reverse the trend within two terms of being in office.

He's told ABC radio he'll be held accountable for it.

AAP RTV lk/cp

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NSW: Protesters gather near Villawood detention centre

AAP General News (Australia)
04-15-2006
NSW: Protesters gather near Villawood detention centre

About 80 refugee activists have gathered near Sydney's Villawood detention centre ..

to continue a weekend of protests against the government's new hardline immigration policies.

And a large police contingent .. including mounted police .. dog squad officers and
the operational support group .. is on hand to monitor the protest.

About 80 activists gathered at Sydney's Holsworthy army barracks yesterday .. demanding
access to 160 immigration detainees .. who'd been evacuated from Villawood amid asbestos
fears.

Their action kicked off a weekend of national pro-refugee protests .. with similar
protests in Melbourne and possibly Adelaide likely over the Easter weekend.

A protest outside Kirribilli House .. where the prime minister resides in Sydney ..

is also being organised for tomorrow morning.







The federal government announced this week that all asylum seekers who arrive in Australia
by boat will be sent offshore to have their claims assessed .. and await acceptasnce by
a third country.

AAP RTV pc/rt

KEYWORD: VILLAWOOD (SYDNEY)

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NSW: Radio announcer apologises for on-air race comments

AAP General News (Australia)
12-16-2005
NSW: Radio announcer apologises for on-air race comments

Claims that talkback radio helped stoke Sydney's race violence have been reinforced
.. after a radio announcer was forced to apologise for on-air comments about Lebanese
Australians.

BRIAN WILSHIRE .. late night announcer for Macquarie Radio station 2GB .. last night
accused some Lebanese of being inbred .. and having low IQs.

The comments have been greeted by outrage in Sydney .. where thousands of police are
preparing to mount road blocks this weekend to prevent a repeat of last Sunday's race
riot at Cronulla beach.

WILSHIRE apologised and retracted his remarks today .. telling Network Ten he understands
why they may have caused offence.





Lebanese spokesman KEYSAR TRAD says a number of presenters from the same radio station
helped fuel racism.

And STEPHEN STANTON from Lebanese human rights organisation Cedarwatch says talkback
stations like 2GB helped incite the violence of the past week.

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Qld: Two suicide boys is the tip of the iceberg: Opposition says

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2005
Qld: Two suicide boys is the tip of the iceberg: Opposition says

The Queensland Opposition says the recent suicide of two boys reportedly listed with
the Department of Child Safety as being at serious risk is just the tip of the iceberg.

The boys -- aged 12 and 14 -- reportedly took their own lives in unrelated incidents
in the past three months.

This is despite having been assessed as Category One concerns which meant the boys
needed urgent attention.

Opposition Child Safety spokeswoman ROSEMARY MENKENS says the BEATTIE government is
failing to look after the state's children.

Ms MENKENS says the government is lagging behind in providing adequate resources in
the Toowoomba Child Safety office to address a backlog of more than 500 case files.

AAP RTV jus/low/wz

KEYWORD: CHILD (BRISBANE)

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IIJ FIRST QTR 2001 CONFERENCE CALL TO BE BROADCAST OVER THE INTERNET.

(Full text of statement. Contact details below.)

NEW YORK, N.Y. Aug 2 PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet - Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (Nasdaq: IIJI) ("IIJ"), one of Japan's leading Internet access and network solutions providers, announced today that it intends to release its financial results for the first quarter 2001 ended June 30, 2001 on Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (EDT), after the market closes. In conjunction with this release, IIJ will host a conference call on the following day, which will be simultaneously broadcasted over the Internet. Yasuhiro Nishi, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call.

Wednesday, August 15, 2001

United States:

9:00 AM Eastern Time

8:00 AM Central Time

7:00 AM Mountain Time

6:00 AM Pacific Time

Japan:

10:00 PM Standard Time

Investors can access the conference call over the Internet through a link in the Investor Relations section of the Company's homepage at http://www.iij.ad.jp, or through the Vcall website located at http://www.vcall.com . Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the sites, and download and install any necessary audio software. A replay will be available on the IIJ and Vcall websites for 90 days following the live call.

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. is Japan's leading Internet-access and comprehensive network solutions provider mainly targeting high-end corporate customers. Founded in 1992, IIJ has built one of the largest Internet backbone networks in Japan and between Japan and the United States. IIJ and its group of companies provide total solutions ranging from new generation network services over optical-fiber infrastructure optimized for data communications to construction of Asia-wide IP backbone networks, high-quality Internet access, security system services, hosting/housing, content design and systems integration.

SOURCE: Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

CONTACT: In Japan, Junko Higasa of Internet Initiative Japan Inc. Investor-Media Relations, +81-3-5259-6500, or iriij.ad.jp; or in the U.S., Mami Ogawa of Thomson Financial-Carson Investor Relations, +1-212-701-1824, or mami.ogawatfn.com

Web Site: http://www.iij.ad.jp

http://www.vcall.com