Fed: Bluefin tuna export permit extended = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2008
Fed: Bluefin tuna export permit extended = 2

The decision is likely to cause controversy among environmental groups, which have
long claimed the species is close to extinction.

Late last year, conservation body WWF said the body charged with protecting the species
- the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna - had made no significant
progress in preventing the overharvesting of the internationally popular table fish.

Mr Garrett said recent …

QLD:Suncorp demands access to flood inquiry

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2011
QLD:Suncorp demands access to flood inquiry

By Tony Bartlett

GOLD COAST, April 28 AAP - Queensland's largest provider of flood insurance has warned
it may be unable to keep offering cover for flood-prone areas if it can't get comfort
about dam management, building standards and other issues.

Suncorp was refused leave to appear before the state's flood inquiry but has made a
written submission on flood preparedness for next summer's wet season, particularly dam
operations.

It has also submitted more information in support of its application to appear before
the hearings.

In its submission, Suncorp says it is in everyone's interest to have a healthy and
competitive insurance industry able to offer affordable cover for natural hazard risks.

"The key to success in providing comprehensive cover for natural hazards is the ability
to accurately assess and price risk," it said.

"The recent floods ... have called into question many of the underlying beliefs and
assumptions regarding flood risks in Queensland.

"As the major provider of flood insurance in Queensland, Suncorp believes that it should
have the opportunity to contribute to the inquiry on the issue of dam operations, future
management of water infrastructure, and other matters."

Suncorp says changes in dam operations and flood mitigation and planning policies could
affect its ability to accurately assess flood risk and obtain reinsurance cover.

It expects future negotiations with reinsurers to be more difficult and demanding,
with requirements for much more detailed information than in previous years.

"In particular, it is anticipated that previously held assumptions as to the effectiveness
of Wivenhoe Dam as a flood mitigation measure will no longer apply," the submission says.

Suncorp says it has to be sure there will be appropriate management of dams, flood
mitigation infrastructure and management, and building standards and requirements in flood-prone
areas.

"If it is not possible to get a sufficient level of comfort ... it may not be possible
to economically price insurance, or acquire reinsurance, of flood-prone areas of Queensland
for the next wet season and future years," it said.

The insurer is concerned the inquiry might produce findings that curb its flood insurance
business in Queensland.

"There exists the prospect of findings and recommendations adverse to Suncorp's interests,
including recommendations which, if implemented, will inhibit Suncorp's capacity to continue
to offer flood insurance in the Queensland market."

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QLD:Qld fire victims and survivors

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2011
QLD:Qld fire victims and survivors

Eds: Details supplied by survivor Jeremiah Lale and Treicee Taufa, mother of Ardelle Lee.

BRISBANE, Aug 25 AAP - Victims and survivors of the Slacks Creek house fire, south
of Brisbane, which killed 11 people.

SURVIVORS:

- Patriarch Tau Taufa, 66

- Jeremiah Lale, 50

- Misi Matauina, 22

DEAD:

- Matriarch Fusi Kalau Taufa, 57

- Teukisia Lale, 42 (sister of Fusi, wife of Jeremiah and mother to their five children)

- Teukisia and Jeremiah's five children: Jerry, 18, Paul, 17, Lafoa'i, 14, Sela, 10,
and Richie 8.

- Annamaria Taufa, 23, (daughter of Fusi and Tau, partner of Misi and mother to their
two young daughters)

- Annamaria and Misi's daughters Lahaina, 7, and Kalahnie, 3.

- Ardelle Lee, 16, the daughter of Fusi and Tau's other daughter, Treicee, who had
left her with her grandparents on the night of the fire.

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FED:Gillard says buck stops with her on health

AAP General News (Australia)
02-14-2011
FED:Gillard says buck stops with her on health

Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD has begun selling her new 20 billion dollar hospitals
funding deal with the states and territories .. saying the buck stops with her.

She emerged from a marathon meeting with premiers yesterday promising more hospital
beds and local control .. under an agreement which includes a national pool of state and
federal money to fund hospitals from 2012 .. and targets for emergency departments and
elective surgery.

In a round of interviews today .. she's admitted some of the targets will be hard to
meet .. but says it's up to her to make sure the money flows to public hospitals.

The Australian Medical Association says people shouldn't get hung up on targets ..

and the new deal will cut red tape and help put an end to the health blame game between
governments.

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VIC:Teen drowns in Yarra

AAP General News (Australia)
08-31-2010
VIC:Teen drowns in Yarra

A 25-year-old man's being questioned by police following the apparent drowning of a
teenage boy in Melbourne's Yarra River.

Police say the 16-year-old Deer Park boy fell from the Elizabeth Street footbridge
about nine o'clock last night.

Search and Rescue members recovered the body more than three hours later.

A 15-year-old boy's been questioned and released pending further inquiries.

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NSW: Treasurer accused of misleading parliament over Lotteries

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2010
NSW: Treasurer accused of misleading parliament over Lotteries

SYDNEY, April 23 AAP - NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal has been accused of misleading
parliament by saying there were no complaints about the sale of the state's Lotteries.

Mr Roozendaal told NSW parliament on Wednesday: "No complaint has been made by any
of the unsuccessful bidders about the Lotteries sale process".

But The Sydney Morning Herald reports a letter from a law firm representing bidders
G-Tech/Ontario Teachers complains about the government allowing the Tatts Group to include
unclaimed prizes in its winning bid.

The letter to the government's lawyers is titled Concerns concerning offer based on
retention of unclaimed prizes, the Herald reported on Friday.

Mr Roozendaal told the newspaper he did not mislead parliament because no formal complaints
had been made to the probity auditor.

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Vic: Police hunt 29-year-old over bludgeon killing

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2009
Vic: Police hunt 29-year-old over bludgeon killing

A 29-year-old man is on the run from police .. after a bloody fight which left a man
dead in a Melbourne lane.

Police say the 48-year-old victim was repeatedly struck in the head with an iron bar
in Queens Lane before 9am (AEDT) today.

They say the suspect then ran away .. and is believed to have thrown the weapon away
somewhere in the area.

The pair allegedly knew each other as former room-mates living in the same boarding house.

Police say they know who the man is .. and want him to turn himself in.

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CAT wants to censorthe Internet, NATION

JIRAPAN BOONNOON
The Nation (Thailand)
08-11-1998
THE country's massive Internet regulator, the Communications Authority
of Thailand, has come up with the idea of having local Internet service
providers restrict their customers from accessing Web sites that the authority
deems undesirable, in spite of the total failure of such proposals in other
countries.

The plan will force local ISPs to erect technical barriers such as
Internet filtering software, ''to protect Internet users from immoral or
improper information on the Internet''.

According to a source from CAT -- which is a compulsory shareholder in
all ISPs in Thailand -- CAT's governor and its legal team will soon send
letters to all local ISPs asking for ''cooperation'' in making it impossible
for their paying customers to access Web sites considered by the authority
to be inappropriate.

''The plan is expected to make the Internet network clean and free
from being a means to motivate Thai youngsters towards immoral acts,''
the source explained.

He said that the plan would call for local ISPs to set up measures to
examine what he called pornographic sites routinely, as well as insisting
that ISPs use Internet filtering software to monitor so-called indecent
sites.

''When Internet users attempt to enter sites on a list, a filter will
examine the requested site, and if it's related to what we consider pornography,
the software will cut the connection automatically,'' he explained.

He said that in these cases, CAT will give full rights to local ISPs
to block explicit materials on the Internet.

Since Thai society is highly moral in character with its shy, modest
people easily offended by sexually-related material, established in a country
where sexual exploitation is virtually unknown, using the Internet to access
indecency or improper information should be blocked sometimes, the source
commented.

The source added that CAT planned to send the letter seeking
cooperation to local ISPs this month to ''encourage'' ISPs to implement
protective measures as soon as possible.

In the meantime CAT will also ask local ISPs to block certain existing
sites on a case-by-case basis and if new sites emerge that are considered
undesirable they should be added to the list.

The idea is a result of news last month that a Web site planned to
broadcast the first sexual encounter between a couple who claimed to be
18- year-old virgins. This site was subsequently cancelled after being
proven a hoax.

''After this incident, CAT considered it has a moral duty to protect
society from explicit material on the Internet, especially youngsters in
Thailand,'' he said.

Anew Corporation's vice chairman Prasart Sribhadung has also agreed to
protect the firm's customers from what he said was improper content on
the Internet network.

He said that if the authority sent a letter to the company seeking
''cooperation'', the company would filter its Internet services.

''I think that such protection will help preserve the high moral
standards in Thai society and Thai culture, keeping it on the right path,
while preventing our children from absorbing so much of that improper Western
influence that is so contrary to our established standards,'' he said.

Meanwhile at Loxley Information Systems, (Loxinfo), the president,
Vivatvong Vichit-Vadakan said the company would also cooperate with CAT
in its attempt to determine what was appropriate for adults.

However he said that the best way to protect Internet users,
especially impressionable youngsters, was at the family level, rather than
forcing ISPs to take this responsibility, because many Web sites that seemed
sexually related were actually of a medical nature and provided useful
educational content.

''Parents should pay closer attention to what their children access
and teach them to separate good from bad things,'' he added.



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Vic: Teen charged with manslaughter over speedboat death

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2008
Vic: Teen charged with manslaughter over speedboat death

MELBOURNE, Dec 28 AAP - Police have charged a Melbourne teenager with manslaughter
following the death of a young woman who was flung from a speedboat when it hit a tree
in central Victoria.

Police expected to question the 16-year-old male driver of the speedboat on Monday
at his hospital bedside about the weekend mishap at Lake Eildon.

They confirmed they had charged a teenage boy with manslaughter and that he had been
bailed to appear at a children's court in the near future.

An 18-year-old woman from Ringwood North died when the 5.5-metre Hallett Scorpion speedboat
smashed into a tree protruding from the water near Nicholas Inlet, about 1.30am (AEDT)
on Sunday.

She was thrown into the water on impact and disappeared.

Sergeant Steve McRae of Eildon police later said the woman suffered head and chest
trauma and was believed to have died from her injuries, not from drowning.

The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to Maroondah Hospital with a suspected
broken arm.

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Ath: Collated athletics results today = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2008
Ath: Collated athletics results today = 2



Women



100m hurdles final

1. Dawn Harper (USA) 12.54

2. Sally McLellan (AUS) 12.64

3. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.64

4. Damu Cherry (USA) 12.65

5. Deloreen Ennis-London (JAM) 12.65

6. Bridgitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) 12.66

7. LoLo Jones (USA) 12.72

8. Sarah Claxton (GBR) 12.94



400m final:

1. Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 49.62

2. Shericka Williams (JAM) 49.69

3. Sanya Richards (USA) 49.93

4. Yulia Gushchina (RUS) 50.01

5. Anastasia Kapachinskaya (RUS) 50.03

6. Tatiana Firova (RUS) 50.11

7. Rosemarie Whyte (JAM) 50.68

8. Amantle Montsho (BOT) 51.18



200m

2nd round (first 3 from each heat and 4 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Veronica Campbell (JAM) 22.64 Q

2. Allyson Felix (USA) 22.74 Q

3. Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 22.77 Q

4. Cydonie Camille Mothersill (CAY) 22.83 q

5. Ionela Tirlea (ROM) 23.22

6. Evelyn Santos (BRA) 23.35

7. LaVerne Jones (ISV) 23.37

. Guzel Khubbieva (UZB) DNS



Heat 2 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Roqaya Al Ghasara (BRN) 22.76 Q

2. Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA) 22.89 Q

3. Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) 22.94 Q

4. Roxana Daz (CUB) 22.98 q

5. Aleksandra Fedoriva (RUS) 23.04 q

6. Damola Osayomi (NGR) 23.27

7. Darlenys Obregon (COL) 23.40

8. Inna Eftimova (BUL) 23.48



Heat 3 (wind: +0.3 m/s)

1. Yulia Chermoshanskaya (RUS) 22.63 Q

2. Kerron Stewart (JAM) 22.74 Q

3. Marshevet Hooker (USA) 22.76 Q

4. Nataliia Pygyda (UKR) 23.03 q

5. Kadiatou Camara (MLI) 23.06

6. Adrienne Power (CAN) 23.51

7. Vincenza Cali' (ITA) 23.56

8. Sheniqua Ferguson (BAH) 23.61



Heat 4 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Sherone Simpson (JAM) 22.60 Q

2. Muna Lee (USA) 22.83 Q

3. Emily Freeman (GBR) 22.95 Q

4. Ivet Lalova (BUL) 23.15

5. Virgil Hodge (SKN) 23.17

6. Natalia Rusakova (RUS) 23.28

7. Eleni Artymata (CYP) 23.77

8. Allison George (GRN) 23.77



5000m (1st round - first 6 from each heat and 3 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1

1. Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene (ETH) 15:09.89 Q

2. Sylvia Kibet (KEN) 15:10.37 Q

3. Almitu Bekele Degfa (TUR) 15:10.92 Q

4. Meselech Melkamu Haileyesus (ETH) 15:11.21 Q

5. Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS) 15:11.46 Q

6. Jennifer Rhines (USA) 15:15.12 Q

7. Yuriko Kobayashi (JPN) 15:15.87

8. Simret Sultan Ghebremichael (ERI) 15:16.25

9. Volha Krautsova (BLR) 15:21.85

10. Silvia Weissteiner (ITA) 15:23.45

11. Zhang Yingying (CHN) 15:23.81

12. Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (TAN) 15:24.28

13. Dolores Checa (ESP) 15:31.22

14. Jessica Augusto (POR) 16:05.71

15. Lucia Chandamale (MAW) 16:44.09

16. Celma da Graca Soares Bonfim (STP) 17:25.99



Heat 2

1. Meseret Defar Tola (ETH) 14:56.32 Q

2. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:57.27 Q

3. Lilia Shobukhova (RUS) 14:57.77 Q

4. Priscah Jepleting Kogei (KEN) 14:58.07 Q

5. Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 14:58.79 Q

6. Shalane Flanagan (USA) 14:59.69 Q

7. Kara Goucher (USA) 15:00.98 q

8. Megan Metcalfe (CAN) 15:11.23 q

9. Xue Fei (CHN) 15:13.25 q

10. Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 15:20.46

11. Mariem Alaouiselsouli (MAR) 15:21.47

12. Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 15:38.30

13. Krisztina Papp (HUN) 16:08.86

14. Francine Niyonizigiye (BDI) 17:08.44

. Elena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) ABD

. Jo Pavey (GBR) DNS



Men



1500m final

1. Rasheed Ramzi (BRN) 3:32.94

2. Asbel Kipruto Kiprop (KEN) 3:33.11

3. Nick Willis (NZL) 3:34.16

4. Mehdi Baala (FRA) 3:34.21

5. Leon Higuero (ESP) 3:34.44

6. Abd Alaati Iguider (MAR) 3:34.66

7. Juan van Deventer (RSA) 3:34.77

8. Belal Mansoor Ali (BRN) 3:35.23

9. Andy Baddeley (GBR) 3:35.37

10. Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:35.50

11. Daham Najm Bashair (QAT) 3:37.68

12. Christian Obrist (ITA) 3:39.87



Discus final

1. Gerd Kanter (EST) 68.82 m

2. Piotr Malachowski (POL) 67.82

3. Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 67.79

4. Robert Harting (GER) 67.09

5. Jennifer Frank Casanas (ESP) 66.49

6. Bogdan Pishchalnikov (RUS) 65.88

7. Rutger Smith (NED) 65.39

8. Robert Fazekas (HUN) 63.43

9. Mario Pestano (ESP) 63.42

10. Rashid Shafi B Aldosari (QAT) 62.55

11. Frantz Kruger (FIN) 61.98

12. Aleksander Tammert (EST) 61.38



High jump final

1. Andrey Silnov (RUS) 2.36m

2. Germaine Mason (GBR) 2.34

3. Jaroslav Rybakov (RUS) 2.34

4. Stefan Holm (SWE) 2.32

5. Raul-Roland Spank (GER) 2.32

6. Jaroslav Baba (CZE) 2.29

7. Tomas Janku (CZE) 2.29

8. Tom Parsons (GBR) 2.25

9. Martyn Bernard (GBR) 2.25

10. Filippo Campioli (ITA) 2.20

11. Jesse de Lima (BRA) 2.20

12. Rozle Prezelj (SLO) 2.20



200m (semifinals - first 4 from each heat qualify for final)

Heat 1 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

1. Churandy Martina (AHO) 20.11 Q

2. Brian Dzingayi (ZIM) 20.17 Q

3. Walter Dix (USA) 20.19 Q

4. Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.25 Q

5. Paul Hession (EIR) 20.38

6. Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.45

7. Jared Connaughton (CAN) 20.58

8. Kristof Beyens (BEL) 20.69



Heat 2 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 20.09 Q

2. Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.12 Q

3. Wallace Spearmon (USA) 20.14 Q

4. Kim Collins (SKN) 20.25 Q

5. Brendan Christian (ANT) 20.29

6. Stephan Buckland (MRI) 20.48

7. Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.57

. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (NOR) DNS



110m hurdles (2nd round - first 3 from each heat and 4 best times qualify for next round):

Heat 1 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

1. David Payne (USA) 13.24 Q

2. Petr Svoboda (CZE) 13.41 Q

3. Shi Dongpeng (CHN) 13.42 Q

4. Konstantinos Douvalidis (GRE) 13.46 q

5. Richard Phillips (JAM) 13.48 q

6. Mikel Thomas (TRI) 13.62

7. Igor Peremota (RUS) 13.70

8. Hector Cotto Gonzalez (PUR) 13.73



Heat 2 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Dayron Robles (CUB) 13.19 Q

2. Artur Noga (POL) 13.36 Q

3. Gregory Sedoc (NED) 13.43 Q

4. Samuel Coco-Villoin (FRA) 13.51 q

5. Andy Turner (GBR) 13.53

6. Lee Jungjoon (KOR) 13.55

7. Shamar Sands (BAH) 13.55

8. David Ilariani (GEO) 13.74



Heat 3 (wind: 0.0 m/s)

1. Maurice Wignall (JAM) 13.36 Q

2. Ryan Brathwaite (BAR) 13.44 Q

3. Paulo Villar (COL) 13.46 Q

4. Marcel Westen van der (NED) 13.48 q

5. Daniel Kiss (HUN) 13.63

6. Allan Scott (GBR) 13.66

7. Dudley Dorival (HAI) 13.71

. Mohammed Essa M A Al-Thawadi (QAT) DSQ



Heat 4 (wind: +0.1 m/s)

1. David Oliver (USA) 13.16 Q

2. Ladji Doucoure (FRA) 13.39 Q

3. Jackson Amadeo Quinonez (ESP) 13.47 Q

4. Selim Adewunmi Nurudeen (NGR) 13.66

5. Ronald Forbes (CAY) 13.72

6. Ji Wei (CHN) 13.80

7. Anselmo Silva (BRA) 13.84

. Damjan Zlatnar (SLO) DNS



400m semifinals - first 2 from each heat and 2 best times qualify for final:

Heat 1

1. Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.15 Q

2. Christopher Brown (BAH) 44.59 Q

3. Kevin Borlee (BEL) 44.88

4. Nery Brenes (CRC) 44.94

5. Saul Weipogwa (NGR) 45.02

6. Williams Collazo (CUB) 45.06

7. Tabarie Henry (ISV) 45.19

8. Claudio Licciardello (ITA) 45.64



Heat 2

1. Leslie Djhone (FRA) 44.79 Q

2. David Neville (USA) 44.91 Q

3. Joel Milburn (AUS) 45.06

4. Ricardo Chambers (JAM) 45.09

5. Jonathan Borlee (BEL) 45.11

6. Godday James (NGR) 45.24

7. Andretti Bain (BAH) 45.52

8. Andrew Steele (GBR) 45.59



Heat 3

1. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 44.12 Q

2. Martyn Rooney (GBR) 44.60 Q

3. Johan Wissman (SWE) 44.64 q

4. Renny Quow (TRI) 44.82 q

5. Senga Gary Kikaya (COD) 44.94

6. Michael Mathieu (BAH) 45.56

7. Sean Wroe (AUS) 45.56

8. Cedric van Branteghem (BEL) 45.81

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0600 3AW Melbourne Headlines

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2008
0600 3AW Melbourne Headlines

- 3 people rushed to hospital with burns after explosion in Gippsland

- Federal govt expected to launch national FuelWatch scheme

- Home borrowers warned not to rely on early release super to escape mortgage stress

- Former Tattersalls boss warns corruption likely under pokie scheme shake-up

- Australians urged to get a flu shot

- Australian man in Thai hospital after condoms filled with hashish expolde in his stomach

- Milita fighters killed in Iraq's south

SPORT

- AFL, Golf

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Main stories in today's AM Program

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2007
Main stories in today's AM Program

SYDNEY, Dec 10 AAP - Main stories in today's AM Program:

* The draft declaration on how to combat climate change will be discussed this week
at the UN Climate Conference in Bali and Australia is expected to play a pivotal role.

* Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has charged Professor Ross Garnaut with drafting a climate-change
framework for Labor including shorter-term emissions targets.

* Oprah Winfrey is lending her support to Barack Obama in the US presidential race.

* A new survey has revealed a growing anti-American sentiment in Australia.

* Despite all the talk at the Middle East Peace Conference in America there are plenty
of old and emerging problems which threaten to de-rail all the intentions of finding a
peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

* The Queensland attorney-general is asking the state director of public prosecutions
to explain why nine men who pleaded guilty to raping a 10-year-old girl escaped jail terms.

* The Rudd Labor government will introduce legislation to phase out AWAs next year,
but that hasn't stopped some companies from trying to sign up their workforce before the
agreements are abolished. The latest company is BHP Billiton.

* PrimeAg is a cropping company about to list on the Australian stock exchange. Its
directors are in the process of buying large properties in Queensland and NSW, convinced
that when the drought breaks they will be in a prime position.

* Anne Darwin, the wife of John Darwin, the canoeist who faked his own death, has been
arrested as she arrived back in the UK after living in Panama in Central America.

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Fed: Silverchair to receive MTV's first Hall of Fame equivalent

AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2007
Fed: Silverchair to receive MTV's first Hall of Fame equivalent

Silverchair will receive a lifetime achievement award from Australian MTV at the music
channel's Video Music Awards on Sunday.

The Newcastle rockers will be presented with the first Australian Video Vanguard Award
.. for their profound effect on the MTV culture .. after the release of thir fifth number
one album .. Young Modern.

The award has been presented at the American Video Music Awards since 1984 to artists
including MADONNA .. MICHAEL JACKSON .. The Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Rolling Stones.

MTV executive producer EAN (IAN) THORLEY says the Award is a way of thanking Silverchair
for providing fantastic and progressive soundtracks.

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Diary Events for Wednesday, December 27, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2006
Diary Events for Wednesday, December 27, 2006
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
No items listed.

CANBERRA
No items listed.

DARWIN
No items listed.

HOBART
No items listed.

PERTH
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
No items listed.

SYDNEY
1015 - A special preview of Arrrgghhh - The Musical will be held. The Australian National
Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour. Contact: Bill Richards 0418 403 472, 9298 3645.

SPORT
CRICKET - 4th Test - to December 30 -
Australia v England, MCG
BASKETBALL - NBL championship -
Round 15 - to December 31
1930 - Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans, Sydney Entertainment Centre
2200 (AEDT) - Perth Wildcats v Singapore Slingers, Challenge Std
GALLOPS -
Wagga
Mornington
Ipswich
Murray Bridge
Stony Creek
Geraldton
New Zealand
Sth Africa
TROTS -
Young
Mildura
Redcliffe
Cobram
GREYHOUNDS -
Bulli
Sandown
Ipswich
Angle Park
Ballarat
Bathurst
Cannington
Gold Coast
Warrnambool
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Vic: Parts company shutdown to hit car industry

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2006
Vic: Parts company shutdown to hit car industry

EDS NOTE: corrects location to Melbourne's south-east, NOT west as earlier reported

MELBOURNE, Aug 18 AAP - Production in Victoria's car manufacturing industry was set
to slow today after workers at a Melbourne car components plant were stood down, the company's
administrator said.

Ajax Engineered Fasteners, in south-east suburban Braeside, has been battling mounting
debts and a row over almost $12 million owed in employee entitlements.

Administrator Stephen Longley of PricewaterhouseCoopers stood down the 189 workers
this morning after negotiations with car companies, which it was hoped would keep the
company going, ground to a halt last night.

He said talks had reached an impasse on how underlying future losses were going to
be shared between the car companies.

Mr Longley said today's shutdown would result in a significant disruption to supplies
to the automotive industry, complicated by the fact that the furnaces had been turned
off and took seven days to restart.

"We actually don't have any cash at the moment to trade the business," he told ABC Radio.

"We've spent the last of it this week in paying the payroll and received some non-refundable
contributions from their customers to be able to pay the payroll and keep the doors open
to date.

"We can't keep trading the business for the benefit of the customers without their
longer term commitment over the next month to fund the operations."

Mr Longley said today's shutdown would have a flow-on effect on the industry.

"I think the effects of even a shutdown for today - even if the customers came back
and resolved the matter to our satisfaction today - I think there would be disruptions
to production at our direct customers, if not the manufacturers."

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said he hoped the business could be saved to support
Victoria's critical car manufacturing industry.

Either way, workers' entitlements would be safe, he said.

"The federal government has a scheme which we put in place to guarantee employee entitlements,
(but) if they can be paid out of the assets of the company they should be," Mr Costello
told ABC Radio.

"In relation to the car industry, particularly in relation to the components industry,
I would hope that the business itself would continue, particularly if this is one of only
a small number of businesses capable of supplying those components.

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KEYWORD: AJAX ADMINISTRATOR

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Fed: Police swoop on Canberra suburb

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2006
Fed: Police swoop on Canberra suburb

A three-hour stand-off in a south west Canberra suburb has ended with a man surrendering
to police.

Police say the man .. who's in his 30s .. has turned himself in at Woden police station
about 5.30 pm (AEST).

They've confirmed a firearm was involved in the incident in Rivett .. but they're not
willing to reveal any further details.

More than 70 children were locked into the local primary school and a child care centre
.. while police wearing flak jackets searched for the man .. following an incident in
another suburb.

AAP RTV pv/mfh/tm

KEYWORD: RIVETT (CANBERRA)

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24/7 Real Media, Inc. Announces Five New Hires to Management Team.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002

24/7 Real Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: TFSM) announced today the hiring of five executives to the company's management team: Ari Bluman, vice president, Direct Solutions; Jerome Fitzgibbons, vice president, site acquisition and inventory control; Victor Golio, vice president, East Coast sales; Derrick Horner, senior vice president and associate general counsel; and David Perlman, director of engineering.

David J. Moore, chairman and chief executive officer, 24/7 Real Media, Inc., said, "The addition of these five impressive individuals to our company strengthens our management team and will help us attain the growth we have mapped out for the coming quarters. All five bring a tremendous breadth of relevant experience to our company and we are delighted to welcome them aboard."

Bluman joins 24/7 Real Media, Inc. from NowMarketing, Inc., New York, where he had been senior vice president, sales since August 2001. Bluman previously worked at 24/7 Real Media, Inc. as vice president, direct marketing, inside sales and email brokerage, and as an account executive, from 1997-2001. During his first tenure at 24/7 Real Media, Inc., Bluman managed a direct marketing team of more than 35 account executives.

Fitzgibbons joins 24/7 Real Media, Inc. from Vivendi/Universal's GetMusic.com, New York, where he was senior vice president, sales. In this role, which he began in 1999, Fitzgibbons oversaw all sales functions for advertising and content syndication for the new global media and e-commerce startup. From 1995-99, Fitzgibbons held various positions at Reuters PLC, including vice president, business development- Americas; national advertising sales manager; and account executive- media, online and Internet sales. Earlier, he spent eight years at Dun and Bradstreet, where he was a national account executive and divisional sales manager.

Golio joins 24/7 Real Media, Inc. from Next Jump, Inc., New York, where he was executive vice president sales since March 2001. Like Bluman, Golio is a returnee to 24/7 Real Media, Inc., having previously worked there as vice president, director of sales from 1998-2000. During that time, he managed the sales of national advertising space on major Web sites and oversaw 13 offices nationwide. Other positions held by Golio include vice president, regional sales manager, Cliqnow! (1998), and regional sales manager, HRP Sales Inc., where he worked from 1988-1998.

Horner joins 24/7 Real Media, Inc. from Dallas-based Source Media Inc., where he had been vice president and general counsel since 2000. Source Media provided an interactive program guide solution for interactive television, as well as streaming media content. Before joining Source Media, Horner spent five years as an associate corporate attorney at Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, one of the world's leading law firms. He graduated with high honors from both Harvard Law School and Harvard College.

Perlman joins 24/7 Real Media, Inc. from SkyFire Technologies, a North Billerica, Mass.- based wireless middleware company, where he had been vice president of engineering for one year following a year working as an independent management consultant. Other positions held by Perlman during his 20-year career include senior vice president & CTO, Infinium ASP; vice president of technology, Raging Bull, Inc./Alta Vista Company; vice president of technical operations, Avicenna Systems Corporation; and manager, development, Fidelity Investments.

About 24/7 Real Media, Inc.

24/7 Real Media provides marketing and technology solutions to online marketers and publishers to maximize customer relationships and revenue. Products and services include Internet ad serving technology, online media representation, integrated marketing solutions comprised of network and site specific advertising, online promotions and search engine optimization. For more information, please visit www.247realmedia.com.

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