QLD:Gayndah bat colony to be removed

AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2011
QLD:Gayndah bat colony to be removed

BRISBANE, Aug 12 AAP - A problem bat colony in a southern Queensland town will be moved
on after growing fears of the deadly Hendra virus.

Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) officers will on Friday visit
Gayndah to meet with Burnett Regional Council about the plans.

The Gayndah flying fox colony contains around 250,000 animals, made up of black and
little red flying foxes.

Most in the citrus growing town consider the colony a nuisance and a health risk, given
recent cases of Hendra disease, which is carried by bats, and is usually deadly to humans.

However flying foxes are protected under state and federal laws and deliberately interfering
with their roosts can incur heavy penalties.

DERM spokesman Clive Cook said a permit would allow the council to remove branches
where flying foxes roost.

"This will start after young flying foxes in the roost become fully independent which
we expect will be in about five weeks' time," Mr Cook said.

"Removal of the branches will take place while the flying foxes are absent from the
roost to discourage them from resettling at that location."

DERM will also work with the council to develop a plan to manage the colony over three years.

At the same time, a $40,000 research project will monitor and investigate the impacts
of dispersing the animals, focusing on their stress and risk of Hendra virus.

Gold Coast City Council has also applied for a permit to remove a colony at Southport.

There, resident Robyn Burgess is waiting to learn if she will be fined up to $100,000
and face possible jail time for trying to frighten the creatures away with an air horn.

AAP gd/jnb

KEYWORD: HENDRA

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NSW: Drugs seized, 23 arrested in Vikings operation

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2006
NSW: Drugs seized, 23 arrested in Vikings operation

23 people have been arrested and drugs worth 150 thousand dollars seized .. during
a high-profile police blitz in northern New South Wales.

Officers targeted drug suspects in Taree and Forster .. and people with outstanding
arrest warrants .. as part of the Operation Vikings exercise …

FED:Unions step up carbon price pressure

AAP General News (Australia)
04-15-2011
FED:Unions step up carbon price pressure

(EDS: Adds new Combet quotes)

By Paul Osborne, AAP Senior Political Writer

CANBERRA, April 15 AAP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is coming under renewed pressure
from unions to compensate industries for the carbon tax or make them exempt, in a bid
to prevent job losses.

Australian Workers Union secretary Paul Howes on Friday called for the steel industry
- which employs around 91,000 people - to be exempt from the tax, or at least 100 per
cent compensated.

Mr Howes recently visited steelworks with Climate Change Minister Greg Combet, who
was jeered and heckled by workers as he attempted to explain the government's policy.

The union leader said after what is understood to have been a tense meeting with AWU
chiefs in Sydney that his union's support for a carbon price - which is due to be legislated
in the third quarter of the year - could be withdrawn if one job was lost.

Mr Howes said there was a special case for a carbon tax exemption for steel, which
was going through a hard time with the high Australian dollar and rising raw materials
prices.

"We have a responsibility to the men and women of this country who go to work every
day and make products that this country uses," Mr Howes said.

He was backed by construction industry boss Tony Maher who said: "It shouldn't cost
a job, and we won't stand by if it costs jobs."

However, Ms Gillard, other unions and Greens Leader Bob Brown - who is on the committee
drafting the scheme - argued pricing carbon would create jobs over the long term.

"I want to make sure people have jobs, too," the prime minister told Triple M radio.

Senator Brown said Mr Howe's threat smacked of "economic illiteracy", adding that the
carbon price was a "patent job creator".

AMWU national secretary Dave Oliver said Australia could not afford to be left behind
in the global shift to pricing carbon and doing nothing would "cost jobs".

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said he understood why some unions were talking about
withdrawing their support.

"They've very understandably taken the view that you can't compensate someone who has
lost his or her job," Mr Abbott said.

Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said that while the government had not settled
on a carbon price, under a $20 a tonne setting with 94.5 per cent assistance the steel
industry faced a $2.60 hike in the cost of making a tonne of steel, which currently sells
at $800.

Mr Combet told AAP he would not speculate on which industries would receive special
treatment, but was mindful that "unions need to stand up for their members' jobs".

"The government will provide assistance to trade-exposed, emissions-intensive industries,
including steel, to support jobs and competitiveness," he said, adding that such assistance
would be "very significant".

The minister earlier told coal miners at a conference in the Hunter Valley jobs would
be maintained, while households would benefit from more than half of the revenue collected
from the tax.

"There are some mines that have very high levels of methane that will incur a significant
carbon price liability, and we are going to use some of the revenue to support jobs in
those particular mines," Mr Combet said.

"Unions are progressive organisations, and supporting (the carbon price) is in their
best interests."

AAP pjo/mo

KEYWORD: CLIMATE SECOND WRAP

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SA:SA health officials warn about measles

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2010
SA:SA health officials warn about measles

ADELAIDE, Dec 29 AAP - Health officials are trying to contact people who may have been
exposed at Adelaide airport to a woman with a highly infectious measles virus.

An alert has been sent to general practitioners and South Australian Health staff are
contacting anyone who may have been exposed to the woman who acquired the virus while
overseas, chief public health officer Stephen Christley says.

The only public place the woman, who is in her 20s, visited while she infectious was
Adelaide Airport between 7am and 9am on Christmas Day, Dr Christley says.

"Passengers seated near the woman on her international flights are being contacted
to provide information and advice about prevention measures," he said.

Measles begins with fever, cough, runny nose, and sore eyes, followed by a rash which
begins on the head and then spreads down the body.

He said complications of measles can be severe, and anyone with suspected symptoms
should seek advice from a doctor.

He warned that it was important to phone ahead so precautions can be taken to avoid
spreading disease to others.

Dr Christley said immunisation was the best protection against measles.

This is the second case of measles reported in South Australia during 2010. Three cases
were reported in 2009.

AAP lk/it

KEYWORD: MEASLES

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FED:Budget surplus of $6.188 billion: Hockey=

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2010
FED:Budget surplus of $6.188 billion: Hockey=

Mr HOCKEY says his party's putting out the most comprehensive analysis of election
promises of any opposition .. with an independent audit firm verifying all the figures.

He says .. at the 2007 election .. Labor put out a press release on the final day of
the campaign listing its costings .. without holding a press conference.

AAP RTV ca/sb/af

KEYWORD: POLL10 BUDGET RELEASE 3 SYDNEY

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Fed: Watson celebrates entering Aust waters with Vegemite feast

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2010
Fed: Watson celebrates entering Aust waters with Vegemite feast

Teenage solo sailor JESSICA WATSON has reached Australian waters and has feasted on
squid .. prawns and Vegemite crackers to celebrate the milestone.

The 16 year-old has described the achievement in her blog as a really special moment.

JESSICA .. who is aiming to be the youngest person to sail solo around the world ..

is expected to complete her record-breaking journey about seven weeks ahead of schedule.

She has less than 4000 nautical miles remaining of her 23 thousand-nautical mile attempt.

In the next week the teenage sailer will pass under the Great Australian Bight and
head south to Tasmania.

Her manager says JESSICA is hoping to make a grand dry land return beside the Sydney
Opera House in the first week of May.

AAP RTV bzs/sw

KEYWORD: SAIL (SYDNEY)

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The main stories on today's 1700 ABC 702 news

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2009
The main stories on today's 1700 ABC 702 news

SYDNEY, Aug 27 AAP - Main stories in today's 1700 ABC 702 news:

- Eddie Obeid says premier Nathan Rees enjoys his full support

- Three alleged terrorists have been refused bail in a Melbourne court

- A second Comanchero bikie member has been granted bail in Sydney over a brawl at Sydney airport

- The federal government says it will save $610 million by cutting its green housing
support program

- Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner says it's too early to speculate on an early budget
surplus, because of an ageing population

- The federal government has rejected a call to fund a new Aboriginal body

- A court has heard a man who gassed himself and three children was a heavy drinker

- Environmentalists have lost their attempt to stop a North Coast car rally

- Virgin Blue expects to break even this year

- Consolidated Media Holding says its cashed up after a $427 profit

- FINANCE: Australian shares have finished the day flat

- SPORT

AAP RTV wz/ka

KEYWORD: MONITOR 1700 ABC 702

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NSW: Police look for mother of baby left on doorstep

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2009
NSW: Police look for mother of baby left on doorstep

SYDNEY, April 19 AAP - A newborn baby girl has been found abandoned on the doorstep
of an apartment block unit in the NSW town of Dubbo.

The infant still had the umbilical cord attached and it's believed she was born just
hours before being discovered by the resident of the unit.

Police are urgently seeking the mother of the child, believing she gave birth in the
central-western town Dubbo on Sunday morning, and are concerned about her welfare.

The resident of the unit in Sturt Circle heard a baby crying about 11am (AEST) on Sunday
and found her wrapped in a green blanket outside the front door.

Doctors believe the child was born between 6am and 9am.

Police took the baby to Dubbo Base Hospital for medical assessment, where she remains
in a stable condition.

Inspector David Minehan from Orana Local Area Command said police want the mother to
come forward so she can receive medical care.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Information
can be provided in the strictest of confidence.

AAP sg/sn/bwl

KEYWORD: BABY UPDATE

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Fed: One-off payments will fund "one hell of a party": Abbott

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2008
Fed: One-off payments will fund "one hell of a party": Abbott

CANBERRA, Dec 14 AAP - Some people will use their one-off payments to fund "one hell
of a party", opposition families and indigenous affairs spokesman Tony Abbott says.

The federal government is handing out payments to families, pensioners and carers before
Christmas as part of its $10.4 billion stimulus package.

Mr Abbott said overall the policy was "reasonable" but some payments should have been
quarantined so they would only be used for essentials.

"In some of the remote communities of our country this money is going to fund one hell
of a party," Mr Abbott told the Nine Network.

"I would have quarantined the lump sum to the necessities of life for welfare dependent
families with children."

AAP sld/cdh

KEYWORD: STIMULUS ABBOTT

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Jdo: Women's judo results =3

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2008
Jdo: Women's judo results =3

Women's - 48kg (extra-lightweight) (Last 32)

Shugen Wu (CHN) - bye

Ryoko Tani (JPN) bt Sayaka Matsumoto (USA) yuko

Paula Belen Pareto (ARG) - bye

Tiffany Day (AUS) - bye

Lyudmyla Lusnikova (UKR) bt Chahnez M'barki (TUN) waza-ari

Youngran Kim (KOR) - bye

Eva Csernoviczki (HUN) bt Sarah Menezes (BRA) ippon

Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROM) - bye

Ana Hormigo (POR) bt Khumujam Tombi Devi (IND) ippon

Ok Song Pak (PRK) - bye

K Hanatou Ouelogo (BUR) - bye

Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ) bt Frdrique Jossinet (FRA) ippon

Michaela Baschin (GER) - bye

Meriem Moussa (ALG) bt Sandrine Ilendou (GAB) yuko

Yanet Bermoy (CUB) bt Glenda Miranda (ECU) ippon

Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS) - bye



Last 16

Ryoko Tani (JPN) bt Shugen Wu (CHN) waza-ari

Paula Belen Pareto (ARG) bt Tiffany Day (AUS) ippon

Youngran Kim (KOR) bt Lyudmyla Lusnikova (UKR) waza-ari

Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROM) bt Eva Csernoviczki (HUN) waza-ari

Ok Song Pak (PRK) bt Ana Hormigo (POR) waza-ari

Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ) bt K Hanatou Ouelogo (BUR) ippon

Michaela Baschin (GER) bt Meriem Moussa (ALG) waza-ari

Yanet Bermoy (CUB) bt Lyudmila Bogdanova (RUS) time



Quarter-finals

Ryoko Tani (JPN) bt Paula Belen Pareto (ARG) time

Alina Alexandra Dumitru (ROM) bt Youngran Kim (KOR) ippon

Ok Song Pak (PRK) bt Kelbet Nurgazina (KAZ) yuko

Yanet Bermoy (CUB) bt Michaela Baschin (GER) time

more mp

KEYWORD: OLYR08 JDO WOMEN RESULTS 3 BEIJING

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Vic: Police suffer stress and injuries, crippling force

AAP General News (Australia)
02-17-2008
Vic: Police suffer stress and injuries, crippling force

MELBOURNE, Feb 17 AAP - Victorian Police officers suffering from stress and injuries
have racked up $7.3 million in compensation claims in 12 months.

Taxpayers are forking out $20,000 a day to cover their compensation bill, documents
obtained by News Limited newspapers reveal.

Officers had 26,004 days of stress and injury leave last year. More than 16,550 days
was for stress leave taken by 239 officers.

The average claim was 31 days off work and $8869.50 in compensation, while the average
stress claim was 69 days and $17,465.50 in compensation.

Police Association assistant secretary Bruce McKenzie said the claims were the tip
of the iceberg. Mr McKenzie said even "hardened, career cops" were suffering from post-traumatic
stress and injuries after conflicts, including the G20 riots.

Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu said: "Frontline officers in Melbourne and the country
are squeezed between a rising tide of violence and inadequate resources to do their jobs
effectively."

Victoria Police spokeswoman Sen-Constable Sharon Darcy said there had been 12 fewer
stress claims last financial year than in 2005-06.

A state government spokeswoman said police numbers would rise by 350 by 2010.

AAP jat/rs

KEYWORD: POLICE VIC

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NSW: Man and woman arresteed over stabbing

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2007
NSW: Man and woman arresteed over stabbing

SYDNEY, Aug 29 AAP - Police have arrested and charged a man and woman over the stabbing
death of a man nine months ago at Liverpool, in Sydney's south-west.

The body of Steven Bannister, 24, was found by passers-by on the footpath adjacent
to the Hume Highway about 6am on Wednesday 22 November 2006.

He had suffered multiple stab wounds to his chest, stomach and back.

Strike Force Gilwarney, comprising investigators from Liverpool Local Area Command
and State Crime Commands Homicide Squad, was established to investigate Mr Bannister's
death.

A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged later that day with Mr Bannister's murder.

Following exhaustive inquiries, a 44-year-old woman and 18-year-old man were arrested
yesterday and charged with concealing a serious offence and attempting to pervert the
course of justice.

AAP ig/jm/

KEYWORD: STABBING

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NSW: Blue Wiggle welcomes new baby boy

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2007
NSW: Blue Wiggle welcomes new baby boy

SYDNEY, April 15 AAP - Anthony Field - aka the Blue Wiggle - and his wife have had a baby boy.

Field and wife Miki welcomed their third child, Antonio Carlos, into the world on Friday
night, Fairfax newspapers reported today.

The 3.5kg baby, who was born at Royal Prince Alfred Women and Babies hospital, is brother
to Lucia Angela, 3, and Maria Claire, 18 months.

"He's beautiful. He's a lovely little boy," the Wiggle said.

AAP acb/jl/

KEYWORD: WIGGLE

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Fed: Blanchett and Upton optimistic about STC

AAP General News (Australia)
12-13-2006
Fed: Blanchett and Upton optimistic about STC

Oscar winner CATE BLANCHETT'S optimistic about the future .. despite the Sydney Theatre
Company running at a loss.

BLANCHETT and husband ANDREW UPTON will take over as co-artistic directors of the STC in 2008.

The company's confirmed it expects to finish the year with a significant deficit ..

following last year's loss of more than 124 thousand dollars.

BLANCHETT'S told ABC radio no-one gets involved in theatre to make money .. but the
STC's a very broad company with a wide reach.

In the STC's 2007 program .. BLANCHETT will direct DAVID HARROWER'S play Blackbird.

And UPTON'S written Riflemind .. which will be directed by Oscar winner PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN.

AAP RTV jwm/wf/bart

KEYWORD: STC (SYDNEY)

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Fed: Aust urged to vote for Opera House for seven wonders

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2006
Fed: Aust urged to vote for Opera House for seven wonders

The Sydney Opera House executive is urging all Australians to vote for the iconic landmark
as one of the new seven wonders of the world.

The Opera House is Australia's only nominee and one of 21 finalists competing for the
title .. which will be announced next July.

It's competing against historical gems such as the Great Wall of China .. the Taj Mahal
and the Eiffel Tower.

Online voting was launched across the globe in March and votes can be submitted until
July 6 next year.





To vote for Sydney Opera House by phone .. dial 1902 977 777 .. or text SOH to 1977 7717.

Visit new7wonders.com to register your vote online.

AAP RTV tr/was/maur/bart

KEYWORD: OPERA (SYDNEY)

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Qld:Body of missing fisherman found

AAP General News (Australia)
02-16-2006
Qld:Body of missing fisherman found

BRISBANE, Feb 16 AAP - Searchers have found the body of a 62-year-old man who went
missing on a fishing trip on a dam in south-east Queensland.

Charles Arthur Taylor, from Blackbutt, was fishing with his 57-year-old brother in
a small boat at Lake Monduran Dam, west of Bundaberg, on Monday afternoon when the boat
capsized and they both fell into the water.

His brother managed to swim to shore and raise the alarm.

AAP rad/jt/jlw

KEYWORD: FISHERMAN

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Wireless Channel: Viper Networks Signs Distribution Partner for Chile

Wireless News
04-29-2005
Wireless Channel: Viper Networks Signs Distribution Partner for Chile

WIRELESS NEWS-April 29, 2005-Wireless Channel: Viper Networks Signs Distribution Partner for Chile (C)2005 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com

Viper Networks, a provider of a global VoIP network, announced that it has completed an agreement with STHIN Ingeniera Ltd. to become an authorized distributor of Viper's products and services in Chile.
STHIN Ingeniera serves the Chilean computer, Internet, and now, with the relationship with Viper Networks, the VoIP market.

Viper Networks, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Ron Weaver, said that, "Based on the market analysis by STHIN Ingeniera Ltd. and our own projections, this agreement represents a potential of 1000 customers for Viper Networks suite of products and services over the next 180 days."

Weaver added, "We continue to see a strong demand for Viper Networks in Latin America and now have fully functional relationships in Venezuela, Columbia, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador and now Chile."

((Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@10meters.com))

((Distributed via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com))

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