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Australia

Type: Country

Name: Australia

population: 20,507,260

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 45 mins ago - 35 reports

Julia Gillard

Gillard plays down Ford’s 2016 exit

SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved to allay fears about the economy on Friday saying it had strong fundamentals, after U.S. carmaker Ford announced an end to production in the country.Ford said Thursday it will stop making vehicles ... [Published Japan Times - 45 mins ago]

Entities: Julia Gillard, Manufacturing, Australia

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 5 reports

Australia gives $11.5 million for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Bob Carr said Friday following a meeting with Prime Minister designate Tammam Salam.Carr said Australia supports Lebanon's disassociation policy from the Syrian crisis and his country is committed to ... ... [Published The Sydney News - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Lebanon, Australia, Refugees, Bob Carr

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 8 reports

Mercury Grand Marquis

Freight train hits kills Melbourne driver

Melbourne man was struck and killed by a speeding freight train in Brevard County early Friday morning.Aaron Thomas Imes was headed east on Eau Gallie Boulevard in his 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis just before 3:45 a.m. Friday, Melbourne police said in an ... [Published The Sydney News - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Rattlesnake, Melbourne, Aaron Thomas, Mercury Grand Marquis, Brevard County

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 14 reports

Vivid Sydney Transforms the Harbour City with Light, Music and Ideas PR Newswire

/PRNewswire/ -- The 5th annual $ (24 May - 10 June) was officially opened tonight with Sydney's iconic Opera House illuminated in a stunning 3D-mapped visual feast of colour, movement, and world-class lighting artistry by Australian creative innovators ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), United States, David Shrigley

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 6 reports

Malaysian couple joins the billionaires club in Australia

MELBOURNE, May 24 — A Malaysian couple has almost doubled their wealth in one year to become billionaires in the process. David Teoh, 57, and his wife Vicky, 56, have achieved one of the biggest rises on this year’s BRW Rich 200 List, lifting their fortune ... [Published The Malaysian Insider :: Malaysia - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Malaysia, Australia, Melbourne

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 25 reports

Crown Ltd

Stocks to watch at close on Friday

AAPStocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close on Friday:AAC - AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY LTD - down two cents at $1.08Australia's largest beef cattle producer has blamed the suspension of live exports to Indonesia for a $46.5 million ... [Published WA Today - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Echo Entertainment Group, Casino, Crown Ltd

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 9 reports

WA man charged with murder and robberies

A 24-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Richard Travis Holloway who was killed in his South Perth home this month.The 42-year-old victim was killed on May 11 and was found in his unit three days later.Police allege the murderer was also ... [Published Sky News Australia - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Robbery, Homicide, Perth (Australia), Richard Travis, Armed Robbery

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 7 reports

Sydney traffic delays after fatal milk truck crash closes Parramatta Road

Sydney's Parramatta Road had to be closed this morning after a milk truck crashed into a cafe in the city's inner west late last night, killing the driver.Police say the truck ploughed into the shop in Croydon and burst into flames about 11:30pm.The 63-year-old ... [Published ABC Online - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Nick Read, Police

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 32 reports

Ford to pull out of Australia in 2016

FORD is to end car-making in Australia due to the strong Australian dollar, ending an association dating from 1925. The Detroit-based Ford Motor Company was part of the fabric of Australian car-making. It is known for producing iconic cars such as the ... [Published The Scotsman - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Australia, Bob Graziano, Australian Dollar

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 178 reports

5/24/2013: HTBUSINESS: Ford to halt car production in Australia in 2016

MELBOURNE: Car manufacturer Ford said will stop making vehicles in Australia in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, Ford Australia chief executive Bob Graziano announced as he revealed a loss of $136 million in the last financial year. AFP ... [Published Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Australia, Bob Graziano, Ford Motor Company of Australia

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 22 reports

* Australia - Ford Motor Co. will stop manufacturing vehicles in 2016

* Australia - Ford to cease vehicle production in Campbellfield,VIC,Australia - The Detroit News, by Karl Henkel -May 23, 2013: -- Ford Motor Co. will stop manufacturing vehicles in Australia in 2016, a continent where the Dearborn automaker has ... [Published Trucks World News - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Ford Motor Company, Australia, Manufacturing, Japan, Mitsubishi Motors Corp

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 11 reports

Legal gun owners targeted by crime: police

Organised criminals have started manufacturing their own guns, while Western Australia becomes home to nearly one third of national firearm thefts, police have revealed as part of a national blitz.There were 459 guns stolen in WA last year, as part of ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 23 2013]

Entities: Crime, Police, Perth (Australia), Illegal

Quotes

..."I believe it was while climbing a rope when I was six or seven years old," he explained. "I mean, nothing came out, but all the other elements were there. I remember getting to the top of the rope, hanging off the rope, and going, "Oh, my God, this feels great!""

HELP! I Can't Achieve The 'Big O' [Published Huffington Post - 14 mins ago]

"When off the NE Island a sunken rock was struck, which caused her to make water rapidly … [She later] sank in five fathoms of water" the Mercury reported

HERITAGE: Ships succumb to stormy seas [Published Illawarra Mercury - 22 mins ago]

More Content

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Welcome to the City: Sky Gardens, Roof Meadows ... [Published Thomson Reuters - 4 mins ago]
Indonesia, Cuba discuss inter-regional cooperation [Published Antara News - 5 mins ago]
New zoo exhibit lets visitors see Australian wi... [Published CTV News - 7 mins ago]
Over a Million Signatures in Support for Sen. W... [Published Common Dreams - 8 mins ago]
Reasons Why You Should Buy Solar Energy Panel A... [Published Article Motron - 8 mins ago]
The voice that roars [Published Tasmania Mercury - 8 mins ago]
Firm wins warship contract [Published Tasmania Mercury - 8 mins ago]
Accused couldn't recall fatal crash [Published Townsville Bulletin - 10 mins ago]
Townsville stores in retro revival [Published Townsville Bulletin - 10 mins ago]
Jobs growth still strong in North [Published Townsville Bulletin - 10 mins ago]
Are Electric Utilities Too Big to Fail? [Published ThomasNet - 11 mins ago]
RRsat extends distribution of World Network to ... [Published AIB.org.uk - 13 mins ago]
Launch48 to expand its startup events [Published HumanIPO - 14 mins ago]
Watch A Hilarious Mashup Of Celine Dion Dancing... [Published Huffington Post - 14 mins ago]
HELP! I Can't Achieve The 'Big O' [Published Huffington Post - 14 mins ago]
Photo gallery: Eureka! New sub-tropical enclosu... [Published EDP 24 - 15 mins ago]
Onshore LNG Infrastructure Market Prospects Ass... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 19 mins ago]
Local Cabaret Fringe act selected for Melbourne... [Published Glam Adelaide - 19 mins ago]
Report: Nearly a quarter of all Americans strug... [Published Salon - 19 mins ago]
BBC World Survey Ranks Israel Near Bottom in Gl... [Published American Spectator - 21 mins ago]
Re-negotiating $3billion Chinese loan is pruden... [Published Citifmonline - 22 mins ago]
HERITAGE: Ships succumb to stormy seas [Published Illawarra Mercury - 22 mins ago]
News Corp begins spin off process [Published Ireland Business World - 22 mins ago]
The Mess Is Back! [Published Rekjavik Grapevine - 24 mins ago]
Monaco, Nieminen win ATP semis in Germany [Published UPI - 25 mins ago]
Gillard to visit Sydney's west [Published Sydney Morning Herald - 26 mins ago]
England's Players Must Prove They Can Move on i... [Published International Business Times Canada - 30 mins ago]
Sunglasses and Dolls but Definitely not Guns - ... [Published International Business Times UK - 30 mins ago]
Well known Ely businessman dies at the age of 79 [Published Cambridge Times - 32 mins ago]
Bupa Set To Buy Australia’s Biggest Dental Group [Published Cosmetic Dentistry Guide - 33 mins ago]

Blogs

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Motorsports: V8 Supercars rumble Circuit of the... [Published Autoblog - 1 hour ago] Filed under: Motorsports , Australia , Racing In case you missed it, Australia's V8 Supercars racing series - think of it as a cross between ALMS GT and NASCAR - roared through Texas this past weekend providing entertainment for more than ...
China Poised to Launch Much-Anticipated Carbon-... [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - 2 hours ago] China has revealed details of a carbon cap-and-trade pilot project that will be launched next month, a much-anticipated market attempt to rein in carbon dioxide emissions by the world’s biggest emitter. The first phase of the program, which will ...
The UK's immigration crackdown will lead to a l... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 2 hours ago] Cuts to foreign student numbers mean a future Indian prime minister might end up studying in Sydney rather than Sussex The government is making significant progress towards its target of reducing net migration to the UK to less than 100,000 per year. ...
Say Goodbye to Ford’s Falcon [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 2 hours ago] Come October 2016, Ford Motor Co. ( NYSE:F ) will not only be saying “Cheerio” to Australia, but also to the Ford Falcon, a vehicle that has exclusively been produced in Australia.Though the Falcon has attracted the envy of some American rear-wheel drive ...
Say Goodbye to Ford’s Falcon [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - 2 hours ago] Come October 2016, Ford Motor Co. ( NYSE:F ) will not only be saying “Cheerio” to Australia, but also to the Ford Falcon, a vehicle that has exclusively been produced in Australia. Though the Falcon has attracted the envy of some American rear-wheel ...

Audio/Video

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Recall of Australian Milk Spooks Asian Shoppers [Published WSJ.com Video - News - 8 hours ago]
Ford to End 90 Years of Making Cars in Australia [Published WSJ.com Video - News - May 23 2013]
Ai Weiwei's Jail House Rock Music Video [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - May 23 2013]
Innovation Africa: SA's SKA Project [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 20 2013]
South African New Vehicle Sales Up [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 20 2013]

Press Releases

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Pottery Barn Kids Launches New Design Blog [Published Business Wire - 1 hour ago]
Ventrac Receives Presidential Award for Export ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - 1 hour ago]
OFFENTLIGGÖRANDE AV TILLÄGGSPROSPEKT FÖR PRECIS... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - 3 hours ago]
ADDENDUM PROSPECTUS CONCERNING PRECISE BIOMETRI... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - 3 hours ago]
Festival Vivid Sydney: profusion de lumière, de... [Published PR Newswire - 3 hours ago]