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Australian News.Net Friday 30th May, 2008 New Delhi, May 30 : The Lord Mayor of Melbourne, John So, will be visiting India for two days next week to formalize Melbourne's strategic alliance agreement with the ...

Klaus Moje has pushed the boundaries of the expressive and technical capabilities of glass for more than five decades.

FA support FIFA rules to stop foreign players dominating the Premier League in bid to strengthen the English game The Football Association have voted in favour of developing FIFA controversial plans that would ...

Working too hard and need a holiday but don't have the cash? Two Australian artists have come up with the answer -- a 30 minute virtual vacation for A$10 . Welcome aboard "Holiday," a multi-sensory vacation ...

HMAS Sydney went down with all hands on 19 November 1941 An inquiry is under way in Australia into one of the country's great unsolved mysteries from World War II.

Passengers on Tiger Airways will now have to pay a luggage check-in fee, the budget airline said this week.

A FIT Australia Post worker has become the second person to die on tourist expeditions on Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track, of an apparent heart attack.

CATHOLIC Cardinal George Pell says he has no objection to Islamic schools. Commenting on the rejection of an Islamic school in south-western Sydney by the local council, the Archbishop of Sydney said Muslims ...

The swimmers of Destin now have less to fear. With tourist season under way, the Destin Fire Control District's Beach Safety division is taking on some help from four Australian lifeguards.

International media interest in the story of a couple who spent 19 hours drifting in seas off Queensland's coast could boost tourism in the region, a tourism body says.

Melbourne, May 25: Don't want to dig a hole in your pocket? Well, then do your grocery shopping on Fridays, at least if you're in Australia, says a new research.

Fifty or 60 years ago frugal motorists emerging from wartime rationing would turn off their engines at every opportunity to save petrol.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the eyes of the world were now on Burma after pushing the secretive military regime to accept foreign aid workers to cope with the cyclone disaster.

QANTAS will raise domestic and international air fares for the second time in less than a month in an attempt to offset soaring world oil and jet fuel prices.

A tiny town in outback Australia hopes to lift its fortunes with the world's first museum dedicated to the humble goat.

They're hot up north but still only second bananas Those on the wrong side of the Tweed say the only good thing about NSW is that it keeps Victorians out of Queensland.

Pain at the petrol pump is about to get much worse. A day after petrol prices in some metropolitan service stations surged above 160 cents a litre for the first time, global oil prices have leapt to new highs.

An Australian engineer and his English bride have embarked on an environmentally-friendly honeymoon trek around Australia, using waste vegetable oil from fish and chip shops to fuel their travel.

Thousands of young New Zealanders will travel to Australia in July to take part in World Youth Day, presided over by Pope Benedict XVI.

Fingerprint or iris scan-linked domestic flight passenger cards are needed to ensure people feel safer and security scares such as last month's evacuation of Brisbane's domestic airport are not repeated, a ...

“In the name of all the children who need to be cured, I would like to thank you for your visit. I know that you love us. I ask that you pray for us so we can quickly get well.”

Pope Benedict XVI has told thousands of youths gathered to greet him in the Italian city of Genoa that he'll see them in Australia for World Youth Day. via The West Australian

“The mining and resource sector is absolutely stripping bone dry the level of labour available for the hotel, hospitality and service sector”

Visitors to Perth, whether for business or pleasure, are advised to have finding a place to stay on top of their to-do list. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“The majority of passengers have indicated they'd prefer to cruise in a smoke-free environment”

Smokers face indoor cruise-ship bans. Mike Heard reports. The trend towards tighter restrictions on smoking aboard cruise ships has spread to Australia. via The Sydney Morning Herald

AirAsia X will start a new direct service to Perth, Western Australia from Kuala Lumpur on Nov 2, 2008 said its director Datuk Tony Fernandes today. via New Straits Times

“The effect in country areas is quite devastating”

Opposition MPs have accused the Rudd government of short-changing regional Australia with its first budget. via The West Australian

Melbourne, May 14: The frantic "Where r u?" text message has been shown the door, thanks to the new service -which has now been introduced in Australia - that allows mobile phone users to locate their spouses ... via Daily India

“The Westin Brisbane Empire Square will not only re-establish the Westin brand in the vibrant city of Brisbane, but also inspire personal renewal in one of the most prominent developments in the city”

Business Wire , May 13, 2008 Tuesday 5:32 PM GMT Adding even more depth to its rapidly expanding portfolio in Asia Pacific, StarwoodHotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. via Hotels

“We'll be incorporating face-blurring technology in the Australian and New Zealand versions of Street View”

Google has rolled out a new technology which automatically blurs any human face appearing in street-level photographs taken for use in its mapping services by its fleet of camera-mounted vehicles. via The Age

“The first time I wrote a check that had at least a couple of zeroes at the end -- that was the hardest thing.”

Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. via The Washington Post

“Things were good in my life before I took some of Ayers Rock home with me, but since then my wife has had a stroke and things have worked out terribly for my children - we have had nothing but bad luck.”

Hundreds of tourists who have taken home a chunk of Australia 's best-known landmark, the towering monolith called Uluru, have returned their illicit souvenirs, with some claiming to have been struck by bad ... via Irish Independent

“While tourism has charted strong growth, now more than ever we need to ensure we have a plan in place so we are well placed to be a competitive and attractive destination over the next 20 years.”

Ten key tourism drawcards, including a world-class indigenous centre and mountain cable car, have been unveiled as part of a new plan to attract more visitors to Brisbane over the next decade. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“It has really got a bit of an international feel, in the little lanes you could almost be in Rome, but you're in Melbourne.”

BEST BUY: Looking for the best shopping in Australia? Melbourne has once again been crowned the country's premier shopping destination. via Stuff

“Since the mid-1980s, there has been an almost three-fold increase in air travel, and predictions are it will double again within the next 20 years”

Feel like your flights are always delayed? You may be right. New figures from the Federal Government show a major drop in on-time arrivals and departures by Australian airlines between February 2007 and ... via The Sydney Morning Herald

“The economic impact will be that investors can look and see that there will be a good return on their investment in Western Australia and we're confident that there'll be some new investment in hotels in the near future”

The Tourism Council says a lack of hotel rooms in Perth will spark more construction. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“Most disputes we see on the site aren't related to fraud at all, most disputes are actually a misalignment of expectations”

In its quest to make online shopping safer, auction website eBay seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest of discontent. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“Australian team to follow these reforms and send suggestions back to senior management", said a source with knowledge of Huaneng's plans. "The precondition is that Huaneng's existing businesses are going well enough”

CHINA'S largest power company has its eyes on NSW Premier Morris Iemma's $15 billion sale of electricity assets, as part of a strategy to buy Australian power, coal and even uranium assets. via The Age

“We are proud to be a Queensland-based carrier and are committed to not just increasing the number of Queensland-based team members, but also cementing our home state's position as a leading aviation training hub for the Asia Pacific region”

Virgin Blue pilots no longer have to travel to Switzerland for their training thanks to Brisbane's new $10 million flight simulator. via The Age

Melbourne, May 7: The reputation of Australian players remains untarnished in spite of the confrontations they had with the Indian team during their tour of Australia in December and January, reports The ... via Daily India

“I am looking at quality stand-offs, scrum-halves and hookers”

WIGAN owner Ian Lenagan has cast doubts on whether he can lure Brisbane and Australia captain Darren Lockyer to the JJB Stadium as a replacement for Trent Barrett. via Daily Express

“They basically sleep for 20 hours a day and then they've got four hours to do everything else occasionally eat a leaf and maybe once a year go after another koala”

CANBERRA, Australia Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves the animals feed on, a researcher said Wednesday. via The Toronto Star

“If the council came to me to request it, then we're prepared to look at it.”

QUEENSLAND is set to fall in line with the rest of the country by designating its first beach for nudists. via The Australian

“We were asked to nominate a suitable location for his stay and have recommended somewhere serene, beautiful and suitable for the leader of the world's Catholics. He will have the opportunity to see some of Australia's beautiful flora and fauna”

VATICAN CITY, MAY 4, 2008 .- Benedict XVI will spend three days resting and adjusting to the time difference in Australia before his intense schedule during World Youth Day. via Global Catholic Network EWTN

“While in the next couple of years I think it's fairly likely that we'll see an increase in air capacity with new aircraft coming on, I think we've got an emerging issue in Australia in our capacity internally, particularly in accommodation”

Australia must draw international tourists to regional areas of the country or risk turning them away from overcrowded city hotels, an industry heavyweight says. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“She's obviously very distressed and distraught, as you can imagine.”

Police fear foul play was involved in the disappearance in outback South Australia of a three-year-old Perth boy. via The Sydney Morning Herald

“I've been really fashion inspired by the girls out here”

Inspired ... Eve takes in the Wayne Cooper show. Photo: Getty Images Colour and movement Video: Lisa Ho brings her trademark sophisitcation to Australian Fashion Week Michelle Jank collection Video Watch the ... via The Sydney Morning Herald

“There is always something happening, alarms going off, and machines beeping. A hospital can be a very noisy environment, which isn't a good thing when you're sick”

Main Category: Public Health Article Date: 29 Apr 2008 - 1:00 PDT A trial of "quiet time" in a Brisbane hospital has seen noise levels cut by a half and found patients are more than twice as likely to sleep, ... via Medical News Today