Archive for October, 2010
How to avoid overspending on groceries
YOU may only be popping in for some bread and milk, but be warned – supermarkets are spending millions trying to get you to part with many more of your dollars. Everything from free tasting stations to the size of the trolleys and the background music is geared towards getting you to buy up. “It’s [...]
Lote Tuqiri joins Kangaroos squad for Four Nations tournament
WESTS Tigers winger Lote Tuqiri has been added to the Kangaroos squad for the Four Nations tournament as a replacement for the injured Jarryd Hayne. If Tuqiri can now win a jersey in one of the tournament’s matches, he’ll become the first dual-international in history to go from playing for the Kangaroos, then the Wallabies [...]
Runaway Westpac millionaire returning to New Zealand
THE woman who ran away with her boyfriend with millions after Westpac mistakenly put $10 million into his bank account is reporting returning to New Zealand. Leo Gao and Kara Hurring, also known as kara Yang, skipped the country in May last year. Mr Gao had asked for a $100,000 overdraft to shore up his [...]
School bullies more likely to become anti-social adults
SCHOOL bullies are three times more likely to engage in anti-social behaviour in their early 20s, while victims experience higher levels of depression and anxiety. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has uncovered, for the first time, the damaging and ongoing effects bullying can have on children in their adult life. Researchers tracked 1000 [...]
Call to appreciate and stop Afghanistan mission
THE father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan and the partner of another who has just arrived there have appealed for a deeper understanding of what our troops are doing in the troubled country. As the debate on the war kicks off in federal Parliament, Gary Bewes and Taryn McGowan say they hope it paves [...]
Fiji Bati lost to Bundaberg NSW team
Fiji Bati matched their opposing team with four tries apiece but could not capitalise with their goal kicking to seal the game for the NSW Bundaberg outfit 22-16. Fiji Bati led by Wes Naiqama displayed some strong forward plays that resulted in them scoring tries but Nasinu Secondary School U 19 winger Marika Koroibete stood [...]
No stopping the dollar’s big climb
THE Aussie dollar is now predicted to soar into unchartered territory – well beyond the value of the US currency – after briefly breaking through the landmark dollar-for-dollar milestone for the first time in a generation. While the Australian dollar only touched parity against the US greenback for a few moments just before midnight yesterday, [...]
Fiji name team to face Bundaberg Rum representative team
The Bundaberg Red Cup representative team will do battle with a lethal Fiji Bati side at Ringrose Park, Wentworthville this Saturday afternoon. Set down for a 4pm kick-off, the best that the Bundaberg Red Cup has to offer will lock horns with a strong Fiji Bati outfit in a match that will no doubt live [...]
Belief, prayer the heart of a miracle
SHE received the “miracle” that allowed Mary MacKillop to be made a saint – now NSW woman Kathleen Evans is going to meet the Pope. In recent months Mrs Evans has been on a private speaking tour of regional NSW, telling the faithful how her cancer vanished, close friend Colleen Barnett said yesterday. Ms Barnett [...]
Mary MacKillop – Inspiration for every Australian
NEXT Sunday the Pope will declare an Aussie girl a saint – our first. Mary Helen MacKillop means a lot to me. My first teacher, Sister Paul Michael, was a Josephite sister at St Therese Lakemba. I have long loved MacKillop’s story and often pray at her shrine in North Sydney. I was privileged to [...]
Australian dollar may hit parity in overseas session
THE Australian dollar may hit parity with the US dollar for the first time in 27 years in its overseas session after hitting US99.8c in trade today, analysts say. At 1700 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 99.61 US cents, up from Wednesday’s close of 98.46 cents. Since 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the local [...]
World celebrates as final miner rescued
WITH remarkable speed – and flawless execution – miner after miner climbed into a cramped cage deep beneath the Chilean earth, was hoisted through 622 metres of rock and saw precious sunlight after the longest underground entrapment in history. Today all 33 miners, including the weakest and sickest, had been pulled to freedom. After 69 [...]
Spend: Dollar up and online bargains on the rise
CHRISTMAS has come early for savvy shoppers who are swamping the internet as the Australian dollar soars. From perfume to make-up, digital cameras and books, consumers stand to make bumper savings buying online from the US and Europe, without leaving the comfort of their homes. The Aussie dollar reached 99.18 US cents at 10.30pm (AEDT) [...]
Chilean miners successfully rescued
The first Chilean miners trapped underground for two months have reached the surface in a rescue operation watched across the world. TO hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom in Chile, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine [...]
Want to earn $200K? Head overseas then
MORE than a quarter of all Australians living and working overseas are pulling in salaries of more than $200,000 a year, to rank among the world’s best-paid expatriate staff. At the same time, they are prepared to live in some of the world’s less comfortable environments to make the most of an opportunity to spend [...]
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