Archive for January 27th, 2012
Australia and NZ to provide $1m in aid
Australia and New Zealand will together provide up to FJ$1 million to assist the people of Fiji affected by the recent flooding. This assistance will be made immediately available to the Fiji Red Cross for the distribution of essential relief items to flood victims followed by support for other agencies identified as best placed to [...]
Deuba brothers make Fiji 7s team
Deuba brothers, Avenisi Vasuinubu and Waisea Nayacalevu, had their prayers answered after they were named into the 12-member Fiji 7s team for the second leg of the HSBC Sevens World Series. They took the national rugby 7s selectors by surprise when they played for the Jim Beam Uprising team at the Uprising Fiji International 7s [...]
Stunning Rafa powers into final
RAFAEL Nadal’s renaissance is almost complete. Nearly forced out of the Australian Open after suffering a bizarre right knee injury at his hotel on the eve of the tournament, Nadal reached the 100th men’s championship final with a breathtaking display against Roger Federer. The world No. 2 extended a colossal winning record against the Swiss [...]
Papua New Guinea mutiny ‘put down’
PAPUA New Guinea’s prime minister has said he is still in charge after a group of soldiers loyal to his predecessor mutinied and replaced the military high command. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s political rival, Sir Michael Somare, has remained silent since 30 to 80 troops stormed Murray Barracks in Port Moresby early yesterday morning and [...]
Bracing for more pain from floods
NSW is bracing for a battering as the monsoonal rainfall which has been hammering Queensland heads south. Two Black Hawk helicopters have joined the flood-relief operations and some residents in the coastal towns of Gladstone and Coffs Harbour have been ordered to begin preparations for evacuation. NSW State Emergency Service spokeswoman Stephanie Heard said interstate [...]
Business conditions ‘worst since late 1990s’
BUSINESS owners believe the economy is in desperate need of further interest rate reductions with trading conditions at their worst levels in at least 14 years. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (ACCI) latest survey of investor confidence shows on most counts business conditions are either stabilising at low levels or sinking to contractionary [...]
Protesters trap PM Gillard and Abbott
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard put on a brave face to host ambassadors at the Lodge tonight, after she and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott were mobbed by protesters. Ms Gillard said she was fine following the incident in which 200 protesters from the Aboriginal tent embassy converged on an emergency services awards function she was attending [...]
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