Category: Aussie News
Kiwis arriving in record numbers
THE equivalent population of a New Zealand city has moved to Australia over the past year – lured by the resources boom and escaping the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake that lingers at home. The number of New Zealanders arriving in Australia hit a record high of 36,889 in the year to December 31, according [...]
Thousands evacuated as floodwaters rise
Flooding has forced more than 2000 people from their homes in northern NSW and isolated 11,000 people, while Moree braces for its worst floods in 36 years. The Mehi River at Moree was sitting at 10.64 metres about 8.50am and was rising slowly, the Bureau of Meteorology warned. It was expected to peak by about [...]
Push to make smacking kids illegal
SMACKING kids can be tantamount to child abuse and should be banned in Australia, the nation’s leading paediatricians said yesterday. Dr Gervase Chaney, the head of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ Paediatric & Child Health Division, said it was no longer OK for mums and dads to argue “that it never did us any [...]
Banana growers thank the public
AUSTRALIA’S banana growers have thanked the public for sticking by them after Cyclone Yasi wiped out three-quarters of the country’s crops. The storm tore through Australia’s banana-growing heartland around Tully and Innisfail in the early hours of February 3 last year, sending the price of the fruit beyond $15 a kilo. Australian Banana Growers’ Council [...]
Sydney hottest January night for 18 years
FORGET the wilds of Africa, the South American jungle, steamy Southeast Asia or the balmy climes of the South Pacific – Sydney was the sweatbox of the world for a few sticky hours early yesterday. The Harbour City’s first summer day above 30C on Monday was followed by its hottest January night in 18 years, [...]
Man hires hit on wife’s Facebook friend
A PARANOID husband who tried to hire a hitman to murder his wife’s Facebook friend was suffering major stress including the impact of the Brisbane floods, a court heard today. Silvanus Satya Naidu was so upset when he wrongly thought his wife of 28 years was going to leave him and move to Sydney, that [...]
Little progress made on NZ ‘guest workers’
THE Australian Government has a “strong understanding” of the plight of Kiwis who cross the Tasman to live but can’t get residency, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says. There doesn’t seem to have been much progress made, although Mr Key discussed the issue with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday during the joint cabinet [...]
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