Australia probes union corruption claims

Australia has launched a public inquiry into the activities of the country’s trade unions amid allegations of illegal slush funds and bribery http://m.ft.com/cms/9018ac16-9218-11e3-8018-00144feab7de.html?catid=6

Australia: Search continues for man taken by shark in waters west of Adelaide [Video]

An Adelaide man is missing after a shark attack in waters west of Adelaide.

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White man's skull has Australians scratching heads

The centuries-old skull of a white man found in Australia is raising questions about whether Captain James Cook really was the first European to land on the country's east coast.

The skull was found in northern New South Wales in late 2011, and police initially prepared themselves for a gruesome murder investigation.

But scientific testing revealed that not only was it much older than expected, but possibly belonged to a white man born around 1650, well before Englishman Cook reached the eastern seaboard on the Endeavour in 1770.

"The DNA determined the skull was a male," Detective Sergeant John Williamson told The Daily Telegraph....

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Australia: Police fearful of explosion of alcohol-fuelled violence if alcohol bans ruled unlawful in indigenous communities

Police hold grave fears for the safety of women and children in indigenous Queensland communities if alcohol bans and restrictions are ruled unlawful.

The High Court will decide on Wednesday if alcohol management plans in place in 19 Queensland communities breach racial discrimination laws. Police fearful over future of booze bans

Eurozone crisis live: Australia cuts interest rates to record low

Central bank easing continues as Reserve Bank of Australia cuts borrowing costs overnight, following European Central Bank's move last Thursday

Eurozone crisis live: Australia cuts interest rates to record low

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Australia's ten best paid jobs

....Apprentices dominated the list of Australia's lowest paid occupations with horticulture trainees last on the list with an average taxable income of $32,216. Apprentice tilers and textile workers were second and third from the bottom.

Bar attendants and baristas might be popular with drinkers and coffee lovers but they had the 15th lowest taxable income ($37,928). That was less than hairdressers ($38,363), laundry workers ($39,185), service station attendants ($40,755) and waiters ($41,073).

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POLICE investigating possible crocodile attack in far north Queensland

POLICE are investigating a possible crocodile attack in far north Queensland after concerns about a missing fisherman. 
 
Officers are en-route to a site where fishing equipment has been found on a riverbank, but with no sign of the fisherman.

The area is a known crocodile habitat, but a police spokeswoman said details were still sketchy.
In the last near-fatal attack, Todd Bairstow, was lucky to survive after he was trapped in the jaws of a crocodile in March 2011.

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Melbourne continues to lead Australia's population growth

Melbourne has again dominated Australia's population growth, adding 77,242 people in 2011-12 to reach mid-2012 with a population of almost 4.25 million.
 
New estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show five of the eight municipalities recording the nation's biggest growth were in Melbourne - three in the outer northern and western suburbs, one in the south-east, and the city of Melbourne itself.

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