News Topic - Australia

Australian Metabolic Syndrome Research Project Receives Grant From International Diabetes Federation
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours.
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Australia Doctor Finds Dead Gecko in Chicken Egg
A doctor in Australia this week was shocked to find a gecko inside an egg he had just cracked open as he was cooking his dinner, the Telegraph reported.
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
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InsideOceania.com  –  9 hours, 4 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
found in World: Oceania

Successful social mix conundrum
Near the end of Thursday's two-hour public forum on achieving a healthy social mix in neighbourhoods, a veteran of the housing crusades queried the experts gathered at OISE from Australia, England, France and Montreal.
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Reverse solar subsidy cut, say Greens
GREENS leader Bob Brown today urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to reverse the Budget blunder which had devastated solar power businesses around Australia.
News.com.au  –  10 hours, 1 minute ago  ¦  comment?
found in World: Oceania

300,000 skilled migrants needed - Evans
AUSTRALIA'S economy cannot continue to grow without a lot more skilled migrant workers, Immigration Minister Chris Evans says.
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Cyclone impact 'bigger than tsunami'
A DEEPLY shaken Tim Costello, World Vision Australia's boss, has arrived back from cyclone-ravaged Burma convinced it is "tottering on a precipice".
News.com.au  –  11 hours, 23 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
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Mokbel to face court on Tuesday
ACCUSED murderer Tony Mokbel will appear in court on murder and drugs charges on Tuesday after arriving back in Australia today, police say.
News.com.au  –  12 hours, 10 minutes ago  ¦  comment?
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Australian fugitive returns to Melbourne amid tight security
AFP - Australia's most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland.
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Drug trafficker returned to Australia
MELBOURNE, May 17 (UPI) -- Convicted Australian drug trafficker Tony Mokbel returned to Melbourne in handcuffs Saturday after being flown from Greece on a chartered jet.
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