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Greek Islands for Sale

Greek Islands for Sale

Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfil their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6000 sun-kissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts. The hope is that the sale or long-term lease of some [Read More]

New IR system was no guarantee: Rudd

New IR system was no guarantee: Rudd

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has backed away from a pledge that no worker would be left worse off by award modernisation, saying that remained the government’s objective but was never a guarantee. Under Labor’s overhaul of the system, more than 4,000 state and [Read More]

Fair Work Australia initiatve

Fair Work Australia initiatve

Your Move From 1 January 2010 there will be no legislative provisions for the making of individual agreements. Individual Transitional Employment Agreements (ITEAs) may still be made up until 31 December 2009 (with a nominal expiry date no later than 31 December 2009) and [Read More]

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G8 sets 5-year Afghan security target

G8 sets 5-year Afghan security target

Afghan government forces must make concrete progress towards assuming more responsibility for the security of their [Read More]

Afghanistan: The ‘Gen Y War’

Afghanistan: The ‘Gen Y War’

They’re drawn to the sound of the approaching helicopters, a well rehearsed choreography of surgeons, nurses, [Read More]

Diggers die in Afghan chopper crash

Diggers die in Afghan chopper crash

Three Australian Commandos and a US soldier have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. The diggers were [Read More]

Wikileaks founder breaks cover but ‘on permanent alert’

Wikileaks founder breaks cover but ‘on permanent alert’

The US state department is desperate to ask the Australian hacker what he knows of 260,000 classified messages about [Read More]

Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles

Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles

A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and [Read More]

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