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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  1 day ago

• Asia Cast for Wednesday 23rd December

  
  Asia Cast — Authority: 127
  Expert says Asia will be the first victim in case of a new spread of bird flu since the virus already exists in poultry and birds in many cities. ( By Augapfel/Flickr) In this Bulletin… - The latest on China’s attack of SOH’s Asia partners; - China fears bird flu mutation; and - Raging bush-fires on South ...
  1 day ago

• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
  3 days ago

• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
  5 days ago

• Problems with ACT Emergency Services Agency web site

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 139
  In response to my posting about accessibility problems with the Victorian Government Country Fire Authority Web Site, a commenter has noted similar problems with the ACT Governments bushfire web site. I was unable to get the ACT Emergency Services web site to respond at all. However, I was able to see the Google ...
  1 week ago

• Bushfires at Michelago

  
  The RiotACT — Authority: 146
  Fires burning in the Tinderry Ranges after threatening Michelago. Photographed from Smiths Road.
  1 week ago

• Cautionary Tales of Inaccessibility Not Learned by Victorian Government

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 139
  The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI)has released a set of "Cautionary Tales of Inaccessibility" to help promote good web design. I was contacted about details for "A Cautionary Tale of Inaccessibility: Sydney Olympics Website". Regrettably the Victorian Government Country Fire Authority Web Site may be ...
  1 week ago

• CHOKED

  
  YeLPar — Authority: 134
  Awoke this morning to a second day of smoke across the entire city and metro area. It actually stung your eyes a bit today. It actually feels like an overcast winter morning when you first look out the windows. The 30 degree heat quickly solves that though. Usual view on the left, this mornings on the right
  1 week ago

• In Canberra, Australia

  
  Eight Minutes Old — Authority: 103
  Here I am again, from Australia. I didn’t post earlier because of two reasons. First: I was overwhelmed by the palace here. The landscape around Canberra is magnificent. Especially the view from the Mount Stromlo Observatory. Due to the huge bushfire in 2003, the forest on the mountain was lost. This gives a ...
  1 week ago

• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
  1 week ago

• Tue 14:55 - The New South Wales Coroner has blamed a self help course for the death of a woman who jumped from an office window ... (audio)

  
  Australian Broadcasting Corp. | abc.net.au — Authority: 812
  An inquest has heard the 34 year old jumped naked from a window in the Sydney C-B-D in 2005 - days after doing a course called "The Turning Point". Court reporter Jamelle Wells speaks with Steve Chase.
  2 weeks ago

• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
  3 weeks ago

• Amatoya Quick Attac Military Concept Vehicle by Liam Ferguson

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 131
  A new class of vehicle to the field of fire appliance design that is capable of reconnaissance as well as suppression will be introduced by Amatoya. As indicated by research, there is a need to develop an advanced and highly specialized light tanker which must function primarily as areconnaissance vehicle while ...
  3 weeks ago

• Emergency Communications Conference Call for Papers

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 139
  APCO Australasia have issued a call for papers for their 2010 conference on emergency communications , 14 – 17 March 2010 in Melbourne. The 2009 conference was held during the 2009 Victorian Bushfires (I presented on Community Warning Systems) and emergency communications for bushfires will again feature in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
  3 weeks ago

• National Emergency Alert system from next week

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 139
  The Victorian Premier has announced that the National Emergency Alert system had been tested and will be ready for use next week. Unfortunately there is no emergency information system to back this up with detailed information about the emergency. As a result the National Emergency Alert system is of little value and ...
  3 weeks ago

• 07:45 - RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says the crisis is easing - but not over - as bushfires burn across NSW ... (audio)

  
  Australian Broadcasting Corp. | abc.net.au — Authority: 812
  Mr Fitzsimmons is speaking with Glen Bartholomew
  4 weeks ago

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