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Aussie retailers calling for rate cut

Australia's retailers are confident that a decrease in trading figures in March is only a blip in an otherwise positive start to 2013.
May 6, 3:20 pm
Bikers blooded and mudded in Kamfari chaos

Almost 70 riders braved what's billed as Australia's muddiest endurance dirt and quad bike race, on the outskirts of Darwin yesterday.
ABC - May 6, 3:09 pm
Autism school gets $8m in Vic funding

An autism school in Melbourne's west has secured $8 million in funding in Tuesday's Victorian budget.
May 6, 3:00 pm
aiAutomotive takes on LPG tank business

Vehicle industry supplier aiAutomotive has entered a deal with the voluntary administrator of CMI Fuel to manage and operate its LPG fuel tank manufacturing business.
ABC - May 6, 2:47 pm
Family in court to see accused Vic killer

Family members of Joel McDonald have attended a Melbourne court to see his accused killer.
May 6, 2:30 pm
Sloane calls on Crows to take ownership

Adelaide players must take ownership of the Crows' faltering AFL season, says midfielder Rory Sloane.
May 6, 2:21 pm
Deaths while crossing sandbar avoidable: Coroner

The Coroner has found the deaths of two men, who drowned while trying to cross a sandbar from Penguin Island, were avoidable.
ABC - May 6, 2:14 pm
Teen 'doctor' makes medic claims online, court told

A teenager who pretended to be a doctor at Adelaide hospitals is still representing himself as a health professional on social media, a court has heard.
ABC - May 6, 2:14 pm
NSW poll highlights big job for state ALP

The latest Newspoll shows NSW Labor still has a lot of work to do to re-engage with the community, Opposition Leader John Robertson says.
May 6, 1:59 pm
Man identified in Campbell car death

Police have released the name of a man who was killed in north Canberra after being struck by a reversing car.
ABC - May 6, 1:53 pm
Rate cut unlikely after retail data

A rate cut is looking less likely after official figures showed a strong start to 2013 for the retail sector, even with a drop in sales in March.
May 6, 1:53 pm
No certainty for destroyer workforce

The Federal Government said it could not guarantee work for those involved in the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) project in Adelaide beyond 2019.
ABC - May 6, 1:49 pm
Play fair on wages: Childcare providers

A peak childcare body claims new federal grants for wages will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis and a lot of providers could miss out.
May 6, 1:41 pm
Online contact leads to interstate sex offences

A Tasmanian man made no application for bail when he appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court accused of procuring a teenage girl to have sex.
ABC - May 6, 1:41 pm
Budget talk unsettles business: ACCI

Speculation surrounding the state of the budget is hitting business confidence, a leading business lobby group says.
May 6, 1:29 pm