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Staying safe but saving: A guide to food date stampsThe food families throw out has been hitting the headlines recently. According to newspaper reports, Britain is considering scrapping "best-by" date labelling because it is said to be causing billions of pounds worth of food to be thrown away needlessly.
Source: Staying safe but saving: A guide to food date stamps (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/staying-safe-but-saving-a-guide-to-food-date-stamps?fromrss=1)
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has announced that Australia and Malaysia are finalising a deal to trade asylum seekers.
Source: Malaysia set to trade refugees in bilateral detention deal (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/malaysia-set-to-trade-refugees-in-bilateral-detention-deal?fromrss=1)
The healed bite wounds were probably made by a member of the same species. Such injuries give important clues about the social behaviour of extinct sea creatures from the time of dinosaurs.
Source: Battle Scars Found on an Ancient Sea Monster (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/battle-scars-found-on-an-ancient-sea-monster-2?fromrss=1)
Five New Zealanders (http://www.topix.com/world/new-zealand) toured Estherville (http://www.topix.com/city/estherville-ia) as part of a Group Study Exchange program sponsored by Rotary International.
Source: New Zealanders tour Estherville (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/new-zealanders-tour-estherville?fromrss=1)
DOCUMENTS unearthed in the National Archives challenge the Gillard government's push to build a nuclear waste dump on disputed Aboriginal land near Tennant Creek, lawyers say.
Source: Ownership of nuclear waste site disputed (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/ownership-of-nuclear-waste-site-disputed?fromrss=1)
The Vasiliades property in Toorak. The two-speed economy is being mirrored in the property market, where houses are now seen as overvalued compared with other investments.
Source: Tough times at top end of the property market (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/tough-times-at-top-end-of-the-property-market?fromrss=1)
VICTORIA'S university chiefs all earned well over $500,000 last year, with most earning more than twice as much as Prime Minister Julia Gillard (http://www.topix.com/world-leaders/julia-gillard).
Source: Uni chiefs' salaries (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/uni-chiefs-salaries?fromrss=1)
Children and sick asylum seekers could be among those sent to Malaysia under Prime Minister Julia Gillard's new refugee swap deal.
Source: Malaysian deal may include children: PM (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/malaysian-deal-may-include-children-pm?fromrss=1)
THE Australian Greens will try to improve Labor's federal budget but won't block supply, party leader Bob Brown says.
Source: Greens will guarantee supply: Brown (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/greens-will-guarantee-supply-brown?fromrss=1)
The man famous for throwing his shoes at former Prime Minister John Howard on the ABC's Q&A show, has died of bowel cancer aged 30.
Source: Howard shoe-thrower dies of cancer (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/howard-shoe-thrower-dies-of-cancer?fromrss=1)
'Sluts' take to the streets Michelle Griffin May 10, 2011 - 5:07PM Self titled 'sluts' take to the streets One of the latest 'Slutwalks :women protesting against comments by a Toronto police chief about the way they dress took to the streets to show their anger.
Source: The Slutwalk movement is coming to town. (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/the-slutwalk-movement-is-coming-to-town?fromrss=1)
THE cost of managing asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat has blown out by more than 400 per cent to over $1 billion.
Source: Budget reveals detention cost blowout (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/budget-reveals-detention-cost-blowout?fromrss=1)
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Source: M 5.0, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/m-5-0-loyalty-islands-new-caledonia?fromrss=1)
SOUTH Australia's fifth native title determination will soon be finalised over land in the state's north for the local indigenous people.
Source: New native title drafted for South Australia (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/new-native-title-drafted-for-south-australia?fromrss=1)
The class of 2011: The final 24 for this year's Masterchef Australia . Top 24 contestants in the new series of MasterChef Australia .
Source: Heating up in the kitchen (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/heating-up-in-the-kitchen?fromrss=1)
Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:43 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:43 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard is helping search for six young people from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati who went missing in an outrigger canoe last week.
Source: US Coast Guard joins Kiribati boater search (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/us-coast-guard-joins-kiribati-boater-search?fromrss=1)
Ocean Beach Surf club one week after the heavy rain and flooding last week, It left behind a lot of dirt, rubbish, tree branches and the odd dead animal.
Source: Hawke's Bay flood costs more than $10 million (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/hawkes-bay-flood-costs-more-than-10-million?fromrss=1)
It's OK for a Kiwi to coach the Wallabies, but not to fly planes decked out in green and gold.
Source: Upset at Kiwis flying Wallaby-themed jets (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/upset-at-kiwis-flying-wallaby-themed-jets?fromrss=1)
DRYING OUT: A fortnight after the April 27 deluge, farmer John Ross ponders the value of a fenceline of debris left behind when tiny streams became a wall-to-wall flood across Waiatai Valley.
Source: Flood just another price to pay for living in paradise (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/flood-just-another-price-to-pay-for-living-in-paradise?fromrss=1)
Daniel Henshall has a face you might recognise from playing the goofball boyfriend in a series of Telstra commercials, roles in All Saints, Rescue and Out of the Blue or on stage at Belvoir St Theatre.
Source: Suburban psycho (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/suburban-psycho?fromrss=1)
Sydney barrister Tom Bathurst was today appointed the 17th chief justice of the NSW Supreme Court.
Source: Tom Bathurst is new Chief Justice (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/tom-bathurst-is-new-chief-justice?fromrss=1)
A Super 15 star is facing serious assault charges, after an incident south of Auckland.
Source: Super 15 star faces assault charges (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/super-15-star-faces-assault-charges?fromrss=1)
A boatload of 32 asylum seekers found in Australian waters will be the first to be sent to Malaysia, Papua New Guinea or another country under a contentious new strategy to deter future refugees from making the same journey, an official said Saturday.
Source: Australia says 32 asylum seekers will be sent to Malaysia, Papua New Guinea or 3rd country (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/australia-says-32-asylum-seekers-will-be-sent-to-malaysia-papua-new-guinea-or-3rd-country?fromrss=1)
An Australian man charged with 89 people-smuggling offences, many of which relate to last year's deadly Christmas Island boat disaster, has made a brief appearance in the Perth Magistrates Court.
Source: Accused people-smuggler fronts court in WA (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/accused-people-smuggler-fronts-court-in-wa?fromrss=1)
The book's striking photos include this one, which shows Mangonui's Nathan Ngaropo inspiring his team mates with a heartfelt karakia before the big kick-off. Even after living in Vancouver for 22 years, Kiwi expat Gregory Crow harbours a deep love of rugby and his country.
Source: Passionate tribute to the grassroots game (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/passionate-tribute-to-the-grassroots-game?fromrss=1)
Three people have died in separate crashes on South Australian roads. A 19-year-old P-plater died when her car crashed into a tree on Seiboths Road at Flaxman Valley about 2pm on Saturday.
Source: Three dead in separate SA road accidents (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/three-dead-in-separate-sa-road-accidents?fromrss=1)
Thexton Armstrong has already established five New Zealand franchised offices - in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.
Source: Successful consultancy seeks franchisees (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/successful-consultancy-seeks-franchisees?fromrss=1)
Cab driver Stephen Earea left his passenger lying on the side of a road when he was unable to find his address.
Source: Payout: Woman wins $760K for bungled taxi trip (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/payout-woman-wins-760k-for-bungled-taxi-trip?fromrss=1)
A strong earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday.
Source: 6.5 magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/6-5-magnitude-quake-hits-off-papua-new-guinea-coast?fromrss=1)
A large part of society still regards education with a jaundiced eye. HOW many slogans have we endured over the years telling us that if we want to advance Australia, fairly or otherwise, we need to use our cranial neurons instead of merely our biceps? The most unfortunate must have been Bob Hawke's contribution, The Clever Country, which, about 23 ...
Source: Working class boganism stealing our best ... (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/working-class-boganism-stealing-our-best?fromrss=1)
The temperatures of Sydney's western suburbs fell below freezing today as the run of extremely cold mornings continued across much of south-eastern Australia.
Source: South-eastern Australia wakes to a deep freeze (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/south-eastern-australia-wakes-to-a-deep-freeze?fromrss=1)
Tonga is trying to soothe a strained relationship with neighbouring Fiji after being accused of helping a former Fiji army chief flee sedition charges.
Source: Tonga tries to soothe angry Fiji (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/tonga-tries-to-soothe-angry-fiji?fromrss=1)
AN Australian man deported from Indonesia has appeared in a Perth court on 89 people-smuggling charges, some of them relating to last year's Christmas Island boat disaster.
Source: Alleged people smuggler faces 89 charges (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/alleged-people-smuggler-faces-89-charges?fromrss=1)
Launch point: Afghan asylum seekers, who were caught while on their way to Australia, walk to a temporary shelter at Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Source: Australia offloads its first boatload of asylum seekers (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/australia-offloads-its-first-boatload-of-asylum-seekers?fromrss=1)
DETROIT police have released a mug shot of the lottery millionaire accused of gunning down Australian real estate developer Greg McNicol with a high-powered revolver.
Source: Photo released of Aussie man's accused killer (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/photo-released-of-aussie-mans-accused-killer?fromrss=1)
More than 1 million feral camels are thrashing the remote Australian desert, destroying water supplies and disturbing Aboriginal communities to the tune of 10 million Australian dollars a year.
Source: Camels in Australia? 1 million causing havoc (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/camels-in-australia-1-million-causing-havoc?fromrss=1)
THE federal government has unveiled its blueprint for the future of the nation's 18 largest cities with a warning that it's prepared to "intimidate" opponents if necessary.
Source: Cities growth plan launched (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/cities-growth-plan-launched?fromrss=1)
New Zealand's government Thursday unveiled a bleak annual budget that forecasts a record deficit following a devastating earthquake earlier this year.
Source: New Zealand gets bleak budget as government deficit peaks, but looks to surplus in 4 years (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/new-zealand-gets-bleak-budget-as-government-deficit-peaks-but-looks-to-surplus-in-4-years?fromrss=1)
Sisters Maria-Fe Rohrlach and Bernadine Guilleux are the North Island winners of this year's RWNZ Enterprising Rural Women Award.
Source: Bay of Plenty sisters show enterprise (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/bay-of-plenty-sisters-show-enterprise?fromrss=1)
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says a deal with Malaysia on processing asylum seekers is on track.
Source: Malaysia deal on track: Gillard (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/malaysia-deal-on-track-gillard?fromrss=1)
IT'S official. The universe is slowly fading away into the distance. An invisible force thought to be pushing the cosmos ever faster apart does exist, Australian astronomers have concluded.
Source: Einstein was right all along: the future is dark (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/einstein-was-right-all-along-the-future-is-dark?fromrss=1)
The Second International Earth and Sky Photo Contest celebrates images that combine the beauties of the night sky with a notable location or landmark on Earth.
Source: Photos focus on night-sky wonders and worries (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/photos-focus-on-night-sky-wonders-and-worries?fromrss=1)
It's a hard life working on the front line of the mining boom to build our nation's prosperity.
Source: The softies' challenge: adapting to success (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/the-softies-challenge-adapting-to-success?fromrss=1)
JOHN HOWARD says he would have done nothing different on the intervention, which was ''absolutely necessary''. The ''lack of responsibility and the failures of the Northern Territory government were appalling'', the former prime minister said.
Source: It was right to step in, Howard insists (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/it-was-right-to-step-in-howard-insists?fromrss=1)
Disputed territory Lindsay Murdoch May 21, 2011 Banjo Morton ... ''We are finished with the intervention.'' Photo: Angela Wylie In the first of a series, Lindsay Murdoch reviews the successes - and failures - of the federal intervention, four years on.
Source: Aboriginal land (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/aboriginal-land?fromrss=1)
CAMPBELL Newman will demand more infrastructure cash from the federal government if he becomes Queensland premier, but he has stopped short of saying he would follow Western Australia's lead of lifting mining royalties.
Source: Qld needs more infrastructure cash: Newman (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/qld-needs-more-infrastructure-cash-newman?fromrss=1)
OPPOSITION senators will press for answers on the fate of 91 missing boat people who left Indonesia last November, as part of a wide-ranging attack on the government's handling of asylum seekers.
Source: Labor to be grilled over lost boat people (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/labor-to-be-grilled-over-lost-boat-people?fromrss=1)
WOMEN are having unnecessary caesareans and cases of genital mutilation and medical errors have gone unreported owing to a culture of tribal loyalty among obstetricians, a health sociologist says.
Source: Obstetricians accused of tribal arrogance (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/obstetricians-accused-of-tribal-arrogance?fromrss=1)
Down a hole ... fibre optic cables being installed in Kiama for the national broadband network.
Source: NBN Armidale launches with 7 customers (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/nbn-armidale-launches-with-7-customers?fromrss=1)
A Wanaka bar has taken to helping deal with Central Otago's rabbit plague by offering half-price beer to patrons who bring in dead rabbits.
Source: New Zealand bar offers half-price beer for dead rabbits (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/new-zealand-bar-offers-half-price-beer-for-dead-rabbits?fromrss=1)
While the ETS is unloved by farmers for the spin put out by the likes of Greenpeace, Federated Farmers lobbying saved the average farm $27,000 p.a. while getting an uplift in research.
Source: Big wins for farmers (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/big-wins-for-farmers?fromrss=1)
David Hicks, former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. David Hicks says this picture was a "boy's trophy shot", taken in Albania.
Source: Al-Qaeda? Who? I had no idea, says Hicks (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/al-qaeda-who-i-had-no-idea-says-hicks?fromrss=1)
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday that she did not yet plan to meet with the Dalai Lama when he visits Australia next month, but acknowledged that the nation expected her to receive the revered Tibetan spiritual leader.
Source: Australian PM has no plans to meet Dalai Lama (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/australian-pm-has-no-plans-to-meet-dalai-lama?fromrss=1)
Winter is set to arrive one week early, with weather forecasters warning Victorians to rug up from tomorrow as an icy southerly wind blasts the state.
Source: Brace for icy blast as winter comes early (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/brace-for-icy-blast-as-winter-comes-early?fromrss=1)
GOVERNMENTS are wasting more than $2 billion a year trying to lure Australians to the regions and are short-changing the ''bolting'' growth areas of western Sydney and coastal cities such as Coffs Harbour and Nowra where people are choosing to move, a new report has found.
Source: Growing pain for centres $2b out of pocket (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/growing-pain-for-centres-2b-out-of-pocket?fromrss=1)
IMMIGRATION officials last night revealed the government ''hid'' $129.97 million in the budget to set up a regional processing centre for asylum seekers.
Source: $130m hidden in budget for asylum centre (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/130m-hidden-in-budget-for-asylum-centre?fromrss=1)
As a shopper, have you ever pondered what sort of mark-up the retailer has slapped on to the pair of Levi's jeans or Adidas runners that you're about to try on? Turns out consumers reckon a 35 per cent mark-up by the shop would be fair in order to make a profit, according to a survey out today by the Australia Institute.
Source: Retailers' mark-ups under threat from online (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/retailers-mark-ups-under-threat-from-online?fromrss=1)
The Kwinana Freeway and Perth (http://www.topix.com/au/perth)'s riverside roads will flood (http://www.topix.com/news/flood) every two weeks and parks and beaches including Cottesloe will disappear by 2100, according to sea-level rise predictions released by the federal government's Climate Commissioner yesterday.
Source: WA beaches, parks, to 'disappear' by 2100 (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/wa-beaches-parks-to-disappear-by-2100?fromrss=1)
A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch.
Source: Compressed air pumped into trucker's body made him a human balloon (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/compressed-air-pumped-into-truckers-body-made-him-a-human-balloon?fromrss=1)
Deadly disease find triggers bat warning Megan Levy May 25, 2011 - 11:11AM A flying fox found at Bairnsdale tested positive for a rare but fatal disease that can be passed to humans.
Source: Deadly disease triggers bat warning (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/deadly-disease-triggers-bat-warning?fromrss=1)
Frank Bainimarama has rejected claims that the 2014 election will not go ahead Fiji's regime leader Frank Bainimarama has rejected claims that the 2014 election will not go ahead, dismissing the man who made them as a "little kid who doesn't know what's happening". A former Fiji government insider, Lieutenant Colonel Tevita Mara, fled to Tonga ...
Source: Bainimarama rejects election claims (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/bainimarama-rejects-election-claims?fromrss=1)
Mike and Jeanne Meier of Poulsbo took the North Kitsap Herald with them on vacation to Rarotonga, one of the northern Cook Islands, northeast of New Zealand.
Source: goes on vacation to Rarotonga (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/goes-on-vacation-to-rarotonga?fromrss=1)
A New Zealand truck driver who inflated "like a balloon" when he fell buttocks-first onto a compressed air nozzle is being described as lucky to be alive.
Source: Truckie 'blew up like balloon' in freak accident (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/truckie-blew-up-like-balloon-in-freak-accident?fromrss=1)
John Butler and Kasey Chambers are again among the nominees for the annual APRA Music Awards after their respective songs Revolution and Little Bird earned praise from their peers.
Source: 2011 APRA Music Awards nominees announced (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/2011-apra-music-awards-nominees-announced?fromrss=1)
ALMOST half of all Australians working indoors will come out of the winter months lacking in vitamin D, a new study has found.
Source: Indoor workers 'suffer Vitamin D deficiency' (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/indoor-workers-suffer-vitamin-d-deficiency?fromrss=1)
After news that Britain's beloved Marmite has been removed from supermarket shelves in Denmark it emerged Thursday that Australia's favorite spread, Vegemite, has also been added to the Scandanavian country's banned list.
Source: Ovaltine, Vegemite Banned in Denmark (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/ovaltine-vegemite-banned-in-denmark?fromrss=1)
A Perth boy stalked a US girl for months, but it was the Domino's pizza he ordered online and sent to her home that allowed US investigators to track him down.
Source: Pizza order leads US police to Aussie teen (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/pizza-order-leads-us-police-to-aussie-teen?fromrss=1)
WOMEN will not break the glass ceiling until Australia embraces a go-home-for-dinner corporate culture, says the head of one of the country's largest companies.
Source: Eating the glass ceiling (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/eating-the-glass-ceiling?fromrss=1)
HEINZ Australia will shed more than 300 jobs when it moves some of its Victoria, NSW and Queensland operations to New Zealand, it announced today.
Source: Jobs canned as Heinz shifts work offshore (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/jobs-canned-as-heinz-shifts-work-offshore?fromrss=1)
YULARA, the tourist resort set in central Australia with Uluru and the Olgas in the middle distance, finally became totally Aboriginal-owned this week, completing the process that started 26 years ago with the handover of Ayers Rock to traditional owners.
Source: Indigenous jobs are focus for new Uluru resort owners (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/indigenous-jobs-are-focus-for-new-uluru-resort-owners?fromrss=1)
Asylum-seekers and their children at the Christmas Island detention centre's family camp.
Source: Asylum-seeker children in suicide bids and 'self harm' (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/asylum-seeker-children-in-suicide-bids-and-self-harm?fromrss=1)
Roland Marbaugh wrote 509 pages of his tales of war -- from the swampy Solomon Islands in World War II to the frozen Chosin Reservoir in Korea.
Source: Warriors Become Walking Libraries (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/warriors-become-walking-libraries?fromrss=1)
When oil trader Jimmy Dyer ended his Australian retirement to join commodity firm Arcadia Petroleum in 2006, London's financial press said he was like an English Premier League soccer star hoping to lead a second-tier team to glory.
Source: US Financial Regulators Investigate Aussie Oil Trader (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/us-financial-regulators-investigate-aussie-oil-trader?fromrss=1)