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Households could save $240m on powerA campaign to help households reduce their power bills could save consumers up to $240 million a year.
Source: Households could save $240m on power (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/households-could-save-240m-on-power?fromrss=1)
R: Judge Russell Johnson, Judge Paul von Dadelszen, Judge Peter Boshier - special sitting of the Napier District Court.
Source: Country's longest serving judge signs off (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/countrys-longest-serving-judge-signs-off?fromrss=1)
Australia's government urged companies on Monday to tighten vigilance over cyber attacks launched offshore against some of the world's biggest resource firms and other businesses, warning high-tech threats were intensifying.
Source: Australia warns on cyber attacks on resource firms (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/australia-warns-on-cyber-attacks-on-resource-firms?fromrss=1)
MILITARY GONG: Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae, has been awarded Singapore's highest military award.
Source: Sir Jerry's top military award (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/sir-jerrys-top-military-award?fromrss=1)
Sandy Joel, a native of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, moved to Springdale 10 years ago to be closer to her granddaughter and also work as some sort of educator.
Source: Nonprofit Organizations: Groups Eye Outreach (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/nonprofit-organizations-groups-eye-outreach?fromrss=1)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Monday intensified her campaign for a carbon tax as 140 prominent citizens joined calls backing her divisive proposal.
Source: Australia PM ramps up carbon tax campaign (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/australia-pm-ramps-up-carbon-tax-campaign?fromrss=1)
Slaughter cruelty shocks animal campaigners WARNING: GRAPHIC VISION. Video released by the RSPCA of slaughter conditions in Indonesia has prompted calls for a ban on live exports.
Source: Jakarta calls for calm in cattle row (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/jakarta-calls-for-calm-in-cattle-row?fromrss=1)
Darwin and other parts of Northern Australia have just had their coldest May on record.
Source: Coldest May on record for Darwin (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/coldest-may-on-record-for-darwin?fromrss=1)
New Zealand's earthquake-devastated Canterbury region faces an almost one-in-four chance of another powerful tremor in the next 12 months, government scientists said on Tuesday.
Source: Scientists warn of more quake danger (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/scientists-warn-of-more-quake-danger?fromrss=1)
Perth's staggering drop in property prices has been laid bare with figures released today showing the city's median price is now lagging almost $50,000 behind Sydney.
Source: Perth property on the slide as Sydney ... (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/05/perth-property-on-the-slide-as-sydney?fromrss=1)
THE RSPCA took its concerns over the welfare of cattle exported to Indonesia to the federal government in writing two years ago.
Source: Trade put first when RSPCA tried to intervene (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/trade-put-first-when-rspca-tried-to-intervene?fromrss=1)
THE mining boom is good news for Australia, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told a meeting of miners in Canberra.
Source: Mining boom good news for Australia - PM (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/mining-boom-good-news-for-australia-pm?fromrss=1)
New Zealand prisoners are reportedly being offered carrot sticks to help them overcome nicotine cravings as jails prepare to go smoke-free next month.
Source: NZ prisoners given carrot sticks to quit smoking: report (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/nz-prisoners-given-carrot-sticks-to-quit-smoking-report?fromrss=1)
Children asylum seekers travelling alone to Australia will be sent to Malaysia as part of the government's so-called Malaysia solution.
Source: Children will be sent to Malaysia: Bowen (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/children-will-be-sent-to-malaysia-bowen?fromrss=1)
Australia's stonefruit growers have waited five years for permission to export their produce to China, the world's juiciest export market.
Source: Fruit growers battle for rights to China (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/fruit-growers-battle-for-rights-to-china?fromrss=1)
Australians are rapidly becoming players in the superyacht market owing to the strong Aussie dollar and distressed sellers in the US.
Source: Boats: Aussie super rich snap up superyachts (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/boats-aussie-super-rich-snap-up-superyachts?fromrss=1)
Elva Reynolds' late husband Winston assembling the television in 1958. New Zealand's oldest working television set has been found in Hokitika.
Source: 92-year-old Elva's homemade TV NZ's oldest (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/92-year-old-elvas-homemade-tv-nzs-oldest?fromrss=1)
Overall, less than six per cent of respondents could reasonably be classified as true climate change sceptics, the study by Griffith University researchers found.
Source: Climate change sceptics endangered (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/climate-change-sceptics-endangered?fromrss=1)
The authorities in Australia have announced plans to send unaccompanied children seeking asylum to Malaysia.
Source: 1: Australia to deport lone children (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/1-australia-to-deport-lone-children?fromrss=1)
A RECORD year of flooding has led to NSW dams, barely 20 per cent full 12 months ago now near or at capacity.
Source: Drought? It's water under the bridge now (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/drought-its-water-under-the-bridge-now?fromrss=1)
BELATEDLY the cruelty involved in Australia's trade in live animals was laid bloodied and bare in a grisly ABC Four Corners program.
Source: Blood boiling over cattle, cats and carbon tax (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/blood-boiling-over-cattle-cats-and-carbon-tax?fromrss=1)
Police and an inspector from the Department of Mines and Petroleum are investigating the incident Map: Karratha 6714 Police divers have joined the search for a man feared dead after an incident at a Rio Tinto wharf in Western Australia's north-west. Police say the man was reported missing after the scaffolding he was dismantling collapsed into the ...
Source: Man feared dead in mining port accident (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/man-feared-dead-in-mining-port-accident?fromrss=1)
SYDNEY'S failure to secure major international conferences, which are being routinely poached by Melbourne and Brisbane, has cost NSW half a billion dollars over the past five years.
Source: City's $500m lost opportunity (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/citys-500m-lost-opportunity?fromrss=1)
Australia's leader faces her toughest political test to date as she tries to sell the nation on a carbon tax that would lead to higher power prices while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: Australian PM faces toughest test on carbon tax (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/australian-pm-faces-toughest-test-on-carbon-tax?fromrss=1)
Maverick MP Bob Katter has launched a new political party he says will be a force to be reckoned with at the next federal and Queensland polls.
Source: Katter unveils 'unashamedly agriculture' party (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/katter-unveils-unashamedly-agriculture-party?fromrss=1)
Paul Henry says he's sorry for saying a Greenpeace activist had a moustache but has no regrets about any of the comments that led to his sacking as presenter on TVNZ's Breakfast programme.
Source: I'm cheeky not racist, says Henry (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/im-cheeky-not-racist-says-henry?fromrss=1)
While the rest of New Zealand has been focused on government budgets and red ink, of late we have turned to more humble matters: the pumpkin.
Source: Great pumpkin sure is jack o' all trades (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/great-pumpkin-sure-is-jack-o-all-trades?fromrss=1)
TENS of thousands of people have rallied around Australia to ''say yes'' to action on climate change.
Source: Impact on mining jobs trivial, report finds (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2011/06/impact-on-mining-jobs-trivial-report-finds?fromrss=1)