Latest and Most Recent Oceania News from Topix [May ‘11 Series]

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Staying safe but saving: A guide to food date stamps

The 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

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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

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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

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Five New Zealanders toured Estherville as part of a Group Study Exchange program sponsored by Rotary International.

Source: New Zealanders tour Estherville

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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

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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

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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.

Source: Uni chiefs' salaries

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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

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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

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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