Latest and Most Recent Oceania News [June 2011 Bulletin]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The authorities in Australia have announced plans to send unaccompanied children seeking asylum to Malaysia.

Source: 1: Australia to deport lone children

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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