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NZ business confidence lifts as spring looms : The economy has stagnated under this incompetent regime. How come we should be happy with the above crystal ball gazing when yesterday's facts showed 227,000 children in NZ living in poverty . n absolute disgrace. We are not a third world country - or ...

Children's Commissioner unveils plan to combat child poverty By Lloyd Burr. The Children's Commissioner has released a plan to reduce child poverty , which includes a universal 'child payment', better welfare grants from the Government and establishing a 'Child Poverty Act'. The plan includes a 'food in schools' ...

Why Doctors Don't Read Some Medical Test Results : Doctors tend not to read the results of medical tests ordered on a patient's last day at the hospital, and this could cause doctors to miss worrisome findings, a new study from Australia suggests. In the study, 21.3 percent of tests ordered on a ...

Touching the 'void' reveals the richness of Aboriginal culture I think it's partly for this reason that I have no great love of the Australian landscape: I've seen far too much of the worst of it. Show me a picture of the Australian bush and memories of "I spy" flood into my mind, played in a state of travel ...

Rip-offs spark plea to return Aboriginal land permits : The Central Land Council (CLC) is calling on the Northern Territory and federal governments to bring back mandatory permits to enter remote Aboriginal communities. Under the federal intervention in the Northern Territory, entering an Aboriginal ...

Govt adds $4bn to dental scheme : "Labor believes we have a responsibility to ensure Australians who are least able to afford to go the dentist, and particularly children , should be given access to government-subsidised oral health care ," Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said in a ...

Australia mulls taking babies away : Annual budgets of more than three quarters of a billion dollars channelled into child protection appear to have little impact, with the number of kids in state care more than doubling over the decade. The inquiry this week referred to the Canadian ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Children's inquiry hears grim evidence on disabilities : ANNIE GUEST: Queensland has Australia's highest number of children in care - 8,000 - and one in four Queensland kids is known to child safety authorities. So the $6 million inquiry is garnering the latest research in its efforts to map a better child ...

Labor plugs the gap in dental health care : The package provides $2.7 billion in new funding for subsidised dental care for more than 3 million children , and $1.3 billion for services for adults on low incomes, including pensioners and concession card holders. "While Medicare and free hospital ...

Gillard's $4 billion dental fix : The package includes $2.7 billion for the treatment of children . “While Medicare and free hospital care have been a basic right for Australians for decades, millions of people in this country still go without adequate dental care ,” Ms Plibersek said. Sydney Morning Herald

Boot camps could help cut child detention An average of 92 children were held on remand nightly in 2010-11, Justice Department assistant director-general Steve Armitage told the hearing. This is 68 per cent of Queensland offenders held on remand while they wait to appear in court. Mr Armitage ...

What men want: flexible work : Men are increasingly wanting work flexibility to care for their children , but many are afraid to ask for fear of career penalties, according to two studies of Australian fathers released this week. Launching a report for the Diversity Council of ... The Australian Financial Review

Virgin Australia's risky corporate gamble : Over the same second-half period, Virgin Australia accelerated the growth in domestic capacity by 14.1 per cent, which is almost three times the long-run average. This expansion was on top of first-half growth in domestic capacity of 5.3 per cent.

Madonna cancels OZ show for children's sake "My children are my first priority and because they are older I can't take them with me on the road everywhere," she added. However, the singer assured her fans that she will put up her best show in Australia soon. "Please forgive me and know when I do ...

Prince Harry's tour of Australia in doubt The 27-year- old Royal - photographed naked while playing strip billiards during a break in the US gambling capital - was in the frame for a six-week trip down under, but will now have meetings with his father, Prince Charles, and The Queen to discuss ...

Lower House passes gay marriage laws : Tasmania's House of Assembly has passed a bill to allow gay couples to marry. After more ... The gay marriage bill will have a harder path through the state's upper house. ... Gay and lesbian couples had gathered in the public gallery to hear the bill ... Radio Australia

In Tasmania, lower house approves marriage for gay and lesbian couples : HOBART, Tasmania, Australia – After hours of civilized but emotional debate on same-sex marriage, broadcast to a global audience watching via the Internet, the Tasmania House of Assembly voted 13-11 on Thursday to approve marriage for gay and lesbian ... San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

Britney Spears' mental illness causes conservatorship woes: report : Because according to TMZ, Spears is dealing with a “serious medical issue” — one that she and her handlers do not want disclosed — and it's an illness that could extend the conservatorship of her affairs indefinitely. ... “Oblications” – a new ... Canada.com

Unmukt Chand has the class and temperament to graduate into senior level Many pundits compare him with his Delhi senior Virat Kohli and his performance in the finals against Australia shows that the comparison is a valid one. Chand, who was going through an average form ahead of this match, rose to the occasions and played ...

Seniors hail the Indian Under-19 team for their World Cup triumph - Cricket ... Following the senior team's triumph last year, the Indian fans are reveling in another victory after the Under-19 side clinched their third youth World Cup title by ousting Australia in the final. The senior players, who defeated New Zealand by an ...

Sydney museum pays £30k for Aboriginal shield at Lincoln auction A rare Aboriginal shield is to return to Australia after it fetched £30,000 at auction in Lincoln. Submitted as part of the BBC's popular Flog It! programme, the lot stole the show at Golding Young and Mawer as the cameras rolled. ​ Shield. A rare ...

County councillor to address international conference on suicide : Cllr Roche will be addressing the Console World Suicide Prevention Day conference at Croke Park on the issue of suicide , the human experience. Speakers from the US and Australia will join the Deputy Mayor of Galway County Council at the conference ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity