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Santos sees no threat to LNG plans for Papua New Guinea, Gladstone : SANTOS has assured investors its multi-billion-dollar LNG projects planned for Gladstone and Papua New Guinea are on track and that the company does not believe controversy over land-ownership and access will threaten either. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

$80000 a day goes into pokie machines : by John Cousins | The scale of the problem has been revealed in latest figures from the Internal Affairs Department, which controls gambling in New Zealand . It shows that the recession has barely put a dent in the amount ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

AUSTRALIA A KEY PARTNER IN INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH : ... reaffirmed ADB's strong partnership with Australia during an official three-day visit aimed at further strengthening cooperation between Australia and ADB in joint efforts to fight poverty and promote development in the Asia and Pacific region. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Mental health experts brief COAG meeting : "Poor access to coordinated, quality care is a solvable problem that leads to increased social exclusion of Australians with severe and persistent mental illness ," the three experts said in a statement after the briefing. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Crime rates increase during Ramadhan : The Jakarta Police say that in the 30-day period around the start of Ramadhan crime rates increased by 9 percent. Jakarta Police deputy chief Brig. Gen. Suhardi Alius said here on Thursday that the trend reversed the ongoing one of the previous two ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Enforcement teams take food, drink samples to ensure no contamination : “The results of the samples that we took probably can be made known by today or next week,” he stated when contacted by The Borneo Post yesterday. Thus far, he said, none of the food and drink samples that they had taken earlier were found to be ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Red Scorpions, Hells Angels, Independent Soldiers, UN gang among the notorious : Roueche has been serving a 30-year sentence in the US since his arrest there in 2008 on drug trafficking charges. Conor D'Monte, 33, who police say is now the leader of the UN, has been charged with the 2009 first-degree murder of a Red Scorpions ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Oral health and social and emotional well-being in a birth cohort of ... This study sought to investigate associations between oral health-related factors and social and emotional well-being in a birth cohort of young Aboriginal adults residing in the northern region of Australia's Northern Territory. ...

Police uncover $2m of cannabis in Adelaide's western suburbs : ... had a prior conviction for drug trafficking . The packaged cannabis was found in a Thebarton warehouse. Police Assistant Commissioner Grant Stevens said yesterday that the "substantial" seizure was one of the biggest he had seen in South Australia . ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

The not so tall tale of indigenous key position players : "In the remote areas of Central Australia where [Melbourne's] Liam Jurrah comes from, the male indigenous body type tends to me more like 185 or 188 centimetres," Mifsud said. "The Kimberley also generally has taller Aboriginal males. ... WA today

Kids in limbo: Australia's growing reliance on juvenile remand : Most have experienced some form of poverty , abuse or neglect, and many have been exposed to criminal behaviour and drug use from an early age, frequently through immediate family or close relatives. Suffering from a lack of care and positive role ... ABC Online

Hundreds of homeless people turned away : A damning report has found about 48 people needing social services were turned away each day by non-government welfare organisations in Western Australia . The Australian Community Sector Survey 2011 found West Australians were denied services on about ... WA today

Mana 'proud to support' campaign to remove GST from food : " New Zealand already has 200000 children living in poverty , and yet, at a time when policies have enabled the top 150 people to make $7 billion, much of it through financial speculation, government refuses to take GST off food to help its own children ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Professor McGorry defends early intervention : Professor Patrick McGorry argues the early intervention model he promotes has been proven to reduce mental illness symptoms and reduce costs to the health system. TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Mental health expert and former Australian of the year Professor ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Asylum centre dismisses outspoken nurse : Photo: James Brickwood A MENTAL health nurse has been sacked from a Darwin detention centre for saying she believes mandatory detention contributes to mental illness in asylum seekers. A letter sent by her employer, International Health and Medical ... The Age

NZ child poverty « John Ansell : Poverty is starvation. Being only 60% as rich as the averge person is envy. Still, relative to 30 other First World nations, New Zealand's performance is ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

Quarter tonne of cannabis seized : Police Assistant Commissioner Grant Stevens said the "substantial" and "significant' seizure of dried cannabis was one of the biggest he had seen in South Australia . A police search of a property near Port Wakefield indicated that preparations were ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

UBF vows to fight for native supremacy : Kota Kinabalu: United Borneo Front (UBF) on Wednesday vowed it will fight for native supremacy particularly where native land ownership, native land rights, native customary rights and pusaka (heritage) land rights are concerned. ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

SA police seize 200kg of cannabis : A secret room in a suburban warehouse has led Adelaide police to 200 kilograms of dried cannabis , thought to be the largest ever haul of the drug in South Australia . Mr Stevens said police believed they had cracked a major syndicate with the drugs ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (Thailand) Malaysia | Tiếng Việt (Vietnam) EN - ASIA | English

'Indigenous people neglected by Western Australia Government - Opposition THREE new reports show that the West Australian Government has failed to provide basic services in Aboriginal communities, the state Opposition says. Regional Development spokesman Mark McGowan says the reports, compiled by the Goldfields Esperance ...