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Financial and resource stocks led the market lower today after disappointing economic data from Europe worried investors.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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Insurance Australia Group has posted a 10.6 per cent fall in half-year profit due largely to a record number of natural disaster claims last year.
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After the surprise resignation of Kevin Rudd as Foreign Affairs Minister on Wednesday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard issued a statement thanking Mr Rudd for his service but questioned his lack of dialogue with her.
Topics: alp, government-and-politics, federal-government, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin, australia
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Look back on the key statements made by Kevin Rudd as he resigned as Foreign Affairs Minister and eyed a possible challenge for the prime ministership.
Topics: alp, federal-government, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, rudd-kevin, australia
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Gay couples line up from the crack of dawn and share their joy as they sign up for Queensland civil unions - a move they say is a step in the right direction.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, family-and-children, marriage, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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David Jones says conservative consumer behaviour continues to hurt sales and it does not know when they will return to growth.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, retail, australia
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A key Kevin Rudd ally, federal minister Kim Carr, has accused Julia Gillard's camp of dirty tricks as senior ministers begin to speak out in favour of their former leader.
Topics: alp, political-parties, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin, federal-government, australia, qld
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Virgin Australia has announced plans to restructure its business to attract more foreign investment.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, air-transport, australia
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Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein joined the Labor leadership war today, urging "ordinary people" to back her husband in the campaign against Julia Gillard.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, rudd-kevin, alp, political-parties, australia
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The Australian share market has dipped after weak economic data from China, Europe and the United States dampened trade on markets in Europe and the US overnight.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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Fairfax Media has hinted that more job cuts are set to come as it reported a 41 per cent fall in first-half net profit to $96.7 million and outlined moves to restructure its operations.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, australia
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The General Insurance Ombudsman has expressed concern that workers in the industry do not always understand the policies they sell.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, insurance, australia
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Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd attacked each other's leadership credentials as the Prime Minister announced a Monday morning spill to settle the ALP's bitter civil war "for all time".
Topics: federal-parliament, federal-government, alp, rudd-kevin, australia, united-states
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Simon Crean and Wayne Swan led the attacks on Kevin Rudd this morning as Labor's warlords upped the ante ahead of a leadership spill next week.
Topics: alp, government-and-politics, federal-government, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin, australia
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Former foreign minister Kevin Rudd is keeping quiet in the wake of his sudden resignation after a turbulent 24 hours of in-fighting amongst Labor leaders and powerbrokers.
Topics: government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, federal-government, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin, united-states, australia
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard will today call a leadership spill to resolve the ALP civil war unleashed by Kevin Rudd's resignation yesterday.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, alp, rudd-kevin, gillard-julia, australia
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If you are someone who swears, honks your horn in traffic or speaks loudly on the phone at a restaurant then today is the day to curb your "ungentlemanly" ways.
Topics: men, women, family-and-children, relationships, australia, qld, brisbane-4000
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Qantas is facing two investigations after reportedly not warning staff last week before announcing sackings and closures.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, occupational-health-and-safety, unions, australia
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The share market closed marginally higher today despite a positive lead from Wall Street overnight and the passage of a second Greek bailout package yesterday.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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Kevin Rudd has resigned as Foreign Minister, saying he will not be part of Labor's leadership "soap opera" and effectively heading off any move to sack him.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, alp, australia
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New South Wales Police say they are targeting a number of "rogue" trucking companies, after raids this morning on a firm linked to a fatal smash on Sydney's southern outskirts last month.
Topics: road, law-crime-and-justice, police, traffic-offences, death, menangle-2568, enfield-2136, nsw, act, wollongong-2500, australia
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Shares in Ten Network Holdings have fallen sharply after the company warned that its half-year profits would be significantly lower than last year's result.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, australia
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Australia's largest media company, Seven West Media, says it expects to increase market share across its television, newspaper and online businesses this year.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, australia, wa
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The NRL's McIntyre finals system has been scrapped in favour of the AFL play-offs model for the 2012 season.
Topics: sport, rugby-league, nrl, australia
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Suncorp says it will hike its premiums to deal with future natural disasters as it posts a 74 per cent jump in half-year profit and warns of a challenging outlook.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, insurance, storm-disaster, australia
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