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• Strong economy helps Aussie banks enter global brand ranking

  

  Three of the ‘big four’ Australian banks have made the top 100 of a global survey of the world’s most valuable brands. The Brandz survey credits Australia’s strong economy for contributing to the growing value of Australian brands.

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• 1000 year-old coins found in Australia could rewrite history

  

  X marks the spot but could also help rewrite Australian history in the search for the origins of 1000 year-old coins found on an island off the north coast. Australian scientist Ian McIntosh is planning an expedition to explore the possibility seafarers landed in Australia much earlier than what is currently believed.

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• Migrating professionals say UK more desirable than Australia

  

  Australia has been edged out of second place by the UK, in an international survey which assesses countries on their desirability as relocation destinations for migrating professionals.

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• New legislation means Schapelle Corby a step closer to parole

  

  Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is expected to apply for parole after Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed legislation designed to clarify the position of foreigners within the country’s legal system.

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• Australian aid may be propping up al-Assad’s Syrian regime

  

  Leaders of Australia’s Syrian community have urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to ensure that Australian aid does not contribute to propping up the administration of President Bashar al-Assad.

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• Tickets sold for Gallipoli 2015 should be refunded, says minister

  

  Veterans Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon says tour companies that have sold tickets to Gallipoli 2015 events should give the money back.

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• Aussie’s sexual assault claim against Jackson ‘pathetic’, says lawyer

  

  Australian choreographer Wade Robson’s sexual assault allegation against Michael Jackson has been rejected by a lawyer representing Jackson’s estate.

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• Melbourne leads way for Australian unis in global ranking

  

  Five Australian institutions feature prominently in a discipline-based list of the world’s top universities, with University of Melbourne leading the way.

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• Aussie aid program gets good review from OECD committee

  

  Australia has received a favourable review from its peers despite making revisions to its foreign aid spending over the past year.

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• Australia ranked 10th best place to be a mother, UK 23rd

  

  Australia has been ranked the tenth best place in the world to be a mother, with the UK coming in 23rd. The global survey by charity Save the Children ranked 176 countries using indicators including maternal health, women’s education, income and political status.

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• Spy claims won’t hurt Korea ties: Carr

  

  Foreign Minister Bob Carr won’t directly comment on reports South Korea was caught conducting economic espionage in Australia.

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• David Hicks to appeal conviction for supporting terrorism

  

  Australian David Hicks has announced that he intends to launch an appeal against the conviction for terrorism that found him detained at Guantanamo Bay, following a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals that has thrown a number of ‘War on Terror’ convictions into question.

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• Protestor interrupts dawn service at Gallipoli’s Anzac Cove

  

  A protester has interrupted the annual dawn service at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli this morning, claiming that Australian police were trying to kill him.

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• Aussie diggers to race Prince Harry in charity trek to the South Pole

  

  Two Australian soldiers will take part in a charity expedition across the Antarctic to the South Pole with Prince Harry later this year to raise money for wounded soldiers.

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• Mining magnate Gina Rinehart in Time Magazine’s Top 100

  

  Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, 59, who believes “beauty is an iron mine”, is included in Time Magazine’s List of the 100 most influential people. She is listed alongside Barack and Michelle Obama, Steven Spielberg, Kate Middleton, Jay Z and Beyonce.

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• Boston bombing suspect possible link to radical Aussie Muslim cleric

  

  Radical Australian preacher Feiz Mohammad has reportedly been cited by Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, with a YouTube user by that name believed to have shared videos of the controversial Muslim cleric online.

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• Pressure on Australia as NZ legalises same-sex marriage

  

  Australian lawmakers are under increased pressure to re-evaluate their stance on gay marriage today after New Zealand became the first nation in the Asia-Pacific region to support marriage equality in a historic vote taken in yesterday’s Parliament.

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• Fears for Australian runners registered in Boston Marathon

  

  The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is continuing to account for 153 Australian nationals that were registered to run in Boston Marathon yesterday, with the death toll of a suspected terrorist bombing at the event rising to three overnight.

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• Former defence chief Cosgrove calls for EU-style ‘Pacific Union’

  

  FORMER defence force chief General Peter Cosgrove has called for the creation of a European Union style economic zone in the Pacific region in order to stimulate growth in developing nations.

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• Australia seals historic deal on annual talks with China

  

  Australia has boosted 40 years of diplomatic relations with China to a new high through an agreement for an annual “strategic dialogue.”

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