Fed: Farmers able to get funding for innovation

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2000
Fed: Farmers able to get funding for innovation

CANBERRA, Aug 1 AAP - The government has called for innovative farmers to put up their
proposals to win federal funding.

Agriculture Minister Warren Truss announced today applications were being taken for
the $18 million farm innovation program.

It is part of a range of initiatives announced in this year's Budget aimed at rural areas.

Under the program, businesses and individuals will be able to get funding for innovative
practices, process and products in primary industries.

"The feedback from business operators in the agricultural, food, fishing and forestry
industries suggests that significant change is more likely to occur when they can see
practical and tangible results, particularly those developed by others like them," he
said in a statement.

"This program could be the answer for producers who want to manage change better and
make their business more productive and profitable, or who have a good new idea they want
to implement."

Applicants need to operate as registered businesses with a turnover of between $50,000
and $3 million in any of the preceding three years.

Selected projects will be funded to up to 50 per cent of the total cost, with initial
applications closing by September 29.

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NSW: Pair arrested for stings on elderly

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2000
NSW: Pair arrested for stings on elderly

SYDNEY, Feb 15 AAP - Two people will appear in a Sydney court today after being charged
in relation to a series of robberies of elderly people.

A 22-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man were charged yesterday after more than 20
elderly western Sydney residents were robbed, allegedly after the woman entered their
homes posing as a Housing Department official.

The pair have been charged with 26 counts of stealing and will appear in Fairfield
Local Court today.

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KEYWORD: ELDERLY

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What the papers say today, Tuesday, December 14, 1999

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-1999
What the papers say today, Tuesday, December 14, 1999

SYDNEY, Dec 14 AAP - One could only sympathise with Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson
yesterday as he tried to deny the Government wants a two-tiered wage system for the city
and bush, the Canberra Times says in its editorial.

In denying the Government wants such a system he appeared to contradict Treasurer Peter
Costello, who had mused that lowering minimum wages in rural and regional areas might
be one way of tackling unemployment, it says.

The paper notes an Australian Local Government Association report that city-bush income
inequality was growing.

"Now it is true that part of the reason for this disparity is the reluctance of enterprises
to locate their operations outside the metropolitan areas, and the consequent higher unemployment
rates in the bush," it adds.

"Some way must be found of attracting business back to the bush, it continues. "The
question is whether it is fair of proper for this to be done by formalising and legitimising
wage inequality?"

A little more than a week ago the fiasco of the Seattle World Trade Organisation meeting
caused much international hand-wringing about stymied free trade, the Adelaide Advertiser
says in its editorial.

"Last weekend the heads of the European Union gathered in Helsinki and added to the
number of countries eligible for membership.

"It is now likely that by the middle of the next decade a united Europe will stretch
from (mainly Muslim) Turkey through the Aegean to the Baltic, perhaps 28 nation states,
constituent members of the new, second superstate," it says.

"This is an enormous challenge for Australia as it seeks to redefine its 21st century
trade and economic relationships."





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KEYWORD: EDITORIALS

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FED: Conservationists have a lot to answer for, says Katter

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-1999
FED: Conservationists have a lot to answer for, says Katter

Queensland Federal MP BOB KATTER says conservationists are partly responsible for
Australia's world record youth suicide rate.

Mr KATTER, the member for Kennedy in north Queensland, says green activists have forced
regional industries to close.

He says there's been a similar upward trend of youth unemployment and youth suicide over
the past 30 years.

He's told AAP the hardship of unemployment has resulted in young people becoming so unhappy
that they decide they would rather be dead.

Mr KATTER says Australia has the highest youth suicide rate in the world and at least part
of the blame lies with conservationists.





He says the green movement wants to close down Queensland's sugar industry even though the
industry has adopted magnificent conservation practices.

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KEYWORD: JOBS KATTER (BRISBANE)

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NSW: ALP wouldn t get power sale through = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-1999
NSW: ALP wouldn t get power sale through = 2

Mr Phillips strongly pushed the importance of an imminent sale for getting a good price for
the assets.

"I am genuinely and really concerned that NSW is missing a great opportunity," he told the
conference.

He referred to the Victorian government's sale of its gas industry in which US company
Texas Utilities paid $1.6 billion for the gas distribution and retail business, Westar-Kinetik
Energy.

The price, revealed last week, was well up on the expected price of $1.4 billion.

"The market's not always this good, it's not always this …

FED:Canberra New Year fireworks

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2011
FED:Canberra New Year fireworks

CANBERRA, Dec 31 AAP - Tens of thousands are expected to flock to Civic for New Year's
Eve celebrations.

Two spectacular fireworks displays are planned, the first with young children in mind
at 9pm (AEST), ahead of the traditional display at midnight.

Each show will last for about 15 minutes, and should be visible throughout central Canberra.

Former Cold Chisel star Ian Moss will entertain New Year's Eve revellers in Civic Square
as the sun sets on 2011.

The multi-ARIA award winning musician, best known as the guitarist and occasional singer
for Cold Chisel during the 1980s, will give two performances, the first at 8.30pm (AEDT),
the second immediately after the 9pm (AEDT) fireworks display.

Other New Year's entertainment includes local Canberra bands Heuristic and the Bridge
Between, and a dance party in Garema Place from 9pm (AEDT).

The dance party will feature Ministry of Sound's Chris Fraser, DJ Rawson, KG and DJ Rush.

The Civic Square and Garema Place events are alcohol-free to encourage a safe and friendly
atmosphere.

ACTION Buses will operate to a normal Saturday timetable, with the Nightrider service
also available. More details are available at www.action.act.gov.au.

Ambulance personnel and police will be on hand.

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KEYWORD: EVE ACT

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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 27

AAP General News (Australia)
02-27-2009
HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, Feb 27

MELBOURNE - Treasurer Wayne Swan has warned the federal government could move to cap
soaring executive salaries he says have reached "sickening" levels. (Pacific Swan)

MELBOURNE - Australian clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands has defended itself against
reports executives were given a pay rise of up to 170 per cent as the company planned
to sack more than 1,800 workers. (Pacific Update)

ADELAIDE - Industry Minister Kim Carr is scrambling to recover after a gaffe over the
security of Australian jobs, declaring the federal government is standing …