Mercury Contamination Found In Stranded Victorian Dolphins ScienceDaily (June 11, 2008) — Monash University research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins from Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes...
Transporting you through time from the creation of the docks to the present day, the Docks and Dockers tour tells the truth about trade and the changing nature of production. This is an exclusive preview of the...
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Charles Darwin created a big controversy with his evolutionary theory and powerful church leaders castigated him. Now after 126 long years Church of England has realised their mistake and agreed to issue an an apology. Darwin in his theory had said that man descended from the...
Charges could be laid against the millionaire and his staff, when kangaroos chased off millionaire's property caused the animals crashed into fences and get caught in electric wire. "Dozens of men on quad bikes...
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Sad facts in state orphanages and foster homes...nearly half of the children said they have negative experience in care. " VULNERABLE children in Victorian state institutions were treated "as things, not human beings", a disturbing new report reveals. Children were...
" ACTOR Rupert Everett has apologised for calling British soldiers "wimps" and suggesting they joined the army to torture prisoners.The 49-year-old yesterday issued a lengthy statement apologising "without reserve" to the "many in this country, and hundreds and thousands of...
Rupert Everett, never far out of trouble, takes a swing at Britain's wartime soldiers. Perhaps he's confusing his movie lot experiences as an actor portraying a soldier as the same thing as being a soldier.Until...
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I didn't know the bicycle did more to the man, and especially woman, than just exercise and transportation. I would have to share this to my sister so she need not ask me to "move the trash in the garage" so she could park the car properly.
"Susan B. Anthony...
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One of the more interesting web-propagated art/DIY/culture memes has been steampunk, which involves the re-imagining of modern gadgetry using Victorian elements (a loose definition). Perhaps inevitably, the trend...
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U2 frontman Bono wants to spend a staggering $237.2 million turning thehotel he owns in his native Dublin into a spectacular city resort. Bono in partnership with The Edge bought the 156 year old ClarenceHotel...
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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The 24-27 August visit to Indonesia by a
delegation of Australian parliamentarians would represent another step
forward in strengthening ties and mutual understanding among lawmakers
in...
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"A crowd has marched to Parliament House in Melbourne to protest against the Victorian Government's $5 billion water plan. Around 200 country Victorians are at the Alexandra Gardens. They will march through the city to Parliament to protest against the plans to...
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"ALL Victorian licensed pubs, clubs, bars and gaming rooms become smoke-free from today as new laws take effect throughout the state.
Those who flout the smoking ban risk $110 on-the-spot fines, rising to up to...
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"A woman who led a successful Guinness Book of Records belly dance efforts has been appointed civic head of a town in the Highlands.
SNP councillor Liz MacDonald and a group of 134 dancers earned their entry with a five-minute routine in the seaside town in 2005.
Mrs...
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"This isn't the typical whispering you might expect to hear at a library.
Vienna's City Hall has launched a “sex hotline” to raise money for the capital's main public library, officials said Tuesday.
It's...
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