QLD: Police seek answers on weapons find at school

AAP General News (Australia)
02-05-2009
QLD: Police seek answers on weapons find at school

By Crystal Ja

GOLD COAST, Feb 5 AAP - Police with metal detectors are searching a Gold Coast primary
school after two rifles were found partially buried beneath a classroom.

Children as young as eight found the rifles, one of which was loaded, as they foraged
under a building at Musgrave Hill State School on Monday.

Despite a public appeal for information, police are yet to establish how the guns came
to be stashed there and why police were not alerted until Wednesday.

It's alleged the children told staff about their find, but …

NTT Com Strengthens Unified Communications Services for Arcstar Global IP-VPN Users

Wireless News
06-07-2011
NTT Com Strengthens Unified Communications Services for Arcstar Global IP-VPN Users
Type: News

NTT Communications Corp. (NTT Com) said that its Arcstar Unified Communications Services will introduce the SIP Trunking Plan to allow Arcstar Global IP-VPN users to dial external lines for low- rate voice communications worldwide.

According to the Company, the service initially will be offered to customers in Singapore and then gradually expanded to cover other regions, making the plan available worldwide by March 2012. Incoming calls from external lines will be covered under the plan from April 2012 at the earliest.
The SIP Trunking Plan will reduce total cost of ownership by unifying voice and data communications over Arcstar Global IP-VPN. Operation and maintenance will also be simplified by this one-stop solution combining the necessary systems and hardware for voice and data, including network and devices (VoIP gateway).

Arcstar Unified Communications Services currently offer IP-based internal dialing among global offices, including within Japan, under the Extension Plan. The newly expanded Arcstar Unified Communications Services will provide globally seamless unified voice, video, web conferencing, voice messaging, presence and instant messaging for Arcstar Global IP-VPN, backed by NTT Com's experience in networks, cloud computing and data centers.

To further meet growing market needs for low-cost worldwide internal/external voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) services, Arcstar Unified Communications Services noted that it will add two more plans this year: the UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) Plan in August and the Contact Center Plan for globally seamless SaaS call-center services in December. Enterprise customers will be able to enhance the efficiency of their global communications by integrating these plans with the SIP Trunking Plan.

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WA:WA residents urged to flee bushfire zone

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2011
WA:WA residents urged to flee bushfire zone

PERTH, Dec 2 AAP - An evacuation alert has been issued to properties in Western Australia's
southeast as a large bushfire closes in.

The Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) has declared an emergency situation
for the shires of Nannup and Augusta-Margaret River.

Residents east of Milyeannup Coast Road and south of Governor Broome Road, including
Molloy Island and east Augusta, have already begun leaving their homes.

FESA says the blaze is contained, but if conditions worsen homes could be impacted
on Friday night.

Locals have been warned they are in danger and must move quickly.

A relocation point has been set up at Augusta's Centennial Hall on Allnutt Terrace.

The elderly and children evacuated on Thursday night and other residents began leaving
on Friday afternoon, a Molloy property owner told AAP.

A recorded message for the Molloy Island Homeowners Association says the fire jumped
containment lines at 11.15am (WST) on Friday and more home owners were in the process
of evacuating.

Fire and Rescue Service firefighters are on standby on Molloy Island.

A type one helitac, up to six fixed wing water bombers and two aerial intelligence
helicopters have also been sent to assist ground crews.

Three boats from the Augusta Volunteer Marine Rescue and Margaret River Volunteer Sea
Rescue groups are also on stand-by at Augusta Town Jetty to evacuate people from East
Augusta if necessary.

Meanwhile, an emergency warning remains in place for anyone within a 5km radius of
the junction of Milyeannup Coast Road and Woodarburrup Road in the Shire of Nannup where
a fire is burning out of control.

Two farm sheds have been destroyed so far with minor damage to one house and ancillary
structures.

FESA says flames up to 5m high are racing through tea-tree and paperbark wetlands where
access is limited due to boggy conditions.

More than 38,800 hectares have been blackened so far.

Some 80 career and volunteer Bush Fire Service, Department of Environment and Conservation,
Nannup Shire and plantation industry firefighters are battling to strengthen containment
lines.

They are back burning away from Milyeannup Coast Road.

Although firefighters are currently holding the fire within containment lines, conditions
could deteriorate rapidly, FESA warns.

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Ipnetzone Selects XO Communications for Nationwide Ethernet Access

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03-22-2011
Ipnetzone Selects XO Communications for Nationwide Ethernet Access
Type: News

XO Communications said that Ipnetzone Communications will use XO Communications' nationwide Ethernet access network to extend its service capabilities to more business locations and expand its Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Exchange Platform.

According to the company, Ipnetzone specializes in private-line, metro Ethernet and multiprotocol label switching solutions that can be deployed through its MEP fabric. The Ipnetzone is a global MPLS Exchange Platform that allows for the construction of Multiprotocol Label Switching networks across multiple carriers, thus enabling connectivity to global markets and facilities.
Ipnetzone officials said the company currently uses XO Communications as its primary network services provider to connect data centers and provide network access solutions across the country. Under the terms of the new agreement, XO Communications will also provide Ipnetzone with nationwide access solutions leveraging XO's Ethernet over copper footprint.

"Based on our long-standing relationship with XO Communications and their deployment of over 400 Ethernet over copper-enabled local service offices, we see this as the next logical step in building a stronger relationship between the companies," said Anthony Hidalgo, chief operating officer of Ipnetzone. "With the growing demand for IP-based services from multi-location customers, it was clear that XO's nationwide Ethernet network footprint and our MEP would create a greater benefit for our customers."

Ipnetzone Communications is a privately held global network provider based in New York and provides international data, Internet, MPLS, and managed network and monitoring solutions to enterprise and carrier clients internationally.

XO Communications is a nationwide provider of broadband communications services and solutions for businesses, enterprises, government, carriers and service providers.

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FED:Govt praises Solomons crime laws

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2010
FED:Govt praises Solomons crime laws

CANBERRA, Dec 8 AAP - Federal Justice Minister Brendan O'Connor has praised the Solomon
Islands government for strengthening laws to stamp out money laundering.

Mr O'Connor has held talks with officials while on a visit to the Pacific nation.

The discussions included Australia's cooperation with the Solomon Islands on a range
of transnational crime and international policing issues.

"Strengthening anti-money laundering regimes in our region is vital to combating transnational
organised crime, including people smuggling and drug trafficking," Mr O'Connor said in
a statement on Wednesday.

"We want to work with the Solomon Islands to detect organised crime, target criminal
king pins and remove the lure of criminal activity by confiscating ill-gotten gains."

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NSW:NSW schools toxic heater cost blowout

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2010
NSW:NSW schools toxic heater cost blowout

Industry experts says replacing toxic gas heaters in NSW schools could take up to a
decade and the cost will balloon way past the 170 million dollars estimated by the state
government.

In another blow for Premier KRISTINA KENEALLY and her Education Minister VERITY FIRTH
.. the Sun Herald says some schools will have to have their entire electricity supply
upgraded .. at a cost of about 150 thousand dollars each .. to switch heating methods.

The paper says it has also learnt that sections of the NSW public service believe the
government's bungled commitment to replace 55 thousand heaters is a purely political decision
seven months out from an election.

They say unflued heaters .. millions of which are used in the US .. Britain and New
Zealand .. are perfectly safe.

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QLD: Delays in the search for the Centaur

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2009
QLD: Delays in the search for the Centaur

Shipwreck hunters involved in the search for sunken hospital ship .. the Centaur ..

say they can't inspect a promising target today as planned.

Search director DAVID MEARNS says the crew were hoping to have a second look at the
target .. which resembles the size and shape of the Centaur .. with high resolution sonar.

But the ship's heading in a southerly direction in waters off Queensland's southeast
and is not positioned well.

Mr MEARNS says his ship will be in the ideal position early tomorrow morning.

A Japanese submarine torpedoed the Centaur in Moreton Bay in 1943 .. killing 268 non-combatants
.. including nurses and ambulance officers.

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WA: Terrorist death not yet confirmed: Smith

AAP General News (Australia)
08-09-2009
WA: Terrorist death not yet confirmed: Smith

By Aleisha Preedy

PERTH, Aug 9 AAP - The Australian government won't be "leaping to any conclusions"

as it waits for confirmation that Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist suspect has been
killed, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says.

Noordin Mohammed Top is believed to be one of three men killed during a police raid
on a suspected militant hide-out in Indonesia on Saturday.

Mr Smith on Sunday said it would be only a matter "of hours or days, rather than days
or weeks" until Indonesian authorities could confirm if Noordin was alive.

"We know there has been at least one death and arrests have been made," Mr Smith told
reporters in Perth.

"As a general proposition, no country has been more successful than Indonesia in bringing
terrorists to account."

Noordin is believed to have been the mastermind behind the bombings at Jakarta's JW
Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels on July 17, where three Australians were killed.

He was also thought to have planned and orchestrated the bomb attack on the Australian
embassy in Jakarta in 2004 and the Bali bombings in 2005.

Mr Smith said the government's thoughts went out to the families of Indonesian terrorist
attack victims and assured he was in close contact with counterpart authorities.

He said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd planned to speak to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono late Sunday afternoon.

"One of the things we value very much about our close relationship with Indonesia is
the very close working relationship that our agencies, Australian Federal Police and other
counter-terrorism agencies have," Mr Smith said.

"Of course we are waiting for the Indonesian authorities to confirm one way or the
other whether the victim of one of the operations is Noordin Top.

Mr Smith said Noordin was a terrorist who Australians wanted to see brought to justice.

"But as the Indonesian police chief said late last night Australian time, the Indonesian
authorities are going through the process of confirming whether the victim of the police
operation is Noordin Top.

"In my experience that I have made clear in the past, one is always best not speculating,
but waiting until we are confident of the facts and proceedings on that basis.

"We won't be leaping to any conclusions."

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Fed: Please adopt a bushfire community: Govt

AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2009
Fed: Please adopt a bushfire community: Govt

CANBERRA, Feb 15 AAP - People have been urged to adopt a bushfire-ravaged community
by kitting out their sports clubs, churches and kindergartens with new gear.

Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said ordinary people could make a big difference
to the emotional recovery of fire victims.

"A local cricket club will lose its ground, but it's probably lost its gear as well,
kinders ... won't have toys, they won't have books," the Melbourne MP told Network Ten
on Sunday.

"I'd like to see other community groups, organisations, around the state, around the
country ... partnering with those organisations, with those communities, to help contribute
those things.

"It will mean a lot more if that gear has come from your mates down the road, than
from a cheque from the government."

"Now, that's not to let us off the hook."

Governments stood ready to spend as much as was needed to construct buildings and other
infrastructure, but there was a role for communities to play in "emotional rebuilding",
Mr Tanner said.

Amid speculation about class actions against governments or private companies over
the devastating bushfires, Mr Tanner could not say if the federal government would fight
any class action lodged against it.

He said any such actions were more likely to be lodged against the Victorian government
because it had primary responsibility.

The federal government would work through legal issues if and when they arose, Mr Tanner said.

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Fed: Rudd unlikely to tackle real economic issues: Turnbull

AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2008
Fed: Rudd unlikely to tackle real economic issues: Turnbull

Opposition Treasury spokesman MALCOLM TURNBULL says KEVIN RUDD's likely to avoid the
real economic issues .. in an address to the nation today.

The Prime Minister will lay out the government's agenda through to the next election
during a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra.

The speech will cover five major themes .. including ways to a build a more secure
nation .. a stronger economy and a fairer Australia.

Mr TURNBULL says Mr RUDD's likely to announce some sort of distraction to avoid tackling
the real economic issues facing the country.

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FED: Nokia tackles Apple's online music store

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2008
FED: Nokia tackles Apple's online music store

Nokia has taken its first step towards challenging Apple as king of the music downloads.

The Australian Nokia Music Store has opened its virtual doors today .. promising millions
of audio downloads from local and overseas artists.

Individual tracks will cost one dollar 70 each .. one cent more than Apple's iTunes
price of one dollar 69 .. while albums will cost at least 17 dollars.

The Nokia Music Store is also offering a monthly subscription for PC users to stream
an unlimited number of full length tracks for 10 dollars per month.



More information: music.nokia.com.au



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National Newslist for Tuesday, December 18, 2007

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2007
National Newslist for Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Good Morning News Editors and Chiefs of Staff
AAP's National Newslist for today (not for publication):
This is a guide only and stories are subject to change.

AAP's news editors Joanne Williamson and Nalita Ferraz can be contacted on 02 93228611/8610.

ECONOMY:
- Outwatching more on Centro problems
- Swan says Australia's corporate sector is healthy, but regulators are watchful due to
the lingering fallout from the US sub-prime market collapse.

- Swan on fiscal restraint
NEW YORK - US stocks tumble on concerns that a persistent housing slump, combined with
surging prices, posed the threat of 1970s-style stagflation.

LONDON - World stock markets slump, oil price falls on concerns over US economy
WASHINGTON - World Bank says size of China's economy overestimated by some 40 per cent,
but still world's second largest

- Reserve Bank of Australia releases minutes of its November board meeting
- Westpac-ACCI Q4 Industrial Trends survey

PETROL:
- Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen releases a report from inquiry into unleaded petrol
prices this morning.

COURTS:
SYDNEY
- Actor Samuel Johnson expected to plead guilty and be sentenced over an assault
- Possible plea from Charlotte Lindstrom, Swedish waitress involved in conspiracy to kill
- Appeal decision in case of State of NSW v Owen John Rogerson, brother of former police
officer Roger
- Judgment in case of Mark Joseph Connolly v Billy Burton, a stuntman in Mission Impossible
MELBOURNE
- Sentence of two men for their role in amphetamine lab containing drugs with street value
of up to $75m
ADELAIDE:
- Court appearance expected for Victorian prison escapees
- Former children's TV personality Ric Marshall to be sentenced on sex offences
PERTH:
- Start of coronial inquest into death in custody of WA's most notorious serial killer, David Birnie
- Alan Bond v Paul Barry case in court.

MEDICAL:
- Australia's leading osteoporosis experts condemn story on use of bisphosphonates

ENTERTAINMENT:

CANBERRA
- Minerals Council of Australia launches minerals industry survey report.

- Human rights group warns immigration minister to be careful with his words about warnings
of unauthorised arrivals
- Australian Automobile Association says it will help motorists cut their greenhouse-gas
emissions, giving its backing to a carbon-trading scheme.

- Customs vessel armed with machine guns may be deployed to the Southern Ocean as part
of beefed-up federal government monitoring of the Japanese whale hunt.

- EU Ambassador Bruno Julien invites Rudd to join him on his new hot-air balloon
- Bailey expected to win McEwen in recount
- Gillard urges employers not to draft new AWAs before laws change next year, but admits
nothing can be done to stop them.
- New report on house repossessions in ACT

SYDNEY:
- Youth campaigner Fr Chris Riley not surprised by report showing kids as young as 10
are developing alcohol problems
- Premier Morris Iemma and Education Minister John Della Bosca at 2007 HSC First in Course awards

MELBOURNE:
- Secret documents cast doubts on fairness of tender selection process for Melbourne's
new $500m rail-and-tram ticketing system, report; outseeking more
- Police presser on summer blitz of licensed venues throughout Victoria
- Melbourne's residential property market records one of its strongest years, REIV
- Inner northern suburb of Thornbury is Melbourne's top spot for home break-ins, according
to insurer

BRISBANE:
- Man shot in leg by police when the car he was travelling in allegedly tried to run down
an officer; police presser 0830

ADELAIDE:
- Findings into the deaths of nine people in Eyre Peninsula bushfires almost three years
ago to be handed down
- Man charged with drug offences after explosion in a secret drug lab
- Holden to start full production of its US export model, the Pontiac G8.

- Hicks to get a visit from his lawyer ahead of control order hearing on Thursday.

FINANCE:
ECONOMIC NEWS:
SYDNEY - RBA to release minutes of December 4 board meeting
SYDNEY - Housing Industry Association of Australia releases new home sales data for November
SYDNEY - Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases international merchandise imports
data for November

EQUITIES NEWS:
PERTH - ANZ Banking Group Ltd to hold annual general meeting
SYDNEY - Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd is set to spend $US300 million ($A351.06 million)
to develop the Eagle nickel mine in Michigan in the United States.

SYDNEY - Australia's largest retailer, Woolworths Ltd, says it will oppose the appeal
by the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) against the NZ High Court's decision to
allow the grocer to bid for The Warehouse Group.

SYDNEY - Investment specialist, MFS Ltd, says earnings before interest, tax, depreciation
and amortisation for its travel business, the Stella Group are on track to exceed $100
million for the six months to December, 2007.

SYDNEY - Travel agency franchiser Jetset Travelworld Ltd today increased its interim profit
guidance, saying it expects 45 per cent growth in its "interim result" in the first half
of 2008.

SPORT:
CRICKET
MELBOURNE - Indian cricket team arrival presser for 4 Test tour, Langham Hotel, 1300
MELBOURNE/HOBART - News ahead of third and final Chappell-Hadlee ODI game in Hobart on Thursday
PERTH - Preview WA v SA Ford Ranger Cup game

SAILING
SYDNEY - Preview Sydney to Hobart yacht race, George Gregan Foundation presser, CYC, 1100

GOLF
HUNTER VALLEY - Jack Newton Classic
SYDNEY - Story on Aussies qualified for US Masters

CYCLING
MELBOURNE - Stuart O'Grady presser, Vodafone Arena, 1400

LEAGUE
SYDNEY - Cronulla Sharks cut down by golden staph
LONDON - Warrington's star signing Matt King has arrived in Britain

RUGBY
SYDNEY - ARU presser on ARC, St Leonards 1100
SYDNEY - More on Chris Latham set to quit Australia for English club Worcester.

SWIMMING
BRISBANE - Qld state championships continue, Chandler pool

PARALYMPICS
SYDNEY - Travel vaccine story and Kurt Fearnley interview

RACING
SYDNEY - Looking ahead to Randwick on Saturday
MELBOURNE - Preview Wednesday's Sandown races

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08-06-2007
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Howard Poll Rudd (MELBOURNE)

KEVIN RUDD says JOHN HOWARD is not too old to be prime minister .. he's just out of touch.

His comments follow the leaking of an internal Liberal Party poll .. which reveals
voters see the prime minister as old and dishonest.

Mr RUDD has told Southern Cross Broadcasting the government has run out of ideas ..

and has lost touch with concerned and working families on the cost of living and housing
affordability.

He's also rejected the pollster's finding that he's seen as a younger version of his counterpart.

And Mr HOWARD believes the coalition's position has improved .. since the leaked dossier
was compiled.

He says people have reacted positively to a number of recent government initiatives.



Howard Economy (CANBERRA)

The Prime Minister has started the week with another attack on Labor's economic credibility
.. with interest rates tipped to rise on Wednesday.

JOHN HOWARD says voters need look no further than the six state Labor governments ..

as an indication of how KEVIN RUDD would manage the economy.

In his weekly radio message .. the PM says the states will run up 70 billion dollars
of extra debt to finance their spending over the next five years.

The federal opposition says JOHN HOWARD has embarked on a poll-driven campaign of blaming
the states for everything .. from interest rate rises to problems with the health system.

NSW treasurer MICHAEL COSTA has also hit back saying the Federal Government is desperate.



Indgienous Brough (CANBERRA)

The federal government's radical intervention into Northern Territory Aboriginal communities
will cost more than half a billion dollars in the first year.

Indigenous Affairs Minister MAL BROUGH says the figure shows the government's not cutting
corners in securing the future of Aboriginal children.

He says people who criticise the price tag are either not a parent .. or don't have a soul.

A new bill .. which contains legislation allowing the takeover of Aboriginal communities
for five years .. will be introduced into federal parliament tomorrow.



Haneef (BRISBANE)

The family of Dr MOHAMED HANEEF wants to sue the Australian government over the failed
terrorism charge against him.

Dr HANEEF's solicitor PETER RUSSO has returned to Australia from India .. ahead of Wednesday's
appeal against the immigration minister's decision to cancel the 27-year-old's work visa.

Meantime the Prime Minister has rejected DR HANEEF'S request to be made an honorary Australian.

JOHN HOWARD says the category doesn't exist .. and anyway it wouldn't be appropriate.



Alcohol (MELBOURNE)

Australia's about to be swamped by an entire generation whose brains have been damaged
by alcohol.

And to make the situation worse .. most of them are unaware they have a problem.

Results of new research just out claims the drinking habits of as many as two million
Australians place them at risk of permanent brain damage.

The research conducted for the Arbias Group by the Roy Morgan organisation says men
who have six drinks a day for eight-to-ten years .. and women who have three drinks a
day over the same period are at risk of alcohol-related brain injury.



US Shooting (NEWARK)

Three teenagers in America have been killed and one wounded .. after they were lined
up against a wall in a school parking lot in New Jersey and shot in the head.

Authorities say three of the victims had student identification from Delaware State University.

No-one's yet been arrested .. and investigators have no information on a motive.



Briefly in other news ..



Housing (SYDNEY)

A new audit has found housing affordability across Australia has plummeted in the
past six years.



Terror US (CAMP DAVID)

US President GEORGE W BUSH has signed into law .. an expansion of the government's power
to eavesdrop on foreign terror suspects without warrants.



France Paintings (NICE)

Hooded and armed men have staged a brazen afternoon heist at a museum in the French
Riviera city of Nice .. making off with four priceless paintings .. including a Monet.



in Finance ..




At 1101 AEST .. the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was DOWN 88.8 points to 5932.2, and
the all ordinaries index was DOWN 94.5 points to 5961.4.

The Australian dollar was trading at 85.47 US cents, DOWN from 85.88 US cents at Friday's close.

It was at 61.89 euro cents, DOWN from 62.65 euro cents on Friday.

In Sydney, the spot price of gold was $US671.20 per fine ounce, UP $US5.10 from Friday's
close of $US666.10.



in Sport ..



AFL Bombers (MALBOURNE)

Essendon have guaranteed outgoing coach KEVIN SHEEDY will see out the season, despite
the long-time Bombers mentor meeting with other clubs to discuss his future as his own
side's AFL finals hopes start to fade.

Essendon were thrashed by 63 points by Hawthorn at the MCG yesterday, to send the Bombers
tumbling to 12th spot, after starting the round in the top eight.



League (SYDNEY)

Cronulla's season goes on the line tonight when they host ladder leaders Melbourne
at Toyota Park to close out round 21 of the NRL.

The Sharks are on a six-game losing streak and need to win their last five matches
to be any chance of qualifying for the finals, while the Storm will be keen to erase the
memory of last week's loss to the Sydney Rosters with an improved performance.



Soccer AL SydFC (SYDNEY)

Brazilian world Cup-winner JUNINHO PALISTA will have his first training run with Sydney
FC today after being unveiled as the A-League club's new marquee signing.

JUNINHO .. who signed a one-year deal with Sydney last Friday reportedly worth around
$1 million .. met his teammates at the weekend and is having his maiden run under coach
BRANKO CULINA at Sydney Football Stadium this morning.



ENDS MIDDAY ROUND-UP

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Vic: Police union hints at industrial action

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2007
Vic: Police union hints at industrial action

MELBOURNE, Feb 13 AAP - The head of Victoria's police union has hinted at industrial
action if the Victorian government does not intervene in a dispute with police chief Christine
Nixon.

Police Association secretary Paul Mullett has accused Chief Commissioner Christine
Nixon of undermining the union by allowing former delegates of the union's executive to
make accusations of bullying and malpractice in the union on the ABC's Four Corners program
last night.

Mr Mullett said yesterday Ms Nixon had behaved unethically and tried to place puppet
delegates on the executive.

"This is starting to become a serious political problem for the Premier (Steve Bracks),"

he told The Age newspaper.

"We talk about conduct, about our members, and the Police Association preserves the
professionalisation of policing, but (Ms Nixon) is an independent authority, she has attempted
to control the Police Association, and there are serious ethical questions that need to
be raised.

"She needs to be reminded to focus on the key issues, not demean her position by trying
to control the Police Association."

Association members reserved their position on whether to take industrial action over
the issue, he said.

The union has set a March 1 deadline for the Victorian government to order Ms Nixon
to implement an audit of police resources it promised during last year's election campaign.

The government previously has avoided intervening in the dispute.

Mr Mullett said the appearance of former union president Janet Mitchell and former
delegate Gavan Ryan on the ABC proved Ms Nixon was undermining the union because she must
have permitted them to appear.

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Qld: Pilot escapes crash

AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2006
Qld: Pilot escapes crash

BRISBANE, Aug 26 AAP - A 62-year-old pilot escaped with minor injuries when his ultralight
aircraft ploughed into a canefield south of Brisbane.

The man had been flying solo over an ultralight training field when he crashed near
Jacobs Well Road, Hecksville, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast at 8am (AEST) today.

"The man was able to extract himself from the wreckage and an ambulance crew took him
to the Logan Hospital after another pilot raised the alarm" a police spokeswoman said.

"The man suffered a fractured sternum," she said.

It is believed the aircraft's engine seized, police said.

The ultralight was destroyed in the crash.

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NSW: Pedestrian killed in Sydney's north

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2006
NSW: Pedestrian killed in Sydney's north

A pedestrian's died after being hit by two cars while trying cross the Pacific Highway
.. in Sydney's north.

The 50-year-old Artarmon man was walking across the highway at Lindfield yesterday
afternoon when the accident happened.

He was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital with serious head injuries but died last night.

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Web4Boats.com, Inc., (OTCBB:EBOT) (www.web4boats.com), an Internet-based marine marketplace featuring a classified ad directory for boats, and HostPro, Inc., the Web and applications hosting subsidiary of Micron Electronics, Inc., (Nasdaq:MUEI), today announced that HostPro has been selected as the official Web host provider for Web4Boats.com.

In order to handle its increasing traffic, Web4Boats.com is leveraging HostPro's managed dedicated hosting expertise through a dedicated NT-based Web server with SQL 7.0 backend database, located in HostPro's newly opened Los Angeles data center. The 14,000 square foot facility provides Web4Boats.com with an ideal environment in which to host its Internet-based e-business platform.

"We are extremely proud to be served by one of the giants in the e-commerce industry," said Blair Merriam, general manager of Web4Boats.com. "To further develop Web4Boats.com's premier position in the Internet marine marketplace, we chose to host our Internet-based e-business platform in HostPro's new Los Angeles facility, providing us with redundant platforms and powerful servers to assure speed, security and stability for the continual increase in traffic to our website. As our Web hosting needs grow, HostPro can scale with our business, giving us assurance that Web4Boats.com will be virtually free of any down-time with 365 days a year, twenty-four hours a day, seven-days-a-week monitoring of traffic flow and volume."

"As Web-based companies like Web4Boats.com find continued success and popularity on the Internet, it is critical for their businesses to be available 24x7," says Alex Kazerani, area vice president for hosting, HostPro. "HostPro is dedicated to delivering our customers the best quality of service and support as well as the right e-commerce tools so that they can focus on their own core competencies."

Web4boats selected HostPro based on exemplary credentials, reputation, size, growth potential and capability to beneficially manage Web4Boats.com's e-commerce services. HostPro has also been the recipient of numerous industry Web host awards highlighting excellent customer service and support.

Web4Boats.com targets the $23 billion recreational boating industry, and is quickly becoming the one-stop destination for recreational boating. The Web site currently lists more than 30,000 recreational boats of every type for sale with anticipation to have up to 170,000 boats listed for sale by this time next year, capturing nearly 1% of the total boats owned in the United States.

Boaters can visit the Web4Boats' Web-based marine mall to purchase recreational and commercial equipment as well as apparel and accessories. They can also find marine weather reports and information about boat insurance, financing and transportation services from "e-tailer" affiliates.

An important component of Web4Boats success is its dynamic affiliations with Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN), West Marine, Inc. (Nasdaq:WMAR), a leading marine product distributor, and other manufacturers, insurers, lenders, and content providers.

About Web4boats.com, Inc.

Web4Boats.com, an Internet-based classified ad directory for boats, celebrated its first anniversary this past Labor Day weekend. It currently lists more than 30,000 recreational boats of every type and projects to have up to 100,000 listed by end of December 2000. There are approximately 17 Million boats registered in the US and Web4boats.com's goal is to have 1% of those listed on the site continuously within the next year. As Internet awareness and branding builds, that would represent approximately 170,000 boats listed for sale at no less than $14.95 per month. Creating over $2 Million in monthly classified ad sales. Boaters may come to Web4Boats.com's growing Marine Mall to purchase everything from recreational and commercial equipment, apparel and accessories as well as to find boat insurance, financing and transportation services from e-tailer affiliates. For further information on Web4boats.com, Inc., please visit: www.web4boats.com

About HostPro

HostPro, Inc., the Internet and Web hosting subsidiary of Micron Electronics, Inc., manages more than 114,000 paid hosted Web sites and more than 57,000 paid hosting accounts. The company offers managed dedicated hosting solutions and a broad range of e-commerce, application hosting, connectivity solutions, and entry-level shared and virtual Web hosting products. With data centers in Los Angeles; Seattle; Moses Lake, Washington; Boca Raton, Florida and Boise, HostPro provides industry-leading Web and application hosting solutions to small and medium-sized businesses around the world. More information about HostPro can be found at http://www.hostpro.com.

About Micron Electronics

Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:MUEI) is a leading Internet-centric computing company, providing award-winning computer products and services, Internet offerings, Web hosting and business-to-business e-commerce applications for the small- and medium-size business, government, education and consumer markets. In addition to its direct business-to-business sales channel, Micron products are sold in partnership with leading retailers nationwide. Micron Electronics and its subsidiaries have more than 3,200 employees and approximately $1.6 billion in fiscal 2000 revenues. The company is based in Nampa, Idaho, and can be reached at www.micronpc.com.