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Labour pains dog Abbott’s maternity plan – ABC Online

Nation - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:45:09 +0000

Labour pains dog Abbott's maternity plan
ABC Online
Tony Abbott clearly thought he'd blindside Labor with his "leaders' call" - the announcement of a curiously non-policy like plan for paid parental leave on International Women's Day. Predictably, much of the media has fallen into line, ...
Paid parental leave: Rudd told to match Abbott's 26-week pledgeHerald Sun
Abbott's baby redraws battlelinesThe Australian
Maternity leave plan 'too generous'Cairns Post
Sydney Morning Herald -The Canberra Times -ABC Online
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Tanner accuses Abbott of budget vandalism over Senate defeat of means test – The Australian

Nation - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:33:52 +0000

BigPond News

Tanner accuses Abbott of budget vandalism over Senate defeat of means test
The Australian
LINDSAY Tanner today accused the Opposition of punching a $2 billion hole in the budget after it helped defeat a means test on the private health insurance rebate last night. The Finance Minister said the Senate decision, which handed Kevin Rudd a ...
Senate rejects health insurance changesNEWS.com.au
Senate rejects health rebate changesABC Online
Senate rejects health rebate means-testSydney Morning Herald
The Australian -NEWS.com.au
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Former Macquarie fund manager restrained – Money Management

Business - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:23:03 +0000

The Age

Former Macquarie fund manager restrained
Money Management
Oswyn de Silva, a former Macquarie Bank portfolio manager, has been restrained from leaving Australia following a move by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in the NSW Supreme Court. The regulator announced this week that it ...
Former Macquarie portfolio manager ordered to stay in AustraliaBusiness Spectator
Ex-Macquarie banker guilty of contemptABC Online
Former Macquarie Bank manager Oswyn De Silva barred from leaving AustraliaNEWS.com.au
Sydney Morning Herald -Wall Street Journal -Business Spectator
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Aurox and Atlas agree to merge – Sydney Morning Herald

Business - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:21:29 +0000

TheBull.com.au

Aurox and Atlas agree to merge
Sydney Morning Herald
Aurox said in a statement on Wednesday that Aurox shareholders would receive one Atlas share for every three Aurox shares. The merger implies a price for each Aurox share of 74 cents based on Atlas' last closing price of $2.21, representing a premium ...
Aurox eyes Atlas mergerBusiness Spectator
Aurox eyes merger with iron ore miner AtlasInteractive Investor
Atlas requests trading halt ahead of 'material transaction'Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
TopNews -Sydney Morning Herald -Sydney Morning Herald
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Bent inspires Sunderland win

FOXSPORTS.com.au | Breaking News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:17:00 +0000

Darren Bent served up a priceless hat-trick as Sunderland finally ended their wait for a Premier League victory at the 15th attempt with a 4-0 drubbing of Bolton Wanderers.

Australia must tackle the housing shortage, says senior RBA official – The Australian

Business - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:50 +0000

Inside Retailing

Australia must tackle the housing shortage, says senior RBA official
The Australian
THE outlook for Australia's economy remains favourable with inflation remaining within target, but flexibility in both macroeconomic policy and the economy will be key to offset any risks that lie ahead, a senior Australian central banker said today. ...
Lack of housing will 'challenge recovery'NEWS.com.au
RBA says Aust must expand supplyBusiness Spectator
Aussie Rises to 7-Week High on RBA Outlook, Jobs SpeculationBloomberg
Sydney Morning Herald -Trading Room -BusinessWeek
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Hunt for teen after wheelchair-bound Canadian battered at station – Sydney Morning Herald

Nation - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:41 +0000

ABC Online

Hunt for teen after wheelchair-bound Canadian battered at station
Sydney Morning Herald
A wheelchair-bound Canadian man will undergo surgery today after an unprovoked and savage assault by two youths at a train station in Sydney's west last night. The 35-year-old man was on the platform at Mount Druitt train station when two teenagers ...
Man in wheelchair seriously assaulted – Mt DruittNSW Police Online (press release)
Pair attack man in wheelchair with barsSydney Morning Herald

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Relations with Indonesia in good shape, says Abbott – NEWS.com.au

Nation - Google News — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:07:35 +0000

Brisbane Times

Relations with Indonesia in good shape, says Abbott
NEWS.com.au
OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott has told the Indonesian President he thinks relations are in "pretty good shape" during their meeting in Canberra. Mr Abbott and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met briefly today ahead of a busy day for the Indonesian president, ...
Rudd, SBY to hold talks on people smugglingABC Online
Rudd, SBY to seal boat people agreementSydney Morning Herald
Australia, Indonesia Will Seal Accord to Fight People SmugglingBusinessWeek
The Canberra Times -The Australian -ANTARA
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Viggo Mortensen Will Take David Cronenberg’s ‘Talking Cure’

Elisabeth Rappe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:02:00 +0000

When an actor wins an Oscar, all bets are off, including the ones he's made with David Cronenberg. Last December, Cronenberg revived The Talking Cure and had recruited Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Christoph Waltz to psychoanalyze one another in the name of love and medicine. But Waltz has been buried in offers, and Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that he's dropped out of the project in favor of Water For Elephants. Luckily, Cronenberg has a very good actor and friend in his contacts, and he just called him up. The result is that Viggo Mortensen has now joined The Talking Cure as Sigmund Freud.

Cure centers on a young Carl Jung who uses Sigmund Freud's "talking cure" on a young and troubled Russian woman. In the process of psychoanalyzing her, he falls in love with her. Freud comes along, marvels at his success, and anoints him his psychiatric successor. When Jung starts to develop his own ideas about therapy, Freud isn't too happy, and their professional relationship sours. DHD says that the producers have promised "lots of spirited sex" which Cronenberg has always filmed rather well, so no surprise there.

Mortensen and Cronenberg have two excellent films under their belt, and there's no reason to sneer at a third. (Or a fourth if they ever make that Eastern Promises sequel.) I'm eager to see Mortensen work with Fassbender and Knightley (who both rank among my favorites) and the two method men should really fire up the screen. It's going to be good.

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SecondBar Puts a Menu Bar on All Your Mac’s Monitors [Downloads]

Whitson Gordon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Mac only: Multiple monitors do great things for your desktop space, but your menu bar sticks to one screen. If you're looking for more menu access, free utility SecondBar puts one at the top of each monitor.

As veteran Mac users know, each application's menus fill in the menu bar at the top of the desktop, not the window of the app itself, as in a Windows desktop. When you have a lot of apps open in different spots, it becomes inconvenient to access an app's preferences or deeper features with a mouse. SecondBar adds a customizable menu bar to your second, third, or tenth monitor, letting you keep your focus on one screen at a time.

SecondBar has all the features of OS X's built-in menu bar, along with being drag-able and having the half-and-half resizing features of Windows 7's Aero Snap. The app is still in its super-early development stage, but it seems stable enough for regular use at the moment, and more features appear in the works.

SecondBar is a free download, Mac OS X only. Thanks, Douglas!