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05/23/2008		Carl`s ex sews up TV deal
CHANNEL 9 is understood to have won a big gun battle to sign Roberta Williams to a TV deal, cashing in on her recent Underbelly infamy

05/23/2008		BHP confident Ravensthorpe won`t fail
BHP BILLITON is confident that its $2.3 billion Ravensthorpe mine won`t mirror the past failures that have plagued the nickel laterite sector in Western Australia

05/23/2008		Babcock Power shares plunge 20pc
SECURITIES in Babcock & Brown Power (BBP) plunged another 20 per cent today as concerns about its debt position and sloppy disclosure from its management rattled already shaken investors

05/23/2008		Coles` new boss flags five year turnaround
THE new head of Wesfarmers Ltd`s Coles division, Ian McLeod, has pledged to see through a multi-billion dollar plan to revive the ailing supermarket giant within five years

05/23/2008		Weaker resources drag on shares
THE share market closed down more than 1 per cent on weaker resource stocks and industrials, with information technology sector being the only bright spot

05/23/2008		Three years to rebuild quake zone
CHINA said it would take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake disaster zone and warned that millions of people made homeless faced a growing health risk from disease

05/23/2008		Child killed in Taliban suicide blast
A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up among Afghan soldiers in eastern Afghanistan today, killing four troops and a child, government officials said

05/23/2008		Burma agrees to let all aid in
ALL foreign aid workers are allowed into Burma to help with the relief operation following Cyclone Nargis, the UN`s Ban Ki-moon said today

05/23/2008		China quake toll exceeds 55,000
THE national death toll from China`s earthquake rose to 55,740, with another 24,960 missing, a government spokesman said today

05/23/2008		China, Russia sign $1bn nuclear deal
CHINA and Russia have signed a $US1 billion ($A1.05 billion) deal to develop a nuclear energy facility in the Asian nation, a Russian official said

05/23/2008		Aung San Suu Kyi votes - from home
BURMA`S detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast an advance vote today in a referendum on a proposed army-backed constitution

05/23/2008		Victims find no refuge in temple
POOR, homeless survivors in Burma`s cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta thought they were safe in Buddhist temples, but as night fell yesterday and they prepared to sleep, their sanctuary was shattered

05/23/2008		UN chief to visit earthquake zone
UN chief Ban Ki-moon will tomorrow visit China`s earthquake zone, the government said, as it warned rebuilding the area where more than than 55,000 died would take years

05/23/2008		Teen murderer jailed for 22 years
A MAN has been jailed for 22 years for murdering a teenager he believed had sexually assaulted his brother

05/23/2008		Council rejects painting by PM`s nephew
MELBOURNE City Council has defended its decision to reject a controversial painting by the nephew of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

05/23/2008		Acquitted ambo won`t get job back
A PARAMEDIC falsely accused of digitally raping a patient in the back of an ambulance says it is "appalling" that Melbourne`s Metropolitan Ambulance Service (MAS) has never supported him

05/23/2008		Teacher who had sex with student jailed
A MELBOURNE teacher who had sex with a Year Nine student who sent him flirtatious text messages has been jailed for 18 months

05/23/2008		Doctors lodge pay claim
VICTORIAN doctors want an 18 per cent pay rise over the next two years in the latest wage claim lodged with the State Government

05/23/2008		Renate Mokbel loses freedom bid
THE jailed sister-in-law of alleged murderer Tony Mokbel faces another 10 months locked up after losing a battle to get out of jail today

05/23/2008		Girl faces 89 charges over robbery spree
A 16-year-old girl has been charged with 89 offences after allegedly stealing more than $40,000 of goods and a car during a month-long crime spree in Darwin

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Rudd under the pump as fuel heads for $1.70

Oil shock sends prices soaring

PETROL prices could climb clear of $1.60 today after oil hit record highs overnight - but it could be worse.

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You think you are paying throught the nose for fuel, I pay over $3.00 a liter so wait to you get up into that price then you can complain. Go out onstrike against the oil companies, strike against the government taxes on fuelmaybe then something around the world will be done.Its all idiot Bushes fault he is burying the american economy and all we other lands follow after.Viking
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Hmm, 5c per litre equates to 2.50 off 81.50 for 50 litres. Wow, that's sure to cost Labour the next election! Funny, but I don't see any young hoons putting less pressure on the pedal. They must be rich!
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Fuel forecast to hit $1.70 a litre soon
Motorists "wondering what the Government will do"
FuelWatch "will do nothing to help"

PETROL prices have been forecast to soon hit $1.70 a litre, putting further pressure on the Federal Government to act.

The weekly price cycle in capital cities today saw the unleaded price come off record highs of more than $1.62 per litre yesterday, but an analyst predicted the reprieve will only be brief.

"The expectation is for further rises in petrol prices," CommSec equities economist Savanth Sebastian told AAP.

"On the high side of the cycle, within the next fortnight... if the oil price remains sustained at these levels, prices get up to $1.70 a litre."

Opposition finance spokesman Peter Dutton savaged the Government for not doing anything to cut the price.

"Australian motorists are still wondering what the Government will do to give them some relief at the bowser, as the cost to fill up the family Commodore nudges close to $100."

Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson reiterated the Coalition`s promise to cut the petrol excise by five cents if elected at the next election.

"It is very important that Mr Rudd understands it is time to take action and simply watching the price of petrol is not going to bring it down," Dr Nelson said.

"Every day from now until the next election, every Australian... needs to know that petrol will be five cents a litre cheaper under the Coalition."

A spokesman for Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen said there was no change to the timing of the December introduction of FuelWatch - a scheme that will force petrol stations to list fixed prices 24 hours in advance.

Former Shell regional marketing manager turned petrol consultant Kevin Hughes said FuelWatch would do nothing to help motorists.

"There is no evidence at all to support that it`s a terrific scheme or gives advantage," Mr Hughes said.

"That`s a major issue which will come back to bite them (the Government) because people will suddenly discover (FuelWatch does not work)."

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Government had done "as much as we physically can" to help.
He said tax cuts announced in the Budget earlier this month would help motorists cope with the record prices.

"If you put all those measures together, depending on the family, depending on the number of kids, depending on where they fit in the overall scheme of things, we have done as much as we physically can to provide additional help to the family budget, recognising that the cost of everything is still going through the roof," Mr Rudd said.

A Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia/Bankwest Home Finance Index showed petrol and food prices were hurting people more than interest rates hikes.

Interest rates (three out of five) were ranked lower than both food and fuel (3.5 out of five).

Households were feeling the financial pinch regardless of whether they had a mortgage, association chief executive Phil Naylor said.

"Although many Australians are feeling stressed about their finances, only 8.5 per cent of borrowers said that their levels of stress have increased as a result of the recent rate hikes," he said in a statement.

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