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Container city
1pointsCONVERTING a Bunbury CBD carpark into a refurbished sea container city for low cost housing is one option being considered to ease the city\'s acute housing shortage. The sea container option, already used for student villages in Europe, feature a series of refurbished and airconditioned containers stacked to create apartments with stairwells and balconies.
No new mining policy ludicrous:PM
1pointsPrime Minister John Howard reckons Labor\'s policy of no new uranium mines is funny. He claims Labor\'s fine with the current mines and sees them as good, but any future uraniam mines it regards as "nast, bad and never-to-be touched."
Workers receive writs in industrial dispute
1pointsThe 107 Perth construction workers who have received writs from the secretive Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will have their first federal court appearance in Perth on August 29. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union’s (CFMEU) Western Australian branch is calling for unions and community groups in all states and territories to support the workers with solidarity actions on that day. It has also called for financial support for the workers.
Microsoft Office 2007 beta closed to Australians
1points"Microsoft Australia will be closing the Australian download site for Office 2007 Beta 2 on 1st August 2006," Robin Young, product solutions manager for the Information Worker Business Group at Microsoft Australia told ZDNet Australia on Monday.
Aussie Freedom Takes A Step Back
1pointsSouthbank, one of Melbourne's biggest tourist areas, has band the use of cameras for fear of terrorism, with an interesting comparison to spitting.
New Zealand drinkers get hit with red cards
1pointsInspired by the yellow and red penalty cards flashed by football referees, some New Zealand bars are using color-coded cards to help curb excess drinking.
Every fortnight a language dies
1pointsA new study has identified the world's most endangered languages, including Aboriginal languages in the Northern Territory.
Teacher, woman, in court over child sex
1pointsA WEST Australian high school teacher and soccer coach accused of repeatedly having sex with two teenage students was granted bail by a Perth court today.
Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not
1pointsThey are everything people say they are and more! It may have been cold on the last Sunday night in July but The Artic Monkeys turned up the heat at Metros in Perth.
Perth protester shamed Australia says magistrate
1pointsAN organiser of a violent protest in which Prime Minister John Howard's car was damaged was a "moron" who had brought shame to Australia, a Perth magistrate said today.
