Published on January 14, 2011 by Technology Slice
Macintyre River Rising – The Macintyre River has set a new record flood level, but its rise has slowed significantly as the border town of Goondiwindi waits for it to peak. The river was about 10.66 metres at 9am (AEST) on Friday, past the 10.62 metres set during the town’s 1996 flood. It was expected [...]
Tags: Aest, Authorities, Border Town, Deputy Mayor, Flood Level, Friday Afternoon, Goondiwindi, Inglewood, Levee, Level Areas, Local Hospital, Macintyre River, Mr Kearney, Nsw Border, Nursing Home, Precaution, Queensland, Record Flood, Warwick, Water Level
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Published on August 31, 2010 by Technology Slice
Labor Losing In Vote Count – Yesterday, as the independents converged on Canberra for formal talks, counting showed the Coalition edging ahead of Labor on the two-party-preferred count. By late last night, with more than 80 per cent counted, the Coalition was ahead by 1909 votes after the AEC removed eight seats from its two-party [...]
Tags: Aec, Aest, Ahead, Andrew Wilkie, Australian Electoral Commission, Canberra, Closeness, Gillard, Government Spending, Horse Trading, Independent Mps, Independents, Measurement, Poker Machine, Regional Australia, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tony Abbott, Vote Count
Posted in Politics
Published on August 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
Dead Skier Found At Mount Buller – A 22-year-old male skier has been found dead at Mt Buller after being out in the elements overnight. It’s believed he made contact with friends around 10pm (AEST) on Wednesday. Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said the man’s body was discovered at St Christopher’s Creek, about one kilometre [...]
Tags: Aest, Ambulance Victoria, Elements, John Mullen, Kilometre, Male Skier, Mount Buller, Mt Buller, S Creek, Spokesman John
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Published on June 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
Solo Teen Sailor In Trouble – American sailor Abby Sunderland was battling waves measuring 20 to 25 feet (6 to 7.6m) in the southern Indian Ocean when she was last in touch, her mother, MaryAnne Sunderland, said. Jeff Casher, an engineer on Miss Sunderland’s support team, said her yacht suffered two knockdowns during the rough [...]
Tags: 17 Year Old, 4am, 6m, Abby, Aest, Andrew Fraser, Boat Repairs, Cape Town, Casher, Circumnavigation, Emergency Beacons, Family Spokesman, jessica watson, Mr Fraser, Pinkston, Rough Weather, Southern Indian Ocean, Sunderland, Swells, Weather One
Posted in World
Published on June 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Apple To Unveil New iPhone – Apple’s secrecy about product launches is legendary but when chief executive Steve Jobs takes the stage this week the world may have already had a glimpse of what is expected to be the next iPhone.
Tags: 3gs, Aest, Apple Headquarters, Apple Software, Beer Garden, California Beer, Ipad, iphone, Keynote Address, Keynote Speaker, Macintosh Computers, Product Launches, Robert Gray, Secrecy, Software Engineer, steve jobs, Video Camera, Video Conferencing, Worldwide Developers Conference, Wwdc
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