Published on December 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australian Bid Gets One Vote – Australia’s disappointment in losing out to Qatar for the right to host the 2022 World Cup has turned to devastation with the revelation that the team from Down Under received just one vote from the FIFA executive committee and was the first nation eliminated. It emerged that after Australia [...]
Tags: 2022 World Cup, Aftermath, Australia, Australian Representatives, Bid, Chief Executive, Committee Members, Contingent, Devastation, Disappointment, Ffa, Fifa Executive Committee, First Nation, Japan, Journalists, Rank Outsider, Revelation, Sepp Blatter, South Korea, vote
Posted in Sport
Published on September 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
Still No Prime Minister For Australia – It has now been a week since all of Australia voted and there is still no government, and no prime minister chosen. The future of Australia rests in the hands of a handful of independents and they are milking it for all it is worth. Not only are [...]
Tags: Australia, Constituents, Handful, Independents, Limbo, Lime Light, Milking, Polls, Prime Minister, Stable Government, vote
Posted in Politics
Published on August 1, 2010 by Technology Slice
Pepsi Refresh Project – Voting for the Pepsi Refresh Project has just ended. One of the crowd favourite running for the Pepsi Refresh Project prize money of 50,000 dollars was South Lake Tahoe woman. The 24 years old South Lake Tahoe woman is aiming to create a sustainable community in Lake Tahoe with the Pepsi [...]
Tags: 24 Years, Betterment, Community Efforts, Crowd, Greenhouse Project, Interested Individuals, Lake Tahoe, Participants, Pepsi, Prize Money, Project Ideas, Running, Shopping Bags, Soft Drink Giant, South Lake Tahoe, Stake, Sustainable Community, vote
Posted in General
Published on June 7, 2010 by Technology Slice
Coalition Gains Popularity – The Abbott Coalition has broken through for the first time to a clear election-winning lead of 53-47 per cent in an Age/Nielsen poll that will rattle Labor and intensify pressure to change its increasingly unpopular mining tax. The government is losing the resource tax debate, with support for the tax down [...]
Tags: Disapproval, Gap, Greens, kevin rudd, Mr Abbott, Nielsen, Opposition Leaders, Point Gap, Poll, Pollster John, Popularity, Prime Minister, protest, Rock Bottom, Stirton, Swing, Tax Debate, Tony Abbott, vote
Posted in Politics
Published on May 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
David Cameron Becomes U.K. Prime Minister – Conservative leader David Cameron took over as British prime minister on Tuesday and said he wanted to form a full coalition with the smaller Liberal Democrat party. “The negative impact of political uncertainty may already be discounted for GBP. While we doubt that any government would be able [...]
Tags: British Prime Minister, Conservative Leader, David Cameron, Gbp, Liberal Democrat Party, Minister David, Negative Impact, Parliament, Political Uncertainty, risk, Scottish Version, Surprises, vote
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