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Nokia to Audit Australian SMS Marketing

Finnish mobile giant, Nokia Corporation, is to audit its SMS marketing in Australia following an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The ACMA is Australia’s regulator for…

January 25, 2012No CommentRead More

Europe and US Put Pressure on Iran with Warships in the Gulf

The European Union has decided to place sanctions on the import of oil from Iran. The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union has decided to impose an import ban…

January 24, 2012No CommentRead More

Australian Open 2012 Tennis: Top Four Men’s Singles Seeds Safely Through to Fourth Round

The top four seeds in the Australian Open 2012 Men’s Singles Tennis have all made it through into the second week, after each recorded a straight sets victory in the…

January 21, 2012No CommentRead More

Asian Honey Bees Found on Ship at Townsville Port in Queensland

Nearly three hundred Asian honey bees have been exterminated following an urgent pest control response at Townsville Port in Queensland. Live and dead Asian honey bees were found by stevedores…

January 10, 2012No CommentRead More

Environmental Investigators Screen Undercover Series in Australia & New Zealand

A group of environmental investigators from London will be hitting the small screens of Australia and New Zealand in January 2012 as a mini-series of undercover films shot by the…

January 3, 2012No CommentRead More

Extract from Award Winning Australian History Book “Bad Characters” by Peter Stanley

Dr Peter Stanley’s account of the murkier side of the Australian armed forces shared the 2010-2011 Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny and Murder in…

December 21, 2011No CommentRead More

Australian Federal Police Give Indonesian Police Three Patrol Boats

The Australian Federal Police have given the Indonesian police three patrol boats to aid in the joint efforts to curb people smuggling in the Asia Pacific region. The Minister for…

December 7, 2011No CommentRead More

Competition Body Approves Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines Co-operation

Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlineshave been given the green light to co-operate on all aspects of their Australia – Singapore routes, including codeshare, pricing, marketing and sales. The Australian Competition…

December 2, 2011No CommentRead More

Australian Defence Force and Chinese People’s Liberation Army On Joint Exercise

The Australian Defence Force and Chinese People’s Liberation Army have taken part in a joint exercise in Sichuan Province, China, designed to improve reactions to humanitarian disasters. 15 relief workers…

December 2, 2011No CommentRead More

Australian Trade and Tourism Buoyed by Asian Demand

Australia has recorded its largest ever quarterly trade surplus – a figure of AUD $7.3 billion. Floods had resulted in a deficit in February 2011 but demand in Asia soon…

November 8, 2011No CommentRead More