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  1. Small business support website from the Australian Taxation Office: http://tr.im/GRgB
  2. Tony Abbott elected as new leader of the Australian Liberal Party by one vote.
  3. Jessica Watson, the 16 year old Sunshine Coast girl sailing solo around the world, crossed the equator this morning. http://tr.im/Fgdb
  4. 'Shocking' just won the Melbourne cup. That's $70 down the drain!
  5. Australians have been hit with the expected 0.25% interest rate rise today, following the Reserve Bank Board's Melbourne Cup meeting.
  6. The Reserve Bank has increased interest rates by .25%. Australia is the first OECD country to increase it's base interest rate since the GFC
  7. According to the IMF Australia is the only advanced economy expected to achieve growth this year.
  8. Government releases details of proposed regulatory package, outlining plans to force Telstra to separate and lose Foxtel: http://tr.im/yJS9
  9. Home owners have been given a lucky reprieve today, with interest rates remaining unchanged at 3% after the Reserve Bank Board met.
  10. Queensland has recorded its hottest August day on record. It sure feels like summer rather than winter here on the Sunshine Coast.
  11. Aussie men make world's worst husbands. Says Oxford report http://bit.ly/JfTfy
  12. The Reserve Bank (RBA) has announced that it has decided not to cut interest rates, leaving the official cash rate at 3.00%
  13. Owners of Moulin Rouge, Paris are miserable gits. They stopped Gold Coast charity ball for deaf kids from using the name: http://tr.im/vo3P
  14. Indigenous peoples, such as Aborigines and Native Americans at higher risk from swine flu: http://tr.im/syUi
  15. A tsunami warning for the south east coast of Australia has been issued, caused by undersea earthquake off New Zealand: http://tr.im/sqPq
  16. In the Blue Mountains. Freezing & spectacular. Walked for miles, now in a warm coffee shop in Katoomba http://twitpic.com/9kqmr
  17. Staying consistent with enormous landmarks, we've just driven past the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour! http://yfrog.com/5bn6zj
  18. Stopped for an early lunch at Ferny Park cafe on the river, near McLean. Very nice! http://yfrog.com/06wr4ij
  19. Driving from Sunshine Coast to Sydney. Just passed the 'Big Prawn' at Ballina in northern NSW. http://yfrog.com/0rjeyj
  20. Officials in Australia are trying to determine how an Aboriginal man caught and then died from swine flu: http://tr.im/pzyM