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Every year ‘The Rocks’ area of Sydney has featured a Christmas tree made rom recycled materials. In 2008 it was chairs, last year it was bottles, this year it was the turn of bicycles. It took eight weeks to make and stands seven meters . . . Read . . . → Read More: Recycled Christmas Tree Lights Up Sydney

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As part of Queensland Governement Opportunities program Premier Anna Bligh has announced one of the largest natural gas deals in Australia’s history.  The latest deal for Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, Santos for the sale of natural gas to Korean comapny Kogas brings the total sales over the next 20 years . . . → Read More: Australia Visa Boost for Queensland

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This is a great little article from the Victorian Government about the ease of doing business in Melbourne.

Regulatory Facts Doing business is Melbourne is easy. Australia is rated number two in the world for the shortest time needed to set up a business1 – just two start-up days, ahead of Singapore (three) and . . . → Read More: Business Migration Australia – Melbourne

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released data showing that gross domestic product grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.3 percent in the 3rd quarter of 2010.  This is and acceleration in Australia’s economy of 1.2 percent, its fastest pace in three years.  The economic growth was driven by a 1.6 percent increase in . . . → Read More: Australian Economy Accelerates

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The largest wind farm in southern hemisphere will be created at Macarthur 260 kilometres west of Melbourne in south west Victoria. It will contain 140 wind turbine generators and be constructed by a Vestas/Leighton Contractors consortium. AGL Energy Limited and Meridian Energy announced they had entered contracts to construct a 420- megawatt wind . . . → Read More: Australia Working on the World’s Largest Wind Farm

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Western Australia’s capital city is reinventing itself as the shining face of a mining boom.

“Perth hasn’t seen this level of development for over 20 years,” Western Australia Property Council’s Damian Stone said.

“It’s dramatic, and reflects how the dynamic of the city itself has grown. We are now a world-class city and . . . → Read More: Australian Mining Driving Growth in Perth

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Television sets larger than forty inches have recorded sales growth of 75% last year in Australia. The industry research group GfK found that 140,000 units were sold in six weeks following the world cup match on June 13. Experts predict televisions will outnumber people in the average Australian household.

This is due to . . . → Read More: Live Australia? The Flat Screens Are Taking Over.

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It looks like something you find rusting in a railway siding but open the doors and you have the supercomputer’s answer to the Tardis. iVEC, a joint venture between four Western Australia Universities and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation or CSIRO as it is known has bought itself an HP POD, . . . → Read More: Australia Working On Supercomputing Power

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Australia’s National Broadband Network is gaining international attention. “It puts the country at the forefront of digital technology and communication.” says telecommunications expert Paul Budde.

“It is therefore not surprising to see that the Australian example is being closely monitored by other governments worldwide, particularly in the US and Europe,” he said, “and . . . → Read More: Australia Working To Improve National Broadband Network

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Australian industry climbed 1.5 points on the Price Waterhouse Coopers performance of manufacturing index (PMI) in July due to stronger levels of production, new orders and deliveries.

This is the seventh consecutive month of upward movement. The strong result suggests the Australian economy is performing well. A figure above 50 shows the industry is . . . → Read More: Australian Industry Grows