Sunday, May 22, 2016

Malaysian who spent wrongly transferred $4.6m: I thought my parents gave me the money and other top stories.

  • Malaysian who spent wrongly transferred $4.6m: I thought my parents gave me the money

    Malaysian who spent wrongly transferred $4.6m: I thought my parents gave me the money
    The Malaysian student in Australia who allegedly spent A$4.6 million (S$4.6 million) that was mistakenly given to her by a bank, has said that she thought the money was from her parents.Asked why she thought she had access to so much money, she said "my parents give me lots of money", the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday (May 22). The Herald reported that Christine Lee Jia Xin, 21, had received a phone call from the bank in April last year, after it froze her account upon realising its ..
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  • winter rain helps lift Tasmania power rationing

    winter rain helps lift Tasmania power rationing
    Water storages in Tasmania's dams is up 20 per cent since April. Photo: Supplied The onset of winter rain in Tasmania has boosted dam storage levels sufficiently to enable the resumption of full production at constrained aluminium and minerals processing plans.Rio Tinto's Bell Bay aluminium smelter is to resume full production by the end of June – a month earlier than expected – and TEMCO, the magnesium alloy plant owned by BHP Billiton spin-out South 32, wit..
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  • Seven and Racing Victoria shake up horse racing with Hong Kong deal

    Seven and Racing Victoria shake up horse racing with Hong Kong deal
    Racing Victoria and Seven West Media's joint venture may bid for racing in other states. Vince Caligiuri Seven West Media and Racing Victoria's Racing.com joint venture will announce on Monday it has gained the rights to broadcast arguably the best-quality horse racing in the world from Hong Kong. It is a small but significant step for Racing.com, one that may be the first domino to fall in what looms as a year or two of intensive broadcast dea..
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  • Burst water mains across Adelaide come after funding cut, Opposition says

    Burst water mains across Adelaide come after funding cut, Opposition says
    Burst water mains across Adelaide come after funding cut, Opposition says Updated May 22, 2016 16:01:36 South Australia's Opposition says a $17 million cut to a pipe replacement program has contributed to Adelaide's spate of burst water mains.Infrastructure spokesman David Pisoni said funding for the SA Water's Pipe Network Renewal program dropped from $47.2 million in 2014-15 to $30.6 million in 2015-16.He said at the same time, the total number of bursts increased fro..
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  • Standby energy consumption adds $860 million to electricity bills

    Standby energy consumption adds $860 million to electricity bills
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Standby power: our worst home appliances Even when turned off, standby power means these devices continue to guzzle alarming amounts of electricity. PT1M2S 620 349 A quick glance around the average home and you will see them.In the kitchen, the living room and the bedroom.They are the hungry devices costing Australian consumers $860 million a year and resulting in almost 2.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions รข€“ and that is when they a..
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  • Queensland fine dodgers will have car wheels clamped in SPER debt crackdown

    Queensland fine dodgers will have car wheels clamped in SPER debt crackdown
    Queensland fine dodgers will have car wheels clamped in SPER debt crackdown Updated May 22, 2016 11:52:21 Queenslanders who rack up fines with the State Government and refuse to pay will have their wheels clamped, with the threat of the sale of their vehicle.Treasurer Curtis Pitt said debtors were thumbing their nose at the recovery efforts by the State Penalties Enforcement Registry (SPER) and incurring more fines.Fifty debtors have 4,785 unpaid fines, worth $1.6 milli..
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  • First State Super eyes growth after winning StatePlus bid

    First State Super eyes growth after winning StatePlus bid
    The slated $820 million StatePlus IPO is off the table after First State Super snapped up the financial planning network for a reported $1 billion. Jessica Shapiro First State Super, one of Australia's largest non-profit superannuation funds, has paid around $1 billion for the NSW government's financial planning business StatePlus. The deal positions First State Super to grow its national footprint outside its base in NSW and Victoria. The exp..
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Victims of EgyptAir MS804 'terror attack' named as former TV actress, and captain promoted four days earlier .'Devastated' Wijnaldum can't shake Newcastle relegation woes .
Childhood poverty may be cancer risk later .Newcastle Knights CEO Matt Gidley pleads for ... .

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