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A world leader in lakes holds a free public lecture at the University of Waikato on August 14.

Music lovers have a farm boy from North Yorkshire to thank for Waikato University's showcase of top international pianists.

How a Google query works. That's pretty neat. I had no idea so many individual machines were involved in performing just a simple search.

PROTESTS won't make South Australia cave in to a "ludicrous" pay bid by teachers, Premier Mike Rann said today.

FIREFIGHTING is a hazardous job but it wasn't an accident at work that almost ruined Ian Shuker's starring role in this year's beefcake calendar.

NEW car and truck sales in Australia fell 2.7 per cent in July, according to industry figures released today.

ALCOHOL left as a tribute to two young victims of a high-speed car crash has shocked police almost more than the smash itself.

THE share market was languishing at a 32-month low at noon as fears of slowing global growth lowered commodity prices and hammered the resources sector.

BUSINESS confidence has slumped to its lowest level in at least 14 years as high oil prices and interest rates slow domestic demand, a survey shows.

GINDALBIE Metals expects iron ore prices to rise by as much as 20 per cent next year followed by a smaller increase in 2010, and says demand for the bulk commodity will remain strong for the next decade.

SPECULATION is mounting that the Big Four banks and regional players such as Suncorp Metway are set to impose a new layer of fees on borrowers.

THE family of a man brutally bashed at a railway station two years ago, leaving him with permanent memory loss, is suing Queensland Rail.

A REPORT has found south-east Queensland's koala population could vanish within 20 years, sparking calls for a ban on pet dogs.

EERIE video footage of three missing sailors from the ghost ship Kaz II shows them fishing and joking before they vanish without a trace under "threatening" skies.

THE West Australian Government has announced a plan to bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in Perth.

THE sons of Gold Coast millionaire Ken Lacey are among 19 people charged with drug trafficking after a lengthy police operation.

THE family of Tasmania Tourism and Economic Development Minister Paula Wriedt said her hospitalisation yesterday has nothing to do with comments made by Sam Newman on The Footy Show last week.

OIL prices fell in Asian trade today as fears about slowing US demand outweighed the increasing likelihood of heightened tensions over Iran's controversial nuclear programme, dealers said.