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$70b love affair: Dividend bonanza for Australians
2014-09-04 05:54:22| Agriculture - Topix.net
Almost $70 billion has flowed to investors in dividends throughout 2013-14, keeping equities in favour and underscoring Australia's love affair with companies which give back cash. Dividends declared in the earnings season just ruled off take the haul in the year to June 30 to a record $67.8 billion, up from $61.3 billion in 2012-13 for members of the S&P/ASX 200, analysis by Credit Suisse shows.
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Australians rally over future of Tasmania forest
2014-06-14 02:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Thousands of Australians rallied Saturday against the proposed logging of protected forests in rugged Tasmania ahead of a UNESCO World Heritage meeting where the issue will be discussed. The conservative government has asked UNESCO to revoke its World Heritage listing for 74,000 hectares (183,000 acres) of forest, claiming it was not pristine, and open it up to the timber industry. The annual World Heritage Committee meeting starts Sunday in Doha, with up to 5,000 people protesting the move...
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Jordan Rice bravery award campaign shows how Australians use change.org
2014-05-29 04:40:23| Food - Topix.net
The Prime Minister backs an appeal to grant Jordan Rice a posthumous Cross of Valour, three years after the teenager died in the Toowoomba floods.
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Australians Divest From Big Four Banks That Fund Fossil Fuel Projects
2014-05-02 17:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Today and tomorrow hundreds of customers with Australias Big Four Banks will close their accounts in a statement against the banks investments in new coal and gas projects. These customers will be taking part in Australias first "National Days of Divestment Action" organized by Market Forces and 350.org Australia. Since May of last year, hundreds of customers have "put their bank on notice" and pledged to move more than $100 million AUD out of the Big Four banks unless they commit to ruling...
South Australians warned may have to carry cost of losing their homes to rising sea levels
2014-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Advertiser: COASTAL South Australians have been warned they may have to let their homes be swallowed by the sea, and carry the cost of their loss, as climate change raises ocean levels. Around 60,000 homes in South Australia are considered at risk of a predicted sea level rise of half a metre over the next 50 years. Eyre Peninsula homeowners have been warned to accept that their properties may have an expiry date if relocation or the construction of sea walls is too expensive in the face of sea levels raised...
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