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Tony Abbott hoses down tax hike threat and spruiks importance of research

August 26, 2014 – 9:14AM

Latika Bourke

National political reporter

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has hosed down threats of increased taxes and cuts to research if key budget measures are not passed, but Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has repeated his weekend comments that a future government would have to raise taxes if tough decisions were not accepted..

Senator Cormann warned on Sunday that the only alternative to blocked budget measures would be to raise taxes. And Education Minister Christopher Pyne raised the prospect of research grants being cut if his plan to deregulate the university sector was rejected by the senate.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre discussing the budget deadlock. Photo: Eddie Jim

But Mr Abbott, appearing at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne on Tuesday, said his government wanted to “massively increase” Australia’s research effort.

“I want to stress here at the Peter Mac, this is a government which is dedicated to science which is devoted to research,” he said.

And he similarly played down the prospect of raising taxes if measures such as the proposed $7 fee to visit the doctor are rejected.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne. Photo: Eddie Jim

“We don’t support raising taxes, we support cutting taxes,” he said and added “we want, over time, to see significant tax reform in the country”.

But appearing before the media a short time later, Senator Cormann warned again that a future government would have to impose “higher taxes or deeper cuts” if tough decisions aren’t accepted now.

“People might think the budget is tough now, if we don’t make the necessary decisions now it will only become tougher in the years ahead and that is the inevitable truth,” he told reporters in Canberra.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne. Photo: Eddie Jim

Mr Abbott stressed that not all of the government’s first budget involved cuts and increased taxes and said “It’s a budget for savings sure but it’s a budget for building as well”. But he backed his Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce’s description of the current fiscal position as a potentially fatal “financial melanoma”.

Mr Abbott said “It’s a very colourful bit of phraseology and Barnaby’s essentially right”.

“I just want to stress the overall purpose of this budget, it is to rescue this country’s future,” Mr Abbot said.

Labor’s leader in the Senate Penny Wong accused the government of making “arrogant” threats and talking down the economy with their references to “financial melanomas” and a “budget emergency”.

“As a senior person your words have really substantial, real economy risks and it’s like this government doesn’t understand that,” Senator Wong told ABC radio.

She said Labor was “not for turning” on measures such as the co-payment, universities and pension and welfare reforms.

“Labor’s going to stand up for what is right,” she told ABC radio. “We’re not going to allow what’s unfair to pass.”

On Monday, Palmer United Party Senate leader Glenn Lazarus said it would be “political suicide” for the Abbott government to raise taxes, adding he did not believe the threats were serious.

Parliamentarians return to the capital for the resumption of parliament on Tuesday following the five-week winter break, during which time there has been no progress on deadlocked measures.

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Source : The Sydney Morning Herald

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Cadeira de rodas na novela “Vitória” desperta curiosidade do público

Objeto é utilizado pelo personagem Artur, de Bruno Ferrari

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Na novela “Vitória“, da Record, o ator Bruno Ferrari interpreta o paraplégico Artur.

O personagem utiliza uma cadeira de rodas muito moderna nas cenas, que chamou atenção de telespectadores.

Segundo o CITE, Canal Interativo do Telespectador, várias pessoas entraram em contato para saber a marca da cadeira de rodas.

O ator ficou surpreso ao saber que está presente no topo da lista de dúvidas dos telespectadores e revela que o modelo é uma Ottobock. “A cadeira que usamos nas cenas realmente é leve, ótima, fácil de manusear, na primeira vez quase caí de tão moderna e não tinha habilidade nenhuma”, conta aos risos.

Para viver um paraplégico, a preparação foi intensa. “Fiquei um mês com um modelo diferente da que usamos no estúdio, só para ir me adaptando, mas perto da antiga, a que uso agora parece até uma Ferrari”, diverte-se.

Bruno ainda contou com a ajuda de um profissional para que a locomoção de um deficiente fique o mais real possível. “Tive o auxílio de uma fisioterapeuta na preparação, que me ensinou a sempre está apoiado, segurando a cadeira com firmeza, evitar inclinações no corpo e movimentos que não forcem tanto a perna, já que Artur não sente os membros inferiores”, finalizou.

“Vitória” vai ao ar a partir das 21h20, na Record.

Auckland airport reports profit jump

August 26, 2014 – 8:58AM

Jamie Freed

Per passenger spending on retail declined by 2.4 per cent, in part because the strong New Zealand dollar meant it was more attractive for some trans-Tasman travellers to make their purchases in Australia. Photo: Bloomberg

Auckland International Airport (AIA) reported a 10.5 per cent increase in full-year underlying profit to $NZ169.9 million ($152.5 million), in line with its guidance and analyst expectations.

The airport operator had forecast a figure of $NZ166 million to $NZ172 million, and analysts had forecast $NZ170 million. AIA had experienced international passenger growth of 5.1 per cent over the financial year ended June 30, and domestic growth of 2.2 per cent during the period.

However, per passenger spending on retail declined by 2.4 per cent, in part because the strong New Zealand dollar meant it was more attractive for some trans-Tasman travellers to make their purchases in Australia.

AIA increased its final dividend per share by 12 per cent to 7 cents a share, imputed at the New Zealand company tax rate of 28 per cent. Overall, the airline returned $NZ454 million of capital to shareholders during the financial year.

Chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden said he was confident in the airport’s ability to unlock further opportunities in the 2015 financial year.

AIA has forecast it will report underlying profit after tax of $NZ160 million to $NZ170 million, due to increased interest costs associated with the capital return. Due to the 10 per cent reduction in the number of shares on issue after the capital return, that would represent a lift in earnings per share of 2 per cent to 9 per cent.

AIA shares closed 2 cents lower at $3.36 on Monday, ahead of the results release.

Source : The Sydney Morning Herald

TV Verdes Mares vai transmitir Botafogo x Ceará depois de amanhã

 

O Ceará vai enfrentar o Botafogo depois de amanhã pelas oitavas-de -final da Copa do Brasil .  A TV Verdes Mares vai transmitir esse duelo direto do Maracanã . A narração ficará por conta de Caio César e os comentários com Paulo César Norões .

Sem acordo com Ceará, Fluminense desiste de contratar Magno Alves

Diretoria alvinegra não libera o atacante, artilheiro da equipe na temporada. Flu não descarta retomar as conversas no fim do ano

O Fluminense desistiu da contratação de Magno Alves. Nesta segunda-feira, a diretoria tricolor recebeu a informação de que o atacante não conseguiu rescindir seu contrato com o clube alvinegro. Sem dinheiro em caixa para bancar a multa, o time carioca resolveu encerrar as negociações.

Com o jogador, que defendeu o Fluminense entre 1998 e 2002, o Tricolor já havia acertado as bases salariais. Magno Alves ainda tinha uma carta na qual o Ceará seria obrigado a liberá-lo por R$ 300 mil, caso aparecesse alguma proposta. No entanto, a diretoria do Vozão não reconheceu o documento.

Mais cedo, à Rádio Brasil, o presidente em exercício do clube cearense, Robinson de Castro, já havia assegurado que o centroavante, artilheiro do Brasil ao lado de Robert com 27 gols, não sairia.

O Flu foi informado da posição no fim da tarde e resolveu não prosseguir com a negociação. Magno Alves, aos 38 anos, tem contrato até o dia 30 de novembro com o Ceará. Não está descartada que as conversas sejam retomadas no fim do ano.

 

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Man up or miss out in the world of dating

August 25, 2014 – 11:48AM

MJ Angel

Aussie men, it’s time to man up. Photo: Getty Images

Being single has its challenges and despite living in a time with unprecedented ways to access and meet potential partners through a plethora of apps, websites and groups offering all kinds of matchmaking services.

This little Tinderella still enjoys meeting men the old-fashioned  way. Preferring to scan left or right through a crowd of people, rather than using my thumb and phone.

The “2014 RSVP Date of the Nation Report”, findings may just hold a clue as to why so many single ladies are finding the old fashioned way mission impossible.

Thirty-six per cent of single Australian women surveyed rated the lack of opportunities and occasions to meet other singles as their biggest challenge when it comes to finding a serious relationship, followed by a severe lack of suitable talent in an appropriate age bracket.

Whereas the same amount of fellas, who have a bevy of beauties to pick from, actually cited  the fear of rejection as their number one challenge when it comes to finding true love.

Really? What has happened to our quintessential Aussie bloke, tough as the outback with a ‘she’ll be right mate’ attitude? Has his modern day penchant for man-scaping and skinny jeans made him soft? Has he gone from gutsy to girly?

Fellas have you lost your link to the missing link, dating back to your prehistoric predecessors, to a time when you were hunters and gatherers? Do the single ladies of Australia need to start running round in loincloths feigning chase of a T-Rex to get your attention?

Newsflash… Women are human too and we don’t particularly like rejection either but life isn’t a Disney movie, so we can’t sit in our little ivory towers in the kingdom Singleness waiting for you lot to pluck up and sweep us off into happily ever-after.

Since when does the sole point of starting a conversation with a woman really have to teeter on the hypothetical of whether or not you will end up together forever? So what if you don’t get our number or we don’t ride off into the sunrise together, that’s not rejection, that’s life!

I’m tired of wearing the metaphorical pants ALL the time! The reality is; if you make a concerted effort to communicate with us, i.e. strike up a conversation, which does not include ‘nice rack’, ‘nice dress but it would look better on my floor’ or use us as a resting place to steady your balance as you hug your 15^th beer… Chances are we will engage!

Of course you’ll get your occasional she-beast that could do with a lesson in decorum and politeness but quite frankly, gentlemen, the majority of us are normal, civil human beings open to a simple, “hello, how are you?”.

Don’t believe me, RSVP’s relationship expert and psychologist John Atkin agrees that for many single men, the dating process can be a daunting one, as they view it as an opportunity for possible failure and rejection.

“Men appear to be taking dating setbacks too personally, especially when compared to women”, says Atkin, his professional advice, “Guys need to have more fun, and remember that dating is a process of elimination not rejection.”

Draw some inspiration from your European counterparts, take a page out of their book of amore, for them rejection is a form of foreplay, not a reason to sulk in the corner and lick your wounds. Yeah so it sucks when you approach someone you fancy and you cop the big NO, but hey nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?

So this single lady on behalf of all the single ladies simply has this to say… Single men of Australia, it’s been duly noted that you’re a little more sensitive than we may have thought, so we promise to make more of an effort not to scare you off, however you are on notice. You might want to man up or you might just miss out

Source : The Sydney Morning Herald

Consolidados GRANDE SP 24.08.2014

Globo

O “Fantástico” teve a maior audiência do dia com 19 pontos. O “24 Horas” se despediu com apenas um dígito.

Esquenta – 8
Temperatura Máxima – 10
Campeonato Brasileiro – 15
Domingão do Faustão – 17
Fantástico – 19
24 Horas – 9

Record

A Record teve destaque com os dois dígitos do “Domingo Espetacular”. Os outros programas dominicais com o Faro e Geraldo Luís também ficaram na vice-liderança.

Domingo Show – 7
Hora do Faro – 7,5
Domingo Espetacular – 11
Tela Máxima – 5

SBT

O domingo do SBT não teve dois dígitos em nenhum programa. O “Domingo Legal” segue sem vencer seu principal concorrente, e lá se vão 23 semanas no terceiro lugar.

Domingo Legal – 6
Eliana – 7
Roda a Roda Jequiti – 7
Programa Silvio Santos – 9

Band

A Bandeirantes teve a maior pontuação do dia com o Campeonato Brasileiro: 6 pontos de média.
Gol – O Grande Momento do Futebol – 3
Campeonato Brasileiro – 6
Terceiro Tempo – 4
Top 20 – 2
Pânico na Band – 5

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