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David Bonderman pocketed $1.5 billion by buying Myer at a bargain-basement price and flogging it back to the market at a premium / File HE'S the genius behind one of Australia's most extraordinary business coups: a Texas billionaire who lives as ...

Tang's lawyer, John Dickinson, said his client accepted an offer while he was gambling to act as an "overseer" of unspecified amounts and types of drugs on their arrival in Melbourne. Dickinson said Tang, who was offered $30,000 in return, was also ...

LONDON - Acclaimed director Baz Luhrmann was presented with the coveted Living Legend prize at Australia’s Inside Film (IF) Awards on Wednesday. The ‘Moulin Rouge!’ moviemaker was also handed the trophy for Box Office Achievement for his 2008 ...

... panel led by businessman David Crawford, also called for a shake-up of Australia's federal and state sports regulatory bodies. It also recommended the federal government negotiate with the states for a share of lottery revenues for sports ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Thousands of fans created a steady stream of traffic Wednesday across the 10th fairway at Kingston Heath, then turned and moved en masse up the left side of the 481-yard hole. They were not going to the green. They were ...

Despite the refusal of several countries, Australia has decided to go ahead with the new video review system for umpires in the coming season ... Controversial prediction game 6UP is back September 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The controversial SMS-based ...

The AFL Pre-Season Competition is a truly national competition that is held in every state and territory across Australia, including regional locations that otherwise ... a number of sporting values including the quest for performance, precision and ...

MELBOURNE -- A review into government funding of elite sports in Australia has ignored Olympic officials' calls for bigger budgets and recommended extra funding be linked to performance targets. The Australian Olympic Committee had requested an extra ...

Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister, has voiced “concerns” over the Church of Scientology after a senator detailed explosive allegations about the organisation, accusing it of torture, embezzlement and coerced abortions. Nick Xenophon ...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Road race world champion Cadel Evans is predicting bigger things for seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in 2010 than he achieved in his comeback to professional cycling this season. Australia's Cadel Evans reacts ...