Spring Lunchin’
It's that time of the year when the Spring Carnival in Melbourne captures the imagination of the country and the colour comes back into nature. It should be warming up - unless you're in Sydney where it's just raining. So we’re here to lighten your lunch with the tastiest bits of news for the day.
Channel latest
- The morning woke with the news that Corporate Express will be ramping up its IT campaign
- Tony Heyward has been retrenched by ComputerCorp, but with no hard feelings, he said
State of the market
- Shares have plummeted after a rise in the US dollar. At close of trading, the S&P/ASX200 was down 76.8 points at 4753.5.
- The Aussie dollar has fallen against the greenback and is trading at $US0.9166. Gold is also down and selling for $1042.8 an ounce while oil prices have slipped 2.26 per cent to $78.7 a barrel.
Product Wars: Aussie iPhone Apps
- Results so far...
- 1st - ABC iPhone App - 100%
- 2nd - Oz broadband speed test - 80%
- 3rd - StockWatch app supporting ASX - 75%
- 4th - iiQuota - 71%
- 5th - Pocket Weather AU - 67%
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General news
- Oops, what a gaff: Conroy blunder could damage Telstra
- Technology: Geeks go wild in Canberra
- Going green: Go vegetarian to fight climate change, Lord Stern urges
- Terrorism: Black Saturday 'Allah's revenge', accused claims
- Politics: Dig dirt, Turnbull office urges
- Home economics: Borrowers' apathy cost them $6.1bn
- Not so crazy about Crazy Johns: Mobile phone retailer to shift jobs to India
- Communications: Slip puts value on Telstra network
- Flying low: The pilot who tried to wing it
- Sound of silence: iPod ban for Christmas Island detainees
- 'Racist' biscuit: Coles backs down
Sport
- Rugby Union: Mackenzie slams Stade for pin-up player purchases
- Rugby Union (2): Time to right some wrongs
- Cricket: Hilditch gives Hughes hope
- Football: Kissel concedes World Cup aspirations may be over
- Racing: Cummings has Cup numbers
- Racing (2): O'Brien ponders Mackinnon with Vigor
- Racing (3): Hanks, Bridgestone to miss Victoria Derby
- Racing (4): Speed Gifted's Melbourne Cup campaign over
- Racing (5): Jockey's chance to emulate his father
- Racing (6): Cox Plate winner to bypass Mackinnon
- Rugby League: Roos have chatty Kiwi in sights
- Rugby League (2): Hayne must be content to wait in wings
- Rugby League (3): Thaiday now a name in Italy
Entertainment
- Film: When actors drop dead
- Celebrity chefs: It's meals and deals
- Television: All Saints fades away
- Hey, big seller: Pink DVD outsells Buble CD 4 to 1
- Getting behind the band: Fans fund Public Enemy album
- Jack White: Turns philosophy lecturer
- Motoring: Electric Mini headed for local roads
- Food: Great plates served late
- Food (2): Cheesed off
- Top 10: Celebrity dummy spits
For the evening:
- The SMH raved about An Education, a striking drama from the UK. There’s plenty of rain about, so that’s our recommendation for tonight.
Tomorrow's weather:
- Sydney: Chance shower. Min: 15, Max: 23
- Melbourne: Sunny. Min: 10, Max: 25
- Brisbane: Showers easing. Min: 18, Max: 25
- Perth: Few showers. Min: 13, Max: 20
- Adelaide: Fine. Sunny. Min: 13, Max: 28
- Hobart: A little drizzle. Min: 9, Max: 14
- Canberra: Fine, mostly sunny. Min: 6, Max: 24
- Darwin: Afternoon shower/storm. Min: 26, Max: 34
