The ball's organisers smoothed things over by talking to the Hindu Council of Australia, which accepted their assurance that they meant no offence.
Traditional computers average 35.5 watts in standby, while laptops average 16.5 watts, according to a 2005 survey conducted by Australia's Ministerial Council on Energy.
The Business Council of Australia proposes that an independent body should be given the power to make small adjustments to tax rates in response to the state of the Australian economy without the need for parliamentary approval.
Eight thousand people a day die from air pollution but some simple preventative steps and increased monitoring could lessen the toll, according to a recently released report by Australia's Commonwealth Science Council.
But said the plans had been frozen "until further notice" while Australia worked with the UN Security Council on its response to North Korea's nuclear test.
Australia will now apply to the International Cricket Council's technical committee to replace Warne in their World Cup squad.
Bush said he is dispatching high-level delegations -- composed of officials from the State and Defense departments and the National Security Council -- to Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada to talk about building a new missile defense strategy.
The Australian Livestock Exporters' Council said the footage, released by animal rights group Animals Australia, was "horrific".
Ponting, meanwhile, said he had acted on the guidance of the game's governing body, the International Cricket Council, to report any racial incidents following problems with spectators on Australia's tour of India last year.
Match referee Chris Broad ruled Australia were two overs short of their target in the second innings and International Cricket Council rules state each player is fined 5% of their match fee per over not bowled, while the skipper receives a double penalty.
In Broken Hill, the local council campaigned in the early 1990s for a law change enabling Broken Hill to join Kalgoorlie in Western Australia state as the only two towns allowed to stage Two-Up year-round outside of a casino.
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