When Julia Gillard made her first policy announcement as prime minister, ditching Kevin Rudd's Big Australia policy, she did so through the front pages of the Murdoch-owned tabloids.
Early on, it did not help that her first policy pronouncements were to signal a retreat from Kevin Rudd's mining super profits tax, which made her look weak, and to ditch her predecessor's "Big Australia" policy, which went down well with the tabloids but seemed indicative of a lack of national ambition.
Britain's big rivals Australia also qualified in a thrilling race in the other semi, getting the nod in a photo-finish with Italy in a time half a second faster than the cruising Brits.
So it was left to Pietersen and Collingwood, well versed in establishing big partnerships against Australia, to alter the balance of power.
If you look at the England squad as a whole, you wonder who are the players who will produce a performance that will lift the side against the big teams like Australia and Sri Lanka.
But if we recognize that we have such a big variation in Australia, and on average quite a high number, then it is reason enough to have a closer look at what the same assessment would tell us for the other continents.
Shares in Australia's big four banks also advanced, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, ANZ and Westpac up between 0.3% and 1.2%.
In places like Australia the big thing is self-esteem, to help young people feel better about themselves.
One big difference is that Australia, unlike the East Asians before their currencies plunged, has a floating exchange rate which can adjust smoothly to market pressures.
The big question is whether Australia can arrest this momentum.
The 7-footer from Australia had three big dunks in the first half, including a thunderous right-handed slam over JaVale McGee.
But Australia was a big step forward, we did what a lot of other Welsh teams haven't done and beat a Tri Nations side.
Combine that with drought conditions in New Zealand and Australia, two big milk-exporting countries, and it makes for tight supplies worldwide--and higher demand for U.S. product.
Entrants from Hong Kong and Australia have lifted big prizes at Royal Ascot and Japanese horses have contested in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Australia has offered big concessions, but not yet big enough.
In 2010, after suspicions that crimes in Melbourne against Indian students were racially motivated, the number of university applications from India fell by half, reducing what is a big source of income for Australia (Indians are the second-largest group of foreigners studying in the country).
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They have tended to alternate between big shots and nothing, while Australia work far more singles.
According to a report this week from the Audit Commission, a public-spending watchdog, the introduction of a similar system in Australia resulted in a big productivity improvement.
Washington and San Diego are seeing big increases in visitors from Europe, Australia, South America and China.
Mirabela Nickel, a firm listed in Australia, is developing a big nickel project in Brazil and, bankers say, is having to seek funds in a market that has lost any appetite for risk.
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To anyone looking south from Indonesia, Australia looks above all like a big red desert.
Grosjean, 22, and Clement, 23, have so far done little in Paris but after breaking through in Australia will be confident of making big strides on home soil.
To get his head straight again, Woodman lit out on a surf odyssey through Australia and Indonesia, one last big trip before what he figured would become a life of comfortable middle-class monotony.
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Mongolia, which is also handily close to China, and Mozambique could join Australia, South Africa and Colombia as big exporters.
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England will start day two on 29-0, seeking to build a big total to further drive home their advantage over Australia.
Big cellular carriers such as Vodafone, SingTel, Australia's Telstra and several companies in Japan already embed FAST's contextual search technology in their networks.
The big red-grape-growing regions of South Australia, such as Coonawarra and the Barossa Valley, get enough sun and heat to ripen the fruit every year.
Rugby is a confidence game, so getting the first win against Australia at the weekend would be a big boost for the team and make the unit even stronger.
Western Australia's Alinta is the latest big energy distributor to expand its "green" output, announcing Tuesday it will take power from a 90-megawatt wind farm to be built near Geraldton.
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