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After Kelly and her family left the turbulence of apartheid South Africa for Sydney in 1997, her first job was with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as general manager of strategic marketing.
FORBES: Gail Kelly Has More to Do At Australia's Westpac
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The mining tax is likely to be a hot topic of debate in Australia's next general elections which are scheduled to be help in September this year.
BBC: Australia collects $130m revenue from mining tax
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The former conservative government of John Howard in Australia long resisted a general public apology to aborigines, fearing it would encourage divisive, race-based politics (such as quotas).
ECONOMIST: Who should apologise to whom, for what and how?
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Many Greeks who arrive in Australia are turning to Costas Markos, general secretary of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne.
WSJ: Australia's Booming Economy and Shortage of Workers Attract Greeks
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This remark was meant for Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary-general, who visited Canberra at the height of the row, mainly to acknowledge Australia's work in restoring order in East Timor.
ECONOMIST: Australia
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Around 77 of the 200 hedge funds sold in Australia offer their products to the general public, sometimes over the internet, without officials batting an eyelid.
ECONOMIST: What happens when small investors play in the big leagues
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Many child migrants were promised oranges and sunshine on arrival in Australia, which is the title of a new film chronicling their plight that goes on general release next month - it has been out for a few months in Britain already.
BBC: Oranges and Sunshine