Historic $A pact seals China ties

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Page 1: WA's state-owned power utilities spent more than $400,000 on staff Christmas parties last year, including $4,000 for Synergy and Horizon executives and their partners.

Page 3: WA Labor senator and former truckie Glenn Sterle threatened to “knock the block off” WA Liberal Dennis Jensen in a foul-mouthed incident at Canberra Airport, Dr Jensen claimed yesterday.

Page 4: Police have vowed to maintain pressure on the protesters at Heirisson Island after four men were arrested when about 70 police descended on the Aboriginal tent embassy yesterday afternoon.

Rust Discovered On Bank Of Russia Issued 999 Gold Coins | zero hedge

Here is scratching his head as everyone knows the basic chemistry course, gold is the most inert metal in the world - will not rust or corrode. Yet this is precisely what Russia trading company trading precious metals, international payment Reserve System, has discovered thousands of (allegedly) 999 gold pieces "St George" (photo insert) issued by the Central Bank of Russia. The accidental discovery took place after several customers of the company had requested that their gold will not be stored in a safe, but a lot safer, "buried under an oak.

Jeffrey Gundlach, Bond Savant

1. Yet as we travel by van out of Shenyang, a bustling metropolis of 7 million people, the Coca-Cola CEO quickly finds himself in uncharted territory: an increasingly desolate expanse of land in China's northeast, the nation's former rust belt.
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