Posted on January 28th, 2010 4pm by Matthew Holden.
In San Francisco Apple announced the new iPad - Steve Jobs made the "special announcement" at the Moscone Centre in downtown San Francisco 27-Jan-2010 (PST). Reactions have been mixed and these are our early thoughts on the latest product to join the Apple family.
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Tags: Apple, apple event, apple ipad, event, ipad, ipad photos, ipad pictures, ipad release, ipad review, ipad tablet, islate, itablet, latest creation, moscone center, san francisco, steve jobs, tablet ipad, tablet pc, technology news
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Posted on July 19th, 2009 9pm by Matthew Holden.
Private Benjamin RANAUDO, serving with the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force (MRTF2) of the 1st Battalion Battle Group of the Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR BG) has been killed in action in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. He was 22.
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Tags: 1RAR, 7-RAR-BG, ADF, Afghanistan, Australia, Benjamin RANAUDO, community-and-society, death, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, Mathew HOPKINS, MRTF2, Peter CONNOLLY, qld, Tarin-Kowt, terrorism, townsville-4810, unrest-conflict-and-war, War
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 12pm by Matthew Holden.

In June 2009, a man gone-by left his mark on the world when his baby daughter, Amiirah Ramiia Phoenix Schiliro was born. But her father died in 2008.
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Tags: Amiirah Ramiia Phoenix Schiliro, birth, Dawn Schiliro, Gianni Schiliro, Hornsby Hospital, Jacinta Kinseley, Mary Jerram, NSW Coroner
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Posted on May 28th, 2009 2pm by Matthew Holden.
SYDNEY: Ailsa Ritchie, pioneer of early intervention infection control in Australia died Tuesday at her home in Pymble, New South Wales from cancer. She was 67. Read the rest of this article »
Tags: Add new tag, AIDS, Ailsa S Ritchie, death, HIV, HIV-AIDS, jacqueline holden, jacqueline ritchie, Nursing, Obituary
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Posted on January 30th, 2009 7pm by Matthew Holden.
As Banks beg for bailouts from the US government and the decimated, imploded US economy still shudders from the housing bubble some banks have taken the extraordinary step to reward staff with financial bonuses for performance in 2008.
Is there any better example of an industry still out of touch and cannot see or read the political and social boundaries? Read the rest of this article »
Tags: AIG, Bank of America, Citibank, Financial Crisis, financial press, President Obama, Wall Street
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Posted on January 7th, 2009 6am by Matthew Holden.
Death in combat casualty #08:-
04-Jan-2009 Private (PTE) Gregory Michael SHER, 30, has been Killed in Action (KIA) during a hostile rocket/missile bombardment on the provincial patrol base in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan where he was stationed.
Private Sher belonged to the Australian 1st Commando Regiment and was serving with Special Operations Task Group. He and his partner lived in Sydney.
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Tags: 1st Commando, Afghanistan, Australian Army, International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, KIA, Military & Warfare, NATO, Oruzgan, Private Gregory Michael SHER, Provincial Reconstruction Team
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Posted on December 10th, 2008 11am by Matthew Holden.
Gabrielle Brawn, Intern Neuropsychologist and Doctoral Candidate of Clinical Neuropsychology, has been awarded Australian Postgraduate Award. Read the rest of this article »
Tags: gabrielle Brawn, MACCS, macquarie university, scholarship
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 12pm by Matthew Holden.
Lieutenant (Lt) Michael Kenneth Housdan FUSSELL. Killed 27-Nov-2008. Age 25, Single, member Australian Army 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) Special Operations Task Group (SOTG).
Lt Fussell was Killed in Action (KIA) by Taliban insurgents using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which was detonated whilst Fussell and his troops were conducting a dismounted foot patrol in the Oruzgan province, Afghanistan.
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Tags: Afghanistan, Australian Army, conflict, KIA, Michael Kenneth Housdan FUSSELL, NATO, Taliban, War
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 4pm by Matthew Holden.
Baby Juliette Eva Rosenwax arrives in the world. A new daughter for proud parents Katrina Holden and Jeremy Rosenwax of Mona Vale. A sister for Cyrus Rosenwax.
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 11am by Matthew Holden.
Renting in Sydney is very difficult. Whilst not as difficult as 2007 or when rents peaked in June 2008, but with an acute shortage of rental properties, - particularly at the lower end of the market - landlords are getting brutal about who they pick and choose.
For the returning expat, finding a place to live is not easy and there are plenty of hoops to jump through as our family is finding out.
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Tags: advise, Australia, expatriate, homes, how to, Keith Soames, Ray White, Real estate agents, rent, renting, Sydney
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