8月21日,悉尼Eastwood一家音像店54岁的华裔老板林永红(Yong Hong Lin,音译)因制售盗版光碟被判入狱6个月,成为澳洲首位被判罪名成立的盗版商。案发在在2007年2月,警方突袭了林永红的音像店,搜出16,000多张盗版音乐和电影光碟。据悉,林永红在中国的非法盗版工厂以每张0.50澳元购入盗版光碟,然后在悉尼以每张7澳元出售。他也在澳洲本地购入盗版光碟销售牟利。
CAPITAL city housing markets have shrugged off the global financial crisis, with values rising 5.9 per cent in the first seven months of the year, surpassing the last market peak in February last year. 据2009年9月1日《澳洲人报》报道,澳洲个州府城市的房产市场已经摆脱了全球金融危机影响,在今年头七个月中上涨了5.9%,超过了去年二月份时的最高峰值。
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AUSTRALIA'S immigration policy is set for an overhaul amid concerns that it is failing to meet the nation's long-term needs, with a record influx of more than 600,000 temporary residents adding to the strain of a growing population.
TWO anonymous letters naming relatives as the alleged killers of Sydney newsagent Min Lin and his family were written in nonsensical Chinese, a source close to the family says.
Happy family: Rachael and Jason Wong with their children (left to right) Robyn, Molly, Olivia, Riley, Tyler, Jasmine, Kai, Logan (being held by his father), Izabella and Cody
In this May 29, 2009 file photo, locals sit on a street side in downtown Wadeye in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australia breached international obligations on human and indigenous rights by imposing radical restrictions on Aborigines during a crackdown on child abuse in Outback communities, a United Nations expert said Thursday.
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