Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, begins tomorrow a historic visit to Spain, being the first time that the institutional position of the country's largest ocean

Bryce exerts a representative in Australia of Queen Elizabeth II of England, who still holds the Head of State of this country for the links history with the United Kingdom and the membership both to the Commonwealth, the umbrella organization former colonies of the British Empire. The Governor General, who was the first woman to this post in September 2008, will be five days in Spain, divided between Galicia and Madrid, Efe sources have informed the Australian embassy. This happens to visit the Kings made a Australia in June 2009 to strengthen ties political, economic and cultural ties between both countries. That was the second time that Don Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain visited the antipodes after trip they made in 1988 coinciding with the celebrations of the bicentenary of the arrival of the British Oceania. Bryce, 68 years old, will arrive tomorrow to Santiago Compostela with her husband, Michael, from Italy. During his stay of two days in Galicia, will meet in Santiago with President of the Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijoo, and visit the shipyard on the river Navantia Ferrol (A Coruña). In the factories that the public has naval Ferrol and Fene, are building two large vessels amphibians, the style of "Juan Carlos I", the largest Spanish Armada, with 230 meters in length, and three combat frigates. The contract for the manufacture of the five boats Australian Navy, signed in 2007, together with other in defense orders awarded by the Government of Canberra, have a total of approximately 10,000 million euros, according to sources. The first of the great vessels was launched last February and Bryce will have the opportunity to see how they evolve work of the second. Delivery will be made in both 2013 and 2015, respectively. As of Tuesday in Madrid, the Princes of Asturias Bryce will offer lunch and her husband at the Palace Real. The governor will be the Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero at the Palacio de la Moncloa review the major issues of common interest, such as situation in Afghanistan, where Australia and Spain deployed troops. Also visit the Congress, where the receive President, José Bono, and the city of Madrid, for receive Gold Keys town of hands Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon. His agenda in the capital includes a tour of the facilities that the European manufacturer Airbus has the town of Getafe, which also works in the adaptation of five Australian transport planes. The governor will have some cultural events, including them, the visit to the Prado Museum, where it is move next year to work exposure under the Art Gallery of Queensland, Bryce where it originates. Spain has strengthened in recent years his relationship with Australia and the business opportunities it offers. The largest country in Oceania, which also has a woman, Julia Gillard, as head of government since June 2010, a member of the G-20, a forum whose meetings are Spain has built over the past two years.

The Australian economy grew more than expected

The company specializes in providing information via the Interneton the financial sector specialists and enthusiasts, Forex Pros,issued a more than positive. Therein, provided that growth in the Australian economy was so surprising that accelerated the pace ofthe last three years.
t should be noted that while analysts had expected the GDP to grow at a rate of 0.9%, it reached the figure of 1.2%. As requiredby the Australia Bureau of Statistics, this is a trend that continuesyear after year.
When thinking about the cause of this increase, some of the approaches are due to the growth in demand for iron ore and coalfrom China. Could be understood that this would be grounds for themining companies have improved the achievements of the country.Just like that, would impact the rest of Australia.
It is also important to note that exports have reached a rate ofprogress between April and June of 5.6%. This figure would add tothe reasons that Australian GDP has exceeded the expected numbers for the second quarter and growth is observed thatpredicts future economic success for the country.

The tornado spun like a giant, joining the sea and sky.

Striking are the images of a marine tornado appeared near the central coast of New South Wales in Australia. The video circulating on the web shows a true spin linking the sky with the sea, a sort of giant water fountain and furious. According require different international media inside the tornado, winds reached up to sixty miles per hour.As a result of its passage, there was heavy rainfall in the area. These tornadoes sea are sometimes rains cause fish calls that sometimes occur tens or hundreds of miles inland. The giant tube of air and water reached a height of 600 meters, as estimated by specialists.

John Kaldor gives away his $35 millions collection of a lifetime

JOHN Kaldor began collecting art in his 20s and went on to amass a collection worth tens of millions.

Then he gave it all away.

Yesterday the art gallery of NSW unveiled an entire floor of international contemporary art featuring the John Kaldor Family Collection - 200 works worth more than $35 million.

Mr Kaldor's gift isn't only the single largest donation of art to an Australian public gallery, it's also the most comprehensive collection of international and Australian contemporary art in the country.

Speaking to the press and guests at the opening of his family wing Mr Kaldor confessed to feeling "mixed emotions" about giving away a collection that, until recently, adorned the walls and mantelpieces of his Sydney family home and offices.
"I've never had so many people in my home before," he joked.

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He mused that the collection looked different in its new, formal setting but said the donation was a natural extension of his aim to share his "excitement about art with the public".

While the works were promised to the gallery in 2008 the gallery first had to find space to accommodate them.

A $27.6 million grant from the NSW Government provided them with the funds to relocate the gallery's storage facility off-site and transform the subterranean area into a new floor of art, cutting away and removing 1000 tonnes of sandstone in the process to expand the floor’s display space.

The Art Gallery of NSW's director, Edmund Capon, said the floor's transformation from a storage space to one of the "greatest collections of international contemporary art" was "amazing".

"These new galleries are the result of incredible generosity of individuals and the positive support of our state government," Mr Capon said.

"It is a milestone in the history of the Gallery and changes the cultural landscape of Sydney."

The new floor comprises the John Kaldor Family Gallery, a suite of contemporary and modern galleries, a dedicated photography gallery and a refurbished public study room for the Gallery's works on paper collection.

The collection includes a number of commissioned and newly installed works of art including five vast wall drawings by Sol LeWitt, a major wall work by Richard Long and a new installation by Ugo Rondinone on the large stairwell that descends into the John Kaldor Family Gallery.

Sailor 'filmed himself raping colleague'

• Sailor faces court over alleged rape
• Another trainee convicted of child porn
• "Drugs and booze culture" at naval base

SEX scandal allegations engulfing the Royal Australian Navy have worsened with a sailor facing court for allegedly filming a sexual assault on a colleague and revelations another trainee remained in service despite being prosecuted for possessing child pornography.

In allegations that follow last March's alleged webcam sex scandal at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, a sailor will face court in August charged with the rape of a female colleague, in an incident he is accused of filming on his phone. The sailor has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

It is alleged the woman could not remember the incident and only became aware of it after the man boasted to other sailors and showed them the footage at HMAS Cerberus, Australia's largest naval training base.

A whistleblower also claimed he was told by investigators from the Australian Defence Force Investigation Service not to go public about the alleged incident.

The Herald Sun can also reveal another trainee in the same Rogers Division, Luke Grant Stewart, was allowed to remain in the navy despite pleading guilty to knowingly possessing child pornography.

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Stewart was even allowed to accompany children's tour groups through Cerberus's museum despite being caught with the pornography in his room at Rogers Division.

He was ordered to have counselling and pay $1000 to a children's charity in May 2008 by Frankston Magistrates' Court. He only recently left the service.
A navy spokesman said his departure was unrelated to the charges.
The Herald Sun can reveal allegations of a widespread culture of drugs and binge drinking at HMAS Cerberus, with at least nine trainees kicked out of the base in the past four years after returning positive drug tests.
Some of the trainees booted out for drugs and the man facing rape charges came from the base's troubled Rogers Division.
More than 100 people have left that division over the past four years, many in frustration, with a whistleblower claiming he was told not to speak about the problems at the base.
The navy has since introduced programs to change its culture.

"The New Generation Navy project launched two years ago aims to improve and modernise navy's culture, leadership and structure," a spokesman said.
Insiders say many of the problems at Rogers Division arose because those in the unit had nothing to do for months on end.

"We watched DVDs all day. We were promised deployments and training ... The navy is out there trying to recruit, but they don't even know what to do with the people they've got," a source said.

Malaysia deal not our Pacific Solution, says Wayne Swan

• Swan on defensive over asylum seeker plan
• $54,000 for each refugee from Malaysia
• Cost could top $800m, says Opposition
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DEPUTY Prime Minister Wayne Swan has rejected suggestions a deal with Malaysia to swap asylum seekers for processed refugees is Labor's version of the so-called Pacific Solution.

"I don't think it looks anything like that at all," he said in Canberra today.

It was also revealed today that children and ill asylum seekers could be among those sent to Malaysia under Prime Minister Julia Gillard's new refugee swap deal.

"If you get on a boat then the risk you run is that you end up in Malaysia, and I'm not going to put any conditions or caveats on that," she said.

Taxpayers will fork out more than $50,000 for every refugee the Federal Government plans to bring to Australia from Malaysia under its new plan to stop illegal boat arrivals.

But they will have to pay more than $90,000 for every asylum seeker the Government now rejects.

The financial burden of the Gillard Government's $292 million "Malaysian Solution" will not be the only Immigration blowout in tomorrow's federal Budget.

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The deal has been criticised by the opposition and refugee and human rights groups.

Mr Swan said the arrangement with Malaysia would include involvement by the United Nations refugee agency, something not part of the Howard government's Pacific Solution.

He insisted the deal was a regional solution within the Bali framework on tackling people smuggling.

"That allows for agreements between countries and it also means that we are having direct involvement from the United Nations in this process.

"Nothing would contrast more than that with the previous approach of the previous government."

Refugee Action Collective spokeswoman Sue Bolton said the boat arrivals would still continue unless the Government committed to accepting more refugees from Malaysia.

“I just don’t think this will stop the boats,” she said.

“The only way this will stop the boats will be by Australia taking more refugees stranded in Malaysia.”

The costs of processing asylum seekers could be reduced, Ms Bolton said, by allowing some low-risk applicants to live within the community while they are assessed rather than mandatory detention.

The Government is facing a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars to pay in part for a 1000 per cent increase in immigration staff employed to deal with boat arrivals in the past 18 months.

Department of Immigration figures reveal the number of processing staff in detention facilities to deal with boat arrivals has risen from 71 in 2009 to a staggering 709.

The combined cost of the new Malaysian policy, increased staff numbers to deal with cases and the expansion of detention facilities could see the Immigration budget blow out by more than $800 million, claimed the Opposition.

"Labor's open borders and rolling detention crisis is consuming staff and resources at an insatiable rate, with taxpayers forced to write a blank cheque to underwrite the Government's failure," said Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison.

Australia is using Prime Minister Julia Gillard to spearhead an international advertising blitz with the slogan "don't do it", telling people smugglers and passengers in Indonesia, Afghanistan and Pakistan about its new plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia, where there are 93,000 people already in the queue.

The PM's warning - "the truth is if you spend your money, you get on a boat, you risk your life, you don't get to stay, you go to Malaysia, and you go to the back of the queue" - has been translated into Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Arabic and Bahasa Indonesian, and already broadcast.

It is likely asylum seekers arriving by boat will still go to Christmas Island, but they will be kept separate from other people in detention.

The Government plans to fly them directly to Malaysia as quickly as possible, probably on special charter flights.

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said the 4000 people Australia would take from Malaysia would be spread out to 1000 a year.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott continued to call on the Government to strike a deal to send people to Nauru.

"Sending people to Malaysia means we get five back for every one we send. Nauru doesn't have any to send back - that's the point," he told The Bolt Report on Channel 10.

Greens leader Bob Brown said it was a "dog's breakfast of a refugee policy" and it was cruel to send people to Malaysia where "the cane is in frequent use".

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Dementia deaths double over decade - ABS

• *Dementia, Alzheimer's claiming more lives
• *Accounted for almost 8280 deaths in 2009
• *Are now the third biggest killer of Aussies                                
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DEMENTIA and Alzheimer's Disease are claiming more than twice as many Australian lives than they did a decade ago, new data has found.

According to the latest Causes of Death report, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today, the diseases accounted for almost 8280 deaths in 2009 - making it the third biggest killer of Aussies overall.

The rise in degenerative brain conditions prompted a peak advocacy body to call for more funding from the state and federal governments come budget time.

"We need more services in regional Australia, earlier diagnosis and much greater awareness and understanding of the illness," said John Watkins, CEO of Alzheimer's Australia.

Heart disease remained at the top of the list for both men and women, where it's stood since 2000.

However, the number of lives the disease claimed in 2009 had dropped four per cent over the last 10 years - killing about 12,000 men and almost 10,500 women.

Stroke was second on the list overall, claiming 11,220 lives, and lung cancer came in fourth with about 7790 fatalities.

Meanwhile, diabetes and external causes such as accidents and homicides, were over-represented among deaths in the indigenous population.

Diabetes was responsible for eight per cent of deaths, compared to just under three per cent of non-indigenous people.

External causes claimed the lives of almost 14 per cent of the indigenous population, compared to about six per cent of non-indigenous.

In 2009, there were 140,760 deaths registered in Australia - about 3000 less than the year before - and the total was split almost evenly between men and women.