'Thor' water-bombing aircraft arrives in NSW ahead of bushfire season

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'Thor' aircraft, capable of dropping 15,000 litres of water, arrives in NSW ahead of bushfire season

By Nick Dole

Posted September 01, 2015 15:15:21

Photo: The C-130 Hercules conducts a test run at the RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney's west. (Fairfax Media: Peter Rae)

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The New South Wales Rural Fire Service has unveiled its newest firefighting tool, a massive water-bombing aircraft nicknamed Thor, ahead of the bushfire season.

The plane has just arrived from North America for the Australian bushfire season and performed a practise water-bombing exercise near Richmond air base in north-west Sydney.

The air tanker can drop more than 15,000 litres of water or fire retardant on a blaze within a few seconds.

The people of NSW will be able to rest easy tonight, the first day of spring, knowing that Thor will be in the skies looking out for them.

NSW Emergency Services Minister, David Elliott

It has a loaded cruising speed of 545 kilometres an hour, meaning it will be able to reach most fires in the state within one hour.

Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said the aircraft would be a welcome sight for residents in fire-prone areas.

"The people of NSW will be able to rest easy tonight, the first day of spring, knowing that Thor will be in the skies looking out for them," Mr Elliott said.

RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said the specially configured C-130 Hercules will dwarf the capability of the smaller water-bombing planes in the fleet.

"This can carry five times the water of those machines," he said.

"They can take off and land on airstrips of less than two kilometres, they're very versatile."

Photo: A C-130 Hercules dubbed Thor has been converted into a water-bomber to help fight bushfires. (ABC News: Nick Dole)

The plane's pilot, Rickey Rau said Thor can fly fully loaded for at least five hours.

"Depending on where the fire is, we can launch out of here fully loaded and do two to three runs on the fire before needing fuel," Mr Rau said.

The plane will be based at the Richmond air base, but could also be moved to smaller bases at Williamtown, Tamworth, Dubbo and Canberra.

The aircraft will be leased to NSW for two fire seasons as part of a $10 million State Government funding package.

An ever bigger DC-10 air tanker will arrive in October.

Commissioner Fitzsimmons said much of NSW was facing an "above normal" risk of bushfires this season.

"That's largely caused by the moisture deficit," he said.

He said there has been solid rainfall in recent months, but it was not likely to have a lasting effect.

"With the onset of a strengthening El Nino still dominating the forecast for this season, the moisture is expected to be depleted fairly quickly, giving rise to a difficult fire season for 2015/16," he said.

Photo: The C-130 Hercules called Thor dumps water on the Richmond RAAF Base. (ABC News: Nick Dole)

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Grange Resources posts $80m loss after iron ore prices dip lower

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Grange Resources posts $80 million loss after iron ore prices dip lower

By Sallese Gibson

Posted September 01, 2015 15:10:06

Photo: Grange Resources has not ruled out the need to cut jobs after the profit dip. (Eliza Wood: ABC Rural)

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Tasmania's largest iron ore mining company, Grange Resources, has posted a loss of nearly $80 million for the first half of the year.

Grange, which owns the Savage River mine on the state's west coast, has put the loss down to lower than forecast iron ore prices and has not ruled out job losses.

General manager of operations Ben Maynard said falling iron ore prices were having an impact.

"It's certainly putting pressure on," he said.

"This is one we continue to watch day-in, day-out. There's a lot of speculation out there as to where the market is going to go and there're a lot of complicated things that influence that.

"We will continue to do what we can to maintain our costs under control to make sure we stay in that sort of position.

"We are working hard to improve our efficiency, we continue to invest in major capital works."

Mr Maynard said despite the result there was room for optimism.

"The highlight for us is that we actually posted an underlying profit of about $33 million for the half," he said.

"Largely the loss is a result of the impairment and that's down to really a formulaic calculation that we have to make as a company.

"The Savage River operation ... is going very well, we're seeing great production results, we're seeing good movements and good ore supply.

"We're producing at record operational rates through our concentrator. We're producing a high quality project and we're doing it safely."

Mr Maynard said the company was not planning any major job cuts but could not rule out the possibility.

"We need to keep producing and we need people and operators to keep doing that," he said.

"For us, we're going to hunker down, we're going to continue to produce, we'll continue to optimise our business and run as efficiently as we can and I think that'll place us in good stead to ride out whatever comes.

"Investment is still happening in the business. The business is still producing well and we think it's going well at this stage."

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Australian journalist acquitted in Thai navy defamation trial

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Australian journalist Alan Morison and colleague Chutima Sidasathian acquitted in Thai navy defamation trial

Posted September 01, 2015 14:59:26

Photo: Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison faced up to seven years in jail. (AFP: Ponchai Kittiwongsakul)

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Two journalists, including an Australian editor, have been found not guilty of criminal defamation by a Thai court over a report implicating the kingdom's navy in human trafficking.

Alan Morison and his Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian were also acquitted of another charge of breaching the Computer Crimes Act in a high-profile trial that had sparked widespread condemnation from human rights groups and the United Nations.

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• Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian faced up to seven years jail for 2013 article
• Article quoted investigation saying Thai navy was involved in trafficking Rohingya Muslims
• Trial condemned by human rights groups
• Thai navy has 30 days to appeal

Morison and Chutima had faced up to seven years in jail over a July 2013 article quoting a Reuters news agency investigation which said some Thai navy members were involved in trafficking Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar.

"I feel fantastic. The bad dream has ended," Morison said.

"We're just so pleased that it's over. It's good news for Thailand and for media freedom as well.

"Our fight was for a good cause and justice has prevailed."

Morison and Chutima smiled, embraced and shook hands with people in the packed courtroom after the judge acquitted them on the grounds their report did not constitute defamation or threaten national security.

"The judge did the right thing. This is a big step for freedom of expression and freedom of the media in Thailand," Chutima said.

"I am happy that the court clearly said that the information we presented was useful to society and that they were not defamatory."

The journalists are based in Phuket, a holiday island off southern Thailand's Indian Ocean coast, and published the report for the Phuketwan news website.

Nexus for unchecked people smuggling networks

Southern Thailand has long been known as a nexus for lucrative and largely unchecked smuggling networks through which persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, and Bangladeshi economic migrants, among others, would pass on their way to Malaysia.

Officials have been accused by human rights groups of turning both a blind eye to, and complicity in, the trade.

But a crackdown in May led to the unravelling of vast people-smuggling networks and in July Thai prosecutors announced 72 people had been indicted, including local officials and a senior army general.

However no other military figures have been arrested, something that has raised eyebrows among rights groups and observers who say it is unlikely such an influential officer would have acted alone.

Reuters has not been charged over its reporting — part of a series honoured with a Pulitzer Prize last year — and rights groups had accused the navy of trying to muzzle the smaller Phuket-based English-language media outlet.

The navy has 30 days to appeal against the verdict.

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Husband of detained Iranian asylum seeker pleads for ministerial intervention

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Mojgan Shamsalipoor: Husband and teacher of detained Iranian asylum seeker fly to Darwin, plead for ministerial intervention

By Steven Schubert

Updated September 01, 2015 15:22:34

Photo: Mojgan Shamsalipoor (R) and Milad Jafari on their wedding in Brisbane. (Supplied)

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A young Iranian asylum seeker is pleading with the Immigration Minister to let her apply for a partner's visa so she can be with her husband and finish her schooling.

Mojgan Shamsalipoor, 21, came to Australia by boat from Iran in 2012 and was initially detained on Christmas Island, before being released into community detention in Brisbane.

Her application for a protection visa was rejected in 2012, along with a bridging visa which was rejected in 2013.

She is married to an Australian permanent resident and is part of an Australian family.

Darwin-based lawyer, Kevin Kadirgamar

Her lawyer said she was raped by family members in her home country and would be persecuted if she returned due to the social stigma attached to rape victims.

Ms Shamsalipoor's husband, Milad Jafari, 21, lives in Brisbane with his parents and is a permanent resident of Australia.

The family also follow the Bahá'í faith, which is persecuted in Iran.

The couple's lawyer, Darwin-based Kevin Kadirgamar, said Immigration Minister Peter Dutton had the power to allow Ms Shamsalipoor to apply for a partner's visa, as Mr Jafari has permanent residency status.

A spokesperson for Mr Dutton said in 2014, then immigration minister Scott Morrison decided it was not in the public interest to intervene in Ms Shamsalipoor's case.

"Ms Shamsalipoor's last visa ceased in 2013 and she remained unlawfully in the community," the spokesperson said, adding that the case had been thoroughly considered.

The visa rejection was affirmed by the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Federal Circuit Court.

The 21-year-old Iranian national was detained again in December 2014 in Brisbane, before being transferred to Darwin in early August this year.

New application based on family ties, not rape claims: lawyer

Photo: Ms Shamsalipoor's husband Milad Jafari, Yeronga High School teacher Jessica Walker, and lawyer Kevin Kadirgamar in Darwin. (ABC News: Steven Schubert)

The couple's lawyer said Ms Shamsalipoor was not challenging the earlier visa outcomes, and that she was instead asking for a visa based on her marriage to an Australian permanent resident.

"She is married to an Australian permanent resident and is part of an Australian family," Mr Kadirgamar said.

"It's not about her protection claims any more, it's about the fact that she's a member of an Australian family and we should allow her to apply for a partner visa.

"But her status as an asylum seeker means she can't apply for that visa unless the minister allows her to apply for that visa."

Whilst detained in Brisbane Ms Shamsalipoor had been attending high school, and was taken by armed guard to attend classes at Yeronga State High School each day.

When she was moved to Darwin Ms Shamsalipoor had been just weeks off finishing Year 12.

For her to be taken the way that she was, it's not something that you just let go.

Mr Jafari has since flown to Darwin with two of Ms Shamsalipoor's teachers, who brought schoolwork so she can continue her studies, which they say she hopes to use to become a midwife.

Mr Jafari said he had been separated from his wife since her detention in December.

"Separating a family is just unbelievable, hopefully there will be no more family separation," he said.

"The first month I could not study, I could not have any food, I could not talk to my parents."

Mr Jafari said his wife remained hopeful that she would be allowed to apply for a partner's visa.

"It's very hard but she's coping because of the support from her school," he said.

One of Ms Shamsalipoor's teachers, Jessica Walker, said there was a lot of support from both teachers and students at her school in Brisbane.

"For her to be taken the way that she was, it's not something that you just let go," Ms Walker said.

She said it was of "paramount importance" that Ms Shamsalipoor completed her Year 12 studies.

"Mojgan's been with us since Year 10, she's put in huge amounts of effort in the last two years to get to where she is now," she said.

"It would be such a waste for her not to be able to complete her education and reach that dream of finishing Year 12."

Mr Dutton's spokesperson said people who have exhausted all avenues to stay in Australia were expected to depart.

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New laws to protect elderly from financially abusive family members in Victoria

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By Stephanie Corsetti

Updated September 01, 2015 16:00:23

Photo: Economic abuse is a "form of family violence". (ABC News)

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Laws designed to better protect the elderly and people with disabilities from economic abuse, particularly from their own family members, come into effect in Victoria today.

As the population ages, older parents can rely on their children to manage their affairs, but the Office of the Public Advocate said it was all too common for the next of kin to take advantage of the situation.

"The adult children of a parent, for instance, with dementia can be unscrupulous in misusing an enduring power of attorney to transfer ownership of a home to their name and for instance set up the quintessential granny flat out the back and put their parent in that or indeed put their parent somewhere else," John Chesterman from the Office of the Public Advocate said.

He said the new laws were important to protect people from abuse.

"A form of family violence is economic abuse and powers of attorney can indeed be instruments of abuse," Mr Chesterman said.

"So that's one of the reasons why this new legislation is important."

The changes also include greater witnessing requirements and new offences for people that abuse those powers, and in an Australian first, supportive attorneys will be able to collect information and put decisions into effect, without overpowering the main authority.

The Law Institute of Victoria said it was expecting an increase of power of attorney cases at the state's legal administrative umpire, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).

Law Institute of Victoria president Katie Miller said victims of elder abuse who had been ripped off could now apply for compensation.

"I think this is one of the most significant pieces of legislation to be passed by our Parliament in the last 10 years," she said.

She said another significant step was allowing family members to head to VCAT before damage was done if they were unsure about how finances were being handled.

"If an attorney is not sure about what they should be doing or if there's a genuine dispute between family members about how an attorney should be exercising the powers, they can actually go VCAT before the transaction takes place and they can essentially get an advisory opinion," Ms Miller said.

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Mustapha Dibb appeals against conviction for murdering wife of Sydney police informant

By court reporter Karl Hoerr

Posted September 01, 2015 14:30:28

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A man jailed for murdering the wife of a police informant in Sydney is appealing against his conviction.

Mustapha Dib is serving a minimum 30-year sentence for shooting Ahmed Banat and his wife Anita Vrzina at Punchbowl in November 2000.

Mr Banat, who was driving their car on the night, survived but his wife was killed.

Mr Banat had provided a statement about the stabbing of schoolboy Edward Lee in 1998.

Dib ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter over this case, but was not charged at the time.

Dib's barrister Tim Game SC told an appeal hearing the trial judge failed to acknowledge problems with the identification of his client including how dark it would have been at the time.

Mr Banat wrote Dib's nickname on a piece of paper provided to police as he recovered in intensive care, but later retracted it.

"There was a very limited time for observation," Mr Game said.

Justice Clifton Hoeben told the court it would be "utterly unreasonable" for the trial judge to repeat all of the defence's concerns about identification during his summing up of the case.

Mr Game said there was no evidence Dib knew about Mr Banat's statement regarding the Edward Lee stabbing and the case should not have been put to the jury.

The court was told prosecutors were selective about Mr Banat's evidence.

"He lies all the time, except for this one occasion," Mr Game said.

The appeal hearing continues.

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Reserve Bank leaves rates on hold

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Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold at 2pc despite global market volatility

By business reporter Stephen Letts

Updated September 01, 2015 14:55:14

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The Reserve Bank has left interest rates on hold at their historic low of 2 per cent for the fourth consecutive month.

The lack of action was widely expected, with markets pricing in less than a 10 per cent chance of a change and a recent Bloomberg survey of 27 economists forecast no change.

The RBA cut rates to their historic low in May.

The central bank has not been swayed by recent global market volatility, holding to its stance of further monitoring the Australian economy before deciding its next move.

"Equity markets have been considerably more volatile of late, associated with developments in China, though other financial markets have been relatively stable," RBA governor Glenn Stevens said in a prepared statement.

Mr Stevens said the economy should continue its modest expansion.

"While growth has been somewhat below longer-term averages for some time, it has been accompanied with somewhat stronger growth of employment and a steady rate of unemployment over the past year," he said.

The RBA appears to be becoming more sanguine about exchange rates, noting: "The Australian dollar is adjusting to the significant declines in key commodity prices."

After the announcement the Australian dollar remained largely unmoved, trading at 0.7145 cent against the US dollar.

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Socceroos will not boycott World Cup qualifier despite pay dispute

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PFA says Socceroos not boycotting Perth's World Cup qualifier despite pay dispute with FFA

Updated September 01, 2015 15:10:06

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The Socceroos' players union said there is no risk of a boycott of the Word Cup qualifying match against Bangladesh in Perth despite no guarantee the players will be paid.

Under the backing of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) the Socceroos have boycotted public appearances aligned with commercial partners of Football Federation Australia (FFA).

A shopping centre appearance in Perth on Tuesday was cancelled and the players will not attend any other appearances staged in conjunction with the FFA's commercial partners.

The players will still go ahead with a fan day and open training session this afternoon.

The action follows the expiry of the Socceroos' Collective Bargaining Agreement and the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding between the FFA and PFA.

PFA chief executive Adam Vivian said talks with the FFA have broken down numerous times over the last six months.

"Now it just so happens with the Socceroos in town, the Socceroos have said it is time to protect our rights and take a stand," Vivian explained on Tuesday.

"This is an important step to take in reducing their vulnerability."

Vivian said it is unfortunate the dispute has boiled over while the players are in Perth, a city that has not hosted the Socceroos in over 10 years. But he expects the impact on the Perth public to be minimal with the Socceroos still committing to community events.

The players have offered to undertake additional community work and Vivian said there is no risk of the the game against Bangladesh on Thursday not going ahead.

"There is a concern that in the absence of an agreement there is no obligation for the players to be remunerated," he said.

"But the players are highly competitive, professional guys. It is a World Cup qualifier and they want to play the game. The game will proceed.

"This stand is also not just about them. They want to safeguard the professional environment, they want to see a bit more gender equity with the Matildas and with the A-League there is concern over the two-year freeze of the salary cap."

FFA chief executive David Gallop said the action taken by the players is damaging to its relationship with its commercial partners and the general financial sustainability of the game.

Socceroos midfielder Mathew Leckie said the players are concentrating on playing football and not the industrial dispute with FFA.

"Obviously we're in negotiations at the moment and this is something that happens in football," Leckie said.

"We're here to play football and not worry about those things in the background, so we'll leave it to them (PFA) and just concentrate on the pitch."

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32,000 Indigenous Australians likely to be blind by 2025: report

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Indigenous eye health report: 32,000 Indigenous Australians could be blind by 2025

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By Bridget Brennan

Posted September 01, 2015 14:24:56

Photo: More than 32,000 Indigenous Australians could be blind by 2025 because of treatable eye conditions. (ABC; file)

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More than 32,000 Indigenous Australians are likely to be blind by 2025 because of treatable eye conditions.

A report from the University of Melbourne said the eyesight of those people could be saved if the Federal Government invested an extra $23 million a year.

The study's lead author, Professor Hugh Taylor, said evidence suggested Indigenous Australians were not getting the care they needed to see clearly.

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children start off with much better vision than non-Indigenous children," he said.

"By the time they reach the age of 40 and above the average Torres Strait Islander adult has six times as much blindness and over three times as much poor vision."

The report found Australia could save money in the long term if the Federal Government boosted spending on preventing vision loss among Indigenous people.

The university commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to analyse the Government's annual $40 million spend on Indigenous eye health.

PwC partner James van Smeerdijk said to eliminate preventable blindness in Indigenous communities, the Government would need to spend an extra $23 million a year for the next 10 years.

"If we can return sight to 32,000 people, that will help a lot of people into the workforce," he said.

"The additional $23 million a year, or $227 million for 10 years, is only about half a per cent of the health budget.

"I think it's a pretty modest investment."

'Pathway of care like a leaky pipe'

Vision degeneration, cataracts and eyesight problems caused by diabetes are the common causes of blindness in Indigenous communities.

The bacterial eye infection trachoma still spreads in many remote communities, caused by poor hygiene.

In the Northern Territory, the Jimmy Little Foundation was having some success rolling out songs and video about trachoma awareness, but the Federal Government cut all of its funding this year.

The foundation's chief executive, Buzz Bidstrup, said the funding cuts had eliminated important programs.

"Some really, really important frontline programs and delivery mechanisms are being bypassed for funds that are directed into another bucket, which then become savings," he said.

Professor Taylor said he was worried that the systems in place would not provide adequate care.

"We've looked in detail at the patient's journey, or the pathway of care, and we've said it's like a leaky pipe," he said.

"There are lots of cracks where people can just fall through the system.

"So if somebody is referred to get further treatment or a pair of glasses, they actually get it rather than just having the money spent on a wasted visit."

The university's Indigenous Eye Health Unit has presented its report to the Department of Health in Canberra.

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Man Haron Monis would have been bailed even if DPP challenged it, inquest hears

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Lindt inquest: Man Haron Monis would have been granted bail even if DPP challenged it, inquest hears

By Jessica Kidd

Posted September 01, 2015 14:18:44

Photo: Legal experts have told the Sydney siege inquest they believe Man Haron Monis should have been granted bail on a charge of being an accessory to murder. (AAP)

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A panel of legal experts has told the Sydney siege inquest they believe gunman Man Haron Monis would have been granted bail on an accessory to murder charge even if the prosecution's solicitor argued against it.

Monis, 50, was granted bail in December 2013 on a charge of being an accessory to the murder of his ex-wife in April of that year.

The solicitor who handled the case on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) was criticised in the inquest for instructing the Magistrate at the bail hearing that the presumption for Monis's release on bail was neutral, rather than arguing he did not qualify for release because he did not meet the test for exceptional circumstances.

One expert on the panel, Ian Temby QC, told the hearing it was probable Monis would have met the threshold for exceptional circumstances, had the DPP solicitor argued the principle.

"The view we've come to is that there was a need for Monis to make out a case of exceptional circumstances in order to be granted bail," he told the hearing.

"We see it likely that if exceptional circumstances had to be demonstrated ... it seems very likely exceptional circumstances would have been found in [Monis's] case."

Assault charges should have attracted detention application: panel

The panel also agreed that a second DPP solicitor, who chose not to challenge Monis's release on bail on a string of historic sexual assault charges in October 2014, should have made a detention application.

The solicitor previously told the inquest he made an out-of-court agreement with Monis's lawyer that he would not make a detention application and would instead seek to impose bail conditions on the sexual assault charges.

The solicitor, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, told the inquest he "believed [he] acted within [his] powers on that day and acted reasonably".

Mr Temby told the inquest that while the solicitor acted legally, he believed it was up to a court to make the ultimate decision on Monis's bail.

"The only satisfactory way for the issues to be placed before the court was in a detention application," he said.

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Canning by-election: Jobs, roads main issues in Dwellingup and Keysbrook

By Nicolas Perpitch

Posted September 01, 2015 14:11:35

Photo: Tony Burnett wants candidates to address road safety problems. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

Photo: Karina Morrison says there is no work in Dwellingup. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

Photo: Shane Koosjedowski says the road running through Keysbrook is dodgy. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

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In the old wood milling town of Dwellingup, jobs are the main concern in the forthcoming Canning by-election, but residents are not expecting to see the candidates too often.

The by-election, to be held on September 19, was called after the death of sitting member Don Randall, who held the seat with a comfortable 11.8 per cent majority.

The result is unlikely to be so decisive this time, with polls predicting a close race.

Almost 100 kilometres south of Perth, the main source of jobs for the 500-odd residents are the nearby Boddington gold mine, the Alcoa bauxite mine and tourism.

But even that is no guarantee of work.

"The timber industry's finished here. The orchards have all closed down," said local supermarket owner Don Herbertsen.

"But it's a lottery now to get a job in the mining industry."

Dwellingup roadhouse employee Katrina Morrison said a lot of people had to leave.

Photo: Karina Morrison says there is no work in Dwellingup. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

"We get a lot of people come in to Dwellingup and then leave after a six-month rental because there's no work. They can't get anything here," Ms Morrison said.

Both Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie and Labor's Matt Keogh have highlighted jobs as a major campaign issue.

But locals do not think there will be much campaigning in Dwellingup, which was rebuilt after the devastating 1961 bushfire which destroyed 132 homes and left 800 people homeless.

Mr Herbertsen said former MP Don Randall, who passed away in July, was an exception.

"I've never seen a Labor candidate here. In 21 years they just don't get here," he said.

"They only come here for election day and that's about it. Because we're only 500, 700 people, we're only very small. They'll concentrate in Mandurah and places like that."

Unless there's an election, they will come up and spend half a day here and then you'll never see them again

Retiree Lorelei Flatt

Retiree Lorelei Flatt, who has lived in Dwellingup all her life, is disillusioned with all the parties.

"You live in a small town, you never see them," she said.

"Unless there's an election, they will come up and spend half a day here and then you'll never see them again."

Keysbrook residents want road upgrade

Further north in Keysbrook, tattooist Tony Burnett wants one thing from the candidates in the Canning by-election: a pledge for federal funding to upgrade a dangerous road his children's school bus uses.

"Elliott Road out the back is terrible and the school bus travels down that road every day," he said from the counter of his tattoo parlour next to the locality's closed-down general store.

About 60 kilometres south of Perth, Keysbrook sits across the South West Highway.

As well as the general store, the post office closed down about a year ago because there just was not enough business from the 100 or so people who live there.

More recently a mineral sands mine opened nearby providing a boost in jobs, but also in trucks driving down narrow Elliott Road.

The school bus has to pull over to avoid the trucks.

Behind the tattoo parlour, Shane Koosiedowski works for a business selling solar pumps to farmers for their bores.

"Certainly this road here is a dodgy road, a lot of people cut through here to go through to Mandurah," he said.

"You can only drive one car down at a time, and you've got a lot of trucks going up and down so you pretty much have to pull over to the side."

Photo: Shane Koosjedowski says the road running through Keysbrook is dodgy. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

More on this story:

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• PUP candidate draws top spot on ticket for Canning by-election
• Canning candidates urged to tackle crime, anti-social behaviour
• Greens name renewable energy advocate for Canning by-election
• Candidates hit the hustings as Canning by-election takes shape
• Andrew Hastie to run for Liberals, Matt Keogh for ALP in Canning
• Potential 10 per cent swing against Libs in Canning, poll shows
• Canning by-election set for September 19
• Federal Liberal MP Don Randall found dead

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Canning Lib candidate 'distancing himself' from party leadership

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Canning by-election: Liberal candidate 'distancing himself' from party leadership, Labor claims

By Nicolas Perpitch

Updated September 01, 2015 15:40:15

Photo: Federal Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek (right) says decisions made in Canberra will affect the people of Canning. (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

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The Liberal candidate in the Canning by-election is trying to distance himself from Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek says.

Earlier today Ms Plibersek was at Armadale Hospital in Perth's south-east with Labor candidate Matt Keogh criticising what they said were $2 billion worth of federal health cuts in Canning.

Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie yesterday answered questions on Mr Abbott's leadership by saying electors were not interested in Canberra issues and were instead concerned about jobs, drugs and roads.

Ms Plibersek said Mr Hastie still had to defend Mr Abbott's cuts to health, education and pensions and the doubling of the deficit.

"You've got in Andrew Hastie a candidate who's saying that what's happening in Canberra doesn't matter to the people of Canning," Ms Plibersek said.

"But of course the decisions that are made in Canberra matter to the people of Canning.

"When Mr Abbott decides to cut the health budget across the nation, the people of Canning suffer."

Labor has sought to make out the Prime Minister is deliberately staying away from Canning because he is unpopular.

Last week, Mr Abbott said it was "certainly my intention" to campaign in Canning with Mr Hastie, although added "life is pretty busy".

He was last in Western Australia late last month to launch Mr Hastie's campaign.

Hastie 'wants republic of Canning'

Ms Plibersek said Mr Hastie wanted to keep his distance from Mr Abbott's "wrong decisions".

"[He] is trying to make out he's running to be the president of the republic of Canning, that he's going to have nothing to do with Tony Abbott and his team in Canberra," she said.

"But we all know Andrew Hastie will have to defend all of the same captain's picks as the rest of Tony Abbott's team."

The by-election is being held following the death in July of sitting Liberal member Don Randall.

The Liberals hold the seat by an 11.8 per cent margin, although much of that is believed to be due to Mr Randall's personal popularity.

Ms Plibersek was cautious about Labor's chances.

"Even with a brilliant candidate, a local boy, it still is very difficult to expect a swing of around 12 per cent," she said.

"All I can say is we'll give it a red hot go."

Greens hoping for turnaround

Greens leader Richard Di Natale today said he wanted the party to improve on its 2013 federal election result, when the party's vote went backwards in Canning by 0.89 per cent to 7.40 per cent of the primary vote.

Senator Di Natale was campaigning in the electorate today with the party's candidate, renewable energy advocate and lecturer Vanessa Rauland, who lives in Fremantle.

"I'd like to see a strong, Green result," he said.

"Of course, if we were to see a Labor candidate elected here I think it would send a very strong message to the PM, and I suspect the people of Canning have an opportunity here to influence the landscape in a way that few other people have.

"If we do see the Liberal Party defeated here it will be almost impossible for Tony Abbott to hold on to his job."

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Farmers say debt a bigger threat than drought

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By Eric Tlozek

Posted September 01, 2015 13:43:56

Photo: Richmond Shire mayor John Wharton supports the idea of a rural bank (Caitlyn Gribbin)

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Debt is now a bigger problem than drought for some of Australia's farming families, who say they are making the radical call for removing their debt from banks and placing it with government.

Drought may be badly affecting parts of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, but debt sticks around for longer and is arguably a bigger threat to farming families.

Rob Katter, the Queensland MP for the seat of Mt Isa, said farmers needed more than drought assistance after several tough years.

"We don't ask for much very often because we certainly don't get much because there's no votes out here, but what we do ask for is that we have the right to survive out here," Mr Katter said.

He said he wanted to see farmers' debt restructured and taken on by the Government.

"You know, just give us a leg up for the next four or five years and we'll repay it to the Queensland economy and the Australian economy in spades," Mr Katter said.

Economist and farmer Ben Rees argues that bad lending practices and an overreliance on free market economics had created a dangerous situation for Australia's primary producers.

"What you've got across Australia is this unsustainable debt level, and what you find in a particular industry is they have different catalysts; for example in Western Australia it was falling land values," Mr Rees said.

Creation of rural bank not a new idea

People like Mr Rees and Mr Katter want the federal or state governments to create a rural bank that would write down farmers' debts and issue lower-interest loans.

It is not a new idea but it is popular with many in rural Australia.

John Wharton is the mayor of the Richmond Shire in western Queensland where grazing is the main industry.

"I think a lot of people in the bush and all the farmers across Australia, right across to the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, where I know guys would be saying, 'well, we think it would be a real good idea'," Mr Wharton said.

But there is not much political appetite to create such a bank, with the Queensland Government having already ruled it out.

Federally, there are concessional loans and farm finance available but farmers argue this is hard to access and the programs are under-subscribed.

Mr Katter said resolving the problem of debt would not cost the taxpayer much but would make a huge difference to farming towns and families.

"If we can address those issues, we've got a good viable industry, we keep our inland inhabited and we keep our towns inland supported, and that's good news for the people in the city as well," Mr Katter said.

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World-renowned concert pianist Natalia Strelchenko found murdered

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Natalia Strelchenko: World-renowned concert pianist found murdered in Britain

Posted September 01, 2015 13:38:29

Photo: Concert pianist Natalia Strelchenko was found dead at her home in Manchester. (nataliastrelchenko.com)

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World-renowned concert pianist Natalia Strelchenko has been found murdered at her home in Britain, police say.

A post-mortem examination revealed the 38-year-old died from head and neck injuries suffered in an attack at her home in the north-west city of Manchester.

Police said a 48-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Described as a Norwegian concert pianist of Russian origin, Strelchenko played at prestigious venues across the world including London's Wigmore Hall, the Carnegie Hall in New York and Berlin's Franzoesischer Dom.

"This is a tragic incident in which a talented young lady has lost her life," detective superintendent Phil Reade from Greater Manchester Police said.

"Natalia's family, many of whom live outside the UK, are understandably beside themselves at their loss and we are doing everything we can at this time to support them.

"We are determined to find out exactly what has led to Natalia being taken from them in this way."

Strelchenko made her debut at the age of 12 with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and her performances were well reviewed by critics.

A mother of young children, Strelchenko was due to play in concerts in Norway, France and Britain in the coming months, according to her website.

AFP

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China manufacturing data slips into the red

By business reporter Stephen Letts

Posted September 01, 2015 13:36:40

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China's faltering manufacturing sector shows signs that activity is continuing to slow.

The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slipped to 49.7 from last month's reading of 50.

A figure below 50 indicates activity is contracting.

The figure from China's National Bureau of Statistics is the bellwether for large industrial enterprises, and follows an even weaker reading from the private Caixin "flash" PMI last month which lead to a savage sell of shares in Chinese and global markets.

The Shanghai composite index slide on the news and at 1:00pm (AEDT) was down 2 per cent.

ANZ's chief China economist Li-Gang Liu said he now expected third quarter GDP figures would show economic growth had slowed to 6.4 per cent, well below the official 7 per cent target.

"New orders and new export orders indices both declined 0.2 percentage points to 49.7 and 47.7, respectively, suggesting that both domestic and external demand remains weak," Dr Liu said.

The figures follows recent data showing growth industrial production this year had fallen to 6.3 per cent compared to 8.3 per cent in 2014.

Investment growth at 11.2 per cent was also well below the Government target of 15 per cent.

Dr Liu said he expected the Peoples' Bank of China will further ease monetary policy with another cut in the reserve requirement ratio which will allow banks to lend more to try and stimulate manufacturing activity.

"However, we believe that these measures alone will be insufficient to boost growth in the medium term," he said.

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Annastacia Palaszczuk accused of politicising CCC

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Annastacia Palaszczuk accused of politicising CCC on new chairman's first day

By Chris O'Brien

Posted September 01, 2015 13:33:16

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will push ahead with an inquiry into political donations despite Opposition accusations she is politicising the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) on the first day of the new chairman's tenure.

Ms Palaszcauk said she made an election commitment to investigate whether there was any connection between political donations and the awarding of contracts under the previous Liberal National Party (LNP) government.

"We will work out the terms of reference and the government will set the course for the way that we will fulfil that commitment," Ms Palaszczuk said.

Barrister Allan MacSporran was announced as CCC chairman at the end of July, ending a drawn-out stoush between the Labor Government and the LNP over who should hold the position.

"We said that we needed to have an independent chair [of the CCC] before we went down the path of setting up that inquiry," she said.

"And I'm very pleased that Alan MacSporran starts work today. Finally Queensland has a truly independent chair of our anti-corruption watchdog."

Ms Palaszczuk said she had no problem with Labor governments being included in the terms of reference but the LNP's former attorney-general Jarrod Bleijie said it was a witch hunt by the Labor Government.

"The first thing the new Labor Government wants to do is again involve the CCC with politics," he said.

"I think the CCC won't do that because they know the risks [of its integrity] associated with that."

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3D printing helps reveal ancient weapon is actually musical instrument

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3D printing used to show ancient Irish spear butt actually part of musical instrument

By Jordan Hayne

Posted September 01, 2015 13:30:05

Photo: Canberra archaeologist Billy Ó Foghlú tested out the mouthpiece on one of his replica horns (Supplied: ANU Media)

Photo: The 'spear-butt' shown alongside modern instrument mouthpieces (Supplied: ANU Media)

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3D printing technology has been used to show a Bronze Age artefact, thought to be a spear butt, is actually part of a musical instrument.

The artefact, known as the Conical Spear Butt of Navan — found in Ireland in the early 1900s — was likely to have been crafted between 100BC and 200AD.

But it has now been shown the spear butt was probably used as the mouthpiece for a horn.

The revelation sheds new light on ancient Irish culture, as it was made in what was thought to be a musical dark age.

It was demonstrated by Canberra archaeologist Billy Ó Foghlú, who was looking to show that sophisticated instrument making technology existed in Bronze Age Ireland.

He made a 3D printed replica of the spear butt, and found it enhanced the timbre of a replica horn when used as a mouthpiece.

"I had made this big replica of a horn, over two metres long, and I had mimicked the thickness of the metal ... and basically just stuck it in and tried to play," Mr Ó Foghlú said.

"Suddenly the instrument just came to life."

Mr Ó Foghlú said it was likely the artefact was misclassified as a spear butt because it would not have been excavated at the same time as horns.

"None of these [horns] were excavated ... in such a way that you could find these things," he said.

"Basically you come across lots of artefacts to which people don't know the exact function of them.

"A lot of them were found during farming during the 1800s where you don't have any archaeologists at the time, so they don't record things quite accurately and their functions are lost."

Bronze mouthpiece cast from 3D printed mould

The replica mouthpiece tested by Mr Ó Foghlú was crafted using a 3D printed mould.

The mould was then cast in bronze, much like the original would have been.

Photo: The 'spear-butt' shown alongside modern instrument mouthpieces (Supplied: ANU Media)

"I had seen pictures of these artefacts, which obviously is very little to make a scientific theory on," Mr Ó Foghlú said.

"So I actually found a website for a 3D printing studio in Sydney.

"The resulting piece that I got back, and this only took about a week, was actually made in a manner almost identical to the original way — being cast in a mould."

Mr Ó Foghlú said the fact that mouthpieces were used in horns from Bronze Age Ireland demonstrated the culture was more focused on music than most people had realised.

"These horns were not just hunting horns or noisemakers. They were very carefully constructed and repaired, they were played for hours. Music clearly had a very significant role in the culture," he said.

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Skytrain to Sydney's north-west has 'led to jobs boom'

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Skytrain to Sydney's north-west has led to jobs boom, NSW Government says

By Lucy McNally

Updated September 01, 2015 15:05:53

Photo: NSW Premier Mike Baird and Transport Minister Andrew Constance tour the first completed section of the Sydney Metro North-West Skytrain. (ABC News: Anne Barker)

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The New South Wales Government is describing the $387 million Skytrain it is building in Sydney’s north-west as a "terrific innovation" that has led to a jobs boom.

Stretching four kilometres between Bella Vista and Rouse Hill, the Skytrain is one of three major projects in Sydney's north-west.

NSW Premier Mike Baird joined Transport Minister Andrew Constance on a tour of the first section of the Skytrain to be completed.

"This project has led to a jobs boom in Sydney's north west with about 400 workers on site building the Skytrain and about 900 others working to deliver Australia's longest railway tunnels," he said.

The Premier said there were a couple of reasons why a Skytrain was necessary for this part of the line.

"This is a floodplain area so the cost is significantly increased in terms of tunnelling on the back of a floodplain," Mr Baird said.

"Unfortunately, what wasn't done in days gone by was securing the actual corridors, which has meant the infrastructure we're building has additional costs to it because we have to build tunnels."

The Skytrain will include a bridge over Windsor Road with a similar design to the Anzac Bridge.

Photo: The Skytrain will include a bridge over Windsor Road with a similar design to the Anzac Bridge. (ABC News: Anne Barker)

Mr Constance said it was a "terrific innovation" and the project was being built quickly.

"We are setting a cracking pace with tunnelling across town," he said.

"Two massive horizontal cranes are now in place at Kellyville and Cudgegong Road which together will build up to 70 metres of Skytrain each week."

Mr Constance said the design of the Skytrain would mean reduced interruption to traffic during construction allowing 50,000 vehicles a day to continue using Windsor Road.

He said once the Skytrain has been completed, work will begin on the elevated Metro stations at Kellyville and Rouse Hill, two of eight new stops on the line.

Meanwhile, Mr Constance said his government was working with the Commonwealth on options for a train line that would connect to the new Badgerys Creek airport.

"You can come at it from a number of ways – north-west, south-west, through from Liverpool - all of these things need to be weighed up in due course, but ultimately the airport will require a train service to be built there," he said.

"It's questionable as to when that might be, whether it's from day one."

More on this story:

• Transport for NSW under pressure over handling of proposed South West Rail Link extension corridor
• South west Sydney residents shocked by rail plan
• Northwest rail link under budget and ahead of time as first tunnel sees light
• New Sydney Harbour crossing will be built at 'rocket speed': NSW government

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Deadline day may seal record spend

Transfer deadline day: Spending, targets and how to follow

Spending by clubs in England still has some way to go on deadline day if it is to surpass the record figure of the last summer transfer window.

Going in to the last week of this window, £680m had been spent, still some way short of 2014's £835m.

However, the 2015 figure is 4% higher than at the same point last year.

And with some big deals reportedly in the pipeline before Tuesday's deadline, there is every chance clubs could set a new benchmark for spending.

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When does the window shut?

In England, the transfer window for both the Premier League and Football League closes at 18:00 BST on 1 September.

Six hours later, at midnight, the window in Scotland will close.

The deadline was shifted from 31 August as Premier League rules prevent it from falling on a Bank Holiday.

But as Champions League squads must be submitted to Uefa by 23:00 BST on 1 September, the Premier League has decided on a 18:00 BST deadline.

The windows for most of Europe's top leagues close on 31 August, including Germany (18:00 BST), Italy (23:00) and France, Spain and the Netherlands (all at midnight).

The passing of deadlines only affects the purchasing of players, meaning English sides can still buy from clubs in other countries until the window shuts in England.

Could these players be on the move before the window closes?

Where can you follow deadline day on the BBC?

Online

Follow our live text commentary from 07:00 BST on your computer, tablet or phone via the BBC Sport website or app all the way through to the bitter end.

We will bring you the latest news, views, speculation and done deals from our reporters around the country and worldwide, while you have the chance to interact and get involved.

Our transfers page captures every move, while each club page will be updated with the latest transfer stories.

Social media

You will be able to follow all the deadline-day deals via the @bbcsport  account on Twitter and share your views using #bbcfootball.

There will also be updates throughout the day and the opportunity to give your reaction on the BBC Sport  and Match of the Day  Facebook pages.

BBC Sport and Match of the Day on Twitter and Facebook will also bring you videos from BBC pundits, as well as behind-the-scenes content, alongside our Vine  and BBC Sport Instagram  accounts.

Radio

There will be regular transfer updates on the BBC's national and regional radio stations.

BBC Radio 5 live will also monitor the final few hours of the transfer window with a special deadline-day edition of 5 live Sport from 19:00 to 21:30 BST, which will be hosted by Mark Chapman. You can also watch the action from the studio on the BBC Red Button.

Chapman will be joined by former England internationals Paul Ince, Martin Keown and Danny Murphy.

Former Tottenham manager David Pleat, 5 live's Ian Dennis and Times journalist Rory Smith will also have their say on the winners and losers of deadline day.

Transfer Deadline Day: Jake Yapp's two-minute take

Television

Dan Walker will host Football Focus on BBC Two from 17:15-18:00 (which will continue on the Red Button until 18:15). His guests will be former England internationals Murphy and Keown and football writer Henry Winter.

Winter will also be a guest on a special edition of Sportsday on the BBC News Channel from 18:30-19:00, along with Ince.

And don't forget...

You can read the latest news, listen to 5 live and watch the TV coverage via the BBC Sport app on your smartphone or tablet.

It is available from Google Play  for Android devices, the App Store  for Apple devices, and the UK Amazon Kindle Fire Appstore. 

What big deals have been done so far?

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Kevin de Bruyne's move to Manchester City from Wolfsburg for a club-record fee understood to be £55m has been the biggest deal, in monetary terms, eclipsing the £44m they spent to recruit Raheem Sterling from Liverpool. Those deals are among seven summer signings by City, including Fabian Delph, Patrick Roberts and Nicolas Otamendi.

Liverpool have used the Sterling money (and more) to sign seven players, with Christian Benteke (£32.5m), Roberto Firmino (£29m) and Nathaniel Clyne (£12m) the most expensive.

Manchester United have also been busy, spending £83m to bring in Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin, while Chelsea have left it late in the window to conduct their serious business, signing Pedro and Baba Rahman.

Newly promoted Watford have been the busiest so far, signing 12 players, although clubs across the Premier League have ensured their finance departments remained busy throughout the summer. 

• See a full list of transfers on the BBC Sport transfer pages.

What deals could be done before the window shuts?

Chelsea could continue their late-window spree by signing Everton's England defender John Stones, who handed in a transfer request last week.

The Blues have already seen bids of £20m, £26m and £30m rejected by the Toffees, who are adamant the player is not for sale.

Another player who has asked to leave his current club is West Brom's Saido Berahino, with the Baggies' resolve to keep the England Under-21 striker having already been tested by two bids from Tottenham, worth £18m and £22m.

However, Spurs have since signed South Korea international Son Heung-min, which could signal an end to their pursuit of the Baggies forward.

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has hinted at a "surprise" signing, with a forward likely to be high on his shopping list, while West Brom's Tony Pulis has big plans, although this could depend on Berahino's departure.

With the Premier League TV rights deal increasing from £3.018bn to £5.136bn for three seasons from the 2016-17 season, clubs have more spending power than ever before and an even greater reason to ensure they remain in the top flight.

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Transfer deals - August 2015

The summer transfer window opened in England, Scotland and Wales on Wednesday, 1 July at 00:00 BST and will close again on Tuesday, 1 September, at 18:00 BST.

Signings confirmed in May, June and July can be found on previous transfer pages.

Most expensive signing:	Kevin de Bruyne [Wolfsburg - Manchester City] £55m
Busiest club:	Notts County (19)
Busiest Premier League clubs:	Watford (12)

For all the latest rumours, check out the Gossip page and for all the manager ins and outs, see the current manager's list.

Transfers organised into Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premiership by the buying club, then listed in alphabetical order by the player's surname. Prominent global transfers will also be included.

31 August

Premier League

Fabio Borini [Liverpool - Sunderland] £10m

Dieumerci Mbokani [Dynamo Kiev - Norwich City] Loan

Glenn Murray [Crystal Palace - Bournemouth] £5m

Football League

Barry Bannan [Crystal Palace - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed

Sergi Canos [Liverpool - Brentford] Loan

Marco Djuricin [Red Bull Salzburg - Brentford] Loan

Ryan Fredericks [Bristol City - Fulham] Undisclosed

Idriss Saadi [Clermont Foot - Cardiff City] Undisclosed

Scotland

Riccardo Calder [Aston Villa - Dundee] Loan

Martin Woods [Shrewsbury Town - Ross County] Free

Global

Julian Draxler [Schalke - Wolfsburg] Undisclosed

Emanuele Giaccherini [Sunderland - Bologna] Loan

Javi Guerra [Cardiff City - Rayo Vallecano] Undisclosed

Javier Hernandez [Manchester United - Bayer Leverkusen] £7.3m

Hernanes [Inter Milan - Juventus] £9.5m

Brown Ideye [West Brom - Olympiakos] Undisclosed

Adnan Januzaj [Manchester United - Borussia Dortmund] Loan

Mario Lemina [Marseille - Juventus] Loan

Modibo Maiga [West Ham - Al Nassr] Undisclosed

Felipe Melo [Galatasaray - Inter Milan] £8m

Loic Nego [Charlton - Videoton] Undisclosed

Stefan Scepovic [Celtic - Getafe] Loan

Etien Velikonja [Cardiff City - Lierse SK] Undisclosed

Jelle Vossen [Burnley - Club Brugge] Undisclosed

30 August

Premier League

Kevin de Bruyne [Wolfsburg - Manchester City] £55m

Global

Kingsley Coman [Juventus - Bayern Munich] Loan

Dante [Bayern Munich - Wolfsburg] Undisclosed

Lazar Markovic [Liverpool - Fenerbahce] Loan

Ivan Perisic [Wolfsburg - Inter Milan] £14.5m (reported)

29 August

Premier League

Jonny Evans [Manchester United - West Brom] Undisclosed

Football League

Callum Elder [Leicester - Peterborough] Loan

Fernando Forestieri [Watford - Sheff Wed] Undisclosed

Christopher Forrester [St Patrick's Athletic - Peterborough] Undisclosed

Elvis Manu [Feyenoord - Brighton] Undisclosed

Tommy Oar [Utrecht - Ipswich] Free

Daniel Pudil [Watford - Sheff Wed] Loan

Glen Rea [Brighton - Southend] Loan

Scottish Premiership

Tyler Blackett [Manchester United - Celtic] Loan

Ryan McLaughlin [Liverpool - Aberdeen] Loan

Global

Aymen Abdennour [Monaco - Valencia] £22m (reported)

28 August

Premier League

Leandro Rodriguez [River Plate Montevideo - Everton] £500,000 (reported)

Son Heung-min [Bayer Leverkusen - Tottenham] £22m

Ola Toivonen [Rennes - Sunderland] Loan

Football League

Fernando Amorebieta [Fulham - Middlesbrough] Loan

Devante Cole [Manchester City - Bradford] Free

Callum Harriott [Charlton - Colchester] Loan

James Husband [Middlesbrough - Fulham] Loan

Piotr Kalarczyk [Korona Kielce - Ipswich] Undisclosed

Joe Maguire [Liverpool - Leyton Orient] Loan

Jak McCourt [Leicester - Port Vale] Loan

Stephen McLaughlin [Nottingham Forest - Southend] Undisclosed

Victor Nirennold [unattached - Fleetwood]

Simonas Stankevicius [Leicester - Oldham] Loan

Cameron Stewart [Ipswich - Doncaster] Loan

Daniel Tozser [Parma - QPR] Free

Scottish Premiership

Billy McKay [Wigan - Dundee United] Loan

27 August

Football League

Joey Barton [QPR - Burnley] Free

Mustapha Carayol [Middlesbrough - Huddersfield] Loan

Jose Manuel Casado [Almeria - Bolton] Free

Owen Garvan [Crystal Palace - Colchester] Free

Jordy Hiwula [Huddersfield - Wigan] Loan

Emyr Huws [Wigan - Huddersfield] Loan

Jesse Joronen [Fulham - Stevenage] Loan

Shaun Maloney [Chicago Fire - Hull] Undisclosed

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing [Peterborough - Rochdale] Free

Oscar Threlkeld [Bolton - Plymouth] Loan

Michael Turner [Norwich - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan

Global

Mario Balotelli [Liverpool - AC Milan] Loan

Pavel Pogrebnyak [Reading - Dynamo Moscow] Free

Aleksandar Tonev [Aston Villa - Frosinone] Undisclosed

26 August

Football League

Stephen Kingsley [Swansea - Crewe] Loan

Gabriel Tamas [Unattached - Cardiff]

Harry Wilson [Liverpool - Crewe] Loan

Global

Fabio Coentrao [Real Madrid - Monaco] Loan

25 August

Football League

Tom Flanagan [MK Dons - Burton] Free

Murray Wallace [Huddersfield - Scunthorpe] Loan

Mark Yeates [Bradford - Oldham] Free

Scottish Premiership

Darnell Fisher [Celtic - St Johnstone] Loan

Global

Juan Cuadrado [Chelsea - Juventus] Loan

Marko Marin [Chelsea - Trabzonspor] Loan

24 August

Football League

James Alabi [Unattached - Ipswich]

Carlos Edwards [Unattached - Millwall]

Joe Lewis [Cardiff - Fulham] Loan

Liam O'Neil [West Brom - Chesterfield] Undisclosed

Adam Yates [Port Vale - Northampton] Loan

22 August

Premier League

Kenedy [Fluminense - Chelsea] Undisclosed

Football League

Kadeem Harris [Cardiff - Barnsley] Loan

Izale McLeod [Crawley - Notts County] Undisclosed

Luke O'Neill [Burnley - Southend] Loan

21 August

Football League

Jacob Blyth [Leicester - Cambridge] Loan

Nicolai Brock-Madsen [Randers - Birmingham] £500,000

Janoi Donacien [Aston Villa - Wycombe] Loan

Joel Grant [Yeovil - Exeter] Free

Andre Gray [Brentford - Burnley] £9m

Tom Lawrence [Leicester - Blackburn] Loan

Olly Lee [Birmingham - Luton] Loan

Josh Murphy [Norwich - MK Dons] Loan

David Norris [Unattached - Yeovil]

Sam Patterson [Unattached - Shrewsbury]

Jordan Stewart [Glentoran - Swindon] Undisclosed

Global

Mehdi Abeid [Newcastle - Panathinaikos] Undisclosed

20 August

Premier League

Nicolas Otamendi [Valencia - Manchester City] £32m

Pedro [Barcelona - Chelsea] £21m

Football League

Andrew Boyce [Scunthorpe - Hartlepool] Loan

Reece Burke [West Ham - Bradford] Loan

Kyle Ebecilio [FC Twente - Nottingham Forest] Loan

Lee Evans [Bradford - Wolves] Loan

Francesco Pisano [Cagliari - Bolton] Free

Tim Ream [Bolton - Fulham] Undisclosed

Christian Scales [Crystal Palace - Crawley] Loan

Alex Smithies [Huddersfield - QPR] Undisclosed

Ryan Watson [Leicester - Northampton] Loan

Scottish Premiership

Josh Parker [Red Star Belgrade - Aberdeen] Loan

Global

Alex Sandro [Porto - Juventus] £18.6m

19 August

Premier League

Gokhan Inler [Napoli - Leicester] Undisclosed

Florian Thauvin [Marseille - Newcastle] £12m (reported)

Football League

Connor Goldson [Shrewsbury - Brighton] Undisclosed

Aaron Mclean [Bradford - Barnet] Free

Diego Poyet [West Ham - MK Dons] Loan

Global

Remy Cabella [Newcastle - Marseille] Loan

18 August

Football League

Alex Fernandez [Espanyol - Reading] Loan

Ayo Obileye [Charlton - Dagenham & Redbridge] Loan

Wellington Silva [Arsenal - Bolton] Loan

Global

Mateo Kovacic [Inter Milan - Real Madrid] Undisclosed

Roberto Soldado [Tottenham - Villarreal] £7m (reported)

17 August

Premier League

Alessandro Diamanti [Guangzhou Evergrande - Watford] Loan

Football League

Brad Jones [Liverpool - Bradford] Free

16 August

Premier League

Baba Rahman [FC Augsburg - Chelsea] Undisclosed

Football League

Angel Martinez [Millwall - Chesterfield] Free

15 August

Football League

Reece Wabara [Doncaster - Barnsley] Free

14 August

Premier League

Nathan Ake [Chelsea - Watford] Loan

Clinton N'Jie [Lyon - Tottenham] Undisclosed

Adama Traore [Barcelona - Aston Villa] £7m

Football League

Aaron Chapman [Chesterfield - Bristol Rovers] Loan

Maxime Colin [Anderlecht - Brentford] Undisclosed

Shaquile Coulthirst [Tottenham - Wigan] Loan

Chris Kettings [Crystal Palace - Stevenage] Loan

Jacob Murphy [Norwich - Coventry] Loan

Jamie Murphy [Sheffield United - Brighton] Undisclosed

Lee Novak [Birmingham - Chesterfield] Loan

David Nugent [Leicester - Middlesbrough] Undisclosed

Connor Ogilvie [Tottenham - Stevenage] Loan

Jack Phillips [Prescot Cables - Accrington] Free

Scottish Premiership

Scott Allan [Hibernian - Celtic] Undisclosed

13 August

Premier League

Mason Holgate [Barnsley - Everton] Undisclosed

Football League

Paolo Hurtado [Pacos de Ferreira - Reading] Undisclosed

John Lundstram [Everton - Oxford] Free

12 August

Premier League

Oriol Romeu [Chelsea - Southampton] £5m

Josh Vickers [Arsenal - Swansea] Free

Football League

Uwe Hunemeier [Paderborn - Brighton] Undisclosed

Chris Kirkland [Sheffield Wednesday - Preston] Free

Global

Edin Dzeko [Manchester City - Roma] Loan

11 August

Premier League

Xherdan Shaqiri [Inter Milan - Stoke] £12m

Football League

Hope Akpan [Reading - Blackburn] Free

Clevid Dikamona [Poire-sur-Vie - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Ben Hamer [Leicester - Bristol City] Loan

Jussi Jaaskelainen [West Ham - Wigan] Free

Emiliano Martinez [Arsenal - Wolves] Loan

10 August

Premier League

Salomon Rondon [Zenit St Petersburg - West Brom] £12m

Football League

Modou Barrow [Swansea - Blackburn] Loan

Bradley Barry [Brighton - Swindon] Free

David Edgar [Birmingham - Sheffield United] Loan

Josh Ginnelly [Shrewsbury - Burnley] Undisclosed

JJ Hooper [Havant and Waterlooville - Port Vale] Free

Rory Watson [Hull - Scunthorpe] Loan

Global

Dame N'Doye [Hull - Trabzonspor] £2.2m

8 August

Football League

James Caton [Shrewsbury - Mansfield] Loan

Alex Davey [Chelsea - Peterborough] Loan

Joe Pigott  [Charlton - Southend] Loan

7 August

Premier League

Serge Gnabry [Arsenal - West Brom] Loan

Football League

Reece Brown [Unattached - Bury]

Dominic Calvert-Lewin [Sheffield United - Northampton] Loan

Harry Cornick [Bournemouth - Yeovil] Loan

Shane Ferguson [Newcastle - Millwall] Loan

Grant Hall [Tottenham - QPR] Undisclosed

Tom Hitchcock [MK Dons - Stevenage] Loan

Jamie McCombe [Doncaster - Stevenage] Free

Moses Odubajo [Brentford - Hull] £3.5m

Callum Robinson [Aston Villa - Bristol City] Loan

Renny Smith [Arsenal - Burnley] Free

Cristhian Stuani [Espanyol - Middlesbrough] £2.8m

David Tutonda [Cardiff - York] Loan

Bryan Van Den Bogaert [Royal Antwerp - Crawley] Free

Josh Wright  [Leyton Orient - Gillingham] Free

Stephane Zubar [Bournemouth - York] Loan

Global

Esteban Cambiasso [Leicester - Olympiakos] Free

Kostas Mitroglou [Fulham - Benfica] Loan

6 August

Premier League

Yann M'Vila [Rubin Kazan - Sunderland] Loan

Ivan Toney [Northampton - Newcastle] Undisclosed

Football League

Jak Alnwick [Newcastle - Port Vale] Loan

Darren Ambrose [Ipswich - Colchester] Free

Alex Cairns [Leeds - Chesterfield] Free

Ben Davies [Sheffield United - Portsmouth] Free

Nathan Delfouneso [Blackpool - Blackburn] Free

Prince-Desir Gouano [Atalanta - Bolton] Loan

Dion Donohue [Unattached - Chesterfield] Free

Kane Ferdinand [Peterborough - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Ryan Fredericks [Tottenham - Bristol City] Undisclosed

Oscar Gobern [Huddersfield - QPR] Free

Gavin Gunning [Birmingham - Oldham] Free

Nicholas Hamalainen  [QPR - Dagenham & Redbridge] Loan

Luke Hendrie [Derby - Burnley] Free

Bryn Morris [Middlesbrough - Coventry] Loan

Civard Sprockel [Othellos - Notts County] Free

Jamie Stephens [Newport - Barnet] Free

Marnick Vermijl [Sheffield Wednesday - Preston] Loan

Global

Angel Di Maria [Manchester United - Paris St-Germain] £44.3m

5 August

Premier League

Bakary Sako [Wolves - Crystal Palace] Free

Football League

Emmerson Boyce [Wigan - Blackpool] Free

Stephen Dobbie [Crystal Palace - Bolton] Free

Danny Guthrie [Reading - Blackburn] Free

Aurelien Joachim [CSKA Sofia - Burton] Free

Shaun Miller [Coventry - Morecambe] Free

Sean Murray [Watford - Wigan] Loan

Joe Newell [Peterborough - Rotherham] Undisclosed

Jack Ryan [Preston - Morecambe] Loan

Modou Sougou [Marseille - Sheffield Wednesday] Free

Craig Tanner [Reading - Plymouth] Loan

Andrew Taylor [Wigan - Reading] Loan

Rhoys Wiggins [Charlton - Sheffield Wednesday] Undisclosed

Lawrie Wilson [Charlton - Bolton] Free

Global

Aly Cissokho [Aston Villa - Porto] Loan

4 August

Premier League

Max Gradel [St Etienne - Bournemouth] Undisclosed

Lee Tomlin [Middlesbrough - Bournemouth] £3m

Football League

Chuba Akpom [Arsenal - Hull] Loan

Stuart Dallas [Brentford - Leeds] Undisclosed

Jonathan Douglas [Brentford - Ipswich] Free

Adam Le Fondre [Cardiff - Wolves] Loan

Elliott Hewitt [Ipswich - Notts County] Free

Paul Konchesky [Leicester - QPR] Loan

Sakari Mattila [Aalesunds - Fulham] Undisclosed

Stephen McGinn [Dundee - Wycombe] Free

Kevin McNaughton [Cardiff - Wigan] Free

Jeffrey Monakana [Brighton - Bristol Rovers] Loan

Steve Morison [Leeds - Millwall] Undisclosed

Sheyi Ojo [Liverpool - Wolves] Loan

Nick Townsend [Birmingham - Barnsley] Loan

Lawrence Vigouroux [Liverpool - Swindon] Loan

3 August

Premier League

Yohan Benalouane [Atalanta - Leicester] Undisclosed

N'Golo Kante [Caen - Leicester] Undisclosed

Connor Wickham [Sunderland - Crystal Palace] £7m

Football League

Thierry Audel [Macclesfield - Notts County]

Jonathan Burn [Middlesbrough - Oldham] Loan

Matt Clarke [Ipswich - Portsmouth] Loan

Giles Coke [Sheffield Wednesday - Ipswich] Free

Paul Corry [Sheffield Wednesday - Northampton]

Michael Nelson [Cambridge - Barnet] Free

Ben Nugent [Cardiff - Crewe] Free

Paul Robinson [Portsmouth - AFC Wimbledon] Free

Matt Richards [Cheltenham - Dagenham & Redbridge] Free

Reece Thompson [Frickley Athletic - York] Undisclosed

Larsen Toure [Arles-Avignon - Ipswich] Free

Jordan Turnbull [Southampton - Swindon] Loan

Bobby Zamora [QPR - Brighton] Free

1 August

Premier League

Jake Kean [Blackburn - Norwich] Free

Football League

Paul Anderson [Ipswich - Bradford] Free

Billy Bodin [Northampton - Bristol Rovers] Free

Sam Hoskins [Yeovil - Northampton] Free

Noel Hunt [Ipswich - Southend] Free

Craig Mackail-Smith [Brighton - Luton] Free

Source: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/

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