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Video: Australian Senate Questions Tax Dealings
The Australian Senate Economic References Committe conducted hearings on corporate tax structure, with Google’s dealings in Bermuda being brought up at one stage of the proceedings. Yesterday [Apr 8], top executives from the Australian branches of Google and Apple appeared at the Australian senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance, while Microsoft... Read more of this article
Jessica Lewis Finishes Eighth In Australia Event
Paralympian Jessica Lewis began her 2015 competitive year recently in Australia at the Summer Down Under Wheelchair Road Racing Series, with one race in Canberra and another in Sydney, followed by a 10K which is also in Sydney. Ms. Lewis finished eighth in the Open Women’s Division with a time of 34:52, and 30th overall in the event. In a blog... Read more of this article
Jessica Lewis Set To Compete In Australia
Paralympian Jessica Lewis is set to start her 2015 competitive year this weekend in Australia, with one race in Canberra and another in Sydney followed by a 10K which is also in Sydney. Lewis has headed out from her base in Canada to make the 25 hour journey to Australia, and her training buddy Austin Pruitt will also be going to Australia to compete,... Read more of this article
Nikki Butterfield Places 3rd In Ironman Australia
Less than 10 months after the birth of her second child, Nikki Butterfield — the Australian born wife of Bermuda’s Tyler Butterfield — marked her return to professional racing with a third place podium finish at the Ironman 70.3 Mandurah Australian Pro Championship. Butterfield’s result came amidst a highly competitive field and... Read more of this article
Tyler Butterfield Finishes 9th In Noosa, Australia
Bermuda’s Tyler Butterfield finished 9th in the Noosa Triathlon in Australia this past weekend, clocking a time of 1:51:06. Defending champion Aaron Royle won his second consecutive Noosa Triathlon crown after he outsprinted Commonwealth Games teammates Dan Wilson and Ryan Bailie in a dramatic finish to cross the line in 1:47:56. Butterfield... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy Reflects On XTERRA Australia Win
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy reflected on her recent win at the inaugural XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia saying it was “mission accomplished.” The two-time Olympian has had a great season thus far, winning the XTERRA South Africa Championship in February and also winning the XTERRA West Championship in Nevada last month. She... Read more of this article
Duffy Does It Again, Wins XTERRA In Australia
[Updated] Marking her third international win in recent weeks, Bermuda’s Flora Duffy has captured yet another XTERRA title, racing to victory in the inaugural XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia today [Apr 26]. “It all came together,” said Duffy who finished the 1.5k swim, 28.2k mountain bike and 10k trail run course in a time of... Read more of this article
Photos & Audio: Bermuda Anzac Day Ceremony
Just past 6.00am this morning [Apr 25] at the Cenotaph on Front Street, about thirty people and Governor George Fergusson assembled for the observance of Anzac Day. In Australia and New Zealand, this day is known as Anzac Day and the ceremony traditionally takes place at dawn every 25th of April. Bermuda’s Australasian community has brought the... Read more of this article
ANZAC Day Dawn Service Set For April 25
The national day of remembrance for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps [ANZAC] is approaching, with services set to take place on the morning of April 25, 2014. A spokesperson said, “Traditionally, the day commemorates the ill-fated dawn landing of troops at Gallipoli in Turkey in 1915, as part of a military campaign to open channels and... Read more of this article
David Hemp Takes Australian Coaching Job
Former Bermuda cricket captain David Hemp will serve as an assistant coach for the Prahan Cricket Club in Australia. The Herald Sun report that he relocated to Melbourne with his family five months ago and is trying to source other coaching roles. Hemp, 43, will work under new coach Peter Di Venuto, and helped with Prahran’s match-day preparation... Read more of this article
Flora Duffy To Race In XTERRA Australia
Bermuda’s Flora Duffy is set to race at the inaugural XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race at Callala Beach in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia next Saturday, April 26. Ms. Duffy, who was third at XTERRA Worlds last year, won the XTERRA South Africa Championship in February and also won the XTERRA West Championship in Nevada on Sunday. “I... Read more of this article
UK Man Cleared Of Sexual Assault In Australia
The UK’s Mirror is reporting that Gregory Cox, the 32-year-old millionaire boss of the Quintessential online shopping and finance group, has been cleared of charges that he sexually assaulted a 21-year-old Bermudian woman on an Australian beach last year. According to the report, “Gregory Cox, 32, faced two charges of having sex without... Read more of this article
