The new restrictions will only apply to handgun ammunition because issues over long arm ammunition are still being ironed out.
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The new restrictions will only apply to handgun ammunition because issues over long arm ammunition are still being ironed out.
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In this Wed. Dec. 5, 2012, photo, containers are unloaded from cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles. Most economists agree that the snapshot of U.S. economic growth released Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2012, is going to look dismal. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this Wed. Dec. 5, 2012, photo, containers are unloaded from cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles. The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December, the first quarterly drop since 2009 and a reminder of the economy's vulnerability as automatic cuts in government spending loom. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, containers are unloaded from cargo ships at APM Terninals in the Port of Los Angeles. The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December, the first quarterly drop since 2009 and a reminder of the economy's vulnerability as automatic cuts in government spending loom. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Clouds roil over the White House in Washington on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, as Washington has less than 48 hours to avert the “fiscal cliff,” a series of tax increases and spending cuts set to take hold on Jan. 1. Republican and Democratic negotiators in the Senate were hoping to reach a deal to avoid going over the cliff on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Barack Obama gestures during a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders in the briefing room of the White House on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Washington. The negotiations are a last ditch effort to avoid across-the-board first of the year tax increases and deep spending cuts. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
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President Barack Obama pauses during a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders in the briefing room of the White House on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 in Washington. The negotiations are a last ditch effort to avoid across-the-board first of the year tax increases and deep spending cuts. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Vic gets 100 jobs at new Kraft centre
One hundred Victorian jobs will be created and 1000 existing positions secured with the opening of a new research and development centre at Melbourne's Kraft Foods factory.
The announcement is a small but welcome boost for a state economy that shed 30,000 jobs in January, according to the latest employment data.
Premier Ted Baillieu opened stage one of Kraft's Confectionary Centre of Excellence on Friday, saying the R and D arm has the potential to expand Kraft Foods' market from 20 million Australians to 1.6 billion people across the Asia Pacific.
The centre will work on developing new confectionary products to be shipped to Asia.
"It will be a world class, globally competitive research facility located here at Kraft ... reaching out to the world," Mr Baillieu said.
"The centre will deliver a very significant boost for Victoria's food manufacturing innovation. It will be staffed by the largest food R and D team in Australia."
The Kraft Foods factory, in Ringwood in Melbourne's east, produces more than 200 million Easter eggs per year and 250 million snack products, predominantly chocolate bars.
The government support comes from its industry support fund but Mr Baillieu would not reveal the size of the commitment.
Planning is yet to get underway on the second stage of development at the centre.
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