Thursday 24th May, 2012
Glenn McGrath's wife booked for DUI
Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath's wife Sara Loenardi pleaded guilty to low level drink driving after she blew 0.071 - that was above the permissible limit of 0.05 - during a random breath test on ...
University of Sydney to hold its largest ever Reconciliation Week
Our Reconciliation Week events will engage the entire University community to recognise the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
World's biggest stroke clot-buster trial reveals patient benefits
Patients given a clot-busting drug within six hours of a stroke are more likely to make a better recovery than those who do not receive the treatment, new research has ...
Four arrested over Sydney child prostitution ring
ABCWarwick Farm 2170 Four people have been arrested over an alleged child prostitution ring in Sydney's south-west.Police have spent the past three months investigating the ring, which has ...
Police catch 12yo girl driving mother's car
ABCWerrington 2747 Police say they caught a 12-year-old Sydney girl doing burnouts in her mother's car in the early hours of this morning.Officers responded to reports of a car doing burnouts in ...
Sydney P-plater caught doing 111kph in 60 zone
ABCRoselands 2196 A 20-year-old woman has been charged after she was allegedly caught driving more than 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit in Sydney's south-west last night.Police say ...
Harrigan furious with Stuart
Sydney Morning HeraldVideo settings Referees' boss Bill Harrigan has denied telling NSW coach Ricky Stuart that Greg Inglis's match-winning try for Queensland in last night's State of Origin should not ...
Hackers hit Telstra site
Sydney Morning HeraldHow Telstra is alerting customers to the breach on its gamearena.com.au website. Telstra has been hit by a "hacking attack" affecting 35,000 customers, just a week after one of its IT ...
Mystery prostitute 'identifies' Thomson
Sydney Morning HeraldHSU officials demand time at Thomson inquiry Beleaguered MP Craig Thomson spent 90 minutes holed up in his parliamentary office yesterday, facing fresh allegations that he visited prostitutes while ...
Whales are back and breaching
News.com.auHumpback whales, which have just begun their annual migration north along the NSW coast, are often languid beasts, gracefully cruising past the harbours and ports of eastern Australia. But, as this ...
12yo caught driving her mum's car
news.com.auPOLICE from St Marys Local Area Command are waiting to interview a 12-year-old girl allegedly found driving her mother's car this ...
Customs makes 5400 drug detections
news.com.auWhile criminals continue to try and find new way of hiding and disguising drugs, federal Home Affairs and Justice Minister Jason Clare revealed that so far in 2011-12 Customs and the AFP have seized ...
Jennings banned for one week
Daily TelegraphCHASTENED NSW State of Origin centre Michael Jennings has been banned for one-week for the punch that turned last night's clash with Queensland on its ...
Man burnt in domestic dispute
Daily TelegraphA MAN is in an induced coma with burns he suffered after splashing fuel inside a house and igniting it during a domestic dispute in Sydney's south-west last ...
69yo throws 64yo off balcony in dog bark dispute
ABCPetersham 2049 A man has been charged after he allegedly pushed his neighbour off a unit balcony in Sydney's inner west over a dispute about a barking dog.Police say a fight broke out between ...
Man in coma after fire lit during domestic
ABCChester Hill 2162 A man is in an induced coma after he allegedly set his own house on fire during an argument in Sydney's south-west overnight.Police say a fight broke out between the ...
'This is out of control'
Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: Pat Scala A FURIOUS NSW captain Paul Gallen blasted State of Origin referees Matt Cecchin and Ben Cummins, telling them ''this is out of control'' as Queensland took a 1-0 ...
Soft drink 'bomb' on jet
Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: Jason South A soft drink can with the word "bomb" written on it was found not to contain any explosives, hours after it forced an Air Mauritius airliner to make an emergency landing ...
'Finish it': girl saw parents kill sister
Sydney Morning HeraldThe younger sister of a Muslim teenager allegedly killed by her parents wept yesterday as she recalled the moment their mother pushed the girl on to a sofa and ordered her husband: "Just finish ...
Lawsuits pile up over Facebook IPO
Sydney Morning HeraldInvestors are suing Facebook and its lead underwriter, Morgan Stanley, claiming the social networking company didn't disclose lower revenue estimates before the public ...
Man dies after being pinned at factory
news.com.auThe man, believed to be aged in his 40s, was working on the site at Power St, St Marys, when a machine fell onto him about 5.30am.The impact knocked the man to the ground and pinned him to another ...
How to win the bored baby battle
news.com.au"They are not sponges," lead author Celeste Kidd said. "They are active information seekers looking for the best information they can find. "The study suggests babies are not ...
Man 'pushed neighbour off balcony'
news.com.auTwo men, aged 69 and 64, became involved in an argument in a second-floor unit on Margaret Street, Petersham about 3.40pm.It is alleged that that fight became physical, and the 69-year-old man ...
Man's 'tongue bitten off' in Kings Cross row
The Daily TelegraphA WOMAN bit off part of her boyfriend's tongue because he wouldn't let her get a taxi after a late-night argument, a court heard ...
NSW feeling blues. Again
Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: Getty Images REVENGE is a dish best served cold but, by the time the NSW State of Origin team get to ladle it out, it's likely to be draped in hoar frost. The Blues took the opening ...
Olympic outrage at hockey draw
Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: Melissa Adams INCENSED by an "unfair" Olympic draw, compared with the British hosts' "very comfortable" schedule, Australian hockey bosses - backed by the national ...
New South Wales 10-18 Queensland | State of Origin match report
The GuardianGreg Inglis touches down for Queensland in their opening victory against New South Wales in the State of Origin series. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty ...
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