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The Sydney News Feed

Tuesday 9th February, 2010

  • Modest push to pour cold water on nude bathers

    Sydney Morning Herald

    ‘‘The layers peel away and you feel more connected with the water and the environment’’ ... Ken and Steve at Lady Bay Beach yesterday.

  • Swan pays tribute to Costello and Howard for economic reforms

    Sydney Morning Herald

    THE federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, set aside party politics last night to pay tribute to his Coalition predecessor Peter Costello. Speaking to the central bankers gathered to commemorate the Reserve ...

  • Police investigate their own boss

    Sydney Morning Herald

    POLICE are investigating their own boss, who was involved in a car accident on Saturday. About 11am the Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, was driving the family car in Peakhurst when he was invo...

  • Don't come to us for sickies, say pharmacists

    Sydney Morning Herald

    PHARMACISTS are reluctant to use powers authorising them to issue medical certificates, citing a lack of diagnostic skills and a fear of being sued. Two years after the Federal Government changed the...

  • Herbal medicines can kill: researcher

    Sydney Morning Herald

    SOME popular herbal medicines can be dangerous, even lethal, contrary to the perception that they are a safe alternative to conventional medicine, says a University of Adelaide researcher. Roger Bya...

  • NSW's top cop in crash

    Daily Telegraph

    The top cop said he believed the two-car crash at 11am Saturday on Belmore Rd, Peakhurst, was his fault. "I believe I am the at-fault driver and I am as accountable as any other driver in the sta...

  • Smokers face fines for choking up streets

    news.com.au

    Frankston City Council is preparing to impose blanket bans along three busy open-air shopping strips - including opposite the train station.Lighting up in the designated exclusion zones during the pla...

  • Top cop takes blame for two-car crash

    news.com.au

    POLICE Commissioner Andrew Scipione crashed his car at the weekend, leaving his wife and another motorist in hospital with injuries.The top cop said he believed the two-car crash at 11am Saturday on B...

  • Rising from the debt: treat for the elite

    Sydney Morning Herald

    CENTRAL bankers are an unobtrusive breed by nature and necessity. So it might have escaped the attention of many that Sydney is playing host to a meeting of some of the world's top money men and women...

  • Labor rival moves to put Neal in freezer

    Sydney Morning Herald

    THE woman aiming to replace Belinda Neal in the Central Coast seat of Robertson says Ms Neal's image has been tarnished and the Labor Party needs a fresh face in the area. Deb O'Neill, a mother of th...

  • Subcontractors unlikely to see money

    Sydney Morning Herald

    THE collapse of a Pyrmont building company, leaving $27 million in unpaid debts, has left many small businesses facing ruin. Austruc Constructions entered voluntary administration last month after de...

  • Surprising Sharks are reeling in the fans

    Daily Telegraph

    CRONULLA fans have put the Sharks' nightmare 2009 season behind them, with ticketed memberships boosted by nearly 75 per cent on this time last year.

  • Sydney, a city of blood suckers

    Daily Telegraph

    Residents from St Ives to Mt Colah have told of the blood suckers being flushed out of creeks and bushes into suburban gardens by the weekend deluge. Australian Museum leech expert Martyn Robinson too...

  • Top cop in crash

    Daily Telegraph

    The top cop said he believed the two-car crash at 11am Saturday on Belmore Rd, Peakhurst, was his fault. "I believe I am the at-fault driver and I am as accountable as any other driver in the sta...

  • Hindmarsh to take fight to AFL

    Daily Telegraph

    NATHAN Hindmarsh - rugby league's most popular player - has been anointed as the face of the west as the NRL gears up for a full-scale war with the AFL for the hearts and minds of the footy faith...

  • Stars come out to play hardball

    Daily Telegraph

    Stars in their eyes...Six brothers and cousins meet their idols Jarryd Hayne and Israel Folau at Blacktown yesterday. (Left to right) Noah Toby (4), Latrell Toby-Smith (3), Zak Toby (5), Carl Toby (...

  • $10m of taxpayers money to try terrorists

    Daily Telegraph

    Cost taxpayers more than $10 million in legal aid ...(clockwise top L) Abdul Rakib Hasan, Mohammed Omar Jamal, Moustafa Cheikho, Mohamed Ali Elomar and Khaled Cheikho, who were found guilty verdicts...

  • Willie a new man about Townsville

    Daily Telegraph

    HELPING to deliver North Queensland their maiden NRL premiership is high on new recruit Willie Mason's agenda as he prepares to settle into his new life.

  • Neal begins fight for her political life

    Daily Telegraph

    FEDERAL Labor MP Belinda Neal failed to turn up to a crucial debate on climate change in Parliament yesterday as she fought to save her career.

  • War cry to play it again, Sam

    Daily Telegraph

    When one of the cardinal and myrtle faithful shouted it in the 11th minute of yesterday's trial match against Manly at Redfern Oval, Sam Burgess must have heard. A nanosecond later, the 20-year-old En...

  • More rail staff found taking drugs

    Daily Telegraph

    DRUG tests have snared 180 train drivers, guards, signallers, controllers and station staff under the influence of everything from cocaine to ecstasy.

  • First super teachers in classroom

    Daily Telegraph

    THE first "super teachers" on salaries of almost $100,000 a year have started work in public schools under a landmark performance pay deal aimed at radically lifting classroom quality.

  • Hospital full, find a hotel

    Daily Telegraph

    Yesterday, she was turned away from pre-booked surgery at a Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and told to book a room at a nearby hotel. She and her mother Maureen said they were told to wait at a Camperdo...

  • Bushfire detection cameras installed

    Daily Telegraph

    Following on from Sunday's Black Saturday anniversary, federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland said early detection of bushfires was critical. "The terrible tragedy of Black Saturday has shown...

  • Beacon Hill bids to boost business

    Boston.com

    Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray plan to propose this week several ways to improve the Bay State’s business climate, saying they need to be more aggressive in steering ...

  • Jets crash in Gosford

    ABC

    Newcastle's place in the A-League final six is safe but its momentum approaching the postseason is full of holes after a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Central Coast on Monday night. It was the second ma...

  • Teachers 'ordered' not to strike

    news.com.au

    TAFE teachers have been ordered by the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) not to take industrial action over their pay and conditions row, a spokeswoman for NSW Education Minister Verity Firth said...

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