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Monkey teeth give clues on when Neanderthal baby was weaned
Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned. The new technique is based in part on knowledge gained from studies of teeth from human infants and from monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Using the new technique, the researchers concluded that ...
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Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption
Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...
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Five things to do today Australia Art Month
exhibition at Art Hub. On display are works created by Julian Clavijo, Cheryl Malloy, Maria Pea, Kathryn Ryan and Michal Teague during their month-long stay in Abu Dhabi. From 9am to 8pm, Art Hub,Plot 38 MW5, Musaffah, Abu Dhabi, 02 551 ...
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Family of missing Canadian hiker urges continued search in Australia
The family of a missing Ontario man who disappeared almost two weeks ago in Australia's Snowy Mountains region is urging search-and-rescue officials to not give up, using social media to relay their message. In a YouTube video posted on Friday, Ruby Singh, Prabhdeep Srawn's cousin, made an emotional plea to Canadian and Australian authorities to not abandon their search efforts, ...
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NSWs youngest MPs resounding win
The 28-year-old becomes the youngest MP in the NSW parliament and gives the O'Farrell Government a record 70 seats in NSW Parliament, after winning the seat held by former Independent MP, Richard Torbay.Mr Marshall's 30 per cent swing was boosted by the shock resignation of Mr Torbay from State Parliament in March. Mr Torbay had joined the Nationals and had been intending to leave the ...
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Sydney woman in coma after falling nine metres from unit balcony
Kingsford 2032 A woman remains in a coma after falling from a fourth-floor balcony in Sydney's south-east last night.Just after 11:30pm, the 35-year-old woman fell nine metres into the courtyard of another unit. She is in hospital in a serious but stable condition, with a punctured lung, fractured pelvis and broken leg. She remains in an induced coma, but detectives hope to speak to her ...
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Uniformed French soldier stabbed in Paris
Police officers stand at the site where a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling a subway station of Paris' business district, stabbing him in the ...
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Three new arrests over terror attack
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street by two Islamists. Two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in southeast London while a 21-year-old man was arrested in the street around 1.5 kilometres from the murder scene, Scotland Yard police headquarters said in a statement on Saturday. Taser guns ...
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Three fresh arrests over London soldier murder
Three men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two ...
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3D printing expert hoses down fears of homemade gun surge
Australia An expert in the technology of 3D printing has questioned fears it could spark a mass proliferation of homemade guns on Australia's streets.3D printers - available for less than $1,000 - work by printing layer upon layer of plastic, building objects from virtual blueprints.New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione yesterday warned more than 100,000 firearm blueprints ...
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Julia Gillard Tony Abbott rally party faithful ahead of election
Australia As the federal election bandwagon rolls on, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have rallied party faithful.Ms Gillard today addressed Labor ministers, sitting members and candidates from across New South Wales at a campaign seminar at Parramatta, in Sydney's west.She admitted winning the election would be hard but she urged candidates to keep ...
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Lions all the more eager for victory in Australia after three defeats | Eddie Butler
Brian O'Driscoll scores for the British and Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia at the Gabba in 2001. Photograph: Darren England/Getty ...
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Sydneys new million-dollar suburbs
Sydney house prices are back on the rise and suburbs such as once-cheap(ish) Manly Vale have just joined the million-dollar club. Always considered Manly's poor cousin, Manly Vale's median house price has hit $1,005,000 - a rise of 10 per cent on a year ago. ''I've always thought it was one of those hidden gems that not many people knew about,'' said ...
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Keep off the grass Keating
Paul Keating has labelled Sydney a ''whore to stimulus'' and called for the preservation of the Royal Botanic Gardens as a green open space as the state government pushes to generate more revenue from the site. Angered by the increasing use of the gardens to stage opera and film events with bars and food stalls, Mr Keating accused the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust ...
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Gardens not for raising cash Keating
Paul Keating has labelled Sydney a ''whore to stimulus'' and called for the preservation of the Royal Botanic Gardens as a green open space as the state government pushes to generate more revenue from the site. Angered by the increasing use of the gardens to stage opera and film events with bars and food stalls, Mr Keating accused the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust ...
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Siren sounded on racism in footy
Two images from 20 years apart - both of an indigenous man, a footballer, pointing in the face of racism - suggest that nothing has changed; that we have gone nowhere, as a code, as a sport, as a society. In fact, what they show is there has been a fundamental change, though it is far from complete. Perhaps we in the AFL community did become a little too smug, thinking that gestures and ...
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Travellers taking trips to forget
Behind bars: Number of Australians imprisoned overseas. Four Australian travellers a day are arrested for crimes around the world and statistics show a jump of almost 50 per cent from previous years. Figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade revealed that 1507 Australians were arrested or jailed for various crimes in the 2011-2012 financial year, up from 1067 in 2010-2011. ...
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Charities left at the altar after Edelsten wedding
It was billed as the ultimate wedding with a conscience. When Geoffrey Edelsten married Brynne Gordon, no expense was spared. A star-studded guest list, a video invitation made by the director ...
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National treasures in Canberra
CANBERRA is more than roundabouts and school camps, Scott Podmore finds, as he visits national treasures, a tasty tourist trail and a cycling tour with a famous ...
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MI5 tried to recruit terror suspect
An alleged friend of Michael Adebolajo, the man accused of murdering a soldier in London, has been arrested at the BBC after telling the broadcaster British security services had tried to recruit Mr Adebolajo. Abu Nusaybah told BBC television on Friday Mr Adebolajo was asked by the MI5 intelligence agency if he wanted to work for them. He said Mr Adebolajo had snubbed their approach. The BBC ...
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Nationals regain Tablelands seat
Replaced: Richard Torbay. The Nationals have claimed the Northern Tablelands seat vacated by the scandal-plagued independent Richard Torbay, with victory going to their 28-year-old candidate, Adam Marshall. Mr Marshall moved to Armidale to study at the University of New England after a decade in local government, including four years as the mayor of Gunnedah. He said the major issues for ...
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Nationals regain NSW heartland seat
Replaced: Richard Torbay. The Nationals have claimed the Northern Tablelands seat vacated by the scandal-plagued independent Richard Torbay, with victory going to their 28-year-old candidate, Adam Marshall. Mr Marshall moved to Armidale to study at the University of New England after a decade in local government, including four years as the mayor of Gunnedah. He said the major issues for ...
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How surfers became Australian heroes
Really free: A classic John Witzig photo of the surfing lifestyle. Something quite wonderful happened on the northern NSW coast and Queensland's Sunshine Coast in early 1965: Australia got a new national character. Much of the country was beginning to leave the bush and live near a beach. The old pastoral ideals were fading and lifesavers ruled. As Australian as a slouch hat, they were ...
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Heres hoping theyre ones Grease wants
Sunday Telegraph readers (from left) Tyler Hoggard and CJ Polder brush up on their stage skills with Grease stars Stephen Mahy and Lucy Maunder. Picture: Nic ...
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Alan Jones settles Chamberlain case
HE'S the top Sydney silk whose skills and abilities in the court room initially saw Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton jailed for life, but Ian Barker QC has spent the three decades since defending his role in the case - most recently against 2GB broadcaster Alan ...
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Sydney's scandalous toxic waste plan by government
A controversial waste relocation project in Sydney has created anger in a community with a lower income than the Sydney suburb from which the waste is being removed, with many suggesting a class-bias in the city government.
Hunter’s Hill is a predominantly wealthy suburb of Sydney with average house prices of around AUD $1.3 million and a harbour-side community made up predominantly of professionals, managers and other traditionally middle to high-income workers. Penrith, on the other hand, located just over 50 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD, is not as affluent, with average property values of around AUD $280,000. Read more
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