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Is it a crime to lie about age to kids
ADULTS who lie about their age to children on social media or in internet chat rooms in order to meet them risk jail, under draft legislation before federal ...
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Dad pleads with coroner over death
An emotional Gideon Gunn asked the Coroners Court to consider what it would be like to suddenly lose the person you were "very happily married" to for 16 years and then learn their death may have been avoidable.Mr Gunn questioned how he would explain this to his younger children after seeing the heartache of his eldest child this week after she read of the details of her mother’s ...
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States in scramble for a piece of Harry
Australian states are in a scramble to attract a visit fromBritain's Prince Harry who will be visiting Sydney later this year for the Royal Australian Navy's Centenary Fleet ...
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People smuggling verdict overturned
AN Indonesian crewman found guilty of a people smuggling offence has had his conviction quashed in the NSW Court of Criminal ...
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No really you can bet on Gonski
The Gonski education reforms won't just have the nation talking if one betting company gets its way, it may also get Aussie punters having a flutter. Picture: ...
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Ex-Qld premier Bligh to front health probe
FORMER Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is due to front an inquiry into the $1.2 billion Queensland Health payroll bungle. A spokeswoman for the inquiry told AAP Ms Bligh had been summoned by the Brisbane-based inquiry. Former health minister Paul Lucas and former public works minister Robert Schwarten could also be called, however the inquiry has not yet named them. Ms Bligh is expected to be ...
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Australian icons in global top 100
The Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ Bank and Woolworths all made the Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list, compiled by global market research firm Millward Brown and commissioned by marketing giant WPP. The rankings are based on the views of potential and current buyers of a brand as well as financial data to calculate the brand's overall ...
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Australias Warner Fined for Twitter Outburst
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China Southern Boeing 787 due mid-year Aussie flights by years end
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David Warner fined for breaching Cricket Australias code of behaviour
Australia Australia batsmen David Warner has been fined after being found guilty of breaching Cricket Australia's (CA) code of behaviour.Warner was handed the maximum fine of $5,570 at a teleconference hearing in Melbourne Wednesday evening, having been found guilty of breaching CA's rules regarding unbecoming behaviour following comments he made on Twitter at the ...
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Bully claims against senior Vic cop
More claims of bullying within the Victorian police force have been made on the ABC's 7.30 Report singling out Assistant Commissioner Emmett Dunne, the head of professional standards. The program said since it first reported bullying within the force in April, 26 police officers have come forward to tell their stories. Former sergeant Paul Irving, a 23-year veteran who was forced to ...
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Razzle dazzle and rain at Gatsby premiere
THE Great Gatsby saved the best until last. Baz Luhrmann and the stars of his razzle dazzle adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's novel descended onto a soaked red carpet in Sydney for the Australian premiere - which also marked the last stop on their international tour. Wednesday night's glittering premiere was sans star Leonardo DiCaprio, but that couldn't dampen the spirits of ...
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Humour emotion run high at PM forum
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's one hour public forum in western Sydney went from hilarious to emotional and back again. But mostly it went smoothly.Hundreds of people packed the school hall at Regents Park Christian School on Wednesday night as rain poured heavily on activists outside protesting against live cattle exports."No ban, no vote" the protesters chanted as residents from ...
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Western Sydney welcomes PMs visit
Western Sydney has been bombarded by government ministers over the last few months as they try to shore up crucial seats. In February, Julia Gillard held a week long sleep out in Rooty Hill and locals are welcoming extra attention now. "We're very happy that the prime minister's coming out to western sydney quite regularly these days," says local mayor Frank Carbone. ...
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PM faces tough sell in Sydneys west
Western Sydney has been bombarded by government ministers over the last few months as they try to shore up crucial seats. In February, Julia Gillard held a week long sleep out in Rooty Hill and locals are welcoming extra attention now. "We're very happy that the prime minister's coming out to western sydney quite regularly these days," says local mayor Frank Carbone. ...
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PM visits western Sydney
Western Sydney has been bombarded by government ministers over the last few months as they try to shore up crucial seats. In February, Julia Gillard held a week long sleep out in Rooty Hill and locals are welcoming extra attention now. "We're very happy that the prime minister's coming out to western sydney quite regularly these days," says local mayor Frank Carbone. ...
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Voices heard in Australian site where Canadian hiker went missing
TORONTO -- As the frantic search for a missing Canadian bushwalker continues in Australia's Snowy Mountains region, there are reports of "voices" being heard in the area. ...
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Australia eye England swing with interest
Michael Clarke knows his men will enter the Ashes as underdogs but they have taken some heart from the way England's batsmen struggled against New Zealand's swing bowlers in last week's Lord's Test. A group of Australia's Ashes and Champions Trophy squad members gathered in Sydney on Wednesday for a farewell event ahead of their departure for the one-day tournament and ...
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Taylor successfully downgrades NRL charge
Gold Coast back-rower David Taylor will be free to play in Sunday's NRL clash with Parramatta after successfully appealing the grading of a dangerous contact charge. The NRL judiciary on Wednesday downgraded Taylor's charge of grade-two dangerous contact with a kicker to a grade one, allowing the forward to escape suspension. Taylor was facing a two-match ban over his late, high hit ...
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Rebels OConnor stays on rugby sidelines
Anointed Wallabies playmaker James O'Connor remains sidelined and will have just one match in six weeks under his belt heading into the blockbuster British and Irish Lions series. O'Connor had been desperate to make his return from a chest injury on Friday night but the Melbourne Rebels have opted against risking him in their Super Rugby clash against the NSW Waratahs. It leaves him ...
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Levy to pay for Syd casino regulation
A levy will be imposed on Sydney's Star casino to help cover the cost of monitoring and regulating its operations. Taxpayers currently bear much of the cost of maintaining the casino regulatory regime in NSW, Hospitality Minister George Souris says. He has introduced legislation to amend the Casino Control Act 1992 to allow a casino supervisory levy to be imposed on the casino operator to ...
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NBN Co buys fibre network in ACT for $9m
The rollout of the national broadband network in the ACT is set to become quicker following NBN Co's purchase of a fibre-to-the-home network (FTTH) from TransACT/iiNet. NBN Co announced on Wednesday it would buy one of TransACT's FTTH existing networks in Canberra, which covers 8500 premises, for $9 million. The network builder said it had also agreed to buy assets planned or under ...
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New Commodore important for Holden
The latest Commodore is key for Holden in Australia, with the local boss hopeful the new car will show to Australians it is world class. Ahead of the national launch for the VF Commodore next week, GM Holden managing director Mike Devereux says the new model for the flagship car - seven years in the making - is "incredibly important" for the company. "It is the bedrock for the ...
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Judith Durham improves after stroke
JUDITH Durham of The Seekers is continuing to make positive improvement following a stroke after her Melbourne concert last ...
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Greens want ASIO to review refugee status
The call comes after a refugee mother and child got a new non-prejudicial security assessment, replacing a previous adverse assessment that meant they had to stay in detention.The immigration department confirmed ASIO issued the new assessment on May 13 and the clients involved had now lodged an application for a protection visa.The department was taking administrative actions to prepare for ...
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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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