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Driver killed tanker crashes into cafe
Traffic chaos: as it happened A truck driver is dead after his tanker crashed into the front of a cafe and burst into flames in Sydney's inner west, forcing the closure of Parramatta Road for more than seven hours. A witness claimed the driver may have braked to avoid hitting a car ahead on the wet road when the tanker veered across the median strip, onto the wrong side of Parramatta Road ...
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Ford Australia announces shut down of car production
Ford Motor Company's Australian subsidiary announced yesterday it is shutting down all manufacturing operations by 2016. The closures will mean sacking about 1,200 workers at Ford's two plants at Broadmeadows and Geelong in Victoria. These two working-class areas, already afflicted by widespread unemployment, will be devastated.Thousands more jobs will be destroyed in the auto ...
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AIME visit helps to build Australias future leaders
Former NSW Young Australian of the Year, Jack Manning Bancroft, visited the University of Sydney on Wednesday to kick off the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), a program which has proven to dramatically improve the chances of Indigenous children finishing ...
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Adult obesity rates on the rise in Australia
Governments are being urged to tackle the growing problem of obesity, as a new report finds increased number of Australian adults suffering from the condition. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council will on Friday release its fourth report on the National Healthcare Agreement, showing an improvement in some areas such as smoking rates, but other areas deteriorating. Adult ...
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Holden and Toyota dismiss speculation that they will exit Australia
Holden and Toyota have recommitted to manufacturing cars in Australia, with Holden suggesting that more government support could be necessary. Holden ...
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Search for missing Canadian bushwalker halted
Charlottes Pass 2624 Rescue teams have found no trace of a missing Canadian bushwalker after searching the Mount Kosciusko and Charlotte Pass area in New South Wales.Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, set out on a mountain walk on Monday last week but has not been seen since.A rescue helicopter took off just before 7am and used a thermal camera to search areas around Perisher and Kosciuszko.The search has ...
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Australias politicians look to master social media strategies in time for federal election
Australia As the federal election sweeps closer, the pressure to sell the politicians and their parties is intensifying - and the strategists are turning to digital technologies like never before to give candidates an edge.The huge growth in social media and data analytics over the past three years means this election campaign will be like no other in Australian history. But Australian ...
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101 ways to make sure the beat goes on
The City of Sydney is making it easier to stage live music in the city with a how-to seminar for small bar operators, restaurant owners and anyone else interested in putting on a show. The free Live Music 101 will give prospective venue operators practical information on how to organise and promote live performances, as well as which approvals are needed and how to avoid noise complaints. Hear ...
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Greiner resignation signals no-confidence in OFarrell
Sydney 2000 NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is facing accusations that departures at the top of Infrastructure New South Wales amount to a vote of no-confidence in him.In State Parliament yesterday, Mr O'Farrell announced the resignations of the advisory body's inaugural chairman Nick Greiner and chief executive Paul Broad after just two years.Mr O'Farrell says it is the right ...
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Commuter anger at ferry price hike
Sydney ferry commuters and transport advocates have reacted with anger to the state government’s decision to increase the cost of weekly ferry tickets, saying it will reduce the number of people commuting by boat. About a quarter of all Sydney’s ferry passengers will have to pay more after the O’Farrell government on Friday announced it would drop the use of a popular travel ...
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Children damaged by diet
Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and are viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography", a major British study has found. For the first time, the Children's Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in "risky behaviours". It emerged that children who regularly ...
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At home with the worlds fifth-richest man
When you're invited to the home of Larry Ellison, whose $US43 billion ($A44 billion) worth makes him the fifth-richest man in the world, it's not so much what to wear that matters but what you have to sign to get past the guards at his front gate. Do you bring a gift for the man who, as co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, has pretty much everything including military ...
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Big wet to take a short break
Bureau of Meteorology spokesman David Barlow said the sunshine would be short lived, however, with rain set to return by Monday evening.``Monday will be mostly sunny with some showers in the evening, while for Tuesday showers will remain along the coast,’’ he said.Mr Barlow added that heavy rain and wind warnings are in place tonight for the NSW mid-north coast.``The area we're ...
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Scouts Australia open to gay members
OPENLY gay youths have always been welcome to join Scouts Australia, the organisation says, after its American counterpart overturned a decades-old ban. At its annual meeting in Texas on Thursday, the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America voted to end a ban barring openly homosexual members, but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders. Scouts Australia says its door has always been open to ...
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Man jailed for four years for strangling mother
Goulburn 2580 A man who strangled his elderly mother during an argument at their home in the New South Wales southern highlands will spend at least four years behind bars.Terrence Kain phoned his sister one night in February 2011 and simply said: "Mum's dead. I strangled her, she's dead."When police arrived at the Goulburn home Kain, who has alcohol-induced dementia, told ...
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Police turn up heat on Hells Angels
Just after 8pm last night police from searched a property at Granville used as headquarters by the Hells Angels Parramatta Chapter.During a search of the property, officers identified a number of items and structures which were in breach of the property’s development application regulations. Officers also seized Hells Angels paraphernalia, as well as evidence the illegal sale of alcohol ...
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Ferry passengers told to pay up
FERRY passengers will be hit with a fare hike of up to $17 a week in a bid to encourage greater uptake of the new electronic ticket ...
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Australia economy strong despite end to Ford production PM
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved to allay fears about the economy on Friday saying it had strong fundamentals, after US carmaker Ford announced an end to production in the country.Ford said Thursday it will stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016, prompting concern for the manufacturing industry which is struggling due to the high Australian ...
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Fares to rise for some ferry passengers
New ticketing rules will significantly increase fares for Sydney ferry passengers who use multi-trip tickets for their daily commute. Until now ferry users could purchase the cheapest tickets, MyMulti 1, but they will soon be forced to buy the more expensive MyMulti 2 or 3 tickets. New South Wales Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian says the move will correct an anomaly that gave regular ...
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Bag limits introduced due to dwindling crab stocks in South Australias Gulf St Vincent
COMMERCIAL and recreational crab fishers will face tougher bag limits because of declining stocks in the Gult St Vincent. The State Government has announced commercial boaties will have their quota cut to 196 tonnes - a 20 per cent drop - from July next year. Recreational limits will be halved. The daily individual bag limit will drop from 40 to 20 and a daily boat limit will fall from 120 to ...
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Packers Crown sells out of Echo
Sydney 2000 James Packer's casino company Crown Limited has announced it has sold all its shares in the parent company of The Star casino, Echo Entertainment.Crown sold its 82.6 million shares for $264 million, or $3.20 each.News of the sale pushed Echo's share price down more than 10 per cent to $3.08 by 11:10am (AEST).In a statement to the stock exchange, Crown says it wants to ...
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Children damaged by porn diet
Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and are viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography", a major British study has found. For the first time, the Children's Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in "risky behaviours". It emerged that children who regularly ...
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Sydney MMA star conquers his demons
If ever an opponent was going to give you mental demons, Teixeira would be the man. In many ways, however, Te Huna's come-from-behind February victory over Canadian Ryan Jimmo in London could be the defining moment of his career. For Te Huna, the biggest battle was not surviving a brutal Jimmo head-kick — nor the battle to regain his senses and win the fight. The biggest battle was ...
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Bridge collapse cars fall in river
A highway bridge has collapsed in the US state of Washington, sending at least two cars with people inside into the water. The Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge, about 100 kilometres north of Seattle, collapsed just after 7pm on Thursday, KIRO-TV reported. Rescue teams are currently searching the river for survivors, with three people reportedly pulled from the river and taken away in ...
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Sydney ferry users to pay more
About a quarter of all Sydney's ferry passengers will have to pay significantly more after the O'Farrell government dropped the use of a popular travel card on ferry journeys. From September ferry passengers will no longer be able to use MyMulti1 tickets on trips through Sydney, saving the government and costing commuters about $5.5 million a year. Ferry passengers will instead have ...
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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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