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Penriths skipper told to find new club
Penrith captain Kevin Kingston is on the lookout for a new NRL club for 2014 after being told his contract will not be renewed at the end of the season. The 30-year-old hooker is the second captain the club has offloaded in as many seasons, after getting rid of Luke Lewis last year. Kingston was informed of the news by Ivan Cleary two weeks ago but the former Cronulla and Parramatta man has no ...
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Chinas investment does not match status as Australias top trade partner
China's investment in Australia does not match her status as the nation's largest trade partner, said Duan Jielong, China's Consul-General in Sydney on Tuesday. In a speech to Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Duan said as more and more Chinese companies come to Australia to invest, there seems to be some concerns about Chinese investment being too much and growing too ...
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New South Wales becomes Australia steroids capital
(35 mins ago) Australia's east coast haven New South Wales, which is seeking to recruit a `chief funster' to promote tourism to Sydney and elsewhere, took the dubious honor for the biggest hauls of steroids and hallucinogens in 2011-2012 in the country, authorities said today. Most commonly used steroids in Australia include erythropoietin (EPO) and Human chorionic gonadotrophin ...
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The data roaming rip-off
You know how it works: land in a foreign country, clear immigration and hop in a bus to the resort. Minutes later, your phone bleeps. Telstra. A polite reminder that you'll soon exceed your roaming data allowance. But you're on holiday, so you text a picture of a coconut palm to Simmo and update your Facebook status to single. Can't hurt can it? Another text; four megabytes over ...
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Lauryn Eagle handcuffed arrested at Sydney hotel
A night out for world champion athlete and model Lauryn Eagle ended when she was arrested and handcuffed by police for refusing to leave Northies Cronulla Hotel on Sunday. Bar staff called officers to the hotel, on the corner of the Kingsway and Elouera Road, after the boxing champion and former water-skier allegedly refused to leave, police said. Detective Inspector Shane Woolbank from ...
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Lauryn Eagle cuffed arrested
A night out for world champion athlete and model Lauryn Eagle ended when she was arrested and handcuffed by police for refusing to leave Northies Cronulla Hotel on Sunday. Bar staff called officers to the hotel, on the corner of the Kingsway and Elouera Road, after the boxing champion and former water-skier allegedly refused to leave, police said. Detective Inspector Shane Woolbank from ...
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Confessions of a man who likes to hunt
And then there is the question of what I use my guns for: despite the drawing of legislation to allow amateur hunters to hunt in national parks being a recent development, I have been doing just this for two ...
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School drop-out to billionaire
It's a mind-boggling amount of money for anyone, let alone a once socially awkward teenager who dropped out of high school at the age of 15. Remarkably it was Karp's mother, teacher Barbara Ackerman, who suggested her son drop out of high school at the age of 15 so he could be home-schooled and continue an internship at an animation production company, Frederator ...
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Jewellers robbed in car park
A jewellery heist prompted a man-hunt in Sydney on Sunday night after two armed bandits escaped after a robbery. The men escaped with jewellery and cash after holding up two wholesale jewellers in the car park of a shopping centre on Rider Boulevarde in Rhodes, police said. A spokesman declined to say how much the jewellery was worth but said it was "very valuable". The robbery ...
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Why Aussies love Eurovision cheesefest
It is surely a great testament to the success of Australia's international broadcaster that Eurovision has acquired such a dedicated local following. Were it not for SBS's dedicated coverage, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of televising the event, it's likely the Australian following would not extend much further locally than handful of diehard European Australians in ...
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Drug traffickers targeting Australia
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia seized a record 23 tonnes of illicit drugs in 2011-2012 with arrests at a 10-year high, data showed on Monday, as officials warned the country had become a key target for traffickers.The annual Australian Crime Commission report showed the amount caught was up 154 percent on the previous year, boosted by a single 11 tonne bust of hypophosphorous acid in New South Wales ...
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Australia a target for illicit drugs
A record 23.8 tonnes of illicit drugs worth $5 billion were intercepted by Australian customs staff last year, including the highest number of performance and image enhancing substances for a decade.The strong dollar and demand for the drugs means criminal gangs around the world will continue to target the Australian market, authorities say.International narcotics syndicates are using ...
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British man accused of Bondi Beach sex attack boasted to victim about wealth
Bondi Beach 2026 A Sydney court has heard a British man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Bondi Beach, boasted that nothing would happen to him because he was wealthy.Gregory Charles Cox was out with friends in January 2012 when he met a 21-year-old woman from Bermuda at the Bucket List bar at Bondi Beach. The District Court has heard the woman was sexually assaulted by Cox after ...
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Canadian bushwalker missing in Snowy Mountains
Charlottes Pass 2624 Police and National Parks volunteers are searching for a Canadian tourist who has gone missing in the Snowy Mountains, in southern New South Wales.The 25-year-old man has been studying in Brisbane and had gone to the Snowy Mountains a week ago to bushwalk to the peak of Mount Koscuiszko. His rental car was due back five days ago and has since been found in Charlotte's ...
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Record drug hauls including cannabis cocaine and steroids show Australia becoming narco hub
(28 mins ago) Australia seized a record 23 tonnes of illicit drugs in 2011-2012 with arrests at a 10-year high, data show, as officials warned the country had become a key target for traffickers. The annual Australian Crime Commission report showed the amount detected was up 154 percent on the previous year, boosted by a single 11 tonne bust of hypophosphorous acid in New South Wales state, ...
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From high school drop-out to billionaire
It's a mind-boggling amount of money for anyone, let alone a once socially awkward teenager who dropped out of high school at the age of 15. Remarkably it was Karp's mother, teacher Barbara Ackerman, who suggested her son drop out of high school at the age of 15 so he could be home-schooled and continue an internship at an animation production company, Frederator ...
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Abbott defends drink-drive staffer
TONY Abbott has called his chief of staff Peta Credlin "outstanding" after she was caught drink driving on the night of the Opposition Leader's budget reply ...
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Wettest spell since last winter forecast for South Australias weather
FORECASTERS have tipped South Australia to be hit with the wettest spell since last winter. Weatherzone says the state's "month of recovery" from a long dry spell is set to continue. Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said virtually all of SA would receive some rain between now and Thursday morning. He said it would be the state's "wettest few days since at least ...
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Australia Stock Rally Showing Signs of Fatigue
Australian stocks have enjoyed solid gains amid the party in global equities, rising around 20 percent over the past six months, however, one strategist fears the rally could be short-lived. The rally ...
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Premiers chief of staff leaves for Woolies role
Sydney 2000 The New South Wales Premier's chief of staff is leaving for a lucrative role with Woolworths.Pete McConnell is joining the supermarket chain as its director of corporate affairs.His predecessor in the role, former National Party director Andrew Hall, was paid more than $700,000 last ...
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Poetry behind bars and in the streets
is a free festival event this week showcasing the groundbreaking poetry workshops in correctional centres across NSW organised by The Red Room Company. Run in collaboration with Corrective Services NSW, ...
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10 ways to make a more creative city
cultural policy discussion paper released in March. There are now just two weeks left until the consultation period closes on 31 May. Lord Mayor Clover Moore encouraged Sydneysiders to think about what kind of creative life they want for Sydney, and submit their ideas ...
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Deans says Folau is the man for the moment
Sydney 2000 Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has defended his decision to select code-hopper Israel Folau for the 25-man squad for the Lions series, saying the priority was winning for Australia in the here and now.Speaking to Grandstand, Deans responded to criticism by the likes of Brumbies coach Jake White and former Wallaby Stephen Larkham who believe the former rugby league and AFL player ...
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The NSW government is considering giving power to child care centres to exclude children who have not been vaccinated.
NSW The New South Wales government is considering giving power to child care centres to exclude children who have not been vaccinated, but not if they have a genuine conscientious objection.The State Opposition is introducing a draft bill to let childcare centres and pre-schools choose whether they accept children who have not been vaccinated, after recent figures showed up to eight per cent ...
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Poor breeding tourists lashed
The dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor "quality and breeding", according to state-run media. Wang Yang, one of China's four vice premiers, singled out for condemnation "talking loudly in public places, jay-walking, spitting and willfully carving ...
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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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