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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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Ive got a lot of money sex case
An English tourist allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman he met at a trendy Bondi nightspot and then told her "this will never go anywhere, I've got a lot of money", a court has heard. Gregory Charles Cox, 32, is facing two charges of having sexual intercourse without consent with a 21-year-old Bermuda woman whom he met at beachside bar The Bucket List on January 22 last ...
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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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Kurzel directs NRMAs new spot
’s Justin Kurzel (pictured) to direct its new ad campaign which aired last night (see TVC below). The campaign by WhybinTBWA was launched in NSW and ACT to celebrate NRMA's "85 years of experience and knowledge helping people get back on their feet". The new series of television and cinema commercials observe the days after a disaster, as people rally together and ...
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Illicit drug report says Australia being targeted
Australia quoThe Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) annual illicit drug data report shows drug purity is on the rise and Australia is a target.The ACC handed down its 2011-12 report at Sydney's international mail centre this morning, as the report shows parcel post accounts for thelargest number of illicit drugborder ...
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Tweet row Warner immature
Commentator and former Test star Mark Waugh says opener David Warner is over-sensitive and immature, and some Australian international cricketers are getting ahead of themselves and need to pull their heads ...
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Australians to join diabetes drug suit
Diabetes: More than 1.7 million prescriptions for the drug have been filled in Australia over the past four years. Australian victims of a popular diabetes drug that has been linked to bladder cancer will join a US class action suing the makers of the drug. Tens of thousands of Australians are thought to have taken the diabetes drug Actos, which has been linked to a 40 per cent increased risk ...
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Swarmageddon to hit US
The US east coast is bracing for a cacophonous summer as hordes of flying insects emerge for a once-in-a-generation phenomenon popularly known as "Swarmageddon". After 17 years underground growing from larva to bug, billions of cicadas are about to revel in the final four climactic weeks of their unusual life cycle. At some point over the next few weeks, when the temperature at 2.4 ...
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Eddie Obeid has more front than Mark Foys
Former NSW Labor MP Paul O'Grady thought there must have been a sub-editing mistake when he read a newspaper report in which Eddie Obeid claimed Ian Macdonald had never been into Mr Obeid's office. Mr O'Grady, who was a member of the Upper House from 1988 to 1996, told the Independent Commission again Corruption on Monday that he was "incredulous" when he read a report ...
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Australia shares up in broad rally Wall St underpins market
Sun May 19, 2013 9:45pm EDT (Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY May 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares climbed 1.1 percent on Monday in a broad rally after upbeat U.S. economic data pushed Wall Street to record highs and as stocks with large exposure to the U.S. market gained on a weaker Australian dollar. "It's a broadbased rally, the overnight news was very positive and ...
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Australia teaches lessons on development from mining
Australia Australia is sharing some of its historical lessons about mining's impact on development at an international conference in Sydney.The conference has been organised by the International Mining for Development Centre, an academic centre based at both the University of Queensland and the University of Western Australia.The centre's director Ian Satchwell says, while mining can ...
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Wanderers sign new striker Tomi Juric
The Western Sydney Wanderers have made their first new signing for the next A-League season after securing former Adelaide United striker Tomi Juric on a two-year deal. Juric, 22, signed a short-term deal with Adelaide last season, scoring twice in a seven-game spell after five years of playing in Croatia. In his time abroad the western Sydney native scored 12 goals in 18 games for Croatia ...
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The boy who manned up to the church
The teacher who molested John Saunders made him feel ''special and wanted'', so this abuse was not the main cause of the emotional distress that shattered his later life. This is the conclusion of a clinical psychologist's report that the Catholic Church did not want Saunders or his lawyers to see. After a 13-year battle, it has finally handed over the report. Rick ...
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Abbott staffer busted drink driving
Mr Abbott's office confirmed Peta Credlin was caught outside her home with a ''low-range reading'' after returning from a dinner in the capital last week.ACT Police have since confirmed a 42-year-old woman was picked up drink driving on Thursday night with a reading of 0.075.Mr Abbott delivered his Budget reply speech in Parliament on Thursday night following ...
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Mayors from across Australia to discuss bid to ban live exports
PORT Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson will take his fight to ban live animal exports to Canberra. Mr Johanson is calling for the eventual phase out of live animal exports, to be replaced by chilled or frozen meat. He will seek the backing of other councils from around Australia to get his motion across the line at the Australian Local Government Association conference in June. Mr Johanson ...
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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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