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Teacher on multiple child abuse charges
A Sydney dance teacher has faced court accused of photographing young girls posing naked, grooming girls for sex and having thousands of child porn images on his laptop. Abbotsford resident Grant Davies, who ran the dance studio RGDANCE on Bibby Street in Chiswick, allegedly photographed various young girls naked over a period of nine years between 2004 and 2013. Mr Davies also allegedly sent ...
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SKorea NKorea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles
South Koreans watch TV news showing a footage of North Korean missiles on a military parade, at a Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2013. North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official ...
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Backpacker dies on Indonesian island
A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was travelling with fellow Briton Joseph Cook, 21, through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank ...
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US-Australia Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty Comes Into Force
United States of America and Australia have signed defense trade treaty Australian on Thursday. Reports say Defence Minister Stephen Smith and US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich exchanged diplomatic notes in Canberra to formally bring the Australia-US Defence Trade Treaty into force. The Treaty reflects the two countries' commitment to strengthening the alliance in the field of Defence ...
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Job feud lifts lid on chaos in Greens
Greens leader Christine Milne is being accused of running a dysfunctional office and allowing a culture of intimidation, after the sudden resignation of a highly regarded senior employee. Alexandra Lamb, a media adviser to Senator Milne, quit her job last Sunday after professional clashes with the party's new communications director, Georgie Klug. Ms Lamb was given half an hour to leave ...
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What will you do with all those videos you have
Sooner or later, every Australian household must face an agonising decision: what to do with all the videocassettes they have accumulated in the past 30 years. The videos we used to watch repeatedly have great sentimental value because they represent the history of a family's changing tastes. But we can never share that pleasure again because the VCR broke down two years ago and has long ...
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With cancer you dont mess around
Burlesque queen reveals cancer scare Imogen Kelly speaks out about how her family's battles with breast cancer affected her decision to undergo a double ...
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No one really knows what goes on
Anti-doping authorities might never interrogate headmasters or first XV rugby coaches. There will be no raids on classrooms or government ministers staging shocking news conferences about drugs and organised crime in the schoolyard. But to ignore whispers about the use, and potential for use, of performance-enhancing drugs and supplements in schools may be as naive as believing Australian ...
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Betrayed dance coach arrested
For almost a decade thousands of parents trusted prominent Sydney dance teacher Grant Davies as he told them he could make their children famous. But for almost the entire time Mr Davies operated his RG Dance studio in the city's inner west, police claim he was taking naked photographs of female students. In recent years Mr Davies, whose students have gone on to perform in major ...
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Gillards $500m election war chest
The Gillard government has stashed away a ''war chest'' of nearly half a billion dollars in secret projects to be announced before the election. In Tuesday's budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan listed a line item of $463.9 million as "decisions taken but not yet announced". Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson said Australians should expect to see the ...
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Motherhood is harder than Olympic gold
From Olympic athlete to wife and mother, golden girl Cathy Freeman says raising toddler Ruby is the hardest thing she has ever done. But motherhood beats winning gold medals any day. ''Oh my god, there is no comparison - motherhood is amazing but hands down, it's the hardest thing I've ever done,'' Freeman said in her first interview since having Ruby, whom she ...
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Anorexics wait two years for treatment
Young women in desperate need of treatment for eating disorders could be forced to wait up to two years for public hospital treatment because of a dire lack of beds. NSW Health has confirmed there are 23 people on the waiting list for admission to the only two public hospital beds that treat eating disorder patients from across the state. Doctors and psychologists say the shortage of public ...
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Soap star in hospital after crash
The 36-year-old suffered serious injuries to his arms and shoulder and was taken to hospital, Inspector Sims said. ''The driver's in a satisfactory condition and police are continuing their enquiries.'' Inspector Sims said he was the sole occupant of the vehicle and no-one else was injured in the incident. A Westmead Hospital spokeswoman said she could not ...
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Walker rescued after five days in bushland
Sydney 2000 Emergency services have rescued a hiker who ran into difficulty after spending five days in bushland north-west of Sydney.Police say the man aged in his 60s set out on a walk at Colo Heights on Tuesday.He was not reported missing and it is not known how long he planned to spend in the bush, or whether he was well-prepared.This afternoon another hiker raised the alarm after he found ...
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Naturally its easy to relax on the NSW North Coast
SCALLOPED bays, shimmering lagoons and lush rainforest make the New South Wales North Coast a great getaway. Brian Johnston explores the ...
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Injury concerns for Australia
Robbie Deans was left sweating over injuries to Tatafu Polota-Nau, George Smith and Pat McCabe after the Waratahs beat the Brumbies. Polota-Nau's involvement in the Test series against the British and Irish Lions is now majorly in doubt after the Waratahs hooker fractured his forearm in the first-half.Rumoured to be out for somewhere between four to six weeks, the Test series is now just ...
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Unis in wacky waste of cash
Among the research is a study into the effects of acupuncture on IVF births being funded to the tune of $613,511, and a $375,000 grant to visit Australian tourist sites. Taxpayers are also forking out $594,489 for a study titled Who Am 'I'?, exploring the concept of "self" using the work of philosophers Hegel and Heidegger. Another, called Loudness Moves, investigates how ...
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NSWs need for speed is limited
Roads Minister Duncan Gay told parliament he was prepared to consider raising the limit on roads that meet certain standards. Mr Gay told parliament: "A conversation should be had in relation to road speed limits. "With the amount of work being done on constructing good roads, perhaps an increase in the speed limit should be looked at by the Centre for Road Safety. "I think that ...
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Community never gave up on Tyler
WHEN police scaled back their search for toddler Tyler Kennedy at nightfall on Friday, nearby residents refused to give up, turning out in droves to scour the thick bushland where he had ...
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Dance teacher in child sex claims
A SYDNEY dance teacher has been refused bail after being charged with online child grooming and possessing child-abuse materials on his ...
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Australia’s Warner in Twitter rant
Australian batsman David Warner is under investigation following comments on his Twitter account directed against two of the country's leading cricket writers. Photo by: Cameron ...
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Dugan doubles in Dragons debut
Wollongong 2500 Josh Dugan made a dream comeback to the NRL, scoring twice on his debut for St George Illawarra in its 32-12 win over Parramatta at ...
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Warners Twitter fight Cricket Australia to launch probe
Cricket Australia says it is attempting to contact test opener David Warner over reported comments he made on Twitter in terse and often angry exchanges with two ...
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Dugan ignites Dragons attack in explosive debut
Forget just rescuing the Dragons' season. If Josh Dugan's form in his St George Illawarra debut is any indication, he may be the man to finally end Queensland's dominance next month. While it is highly unlikely he will play in State of Origin I, Dugan could be called upon should NSW falter after starring for the Dragons in their 32-12 win against Parramatta in Wollongong on ...
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Roosters face the Cowboys in Townsville
Robert Lui cuts his way through some tired Roosters defenders to score his team's first points. The former Tiger threw a dummy to deceive his marker close to the ...
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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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