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Bad boy Leos party snub to Sydney
"SCHEDULE change"? Having snubbed tomorrow's Sydney premiere of The Great Gatsby, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio has been toasting the local film gala from afar, spotted enjoying himself in the nightclubs of ...
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What led to the fall of a Bishop
THE country's top Anglican, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, personally intervened days before the shock resignation of the Grafton bishop over his mishandling of abuse claims at a notorious children's ...
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Eddie Obeid admits he lied
IT was friendly fire that got him. Eddie Obeid was being cross-examined by Ian Macdonald's counsel last Monday when he blazed away with the statement that Mr Macdonald had "never been in my office in 20 years of me being in ...
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Minister to get tough on vaccines
UNVACCINATED children could be banned from childcare centres under changes to the law planned by Health Minister Jillian ...
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Prison van crashes on way to jail
A PRISON van carrying 12 prisoners - including maximum security inmates - overturned as it approached Lithgow jail yesterday, trapping several people ...
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School security assault lockdown
SECURITY was heightened and parents demanded answers at Haberfield Public School yesterday in the wake of a brazen sex attack involving four ...
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Premiers adviser signed by Woolies
THE Premier's 35-year-old chief of staff, Pete McConnell, has won a $700,000-a-year job at Woolworths as government relations manager - involving giving advice on how to handle the state ...
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Rudd books in election attack
Blame game: Former PM Kevin Rudd with Treasurer Wayne Swan and infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese , at a press conferenceon the proposed Brisbane Cross River Rail crossing at Kangaroo Point , Brisbane. Picture: Mechielsen ...
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1000-year-old African coins found in Australia
In 1944, during World War II, Australian soldier Maurie Isenberg found five copper coins on a beach in the Northern Territory, and marked the spot with an 'X' on a map. In 1979, he rediscovered the coins in a tin and sent them to a museum for identification, where they were proved to be 1000 years ...
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Governments called on to reveal resources revenue
Sydney 2000 Transparency campaigners say governments need to step up and be more open about the income they receive from their resources industries. Mining ministers from Africa and across the Asia Pacific, aid groups, academics and government officials are meeting in Sydney at Australia's Mining for Development Conference.The conference is looking at how developing countries can get a ...
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Kevin Rudd endorses gay marriage
Kevin Rudd has endorsed gay marriage, changing his position on the issue. "The secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage," Mr Rudd wrote in a blog post on Monday night. "This change in position has come about as a result of a lot of reflection, over a long period of time, including conversations with good people grappling with deep questions of life, ...
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Manly Storm fail to strike gold
As it happened / Match stats A late Cameron Smith penalty goal spared Melbourne blushes in front the Storm’s new owners in an epic encounter with arch rival Manly on Monday night. Manly looked to have a 10-8 win in the bag until prop Brent Kite was penalised for being offside with two minutes remaining in regulation ...
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Manly hold on for a point after Storm surge
As it happened / Match stats A late Cameron Smith penalty goal spared Melbourne blushes in front the Storm’s new owners in an epic encounter with arch rival Manly on Monday night. Manly looked to have a 10-8 win in the bag until prop Brent Kite was penalised for being offside with two minutes remaining in regulation ...
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Manly Storm draw 10-10 in golden point
Defending NRL champions Melbourne and Manly have played out a 10-10 draw after golden point failed to separate the arch-rivals at AAMI Park.Neither side could get the field goal they desperately sought to claim the win.The Storm had three attempts, as did Manly, but couldn't find the target and were forced to settle for the draw in another absorbing match between the two teams.Manly looked ...
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Intense hard-fought draw in Melbourne
Melbourne look like they're suffering a mid-season GF hangover. No legit NRL premiership winner has made the GF the next year since the Chooks in ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year, but Orb's defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with both of Singapore's International Group 1 races, Farhh provided a bright spot for ...
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North Korea fires sixth missile in three days
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un applauds with children uring a visit to the Pyongyang Myohyangsan Children's Camp, situated at the foot of Mt. Myohyang in North Phyongan Province, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 20, 2013. ...
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Warnings over gambling apps targeting youth market
Researchers warn a new wave of simulated gambling applications are aiming to hit the jackpot with a new generation of younger gamers.Gambling researchers say some games are deliberately designed to appeal to kids as young as 12 and they are seeing more young people trying gambling because of the ease of access brought about by the internet.In 1999, research from Southern Cross University found ...
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Australia Post subcontractor launches legal action saying she has been underpaid
Melbourne 3000 There are claims that some workers who deliver parcels for Australia Post are being paid less than the minimum wage, and are not covered by worker's compensation or superannuation.Fiona Lawson claims she is owed almost $16,000 by the contractor who employed her and is planning to launch legal action in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.Ms Lawson took a sub-contractor job ...
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UAE in talks to ease visa requirements to Australia
Australia is considering relaxing visa requirements for UAE citizens in a bid to boost trade between the two countries and encourage more Emirati students to study at Australian universities, the UAE Foreign Minister has ...
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Arch rivals go head-to-head
In the early 1980s the Manly and Parramatta rivalry was so fierce it was the subject of a television commercial. Now it’s Melbourne who have superseded Parramatta as the team Manly love to hate more than any other. The Sea Eagles and the Storm have been the NRL’s most dominant teams of the past seven years, and their rivalry reached flashpoint in 2011 during the infamous ...
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Ive got a lot of money
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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Proposed changes to victims compensation spark UN complaint
NSW Community support groups have filed an urgent complaint to the United Nations against proposed changes to victims compensation in New South Wales.As part of an overhaul of compensation, victims of sexual abuse will have to lodge claims within 10 years, or by the time they turn 28 if they were a child when the crime took place.More than 30 legal, health and women's organisations say ...
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LIVE NRL Melbourne Storm v Manly Sea Eagles
The teams are in for tonight's and the are a few changes to the Storm line-up.Storm forward Ryan Hinchcliffe returns from a knee injury to take his spot in the Melbourne pack, while Maurice Blair wins a start in the centres.Will Chambers and Slade Griffin drop out of the Storm squad, with Tohu Harris starting on the bench to make way for Hinchcliffe.Manly forward Tom Symonds had been ...
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Final dress rehearsal before Cup for Australia NZ
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Reuters) -- World champion Australia and World Cup favorite New Zealand stages its final dress rehearsal ahead of rugby union's showcase event in the last match of the Tri-nations series Saturday. While the All Blacks have already won the Tri-nations, after three successive victories, much is at stake in Auckland with the Bledisloe Cup still up for grabs while a ...
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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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