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Accused was on parole for murder
Motorist saves bashed woman A murderer on parole was trying to kill again when he allegedly stabbed a woman and tried to rape her at a Sydney bus stop, court documents reveal. Terrence John Leary, 46, has been charged with eight offences relating to a violent attack of a 30-year-old woman at Hunters Hill at 6pm on ...
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Accused on parole for murder
Motorist saves bashed woman A convicted murderer on parole was trying to kill again when he allegedly stabbed a woman and tried to rape her at a Sydney bus stop, court documents reveal. Terrence John Leary, 46, has been charged with eight offences relating to a violent attack of a 30-year-old woman at Hunters Hill at 6pm on ...
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1000km at 130kmh - and still alive
Certain roads in the Northern territory have a speed limit of 130km/h. Driving at higher speeds can be done safely, as I learnt this month in northern Australia. I recently drove and passengered for almost 1000km at speeds of up to 130km/h ...
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Hidden victims of affordable housing
The Law of Unintended Consequences is always hard at work. What if an extended period of subdued house price increases – the preferred path to more affordable Australian housing – effectively wiped out a generation of would-be entrepreneurs? It was a possibility raised by the Reserve Bank's head of domestic markets departments, Chris Aylmer, at a Mortgage and Finance ...
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Gandolfini Don but not forgotten
Moments from The Sopranos GRAPHIC IMAGES: Following the passing of actor James Gandolfini, here's a selection of scenes from the acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos in which he played the lead role of Tony ...
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ANZ should keep jobs in Australia union
The ANZ bank can afford to keep every job in Australia and should provide certainty for the 600 Melbourne call centre workers whose jobs may be sent offshore.A draft proposal to senior management outlines plans to sack 340 staff at ANZ's Mulgrave call centre and a further 250 in South Melbourne, but ANZ spokesman Stephen Ries says no decision has been made.The jobs would move to the ...
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Public sector cuts intensify in Australia’s largest state
In its annual budget announced on Tuesday, the Liberal-National government in New South Wales deepened its already severe cuts to public sector jobs and services On top of the estimated 15,000 jobs eliminated since it took office in 2011, the government in Australia's most populous state unveiled further public sector "savings" worth $18 billion over six years. These will be ...
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Parole revoked after murderer arrested for attempted rape
Hunters Hill 2110 A man has been refused bail and his parole revoked after the stabbing and attempted rape of a woman at a Sydney bus stop last night.The alleged offence came just months after the 46-year-old was released from prison on parole for the murder of a 17-year-old girl in 1990.New South Wales Attorney-General Greg Smith has asked for an urgent briefing on the case.The State Parole ...
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iiNet fined $102000 over Sydney bus advert
has been fined $102,000 by the competition watchdog for failing to prominently state the total minimum price payable for its Naked DSL service on a Sydney bus advertisement. The fine is the first to be paid by a publicly listed company for an alleged breach of the Australian Consumer Law. The advertisement, which the ACCC said was displayed on the rear of a bus in metropolitan Sydney between ...
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Three injured as car hits bus shelter
The car was driving along Anzac Pde when the female driver lost control and ploughed into a bus shelter 50 metres south of Maroubra Rd intersection about 11am.Paramedics treated three patients at the scene, including the driver.A 60-year-old woman standing at the bus shelter at the time of the incident became trapped underneath advertising hording upon impact. She managed to release herself ...
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PM dividing Australia like Hanson Abbott
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has likened Julia Gillard to Pauline Hanson, the anti-immigrant founder of One Nation.Mr Abbott on Thursday told parliament the prime minister of Australia should be a leader for all Australians.But he said Ms Gillard would use class, gender, and now country of birth, to score political points.Speaking in the increasingly rancorous debate on Labor's plan to ...
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Second Sydney airport a federal issue NSW
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has refused to confirm speculation that Badgerys Creek will be the site of Sydney's second airport, saying it's a matter for the federal government.The state government has unveiled plans for a new suburb at Wilton, about 80km southwest of Sydney, which is one of two possible airport sites.The other option is Badgerys Creek, only 55km to the city's ...
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Origin Blues forward Anthony Watmough sits out first training session
Coogee 2034 Blues interchange forward Anthony Watmough sat out the team's first genuine hit-out on Thursday, taking extra caution in his recovery from a corked thigh. Watmough, who suffered the injury in Manly's loss to Canterbury last Friday, ran laps of Coogee Oval while his State of Origin team-mates went through ball drills.The 29-year-old Sea Eagles star is the only Blues player ...
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Don but not forgotten
James Gandolfini dead at 51 The don has died. But in a double blow, the death of actor James Gandolfini claims not one life but two: he takes with him the peerless, compelling mafia boss Tony ...
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Royals set for Opera House birthday
She attended the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973, but Queen Elizabeth II will not be at the iconic building's 40th anniversary celebrations. The NSW deputy premier, Andrew Stoner, announced on Thursday that Danish royals, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, will instead visit Sydney in October and attend a number of events being held to celebrate the Opera House's ...
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Apartments go to the dogs
I had to move out of my 'owned' spacious apartment (home) due to my new dog. With the by-law to be amended I am happy to take legal action, so as I can move back in to my apartment. The reason for legal action is because I as know 75% of the Owners will object to pets they object to everything and constantly bullying residents with Notices. The long term owners think they own the ...
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PMs fall bigger than Labors
The main change in politics since 2010 is that Australians have turned off Julia Gillard. While the polls show Labor is now facing a landslide defeat, its fall has been minor compared with the collapse of the Prime Minister's support. A comparison ...
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Collar bomber appeals sentence
HOAX collar bomber Paul Douglas Peters will appeal against the severity of his sentence for strapping a fake device to the neck of Madeleine ...
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From Love City to loving Sydney’s city life
, in which he stars. In a whirlwind 17 days, the 26-year-old has walked the red carpet at the City of Sydney sponsored film festival, shopped for his first pair of board shorts and even met NSW Governor General Her Excellency Marie Bashir. "Arshad was from the poorest of the poor and was illiterate, so we taught him to read and write, and we're doing everything we can for him - ...
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Labor bill in South Australia seeks to legalise gay marriage
SA Labor backbencher Susan Close has introduced a bill to the South Australian Parliament seeking to allow same-sex marriage.Dr Close said the traditional rules of marriage between a man and a woman were too narrow and it was time for change.Her brother is gay and she said it was unfair he was unable to share the same rights as her to marry a partner."I've always found it quite ...
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Collar-bomb hoaxer challenges sentence on psychiatric grounds
Mosman 2088 The man who attached a fake collar bomb to the neck of a Sydney teenager is appealing against his jail sentence on psychiatric grounds. In the NSW Court Of Criminal Appeal, Paul Douglas Peters' lawyer said he was appealing against the severity of his sentence due to the way the judge took his psychiatric state into account. The lawyer said there were seven grounds for appeal. ...
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James Gandolfini dead at 51
, has died in Italy. The 51-year-old is believed to have suffered a heart attack. HBO confirmed that Gandolfini was holidaying in Rome at the time of his ...
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Tabcorp pays $75m for bet monopoly
A SECRET report has been handed to the O'Farrell government assessing whether Tabcorp should lose its exclusive off-course totalisator betting ...
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Asia Markets Australia Korea lead Asian stock fall after Fed
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks fell Thursday after the Federal Reserve signaled it may gradually wind down its bond purchases if the U.S. economy continued to improve, weighing down shares on Wall ...
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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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