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Sydney teen bashed with baseball bat
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy was assaulted with a baseball bat by three man yesterday during a frightening home invasion in the citys ...
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Jewellers robbed of cash at gunpoint
POLICE are searching for two men after they allegedly threatened a pair of wholesale jewellers with a knife and a firearm before making off with cash and valuables ...
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Gillard shoots down gun laws
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has postponed her plan to tackle gun violence, particularly in western Sydney, with tough national anti-gang laws delayed until after the ...
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Australia stocks gain on bank mining advances
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Australian stocks rose Monday, a stronger start for the benchmark index as banking and mining issues posted gains. The S&P/ASX ...
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Obeid threatens Labor with legal action over expulsion move
Sydney 2000 Former New South Wales Labor MP Eddie Obeid is threatening the party with legal action if it moves to expel him.The opposition leader John Robertson wrote to ALP officials in March demanding the expulsion of Eddie Obeid and former colleague Ian Macdonald, saying both had brought the party into disrepute. Mr Obeid and Mr Macdonald are the subject of extensive inquiries by the ...
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Hackforth-Jones dead at 64
Penne Hackforth-Jones, one of the nation's most recognisable actors, died on Saturday, months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 64-year-old appeared in almost every well-known TV series ...
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Wifes suspicion he was secretive
The wife of high-profile dance teacher Grant Davies became suspicious when he placed a security lock on his phone and computer, court documents reveal. The usually outgoing Mr Davies, who was a co-director of RG Dance Studio in Sydney's inner west, had become ''secretive'' in the past few months, Lisa Ricketts told police. Mr Davies, 39, was arrested at a North ...
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Australia shares seen firmer on Wall St. records soft currency
SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen starting firmer on Monday, after better economic data in the United States pushed Wall Street to fresh record highs and as the local dollar remains below parity against the greenback. * Local share price index futures rose 0.4 percent to 5,212.0, a 31.2-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark ended 0.3 percent ...
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Sydney 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, NSW Police said. A spokesman declined to say how much the jewellery was worth but said it was "very valuable". The two male ...
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Morning Express Waterhouse NRL deal dumped
to become an official sponsor of the National Rugby League (NRL) have broken down, with both parties walking away from the proposed deal. "We failed to reach agreement around terms with Tom Waterhouse," the NRL's general manager for strategy, Shane ...
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Morning Express Latest transport news
Morning Express been up and running for a couple of months now, and we’d like to gauge your thoughts on what you like - and what you don’t like. We have three multiple-choice questions for you to answer. Go on, ...
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Morning Express Sydney jewellers robbed
Morning Express has been up and running for a couple of months now, and we’d like to gauge your thoughts on what you like - and what you don’t like. We have three multiple-choice questions for you to answer. Go on, ...
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Warner fury over IPL corruption link
An early morning text message from a friend in Australia is believed to have sparked the Twitter tirade from David Warner that has resulted in the opener being reported by Cricket Australia for an alleged breach of the body's code of behaviour. Warner was enraged after a friend sent a picture of ...
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13-year-old boy bashed with baseball bat during Bonnyrigg home invasion
Bonnyrigg 2177 A thirteen-year-old boy has been bashed with a baseball bat after three men broke into his western Sydney home.Police say the men forced their way inside the Bonnyrigg home around 2:30pm yesterday.The teenager, who was home alone, was treated for minor injuries at the scene.Officers say the suspects ran off towards a nearby shopping centre, and are appealing for help from the ...
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Proceedings pending over Ray Hadley workplace incident
Sydney 2000 Controversial radio presenter Ray Hadley has spoken for the first time about the workplace incident that saw him reported to 2GB management, in an interview with the ABC's Australian Story.A digital content manager at the station alleged he was verbally abused by Mr Hadley and took a recording of the conversation to management in February this year.2GB management decided to ...
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I thought he was dead jab trauma
Luke Philben was playing happily on the floor when his mother, Sam Jackson, looked across and saw something was not right. Six-month-old Luke had a strange smile on his face, was holding his arm out at an angle and his body was twitching. Terrified, Jackson began carrying Luke to the car to drive him to hospital, but by the time she reached the driveway he was having such violent fits he was ...
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Yahoo set for $US1.1b Tumblr deal
reported on Sunday. Yahoo! did not immediately return AFP's calls for confirmation, but CEO Marissa Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York on Monday at which the company said it will unveil "something special." Reports last week said Yahoo! is eyeing the move to attract more users from the key 18- to 24-year-old age bracket, and that the Internet pioneer sees the ...
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Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $US1.1b
reported on Sunday. Yahoo! did not immediately return AFP's calls for confirmation, but CEO Marissa Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York on Monday at which the company said it will unveil "something special." Reports last week said Yahoo! is eyeing the move to attract more users from the key 18- to 24-year-old age bracket, and that the Internet pioneer sees the ...
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Morning Express More sun for Sydney
: Brisbane v Gold Coast, Full Time 32-6South Sydney v Wests Tigers, Full Time 54-10St George Illawarra v Parramatta, Full Time 32-12Penrith v Warriors, Full Time 62-6North Queensland v Sydney Roosters, Full Time 8-12Cronulla v Canberra, Full Time 30-20Newcastle v Canterbury-Bankstown, Full Time 44-8Melbourne v Manly, Pre game 20-May-2013 ...
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Single ticket claims $604m US lotto jackpot
Powerball officials said the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $US590 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery ...
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TV mainstay Hackworth-Jones dead
Penne Hackforth-Jones, one of the nation's most recognisable actors, died on Saturday, months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 64-year-old appeared in almost every well-known TV series ...
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TV mainstay Hackforth-Jones dead
Penne Hackforth-Jones, one of the nation's most recognisable actors, died on Saturday, months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The 64-year-old appeared in almost every well-known TV series ...
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Photo sparked Warner Twitter tirade
An early morning text message from a friend in Australia is believed to have sparked the Twitter tirade from David Warner that has resulted in the opener being reported by Cricket Australia for an alleged breach of the body's code of behaviour. Warner was enraged after a friend sent a picture of ...
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Wife suspected an affair
The wife of high-profile dance teacher Grant Davies became suspicious when he placed a security lock on his phone and computer, court documents reveal. The usually outgoing Mr Davies, who was a co-director of RG Dance Studio in Sydney's inner west, had become ''secretive'' in the past few months, Lisa Ricketts told police. Mr Davies, 39, was arrested at a North ...
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Folau in Cooper out for Australia
Australia's coach Robbie Deans has not often been described as a risk taker and after scrutinising the Lions squad and noting their power and physicality he decided the mercurial attributes of the fly-half Quade Cooper, who is not the most eager of tacklers, would have worked more to the advantage of the opposition than the Wallabies.Cooper, who fell out with Deans last year after ...
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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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