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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 Now it’s Melbourne who have superseded Parramatta as the team Manly love to hate more than any other.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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Rugby Three Australia forwards in doubt
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -- Australia forwards Toutai Kefu, Patricio Noriega and Glenn Panoho are doubtful for Saturday's Tri-nations test against New Zealand after failing to join in full training Tuesday because of leg injuries. Wallabies vice-captain Kefu, who suffered spinal concussion in Australia's 29-9 Tri-nations win over South Africa in Brisbane on August 2, is struggling to ...
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Storms hit Western Australias southwest
Wind gusts have torn roofing from houses, uprooted trees, and brought down power-lines as storms hit the southwest region of Western Australia (WA) overnight, local media reported on Thursday.The southwest town of Waroona in WA has been the worst hit with at least two houses losing large parts of their roofs and downed power-lines causing power cuts, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) ...
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Four Japanese tourists seriously injured in Australia crash
Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community said.About 10 tourists, believed to be from Japan, were on the minibus when the crash happened, the Department of Community said."Four were taken to Bundaberg Hospital with serious head and ...
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Panthers give Kingston notice
Penrith 2750 Penrith captain Kevin Kingston is on the lookout for a new NRL club for 2014 after being told his contract will not be renewed at the end of the season.The 30-year-old hooker is the second captain the club has offloaded in as many seasons, after getting rid of Luke Lewis last year.Coach Ivan Cleary informed Kingston of the decision two weeks ago but the former Cronulla and ...
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Prisoners injured in van roll over near Lithgow jail
Lithgow 2790 Twelve prisoners have been injured after a transport van rolled in the central west of New South Wales.The accident happened just before 3:00 pm AEST this afternoon outside the Lithgow Maximum Security Prison.Ambulance New South Wales says two guards on board at the time were not injured.Spokesman Adam Wallace says the injured prisoners are all in a stable condition."On scene ...
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South Australia moves to ban live-odds betting
SA The South Australian Government is to ban local advertising of live odds betting on television and during sporting matches played anywhere.Premier Jay Weatherill says audiences for events include thousands of children, and they should not be bombarded with live odds and sports betting material during matches.He says it would be up to betting agencies and broadcasters to work out how to ...
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How a split-second decision ended in tragedy
Accidentally killed: US student Andrea Rebello was held in a headlock by an intruder. The US police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island, New York college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the field. "The ...
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Aussie given 10 years in Dubai jail
Jailed: Matthew Joyce One Australian executive has been sentenced to 10 years' jail in Dubai but his junior colleague acquitted in a spectacular climax to their four-year battle against property fraud charges. In a verdict on Monday, described as a travesty of justice by Matt Joyce's supporters, the Ruler's Court rejected his defence against claims that he received $6 million ...
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Mother complicit in grooming police
Renowned Sydney dance teacher Grant Davies allegedly groomed a pre-teenage girl for sex with the "acquiescence" of her mother, with whom he also appeared to be having an affair, court documents have revealed. Police also allege the 39-year-old had already begun sexual contact with the girl prior to his arrest last Friday night. Mr Davies is accused of taking "hundreds of ...
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Abbotts chief of staff caught drink-driving
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s chief of staff has been booked for drink-driving. Peta Credlin was breathalysed outside her Canberra home after Mr Abbott’s budget reply speech last Thursday night. According to a spokesman for Mr Abbott, Ms Credlin recorded an unspecified ‘‘low-range reading’’ after a dinner. This was the first time she had been charged with ...
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Taylor Inu looking at bans
Sydney 2000 Gold Coast giant Dave Taylor and the Bulldogs' Krisnan Inu face two to three weeks out after being charged with dangerous play by the NRL judiciary.Taylor was put on report for a high shot on Brisbane Broncos playmaker Peter Wallace in the first half of the Broncos' win over the Titans at Lang Park on Saturday night.He was charged with a level two dangerous contact with ...
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Change laws to stop mining lay-offs
STOCKS HIGHER AS MINERS GAIN "The NSW mining industry will provide $8.9 billion over the next four years. Unless industry uncertainty is addressed through policies that support mining, the job losses will only ...
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Penriths skipper told to find new club
Penrith captain Kevin Kingston is on the lookout for a new NRL club for 2014 after being told his contract will not be renewed at the end of the season. The 30-year-old hooker is the second captain the club has offloaded in as many seasons, after getting rid of Luke Lewis last year. Kingston was informed of the news by Ivan Cleary two weeks ago but the former Cronulla and Parramatta man has no ...
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Chinas investment does not match status as Australias top trade partner
China's investment in Australia does not match her status as the nation's largest trade partner, said Duan Jielong, China's Consul-General in Sydney on Tuesday. In a speech to Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Duan said as more and more Chinese companies come to Australia to invest, there seems to be some concerns about Chinese investment being too much and growing too ...
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New South Wales becomes Australia steroids capital
(35 mins ago) Australia's east coast haven New South Wales, which is seeking to recruit a `chief funster' to promote tourism to Sydney and elsewhere, took the dubious honor for the biggest hauls of steroids and hallucinogens in 2011-2012 in the country, authorities said today. Most commonly used steroids in Australia include erythropoietin (EPO) and Human chorionic gonadotrophin ...
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The data roaming rip-off
You know how it works: land in a foreign country, clear immigration and hop in a bus to the resort. Minutes later, your phone bleeps. Telstra. A polite reminder that you'll soon exceed your roaming data allowance. But you're on holiday, so you text a picture of a coconut palm to Simmo and update your Facebook status to single. Can't hurt can it? Another text; four megabytes over ...
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Lauryn Eagle handcuffed arrested at Sydney hotel
A night out for world champion athlete and model Lauryn Eagle ended when she was arrested and handcuffed by police for refusing to leave Northies Cronulla Hotel on Sunday. Bar staff called officers to the hotel, on the corner of the Kingsway and Elouera Road, after the boxing champion and former water-skier allegedly refused to leave, police said. Detective Inspector Shane Woolbank from ...
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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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