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Police have seized drugs and cash in a raid on a home in Sydneys south
Beverly Hills 2209 Police investigating a major organised crime network say they have seized more than $5 million worth of drugs in Sydney's south.The Asian Crime Squad and the New South Wales Crime Commission has spent more than a year investigating the network, which has allegedly been supplying guns and drugs.Yesterday, officers stopped a taxi at Beverley Hills and allegedly found two ...
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NSW budget Government to sell port of Newcastle
NSW New South Wales Treasurer Mike Baird has handed down a cautious third budget, focusing on roads, rail and housing as the Government continues its drive to rein in expenses and cut wage costs.The budget papers contained few surprises, with most new measures having already been leaked to the media.The headline announcement will see the Government continue its privatisation of the ...
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Port sale to fund Newcastle revamp
Analysis: budget designed to establish trust The port of Newcastle will be sold for an anticipated $700 million in the latest privatisation by the O’Farrell government designed to pour funds into infrastructure for NSW. The sale - by way of a 99-year lease - is the centrepiece of Treasurer Mike Baird’s third budget and aims to capitalise on the record price of more than $5 billion ...
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Bestiality claim Ive been proved right
Bernardi: 'It's happening' Liberal senator Cory Bernardi says his highly contentious comments on same sex marriage are being proved right. He's also attacked Kevin Rudd's change of position on the ...
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NRLs sorry endless story
The case of Big George v Family Sedan might cause only a slight tremor from the NRL's Attrocityometer. James Tamou's blood alcohol reading had the needle twitching more. The allegations of indecent assault against now former Origin star Blake Ferguson are on a different scale. But, together, these cases are part of a seemingly endless story. One with a common theme. NRL players ...
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Australia can lead the way for intersex people | Morgan Carpenter
guidelines . This has been possible as part of a government commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) inclusion, even while public awareness of intersex remains sketchy. You see, our lives are medicalised, and our voices rarely heard. This limited understanding was recently exemplified by a press agency report published globally this month: ...
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BA Crew Climbs Sydney Harbour Bridge for Dreamflight
A passionate British Airways crew touched down in Sydney on June 15 to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge and raise funds for the Dreamflight charity. Co-founded by retired British Airways cabin crew member Patricia Pearce MBE, Dreamflight is an incredible charity that takes seriously ill and disabled children from the UK on a life-changing holiday to Orlando, Florida, flown in a chartered ...
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Fake collar bomber Paul Peters appeals against length of jail term
Sydney 2000 The man who attached a fake collar bomb to the neck of a Sydney teenager is appealing against the length of his sentence.Paul Douglas Peters broke into the Pulver family's home in Mosman in August 2011 and strapped the fake bomb around the 18-year-old's neck before fleeing the house, leaving behind an extortion note.Police were so baffled by the fake bomb that they called ...
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The Labor nominee for the seat vacated by Craig Thomson is yet to be formally endorsed
Gosford 2250 The only Labor nominee for the Federal seat of Dobell on the New South Wales central coast says he has not been formally endorsed yet.Lawyer and former Gosford deputy mayor, Trevor Drake is the only nominee for the position left vacant with the resignation of embattled MP Craig Thomson.Mr Thomson, currently serving as an independent, has announced he will stand in the upcoming ...
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Episode 954 of League Behaving Badly
Photo: Michael Carayannis Now - with a heavy heart - we look the past week in the eye. We shake our heads and ponder Episode 954 of League Behaving ...
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Thomas Kelly death charge dropped
Prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against the man accused of fatally punching teenager Thomas Kelly, with the 19-year-old accused instead pleading guilty to manslaughter. Kieran Loveridge formally entered a plea of guilty to one count of manslaughter in Sydney's Central Local Court on Tuesday morning. Loveridge also pleaded guilty to four other assaults in Kings Cross on the night ...
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Fleeced as watchdog watches
– a self-incriminating document that demonstrated the alleged consumer watchdog is earnestly whistling Dixie while ignoring 99.9 per cent of scamsters. The report received an amazingly facile level of media coverage. ...
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I will learn from mistake Burgess
South Sydney Rabbitohs player George Burgess has apologised for letting ‘‘my team and my family down’’ after he was charged with smashing a car window in Cairns this week. The 21-year-old has been charged with two counts of wilful damage after he allegedly threw a street sign through the rear window of a vehicle following post-match celebrations in the Cairns suburb of ...
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Target left blushing over fake make-up
Target has all but run up the white flag and offered to settle its court battle with US cosmetics giant Estee Lauder over its sale last year of allegedly counterfeit MAC make-up. In the Federal Court on Tuesday Target made an offer to Make-Up Art Cosmetics, a subsidiary owned by Estee Lauder, to settle the case brought against it when it was discovered that Target was selling what was claimed ...
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Car damage Burgess says sorry
South Sydney Rabbitohs player George Burgess has apologised for letting ‘‘my team and my family down’’ after he was charged with smashing a car window in Cairns this week. The 21-year-old has been charged with two counts of wilful damage after he allegedly threw a street sign through the rear window of a vehicle following post-match celebrations in the Cairns suburb of ...
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Saatchi in strife over choke
Charles Saatchi says photos published of his hands around his wife Nigella Lawson's neck appear 'horrific', but show nothing but 'a playful ...
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Australia sees scope for more rate cuts minutes
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia is ready to cut interest rates further if need be, according to the minutes from its June 4 meeting, released Tuesday. The RBA's policy board "judged that the inflation outlook as currently assessed might provide some scope for further easing, should that be required to support demand," the minutes said. The RBA left rates ...
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Building a safer more welcoming city for all
The City of Sydney is working closely with NSW Police to make Sydney a safer and more liveable city. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said recent violent incidents on George Street were a reminder that the work being done to make our streets safer is absolutely vital. "We all agree that late night violence, often fuelled by alcohol and drug use, remains too common in Sydney. But while more work ...
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School holiday art and laughs at NAIDOC in the City
Hyde Park will be alive with fun activities and performances to delight young and old at the City of Sydney's NAIDOC in the City family day. The annual event, on 8 July, will feature a dedicated Kidzone, performances by TV dance ...
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Australia shares fall on high-yielders caution over Fed outcome
Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:40pm EDT (Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.5 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by high-yielding stocks as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary meeting and clues to when it might start tapering its stimulus programme. Commonwealth Bank of Australia fell 0.5 percent while National ...
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England loss proved costly for Australia
Australia went down fighting in their campaign ending Champions Trophy loss to Sri Lanka, but ultimately their limp performance against England in the first match is to blame for one of their worst ever results at a world one-day tournament.Set a target of 254 to win after opting to field first, Australia needed to score at a challenging 8.7 runs an over and wrap up the chase in 29.1 overs in ...
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Bad luck proved costly for Australia
Australia went down fighting in their campaign ending Champions Trophy loss to Sri Lanka, but ultimately their limp performance against England in the first match is to blame for one of their worst ever results at a world one-day tournament.Set a target of 254 to win after opting to field first, Australia needed to score at a challenging 8.7 runs an over and wrap up the chase in 29.1 overs in ...
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Brendan OConnor rejects claims Somali refugees being turned away by Australia
Australia Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has rejected claims that refugees from Somalia are not being accepted by Australia.Somali refugees in Indonesia told the ABC that they had been advised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that they would not be accepted through Australia's resettlement programs, even if they had refugee status. Mr O'Connor ...
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The NRL is investigating claims of racism during Fridays match between Manly and Canterbury
Manly 2095 A series of investigations have been launched into racial abuse claims and incidents of spitting from last Friday's NRL match between Manly and Canterbury at Brookvale Oval in Sydney.The wife of Canterbury Bulldogs player Frank Pritchard, Raima tweeted during the match that abuse was hurled at her from Manly fans, including that she should leave Australia and get off ...
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Miss USA contestants question fail
She may not have won the Miss USA competition, but Miss Utah has emerged as one of the most talked about contestants on social media for her rambling and cringeworthy answer to a question about women's wages. Some have branded Marissa Powell's response during the question-and-answer session as one of the worst in the history of the competition after she blurted out that the US needs ...
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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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