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Secret life of luxury on stolen $5.7m
FOR a suburban accountant, Darren Allen Kay had it all: luxury homes, exotic sports cars, kids in expensive private schools and enough cash to fund his wife's ``lavish ...
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Cooper overlooked for Australia
Code-hopper Israel Folau was one of three uncapped players named in Australia's preliminary 25-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions, with in-form Reds playmaker Quade Cooper the most notable omission. Folau's selection caps a remarkable rise for the former rugby league international after just 12 Super 15 appearances for the Waratahs since switching from AFL at the start of ...
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Cricket Australia reports Warner for Twitter outburst
alleged Twitter outburst on Saturday has resulted in the batsman being reported for 'unbecoming behaviour' by Cricket Australia. In a media release, Cricket Australia stated that Warner had breached the Code of Behaviour and he would be expected to attend a disciplinary hearing. Warner is alleged to have breached Rule 6, which states: "Players and officials must not at any ...
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Sharks claim Raiders scalp
NSW Cronulla inflicted a 30-20 defeat on Canberra to leap-frog the Raiders on the ladder at the Sharks Stadium.New South Wales State of Origin hopeful Todd Carney was again the maestro for the home side, who provisionally moved into eighth for the first time since round five.The victory was not secure until a 70th minute try to barnstorming prop Andrew Fifita, as the Sharks weathered a ...
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Warner reported for Twitter abuse
Australian opening batsman David Warner will have to front a Cricket Australia disciplinary hearing after being reported for launching a Twitter tirade against two News Limited journalists. Warner was reported for breaching CA's code of behaviour, with a date for the hearing to be set on Monday. The left-hander is currently playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League, ...
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Australias Griffin Wins Weather-Hit Event in South Korea
(Reuters) - Australian Matthew Griffin won the SK Telecom Open at South Korea's Jeju Island by one shot after Sunday's final round was called off due to heavy fog. A 40-foot putt from the back of the green on the 18th guaranteed him the third-round lead on Saturday and it turned out to be the winning shot at the 1 billion Korean won ($895,700) OneAsia event at the Pinx Golf Club. ...
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Bracks offers best of skills Gillard
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defended the appointment of former Victorian Labor premier Steve Bracks as Australia's next consul-general in New York. Foreign Minister Bob Carr - himself a former Labor premier - announced Mr Bracks's appointment on Friday, sparking criticism the government is handing plum foreign postings to party affiliates. Ms Gillard said candidates are drawn ...
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Home loan wars heat up as Westpac cuts
Westpac has fired the latest salvo in the fixed-rate home loan wars as lenders battle for new borrowers following the Reserve Bank's cash rate cut. The bank dropped its one-year fixed rate home loans to 4.79 per cent, while its Bank of Melbourne and St George divisions lowered their one to five-year fixed rates to below 5 per cent. "It's a further continuation of injecting more ...
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Folau makes squad Cooper out
Form five-eighth Quade Cooper has been sensationally omitted from the first squad to be named for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour. Cooper has missed out to James O'Connor, Christian Lealiifano and Berrick Barnes, who were all included as five-eighth options in the 25-man squad unveiled by Wallabies coach Robbie Deans in Sydney on Sunday. The Reds playmaker still has until June ...
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Boy 5 critical after fall from show ride
Paramedics were called to a school on Highfields Rd, Highfields, just before 2pm, after the boy fell from the ride.He has serious head injuries.A spokeswoman from the Department of Community Safety said the boy was taken to Toowoomba Hospital but it was likely he would be flown on to a larger ...
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Folau makes squad Mogg misses out
Form five-eighth Quade Cooper has been sensationally omitted from the first squad to be named for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour. Cooper has missed out to James O'Connor, Christian Lealiifano and Berrick Barnes, who were all included as five-eighth options in the 25-man squad unveiled by Wallabies coach Robbie Deans in Sydney on Sunday. The Reds playmaker still has until June ...
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Golfers hopes down the toilet
Defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts crashed out of the World Match Play Championship on Saturday after being forced to play out of a toilet. The Belgian was beaten by Ryder Cup colleague Graeme McDowell 2 & 1 in the quarter-finals on the Thracian Cliffs course. His challenge unravelled on the par-four 10th hole when his tee shot flew into a public toilet close to the green. He was then ...
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NSW to ban ’anti-vax’ kids
A move to ban unvaccinated kids from NSW preschools and childcare centres isn’t about discriminating against the children of vaccine refusers, the state opposition says. Labor leader John Robertson will introduce amendments to the public health act which would give early childhood centres the right to refuse kids who haven’t had their shots. The move comes amid concern about high ...
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Abbott under the pump on GST
A federal coalition government will face mounting pressure from Liberal states to increase the GST rate, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury says. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell on Sunday said the GST should be "on the table" as part of a tax review proposed by his Canberra colleagues. "Every Liberal state premier has been calling on the government to reopen the question of ...
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NRLs Storm fired up for Manly battle
Melbourne are preparing for a Manly side still licking its wounds after its crushing exit from the NRL finals series last year at the hands of the Storm. Melbourne swept aside the Sea Eagles in their preliminary final last season with a 40-12 victory on their way to claim the NRL title. It was the latest meeting in a long history between the fierce rivals, which includes the infamous ...
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What on earth is Abbott thinking
I'll say it again: in the wake of the news this week that since the carbon tax was introduced last year, ''electricity generated by highly polluting coal-fired power plants had fallen 14 per cent … while renewable power had soared'', why on earth would the Coalition dismantle it to replace it with a proposal that gives ''financial incentives to companies ...
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The face of police corruption
Detective Sergeant Graham ''Chook'' Fowler shot to prominence - literally - on Monday, June 5, 1995, when a secret camera placed under the dashboard of a car showed him in his Stubbies pocketing a $1000 bribe. Fowler had been the boss of Kings Cross detectives but, unknown to him, his equally corrupt second-in-charge Trevor Haken had rolled over to the Wood Royal ...
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Australian Tamils celebrate in Sydney
Sydney 2000 More than a thousand people from Australia's Sri Lankan Tamil community have attended a ceremony in western Sydney to mark the fourth anniversary of the end of the Sri Lankan civil war. One of the organisers, Seran Sribalan, said it was an emotional occasion."Four people who were there at the time have now come to Australia as refugees actually told their stories and it ...
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Preschoolers could be segregated under immunisation plan
NSW Legislation to allow childcare centres to ban children who are not vaccinated is being introduced to increase immunisation rates in New South Wales. The State Opposition says it will consult the child care sector and public on the draft bill, which will allow preschools to choose whether to accept children who are not immunised.The change is being proposed to encourage parents to vaccinate ...
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Mermaid makes a splash
The water polo team has left for the night and the lights at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre have been turned off. But in the darkness of the diving pool is a shimmering figure, blonde hair flowing, arms floating and body twisting. Hannah Fraser comes up for air - she can hold her breath for up to two minutes - and rests by the side of the pool. Her six-kilogram mermaid tail made of ...
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Abbott will be pressed to lift GST ALP
A federal coalition government will face mounting pressure from Liberal states to increase the GST rate, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury says. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell on Sunday said the GST should be "on the table" as part of a tax review proposed by his Canberra colleagues. "Every Liberal state premier has been calling on the government to reopen the question of ...
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OFarrell backs GST review
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says increasing the GST should be on the table as part of a tax review promised by federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott has ruled out hiking the GST rate if elected in September, but promised in his budget reply speech to deliver a tax "white paper" within two years of winning government. Any proposed changes would then be put to voters at ...
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Farm incomes face drought
With rainfall at record low levels, farmers across Australia are facing some of the toughest drought conditions in years. So why has the government chosen now to change crucial allowances for those in ...
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Shooting accident reignites call for hunting ban
NSW A shooting accident in South Australia has reignited calls for amateur hunting in New South Wales national parks to be abandoned. The NSW Opposition says the program in South Australia has been suspended because a man was shot in the ankle during a supervised cull.Amateur hunting in New South Wales is on hold until a review of the Game Council is finished.The Opposition's environment ...
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Dugan eyes Origin return
Josh Dugan shapes as a State of Origin wildcard for NSW coach Laurie Daley and the new St George Illawarra fullback says he wants to lend a hand in helping to break Queensland's seven-year stranglehold on the interstate series. Dugan was superb on his Dragons debut in Wollongong on Saturday night in just his second game this year after being axed by Canberra in March for repeated ...
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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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