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Expel me see you in court
A letter from Mr Obeid's solicitor, Tim Breene, to NSW Labor executive officer Elizabeth Scully was circulated at a meeting of the party's disputes committee on Sunday morning. The letter outlines Mr Obeid's view that party officials are acting prematurely in moving to expel him before the ICAC has delivered its findings and any possible court cases have run their course. It ...
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Fears births will be brought forward
His concern this time is that births will be brought forward. ''Frankly, I think this is worse,'' he said. ''The delay increased birth weights, and I recall one study that showed that could be beneficial. But in this case, we are likely to suffer from earlier births, meaning lower birth weights.'' Asked at the National Press Club on Wednesday whether he ...
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Battle for borrowers heats up
Source: RateCity.com.au, RBA 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. Mortgage rates are at their ...
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Magical finale to Eurovision 2013
Sunday night's 2013 Eurovision grand final was a magical, musical and sometimes mysterious affair. Take the time to digest the Danish victory as it happened ...
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Australias got the vision Europe
No, that's cool, we're not in Europe, we get it.But excuse us for feeling a little jealous when we see all that pageantry and - when it comes to the voting - b*stardry, and we can't have a piece of it.We reckon we could mix it with some of Europe's "finest" musical acts.Surely with Australia's Got Talent, Australian Idol, The X Factor and The Voice Australia we ...
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Lubna Al Qasimi discusses bilateral cooperation with Australia
WAM ABU DHABI, 19th May, 2013 (WAM) -- The Minister of International Cooperation and Development, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi has discussed prospects of enhancing cooperation between the UAE and Australia in various international development and humanitarian issues. The discussions came during a meeting at the ministry in Abu Dhabi today with Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, and his ...
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Cruise ship plunge mystery continues
ON this lonely balcony paramedic Paul Rossington became a hero in his family's eyes, jumping from a moving ship to save his ...
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OFarrell GST push pressures Abbott
PREMIER Barry O'Farrell has called for the GST to be raised and has challenged Tony Abbott to consider broadening the goods it covers in his promised tax ...
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Cancer takes courageous officer
A POLICE officer who bravely spoke out about her fear of dying and leaving her little girl without a mother has lost her battle with ...
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Used Spanish trams for Sydney
The government will pay $370,000 a year to Velez-Malaga council, in Spain's south, to lease the three CAF Urbo 2 trams, the International Railway Journal said. Spanish authorities will hope they have better luck with the trams, which are being sent to Australia after the town, with a population of 75,000, shut down its light rail line after just six years of operation. The trams have been ...
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School sex fiend still on loose
STAFF at a primary school where four young girls were attacked by a sexual predator will be on high alert as students return to class today, with the attacker still at ...
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Sydney prices in Big Apple league
SYDNEY'S property market has stepped up to the world stage with inner city prices topping those in Manhattan, Paris and London and uninhabitable hovels in the inner west fetching up to ...
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Twins recruited to help promote science for Royal Institute of Australia
MEET Sara and Sanja Krneta - the identical twins recruited by the RiAus Science Exchange to help peak their peers' interest in science as an area of study. The Year 12 Australian Science and Mathematics School students, who came to Adelaide as Bosnian refugees in 2001, are producing a series of online videos to promote science as fun and exciting. "What we've found is that children ...
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Turner from the Tate The Making of a Master exhibition breaks South Australia Art gallery records
AN exhibition of works by one of Britain's greatest artists has broken the Art Gallery of South Australia's attendance record for paid exhibitions staged in the past 25 years. The gallery's communications manager, Marika Lucas-Edwards, said yesterday that Turner from the Tate: The Making of a Master had eclipsed the previous record-holder, Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, which ...
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Australia coach Robbie Deans announces squad to face Lions – video
despite being left out of the initial Wallabies squad . Deans included three uncapped players in his squad to face the Lions on their Australia tour, but said it was not the end for players who hadn't been named as there are still six more places to be ...
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Push to ban unvaccinated children from NSW preschools
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 childcare 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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Join our Eurovision 2013 live blog
Maybe you tuned in to The Voice, only to discover it wasn't on? Or perhaps you've been waiting all year for tonight? Either way, join us for the Sunday night broadcast of the 2013 Eurovision grand final as live from 7.30pm (AEST). Spoiler-free but sarcasm-heavy, this is the place to read along while you love the song-fest madness and comment on the goings on. One rule: If you give away ...
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Leo opts out of Sydney premiere
After premieres in New York and Cannes, Leonardo DiCaprio has dropped out of the Australian launch of The Great Gatsby. The Hollywood star, who plays Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's lavish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, has cited a schedule change for missing the Sydney premiere this week. ''My time shooting, living and working in Sydney, with the most ...
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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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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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