Provides the latest RSS feeds for Sydney News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Sydney News.net http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/cat/ae0def0d9b645403/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:44 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:02:44 -0400 30 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have held talks over a number of issues of mutual interest and explored ways to develop bilateral relations in all sectors. The talks were held Tuesday between General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's deputy prime minister and Roger Wilkins, the visiting Australian director of public prosecution. Other important officials were also present on ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283402/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:02 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283402/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Using ultra-high resolution mapping techniques, scientists from Australia have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before. The researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia used computer modelling of lunar gravity and topography data to explore detailed basins that would be obscured using other methods, Xinhua reported. A total of 66 of the craters identified ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267395/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:01 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267395/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Left-handed batsman Phil Hughes and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade will join the Australia A squad here Tuesday ahead of their final tour match against Gloucestershire beginning Friday. Skipper Michael Clarke, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers will remain in London to prepare before the Ashes squad officially assembles June 24. Australia were knocked out of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215266789/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:30:02 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215266789/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The National Rugby League (NRL) of Australia has reportedly been investigating claims that spectators had racially abused the wife of a rugby player during a match last Friday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, NRL football operations director Nathan McGuirk had confirmed that the body's integrity unit was aware of claims that the wife of Canterbury forward Frank Pritchard's wife Raima, ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265776/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:03 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265776/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tamworth 2340 A court has heard that the shooting murder of a New South Wales police officer by a man he pulled over for a random breath test was captured on a patrol car video camera.Michael Jacobs is accused of shooting Senior Constable David Rixon after being pulled over for a random breath test in Tamworth in March last year.The 40-year-old has pleaded not guilty and the defence case is ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285962/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:58:28 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285962/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 echoed around sodden ANZ Stadium. Even in the afterglow of a monumental night, that nagging thought persisted. What if it the great gamble had ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285963/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:31 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285963/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Controversial changes to the green slip insurance scheme have been shelved after the NSW government admitted it does not have the support it needs to pass the legislation. Acting Finance Minister Andrew Constance said the government will hold further discussions with stakeholders and community representatives to try to resolve concerns about its proposed changes to the compulsory third-party ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285964/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285964/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2013, while Qantas has soared back into the top 10 in this years annual World Airline Awards. Qantas fell out of the World Airline Awards' top 10 for the first time last year, dropping to number 15 from number eight in 2011. The airline's ranking had sunk every year since 2008, when it peaked at number three. This year it has ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285965/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:28 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285965/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Senator Cameron chose especially sharp words, describing the Prime Minister's treatment of Senator Crossin as ''abominable'' and lacking in common decency and ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285966/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:27 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285966/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Nathan Tinkler will be out of Whitehaven by the end of today, after selling his stake to other investors. Mr Tinkler sold about half his stake in Whitehaven Coal to US investment firm Farallon Funds for about $300 million, Whitehaven said in a statement to the ASX this morning. A spokesman for the Tinkler Group said other investors, including hedge fund Noonday, had picked up or were picking up ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285968/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:26 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285968/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The photograph usually arrives as an email attachment or the old-fashioned way, in an envelope with no return address. It is rarely a pretty picture. Often the image captures a well-fed, middle-aged bureaucrat engaged in a sordid encounter with a woman who is not his wife. Or it could be a fully clothed official but one wearing an expensive timepiece his government salary could never afford. ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285967/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:49:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285967/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 0.00% fell 15 Australian cents to 14.85 Australian dollars ($14.04) Wednesday as they began trading in Sydney. The company holds the publishing assets that were spun off by media conglomerate News Corp. More than 4.6 million New Newscorp shares were traded in the first 15 minutes of their debut, according to FactSet data. News ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285572/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:45:21 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285572/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia's captain Lucas Neill (L) celebrates victory with teammate Mark Bresciano after defeating Iraq in the World Cup qualifier in Sydney, on June 18, 2013. Coach Holger Osieck claimed vindication for his methods after Australia qualified for the Cup with a last-gasp ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285631/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:36 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285631/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 After two unsuccessful campaigns, Australia finally qualified for their first World Cup. Australia were dealt a tough group. Games against East and West Germany (pictured above), ended in defeat. They gained a point against Chile but it wasn't enough to save them from group-stage elimination. Photograph: ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284538/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:58:17 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284538/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 NSW The New South Wales Government is delaying reforms to the Compulsory Third Party scheme because it does not have the numbers to get the legislation through the Upper House.Earlier this year, insurance companies said third party premiums would rise about 10 per cent after a steep rise in claims.The government then announced it would introduce a no-fault third party scheme aimed at reducing ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285191/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:23 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285191/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A Sri Lankan woman and her son were released from detention after their ASIO assessment was reviewed. Lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea acted for the family - and says it is not a victory for the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284774/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:16 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284774/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tennis champion Serena Williams is facing an angry backlash after suggesting that a teenage rape victim ‘‘shouldn’t have put herself in that position’’ and was ‘‘lucky’’ not to have been further injured in a crime that transfixed the US. The world's top-ranked women’s player questioned why the 16-year-old victim, who ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285193/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:25 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285193/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Adrian Ernest Bayley, the man guilty of the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, will be kept locked behind bars until he's at least 76 years ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285194/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285194/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Nathan Tinkler will be out of Whitehaven by the end of today, after selling his stake to other investors. Mr Tinkler sold about half his stake in Whitehaven Coal to US investment firm Farallon Funds for about $300 million, Whitehaven said in a statement to the ASX this morning. A spokesman for the Tinkler Group said other investors, including hedge fund Noonday, had picked up or were picking up ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285195/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285195/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mother's heartbreak at son's death Thomas Kelly's mother, Kathy, levels thinly-veiled criticism at prosecutors after a murder charge against the man who fatally punched her son was ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285197/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:22 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285197/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Special forces may stay in Afghanistan The Australian Defence Force is investigating whether serving military personnel are linked to offensive Facebook pages that included grossly sexist and anti-Muslim posts - another blow to the military on the heels of the sex email affair. Facebook pages emerged in recent days that appear connected to serving and former soldiers based in Townsville and ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285196/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:21 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215285196/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian stocks rose in early trade Wednesday, following up on Wall Street's rally before the U.S. Federal Reserve addresses its outlook on its stimulus measures. The benchmark S&P/ASX ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284776/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:39:08 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284776/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Holden’s workers were given an ultimatum on Tuesday: take a pay cut or the company would join Ford and stop making cars in Australia in 2016. Mike Devereux, chairman of General Motors Holden, told the company’s staff that its Port Melbourne (300 workers) and Elizabeth (1700) should consider a pay cut of $200 per ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283678/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:50 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283678/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The man guilty of the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, Adrian Ernest Bayley, arrives at the Victorian Supreme Court, followed by Ms Meagher's ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284187/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:36:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284187/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia celebrates World Cup qualification A shower of green and gold tickertape greeted the Australia squad as a packed ANZ Stadium celebrated ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284188/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:36:18 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284188/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The shadow of domestic violence readily falls across the wealthy and famous, as Nigella Lawson has discovered, but few choose to report it to the police because of shame. The focus was on lower socioeconomic households, Tracy Howe, chief executive at NSW Women's Refuge Movement, said, but the statistics failed to recognise the unreported problems across the affluent suburbs of Australia. ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284189/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:36:14 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284189/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mother's heartbreak at son's death Thomas Kelly's mother, Kathy, levels thinly-veiled criticism at prosecutors after a murder charge against the man who fatally punched her son was ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284190/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:36:13 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284190/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 THE government has withdrawn its controversial changes to green slip policy, following a public outcry on the slashing of benefits and lack of support from key crossbench ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284191/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:34:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284191/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 's News Corp, alleging that the company's representatives hacked into her cellphone.Huthart filed the suit claiming a violation of her rights to privacy, unlawful access to stored communications and interference with her voicemails stored on her phone. She also claimed that the incidents in particular took place while she worked alongside Jolie.She claimed she worked alongside the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283579/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:04 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283579/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 UNHCR figures show that more people were forced to flee their homes every day last year than the total number seeking asylum in Australia in one year. More people around the world were forced to flee their homes every day last year than the total number seeking asylum in Australia during the entire 12 months, according to the annual report on global trends by the United Nations refugee agency. ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284192/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:57 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284192/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 , Steven Ottley and I stopped off at the coastal town of Yeppoon, near Rockhampton, to find arguably the biggest Commodore fan of them all. Peter Champion has amassed Australia’s most exotic collection of Holdens - specifically, almost every famous race car driven by motor racing legend Peter Brock. The collection, which has been turned into a museum called the Champion's Brock ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284193/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:52 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215284193/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 For 48 hours before the game, a major Sydney road was rechristened as the Tim Cahill Expressway. This was a man who had scored his country's first ever World Cup goal and at times had dragged the team through qualification. For years, he has been the source of goals when all others had run dry. Yet with 13 minutes remaining ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215282304/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:14 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215282304/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Instead, he can reflect with pride after his brave substitution of national hero Tim Cahill with the game in the balance swung it - and World Cup qualification - for the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283066/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:31:02 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215283066/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to rebound on Wednesday, after Wall Street rose for a second straight day as investors bet the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulus support for the world's biggest economy. A weaker Australian dollar may also benefit stocks with overseas exposure. * Local share price index futures rose 0.7 percent to 4,855.0, a 40.6-point ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215282289/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:13:16 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215282289/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Socceroos are heading to Brazil for the World Cup next year. The question is - will you be? An estimated 3.3 million tickets are expected to go on sale for the world's biggest single sporting event and, now that the Socceroos have sealed their spot among the participating nations, Australian fans will be allocated a specific number of those seats. FIFA has not yet released detailed ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215281854/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:50 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215281854/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Australian Defence Force is investigating whether serving military personnel are linked to offensive Facebook pages that included grossly sexist and anti-Muslim posts - another blow to the military on the heels of the sex email affair. Facebook pages emerged in recent days that appear connected to serving and former soldiers based in Townsville and refer to local women as ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215281855/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:49 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215281855/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 "I told him if you want to be the best you have got to give it (alcohol) up": Anthony Mundine on advice he gave to second cousin Blake Ferguson, ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215281856/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:27:46 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215281856/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Jake White said, after his Brumbies side had beaten the Lions, that Australia will be far more optimistic about the Test series. Photograph: Mark Metcalfe/Getty ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280258/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:15 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280258/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The shadow of domestic violence readily falls across the wealthy and famous, as Nigella Lawson has discovered, but few choose to report it to the police because of shame. The focus was on lower socioeconomic households, Tracy Howe, chief executive at NSW Women's Refuge Movement, said, but the statistics failed to recognise the unreported problems across the affluent suburbs of Australia. ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280716/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280716/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider options such as a sudden recall of Parliament to test Labor's majority or even the appointment of Tony Abbott as prime minister. Another option would be the commencement of an immediate caretaker period before an early election. With pressure building within ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280717/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:22:17 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280717/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:58pm EDT By Jennifer Saba June 18 (Reuters) - A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since the scandal broke two years ago. The lawsuit, filed on June 13 by professional stunt double Eunice Huthart, said reporters from News ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280177/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:58:26 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215280177/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 -----------------------(06:33 / 2033 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets S&P/ASX 200 4,814.35 -11.53 NZSX 50 4,462.10 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279973/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:39:31 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279973/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Even if some of the more scurrilous rumours abounding from within the Australian cricket team are discounted, it is impossible to escape the symbolism of their current disposition. Day one of the tourists' Ashes campaign ended the same way it began, with the 16 chosen squad members and their shadows dispersed across the United Kingdom. Whether by accident or design, this is more a fragmented ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279105/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:20 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279105/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Three people in Ohio are accused of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over two years. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday that the trio forced the woman to do housework, threatened her and the girl with violence and fed their pets better than the mother and daughter. Ashland police say they discovered the situation when one suspect accused the mother of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279520/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:35 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279520/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 NSW budget winners and losers Small businesses, the seat of Newcastle and home builders are the biggest winners in the NSW state budget while the public sector will find it tough, says senior reporter Matt ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279521/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:35 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279521/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 As she tried to save a highway patrol officer who lay bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest, Tamworth mother Cheryl Carpenter asked the man who allegedly pulled the trigger, 'why did you do it?' a court has heard. But the alleged killer did not answer and soon after the officer, Senior Constable David Rixon, was dead. Ms Carpenter was giving evidence in the trial of Michael Allan ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279523/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:34 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279523/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Unions are warning that frontline services across the state are at risk after NSW Treasurer Mike Baird announced further cuts to the public service, despite already axing thousands of jobs and shrinking departmental budgets. Delivering his third budget on Tuesday, Mr Baird detailed a two-year extension of a 1 per cent ''efficiency dividend'' to help fund the state's $1.7 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279522/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:33 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279522/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 There has been a huge surge in phone calls to the Cancer Council helpline, since Angelina Jolie's breast cancer preventive surgery. Cancer Council NSW has recorded an increase of almost 900 per cent in the number of people phoning the helpline, following Jolie's announcement of her preventative double mastectomy last month after learning she had the defective BRCA1 gene, which meant ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279524/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:32 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279524/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget. It lacked fireworks, but there was a Liberal flavour - tax cuts for small business, privatisation, an emphasis on "expense control" and pressure on public servants to work more efficiently. Squeezing savings out of the public sector has become a hallmark of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279525/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:31 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279525/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 View all 32 photos But, in these circumstances, that would be churlish and an inquiry for a later day. Suffice to say that it is mission accomplished, but only just. German Holger Osieck might not be as much of a gambler as his Dutch predecessor but one, Guus Hiddink, nor might he have the inherent fortune of ''Lucky Guus". But the Gods smiled on him in this starred arena for ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279526/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:16:28 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279526/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Wesfarmers Target retail chain in Australia said in court Tuesday it was ready to settle claims that it sold counterfeit Estee Lauder make up. In Federal Court, Target said it would turn over all of its marketing materials related to sale of Make-Up Art Cosmetics, an Estee Lauder subsidiary that accused the Australian retailer of selling fake goods under its name. In addition, Target ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279002/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:55 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279002/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A new language discovered in a remote indigenous community in northern Australia reveals insights into how languages develop, a U.S. linguist says. University of Michigan linguist Carmel O'Shannessy has studied a language she has dubbed Light Warlpiri spoken in a small region of Australia's Tanami Desert. Residents there speak a highly endangered traditional language, Warlpiri, but a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279003/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:49 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215279003/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tune into virtually any major sport in Australia, from rugby to cricket to tennis, and you’re likely to be bombarded by commercials touting the latest odds on the game. Legal sports gambling is a multi-billion-dollar industry in Australia, where betting websites sponsor major teams and buy up stadium naming rights. Imagine a ';Bet365″ logo plastered across the back of a Los ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215277547/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:40 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215277547/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 British & Irish Lions had been given "a reality check" after they lost their unbeaten Australia tour record on Tuesday. The Lions went down 14-12 to ACT Brumbies at Canberra Stadium, and there could be few complaints from a team outgunned upfront for an hour before head coach Gatland summoned reinforcements from the bench. The injury-hit Lions, who dominated the first five games ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215277767/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:31 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215277767/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 "It's amazing for the country," captain Lucas Neill said in a pitchside interview. "Three World Cups [in a row] now. I'm sorry, guys, it wasn't pretty but we beat what was in front of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215277432/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215277432/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tim Cahill (No.4) of Australia is tackled by Ahmad Ibrahim of Iraq on Tuesday. Photo: CFPAustralia secured their place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday with a late strike from Josh Kennedy firing them to a tense 1-0 win over an understrength Iraq at Stadium Australia.It was an unconvincing victory in front of a sellout 80,000 crowd, but ensured the Socceroos will appear at their ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215274958/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:00 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215274958/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 By John McGarrity LONDON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:46pm EDT LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, said it plans to sell Newcastle port, the world's biggest coal export terminal, meaning another chunk of the country's vast resources industry could be sold to foreign buyers. The state's budget for 2013-2014 delivered on Tuesday ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215274765/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:46:47 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215274765/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia now join Japan, the Asian Cup-holders who booked their ticket a fortnight ago, at next year's FIFA World Cup as the only countries to have qualified alongside hosts Brazil.Although all four Asian qualifiers are familiar names at the FIFA World Cup, the year-long elimination process has been hard-fought and came down to the last week of the final group stage. Ex-Middlesbrough ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215273445/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215273445/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget. It lacked fireworks, but there was a Liberal flavour - tax cuts for small business, privatisation, an emphasis on "expense control" and pressure on public servants to work more efficiently. Squeezing savings out of the public sector has become a hallmark of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215274063/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:46:46 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215274063/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia's Josh Kennedy, left, is embraced by Tommy Oar after scoring against Iraq to qualify for the 2014 FIFA world Cup, at Australia Stadium in Sydney June 18, 2013. (DANIEL ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271517/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:14 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271517/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 As former Booz Allen Hamilton NSA technical consultant, now fugitive whistleblower, Edward Snowden recently said ""they are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them." The NSA is just now commissioning a massive $2 billion data fusion center in Bluffdale, Utah, where avatars (images used to represent each of us in their virtual ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272497/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:00:06 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272497/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Redfern 2016 Another Burgess brother has come off the assembly line with Tom to replace his suspended identical twin George in the South Sydney team to face Parramatta on Sunday.Tom, the fourth of the Burgess quartet, is set to make his NRL debut after being named on the bench in the Rabbitohs squad for the Olympic stadium match.George was stood down after he was charged for allegedly smashing ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272080/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:49:22 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272080/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Reserve Bank appears to continue to talk down the Australian dollar to help stoke economic growth, while the latest board minutes released by the central bank suggests it is open to cutting the cash rate again. Although the dollar had ''depreciated noticeably'' against other currencies since its May cash rate cut, it ''remained at a high level considering the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272498/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:10 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272498/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 If you were having doubts about the O'Farrell government's conservative credentials, take a look at its third budget. It lacked fireworks, but there was a Liberal flavour - tax cuts for small business, privatisation, an emphasis on "expense control" and pressure on public servants to work more efficiently. Squeezing savings out of the public sector has become a hallmark of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272499/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:09 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272499/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider options such as a sudden recall of Parliament to test Labor's majority, or even the appointment of the Opposition Leader as Prime Minister. Another option would be the start of an immediate caretaker period for an early election. With pressure building within ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272500/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:08 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272500/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014. Given the problems they had in breaking down such an inexperienced and youthful Iraqi side, it is a legitimate question to ask whether ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272501/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:06 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272501/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 RACHAEL Leahcar's voice garnered the attention of a nation, but it is her charitable work that has earned the singer a Pride of Australia ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272502/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:38:39 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272502/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 POLICE searching for the body of anti-drugs crusader Donald Mackay have discovered a "landmark" that corroborates the story of an anonymous informant who tipped them off to the possible whereabouts of the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272504/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:38:36 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272504/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 THE partner of embattled Finance Minister Greg Pearce's chief of staff has been employed in a director's position at the Workcover Independent Review Office (WIRO) that Mr Pearce set ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272503/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:38:33 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215272503/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia stand-in captain George Bailey says his team are low on confidence with the Ashes fast approaching, after crashing out of the ICC Champions Trophy to Sri Lanka on Monday. However, Bailey says Test cricket is a 'different mindset' and that the Ashes tend to bring out 'something special in both ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270545/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:47 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270545/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sri Lanka cruise past an Australian side missing captain Michael Clarke on Monday and booked their place in the Champions Trophy semi-finals. Sri Lanka set a first innings total of 254 with Mahela Jayawardene top-scoring on 84 not out. In reply, Australia are bowled out for 233 using just 42 of their ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270546/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:45 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270546/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 'The timing of the Lions tour is perfect because if we did win the series, it would give the game here a boost,' says the former Wallabies coach Rod Macqueen. Photograph: Nick ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270454/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:48:43 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270454/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 the Socceroos the win they needed to secure second place in Asian qualifying Group B and the ticket to Brazil that goes with it. Iraq's hopes of qualifying were ended by last week's defeat at the hands of group winners Japan and Australia's victory also ended the slim hopes of Oman and Jordan, who meet later on Tuesday, of a direct passage to the World Cup. The Australians, ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270808/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:37:28 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270808/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia's rush to acquire airconditioners and fridges is creating a greenhouse gas time bomb, which the Greens and environmental groups say existing regulations, including the carbon tax, are ill equipped to defuse. The country has at least 45 million cooling devices, up from about 30 million in 2007, with 1 million airconditioners alone sold each year for home use and a similar number ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271091/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:13 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271091/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Unions are warning that frontline services across the state are at risk after NSW Treasurer Mike Baird announced further cuts to the public service, despite already axing thousands of jobs and shrinking departmental budgets. Delivering his third budget on Tuesday, Mr Baird detailed a two-year extension of a 1 per cent ''efficiency dividend'' to help fund the state's ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270723/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:12 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270723/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Two years ago, when she was 45, Jane Krsevan finally discovered the reason for her stabbing back pains and the excess fluid in her lungs. After a frustrating decade of worsening health and conflicting medical opinions, Krsevan's ninth doctor started asking questions about her childhood. When she told him her father was a builder who made insulation boxes for hot water units, he immediately ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270722/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:12 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270722/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Pulse Live: Stephanie Peatling blogs live from Parliament Former prime minister Bob Hawke has rejected a call for him to intervene in the Labor leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, saying it is a matter for the caucus to decide. Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie had earlier called on Mr Hawke to act as a "circuit breaker" for Labor. But in a statement to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271092/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:10 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271092/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mother's heartbreak at son's death Thomas Kelly's mother, Kathy, levels thinly-veiled criticism at prosecutors after a murder charge against the man who fatally punched her son was ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271093/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:06 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215271093/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SYDNEY ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270543/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:11:28 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215270543/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia secured their place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil Tuesday with a late strike from Josh Kennedy firing them to a tense 1-0 win over an under-strength Iraq at Stadium Australia.It was an unconvincing victory in front of a sell-out 80,000 crowd, but ensured the Socceroos will appear at their third consecutive World Cup, alongside Japan who are already through from ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269001/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:54:27 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269001/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SYDNEY // When Julia Gillard warned recently that defeat for her ruling Labor Party would lead to women being banished from political life, she was accused of playing the "gender card". Less than 24 hours later, graphic evidence emerged of the sexism and misogyny which have dogged her since she became Australia's first female prime minister. A menu prepared by a Brisbane ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269308/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269308/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia havesecured their place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil(TM) with a late strike from Josh Kennedy firing them to a tense 1-0 win over an ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269205/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:43:52 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269205/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Millions of dollars allegedly corruptly obtained from the PNG government have been siphoned to Australian banks, confidential banking documents reveal. Fairfax Media has also confirmed that Australian bank NAB recently increased its due diligence on some money transfers from PNG due to corruption concerns. The allegedly dirty money stems from a corruption scandal gripping PNG that has led to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269418/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:25 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269418/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014. Given the problems they had in breaking down such an inexperienced and youthful Iraqi side, it is a legitimate question to ask whether ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269771/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:23 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269771/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 After years watching his beloved Dunfermline play in the Scottish leagues, Jim Morrison brings his unique understanding of Route One football to Sydney as the Socceroos look to book a ticket to the World Cup in Brazil. A win is good ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269772/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:30:20 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269772/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Until a late, dramatic intervention from the bench, an 82nd minute winner from substitute Josh Kennedy, that broke Iraqi resistance and ensured that Australia will, after all, be going to the ball, the biggest party in global sport. The World Cup in Brazil, 2014. Given the problems they had in breaking down such an inexperienced and youthful Iraqi side, it is a legitimate question to ask whether ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269773/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:21:56 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269773/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A trademark header from forgotten striker Josh Kennedy has booked Australia's ticket to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after a vital 1-0 win over Iraq at a packed ANZ Stadium on Tuesday. Needing a win to assure themselves a spot at a third consecutive World Cup, the Socceroos looked like blowing their chance as the stubborn visitors held firm for more than 82 minutes. But in his first ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269207/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:20:05 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215269207/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 From a results point of view there could be no doubting that so far the 1989 Lions tour to Australia had been a roaring success (excuse the obvious ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215268161/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:41:02 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215268161/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The high interest in offshore Western Australia ensures the region will be a major natural gas supplier for years to come, the Australian energy minister said. The Australian government awarded 13 permits during its latest offshore auction, generating more than $170 million in new investments off Western Australia and Tasmania. The government said secondary work from the permits could generate ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267887/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:14:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267887/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Great Barrier Reef will be listed as an "in danger" World Heritage site next year if new developments along the Queensland coast aren't restricted.The World Heritage Committee has told Australia it must present a plan on how to protect the reef from increasing coal and gas extraction and shipping.If improvements aren't made the reef could be listed as "in danger" ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267110/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:45:15 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267110/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A fence is seen on the land where a a full-size replica of Beijing's Forbidden City will be built, in the Wyong region near Sydney June 16, 2013. Australia's coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn't high on the travel agenda of most Chinese tourists. But the local mayor and a Chinese businessman have big plans to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267112/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:35:11 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267112/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 After years watching his beloved Dunfermline play in the Scottish leagues, Jim Morrison brings his unique understanding of Route One football to Sydney as the Socceroos look to book a ticket to the World Cup in Brazil. A win is good ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267499/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:22:57 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267499/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The unnamed special operations member was one of five Australians on board when the helicopter made a "hard landing" 55kms east of Tarin Kowt on June 11, the Defence Department has reported.The aircraft was not engaged in combat leading up to the crash.On return to base, the crew was assessed with one soldier found to be suffering concussion."While the wounding doesn't appear ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267212/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:21:16 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215267212/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney 2000 The family of a Sydney teenager who died after being king hit during a night out in King's Cross has spoken of their frustration over a plea deal for their son's attacker. Sydney man Kieran Loveridge, 19, had been charged with murder over the unprovoked attack on 18-year-old Thomas Kelly, but the charge was downgraded to manslaughter in court today.Loveridge has appeared ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215266524/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:28:40 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215266524/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney 2000 The head of the peak national medical body has poured cold water on the health funding boost announced in today's state budget, saying it amounts to a spending cut.Australian Medical Association NSW president Brian Owler says the additional 5.2 per cent or $884 million for the state's health budget will not be nearly enough to meet increasing demand for health services ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265525/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:24:39 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265525/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 NSW There has been a mixed reaction to the New South Wales state budget, handed down today by Treasurer Mike Baird. Greens MLC John Kaye labelled the budget as a package of 'shiny new things' for Premier Barry O'Farrell to deliver before the next state election in 2015. He says only the private sector will see growth in spending from the measures announced today, and warned front ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265526/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:24:39 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265526/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Pulse Live: Stephanie Peatling blogs live from Parliament Former prime minister Bob Hawke has rejected a call for him to intervene in the Labor leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, saying it is a matter for the caucus to decide. Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie had earlier called on Mr Hawke to act as a "circuit breaker" for Labor. But in a statement to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265527/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:14:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265527/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection Andrew Powell has welcomed UNESCO's decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as 'in ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265182/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:09:03 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265182/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) and WWF-Australia said today that Australia's governments are putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk by failing to implement the World Heritage Committee recommendations around rapid industrialisation of the Great Barrier ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265183/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:09:00 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265183/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:15am EDT (Adds analysts' quotes, details on stock movements) SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.2 percent in volatile trade on Tuesday, as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary meeting and turned tentative before an options expiry date. "On Thursday we have the index options expiry, a big expiry as it's the end of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265178/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:15:47 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215265178/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Canterbury utility Dene Halatau says he's unsure if he was spat at by Manly fans after his side's controversial win at Brookvale last Friday, but admits Bulldogs players were shocked by the level of abuse heaped on them. The ARLC are investigating a report of racist abuse levelled at the wife of Bulldogs prop Frank Pritchard by a Manly supporter during the 32-30 golden point win by the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264334/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:11:00 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264334/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A win against Iraq on Tuesday night will see the Socceroos qualify for their third successive FIFA World Cup. Sebastian Hassett charts 48 years of heartbreak and euphoria of qualification ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264668/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:10:56 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264668/scat/ae0def0d9b645403  chairman and managing director Mike Devereux says Holden will have to slash its labour costs in order to keep operating in Australia. Devereux says Holden must make ';significant labour related annual cost savings';, and that ';every single option is on the table';. Devereux did not directly say whether workers will have to choose between redundancy or a pay cut ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264669/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:10:55 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264669/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The stage was set for the meeting of the most powerful leaders in the world. But on Monday the limelight was stolen by a shy teenager from Belfast, whose self-penned speech captured the imagination of the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264670/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:10:51 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264670/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 As Australia enters a dangerous new era of extreme weather with potentially crippling financial consequences, the City of Sydney is leading the nation in the battle against climate change by slashing its carbon emissions. Sydney is already starting to feel the effects of average global temperatures rising after the city recorded its hottest day ever on 18 January peaking at 46.4C - while across ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264671/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:04:59 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215264671/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 England Australia's national selector John Inverarity said Pakistan-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed may join the Ashes squad after Australia A's final tour match against Gloucestershire on Friday night.Ahmed took his first wicket in Australian colours when he finished with 1 for 25 from six second innings overs in Australia A's 93-run win over Ireland in Belfast.The spinner needs to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215263390/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:18:25 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215263390/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 "Good morning. My name is Hannah Nelson, I'm 16 years old, and I'm from Belfast," she told 2000 invited guests at the city's landmark Waterfront ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215263773/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:08:34 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215263773/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Residents of a major apartment complex in inner Brisbane, where fire gutted eight apartments on June 9, spoke to Socialist Equality Party (SEP) campaigners last week about the harrowing events of that day and the lack of essential fire safety facilities in the building where the blaze ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262525/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:31:40 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262525/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Police are hoping that motorists will be able to help identify two men who carried out a brutal home invasion in Sydney's inner west this ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262942/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:13 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262942/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Bundeena 2230 There is widespread support for land being sold by Scouts New South Wales to become part of the Royal National Park, but it appears there was no money to make it happen.A local residents group in Bundeena has been fighting hard to keep the 5.6 hectare bushland property that connects to the Royal National Park from developers. The Spring Gully Protection Group offered Scouts NSW ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262944/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:12 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262944/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 NSW NSW State of Origin back-rower Greg Bird fears the NRL's crackdown on fighting will lead to an increase in players baiting their opponents in a bid to provoke a reaction.Under the new ruling players who throw punches ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262943/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:11 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262943/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Cairns 4870 South Sydney Rabbitohs prop George Burgess has been stood down by his club after being charged with two counts of wilful damage to a car.The Rabbitohs confirmed that the 21-year-old has admitted the charges and is co-operating with police over the incident, which took place at 2:45am on Monday in the suburb of Redlynch near Cairns.It is understood that Burgess threw a street sign ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215263174/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:15:11 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215263174/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262945/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:05:50 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262945/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 St Kilda footballer Stephen Milne has been charged with four counts of rape after a lengthy review saw Victoria Police overturn the results of the initial investigation following an incident which took place after the Saints pre-season 2004 Grand Final victory. Police confirmed on Tuesday that the extensive review by the Sexual Crimes Squad found that the initial investigation had proved ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262946/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:05:49 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262946/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Roxon's farewell: Don't let naysayers define Labor There had been much over-excited expectation of something ... anything ... happening at Tuesday's meeting of the Gillard government's caucus. Which, of course meant that when it came to it, nothing of much consequence happened at all. At least on the surface. Indeed, the big moment was a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262947/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:05:47 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262947/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Lisa Ho's spring/summer 2012/13 showcase as the Art Gallery of NSW was a highlight of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in 2012. Fashion designer Lisa Ho is closing down. Administrators HLB Mann Judd issued a statement on Tuesday announcing the end of the Australian fashion queen’s 30-year reign. ';Despite considerable interest, a sale of the Lisa Ho Group business as a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262948/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:05:46 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262948/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Australian dollar fell Tuesday, dented by prospects of a cut in the country's interest rate, while the U.S. dollar sought a second day of gains against Japan's currency as a Federal Reserve decision ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262381/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:02:50 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262381/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said the Liberals would set up a state productivity commission if they won the South Australian election next March.He outlined the policy as part of his budget reply speech in State Parliament.Mr Marshall said the first job of a commission would be to do an independent review of the state's finances ahead of the budget.He told Parliament it would not ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261701/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:11:48 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261701/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney 2000 The NSW Supreme Court has heard Gina Rinehart's son John Hancock is unsuitable to run a lucrative family trust because of "highly disparaging" remarks he made about his sister.Mr Rinehart's three eldest children, Mr Hancock, Hope Welker and Bianca Rinehart lodged a case to have her removed as head of a family trust in September 2011. Ms Welker has since pulled ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262045/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:11:48 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262045/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 NSW The NSW Government says regional communities are at the heart of the 2013-14 state budget, with its central plank the privatisation of the state's last major port.In addition to the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262044/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:11:48 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262044/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Full budget coverage If you have school-aged children: Five new schools have been earmarked for development (on the lower north shore, Spring Farm, The Ponds and Strathfield) plus the initial Gonski funding of $50 million will flow to schools in 2014. If you live in the Hunter region: Much of the proceeds from the 99-year lease of the Newcastle Port will be spent revitalising Newcastle and the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262046/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:09 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262046/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 What has the perpetrator lost? It's time we all came to the same realisation about just who the victim is of violent crimes, and it's not the offenders, so please let's stop treating them as the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262047/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:08 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262047/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Small businesses, the seat of Newcastle and home builders are the biggest winners in the NSW state budget while the public sector will find it tough, says senior reporter Matt ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262048/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:07 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262048/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Harrison Craig as the second Voice of Australia A Nine spokesperson was very happy on Tuesday morning with audience figures for the – now traditional – artificially divided two shows that made up Monday night's final, with the first half of the final also topping the 2 million mark across the five metro capitals. The audience was significantly smaller than the 3.3 million ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262049/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:06 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262049/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Two men are expected to face court on Tuesday after police seized two sport bags containing $3.5 million worth of the drug known as ice from a taxi in Sydney’s south. Police arrested the men, aged 55 and 39, after stopping the taxi at Beverly Hills and allegedly found 16 kilograms of methylamphetamine concealed inside the bags. Officers later raided a nearby house on Stoney Creek Road and ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262050/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:04 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262050/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Banks are swift to raise rates but slow to cut them, according to new research. Big banks have passed on official interest rate rises to their customers in less than half the time it takes them to deliver rate cuts, new figures show. Since the global financial crisis struck in 2008, banks have taken an average of 10 days to pass on cuts in the cash rate to their home loan customers, according ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262051/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:03 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262051/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Charles Saatchi says photos published of his hands around his wife Nigella Lawson's neck appear 'horrific', but show nothing but 'a playful ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262052/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:01 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262052/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach, on Hall St, has a choice of one, two or three-bedroom apartment or studio rooms.The serviced apartments each have a kitchen and laundry with an in-house gym and lap pool.A new retail precinct, set to open in spring, will have a selection of five-star restaurants and shops.Toga Hotels has an opening special with studio rooms from $159 per night if you book online ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262053/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:23 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215262053/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261705/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:57:33 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261705/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261228/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:37 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261228/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 state's ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261227/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:08:37 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261227/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261229/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:58:38 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261229/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261230/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:58:37 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261230/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261231/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:58:36 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215261231/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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: ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260837/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:54:56 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260837/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259965/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:07:20 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259965/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260439/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:03:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260439/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260438/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:03:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260438/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260440/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:23 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260440/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 – 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. ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260442/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:21 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260442/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260443/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:20 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260443/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260444/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260444/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260445/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260445/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Charles Saatchi says photos published of his hands around his wife Nigella Lawson's neck appear 'horrific', but show nothing but 'a playful ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260446/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:53:18 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260446/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260097/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:50:23 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260097/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260447/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:35 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260447/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260448/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:47:34 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260448/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260094/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:40:00 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260094/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260100/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:36:03 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215260100/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259141/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:12:14 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259141/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259143/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:04 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259143/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 Centrelink. ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259578/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:04 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259578/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259579/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:50:12 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259579/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 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 to ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259581/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:50:11 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259581/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Labor hit with disastrous poll numbers The Labor government is in further crisis following another disastrous poll result with male voters deserting the Prime ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259582/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:50:09 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259582/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 But by about 10.30pm, Ferguson’s proclamation that he and Dugan were ‘‘back’’ was in some doubt – before he had even hit camp in Coogee. A woman had made a complaint against him, a police charge and an Origin and NRL suspension followed in a dramatic first day of camp on Monday. How did a night of celebrations turn so sour? What is clear is that it did not ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259583/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:50:07 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259583/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A group specialising in financial disputes has called on the corporate regulator to reopen all settlements for Commonwealth Bank planners where fraud has been proven or where they failed to investigate strong allegations of fraud. The group, Financial Resolutions Australia, believes clients of the bank's financial planning arm may have a claim against ASIC under the Scheme for Compensation ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259584/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:50:06 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259584/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Americans support the leak , and Snowden receives a higher approval rating than US citizens view Congress. History has also been kind to one of the great leakers in history, the Pentagon Paper’s Daniel Ellsberg ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259134/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:46:28 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259134/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Certain players from the defeated Champions Trophy squad will join up with Australia A on Tuesday to maximise preparation time for the Ashes. Following a disappointing pool-round exit from the Champions Trophy, Australia will use the extra time before next week's opening tour match to give some players time with the A team, who completed a 93-run first-class win over Ireland in Belfast on ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259585/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:41:55 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215259585/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Auburn 2144 Police say a meat cleaver attack in Sydney's west was the result of an ongoing dispute between two families.Two men, both aged 46, met in a street at Auburn at 6.30am yesterday.One man has now been charged after he allegedly attacked the other man with the meat cleaver, cutting the victim's wrist.Inspector Matt Harris says police believe there has been tension between the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258640/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:57:21 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258640/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Labor Party statesman Peter Beattie has called on Bob Hawke to break the leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The former Queensland premier, Mr Beattie, told Sky News that Labor's crisis would continue unless the former prime minister acted as a "circuit breaker". ''You've got to get someone like Bob Hawke to bring it together,'' Mr ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258642/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:47:25 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258642/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Labor Party statesman Peter Beattie has called on Bob Hawke to break the leadership stalemate between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. The former Queensland premier, Mr Beattie, told Sky News that Labor's crisis would continue unless the former prime minister acted as a "circuit breaker". ''You've got to get someone like Bob Hawke to bring it together,'' Mr ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258643/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:47:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258643/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Recorded Crime - Victims from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the Northern Territory has the highest rate of murder at 7.7 per 100,000 people. This is over three times greater than the next highest ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258166/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:43:44 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258166/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Swedish car maker has worked with its Australian outpost to develop and deliver its first true high-performance sedan in more than 20 years, with the first batch of 50 S60 Polestars to be sold exclusively here. Volvo has confirmed the limited Australian run will be a toe-in-the-water exercise to test the acceptance of Polestar as a legitimate alternative to the likes of rival European ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258644/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:39:10 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258644/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 MELBOURNE, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open a touch higher on Tuesday, underpinned by yield stocks, but investors will likely remain cautious as they await a Federal Reserve meeting for hints of when the U.S. central bank will start tapering its stimulus programme. * Local share price index futures rose 0.2 percent to 4,480.0, a 14.1-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258173/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:19:21 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258173/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 By Jane Wardell SYDNEY, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:19pm EDT SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn't high on the travel agenda of most Chinese tourists. But the local mayor and a Chinese businessman have big plans to change that - by building a A$500 million ($480 ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258023/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:19:11 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215258023/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 rugby league which saw him kicked off the Blues squad.As Ferguson was charged and granted conditional bail on Monday night the National Rugby League suspended his registration putting his career in doubt for the rest of the season.Police will allege he indecently assaulted a 23-year-old woman about 10.30pm on Sunday at the 2230 Restaurant and Bar after being denied re-entry to the club and ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257631/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:58:58 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257631/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 big increases in the price of electricity averaging 20%. This was a particularly bitter pill for a government that came to power promising to cut the cost of living, and particularly for a treasurer keen to persuade an already hostile public that selling electricity assets is a good idea. There’s nothing unusual about Queensland’s experience. Average Australian electricity prices for ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257031/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:58:43 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257031/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Canley Vale 2166 A man has been charged over a shooting in Sydney's south-west at the weekend.A 23-year-old man was treated in Liverpool Hospital for a single gunshot wound to his left wrist just after 10:00pm on Saturday.Police say the man was involved in a fight at Canley Vale.Inspector Craig Ireland says a 23-year-old man was arrested last night."Police identified a number of ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257632/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:56 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257632/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney 2000 The New South Wales Treasurer is expected to reveal a better-than-expected operating result for this year's state budget.This will be Mike Baird's third budget.Posing with the budget papers for the cameras yesterday he was upbeat."These are the covers," he said. "Does everyone like the covers? It looks good."And the figures, for this year at least, are ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257633/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:53:56 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257633/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 official Lego Sydney Opera House set before as part of the toy company's Architecture range, but let's be honest: an awful lot of detail got lost in the model's tiny size. Lego's about to do something about that, though. On September 1, Lego fanatics will be able to get their hands on an insanely detailed, 2,989-piece model of the iconic building designed by Danish ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257073/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:46:10 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257073/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The first stage of the $10 billion WestConnex motorway will be solely funded by the NSW government in an effort to shore up private sector confidence in the project before possibly offering it for sale. In a significant departure from the traditional model for public private partnerships for major infrastructure projects, traffic usage levels on the road would be established before private ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257634/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:44:14 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/215257634/scat/ae0def0d9b645403