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 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:36:26 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:36:26 -0400 30 Cricket Australia (CA) is investigating a Twitter rant by cricketer David Warner, who launched a scathing attack on reputed Australian cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. "CA is aware of comments made on David Warner's twitter account overnight. CA is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. CA will make further comment once it has conducted a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600893/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:50:01 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600893/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 United States of America and Australia have signed defense trade treaty Australian on Thursday. Reports say Defence Minister Stephen Smith and US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich exchanged diplomatic notes in Canberra to formally bring the Australia-US Defence Trade Treaty into force. The Treaty reflects the two countries' commitment to strengthening the alliance in the field of Defence ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214606012/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:22 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214606012/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Greens leader Christine Milne is being accused of running a dysfunctional office and allowing a culture of intimidation, after the sudden resignation of a highly regarded senior employee. Alexandra Lamb, a media adviser to Senator Milne, quit her job last Sunday after professional clashes with the party's new communications director, Georgie Klug. Ms Lamb was given half an hour to leave ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214603410/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:02 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214603410/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sooner or later, every Australian household must face an agonising decision: what to do with all the videocassettes they have accumulated in the past 30 years. The videos we used to watch repeatedly have great sentimental value because they represent the history of a family's changing tastes. But we can never share that pleasure again because the VCR broke down two years ago and has long ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602750/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:29 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602750/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Burlesque queen reveals cancer scare Imogen Kelly speaks out about how her family's battles with breast cancer affected her decision to undergo a double ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602751/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:27 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602751/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Anti-doping authorities might never interrogate headmasters or first XV rugby coaches. There will be no raids on classrooms or government ministers staging shocking news conferences about drugs and organised crime in the schoolyard. But to ignore whispers about the use, and potential for use, of performance-enhancing drugs and supplements in schools may be as naive as believing Australian ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602752/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:26 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602752/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 For almost a decade thousands of parents trusted prominent Sydney dance teacher Grant Davies as he told them he could make their children famous. But for almost the entire time Mr Davies operated his RG Dance studio in the city's inner west, police claim he was taking naked photographs of female students. In recent years Mr Davies, whose students have gone on to perform in major ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602753/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:25 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602753/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The Gillard government has stashed away a ''war chest'' of nearly half a billion dollars in secret projects to be announced before the election. In Tuesday's budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan listed a line item of $463.9 million as "decisions taken but not yet announced". Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson said Australians should expect to see the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602754/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602754/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 From Olympic athlete to wife and mother, golden girl Cathy Freeman says raising toddler Ruby is the hardest thing she has ever done. But motherhood beats winning gold medals any day. ''Oh my god, there is no comparison - motherhood is amazing but hands down, it's the hardest thing I've ever done,'' Freeman said in her first interview since having Ruby, whom she ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602755/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:23 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602755/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Young women in desperate need of treatment for eating disorders could be forced to wait up to two years for public hospital treatment because of a dire lack of beds. NSW Health has confirmed there are 23 people on the waiting list for admission to the only two public hospital beds that treat eating disorder patients from across the state. Doctors and psychologists say the shortage of public ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602756/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:22 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602756/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The 36-year-old suffered serious injuries to his arms and shoulder and was taken to hospital, Inspector Sims said.  ''The driver's in a satisfactory condition and police are continuing their enquiries.'' Inspector Sims said he was the sole occupant of the vehicle and no-one else was injured in the incident. A Westmead Hospital spokeswoman said she could not ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602757/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:21 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602757/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney 2000 Emergency services have rescued a hiker who ran into difficulty after spending five days in bushland north-west of Sydney.Police say the man aged in his 60s set out on a walk at Colo Heights on Tuesday.He was not reported missing and it is not known how long he planned to spend in the bush, or whether he was well-prepared.This afternoon another hiker raised the alarm after he found ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602132/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:33:33 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602132/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SCALLOPED bays, shimmering lagoons and lush rainforest make the New South Wales North Coast a great getaway. Brian Johnston explores the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602134/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:23:44 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214602134/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Robbie Deans was left sweating over injuries to Tatafu Polota-Nau, George Smith and Pat McCabe after the Waratahs beat the Brumbies. Polota-Nau's involvement in the Test series against the British and Irish Lions is now majorly in doubt after the Waratahs hooker fractured his forearm in the first-half.Rumoured to be out for somewhere between four to six weeks, the Test series is now just ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601589/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:40:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601589/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Among the research is a study into the effects of acupuncture on IVF births being funded to the tune of $613,511, and a $375,000 grant to visit Australian tourist sites. Taxpayers are also forking out $594,489 for a study titled Who Am 'I'?, exploring the concept of "self" using the work of philosophers Hegel and Heidegger. Another, called Loudness Moves, investigates how ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601590/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:20:55 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601590/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Roads Minister Duncan Gay told parliament he was prepared to consider raising the limit on roads that meet certain standards. Mr Gay told parliament: "A conversation should be had in relation to road speed limits. "With the amount of work being done on constructing good roads, perhaps an increase in the speed limit should be looked at by the Centre for Road Safety. "I think that in ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601593/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:20:51 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601593/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 WHEN police scaled back their search for toddler Tyler Kennedy at nightfall on Friday, nearby residents refused to give up, turning out in droves to scour the thick bushland where he had ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601592/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:20:49 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601592/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A SYDNEY dance teacher has been refused bail after being charged with online child grooming and possessing child-abuse materials on his ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601591/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:20:47 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214601591/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australian batsman David Warner is under investigation following comments on his Twitter account directed against two of the country's leading cricket writers. Photo by: Cameron ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600357/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:41 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600357/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Wollongong 2500 Josh Dugan made a dream comeback to the NRL, scoring twice on his debut for St George Illawarra in its 32-12 win over Parramatta at ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600129/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:23:57 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600129/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Cricket Australia says it is attempting to contact test opener David Warner over reported comments he made on Twitter in terse and often angry exchanges with two ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599875/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:15:54 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599875/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Forget just rescuing the Dragons' season. If Josh Dugan's form in his St George Illawarra debut is any indication, he may be the man to finally end Queensland's dominance next month. While it is highly unlikely he will play in State of Origin I, Dugan could be called upon should NSW falter after starring for the Dragons in their 32-12 win against Parramatta in Wollongong on ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600130/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:14:57 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600130/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Robert Lui cuts his way through some tired Roosters defenders to score his team's first points. The former Tiger threw a dummy to deceive his marker close to the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600131/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:14:55 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214600131/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Afghanistan Australia could help Afghanistan develop its fledgling mining industry and tap into mineral and energy reserves estimated to be worth trillions of dollars. The country is eager to find a new source of revenue when international aid starts to decline and foreign forces withdraw next year. Afghan mining minister Wahidullah Shahrani, has already met with various Australian Government ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214598878/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:18:46 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214598878/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214598970/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:56 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214598970/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 30th min: A Luke Kelly grubber into the corner forces Jason Nightingale to scramble the ball out of touch after a few nervous fumbles. The Eels regain possession but come up empty after Jarryd Hayne opted to kick early in the tackle count but it was his teammates who were unprepared, not the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599206/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:10 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599206/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The most powerful meteor strike on the moon ever observed has just been announced by NASA. A March 17 strike on the moon caused an explosion equal to five tons of TNT and could have seen with the naked eye, said Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "It exploded in a flash many times as bright as anything we've seen before," said Dr ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599207/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:09 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599207/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 THE Kangaroo River starts in the gurgle of a little stream, glinting through tumbled boulders before emerging among lush green ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599208/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:08:38 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214599208/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Balmain 2041 Stephen Humphreys has stepped down from his position as Wests Tigers chief executive.The Tigers are languishing at the bottom of the NRL ladder following a 54-10 thumping at the hands of South Sydney on Friday night.Humphreys, who has been under pressure during a season of bad results and injuries to key personnel, is expected to stay on at the club until a replacement is ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597987/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597987/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Taree 2430 A toddler who went missing yesterday near Taree on the New South Wales mid-north coast has been found safe and well. Police say the two-year-old boy named Tyler was with his mother at an auto-mechanic business in Johns River, about 35 kilometres north-east of Taree, when he disappeared around 10:30am yesterday. A ground and air search failed to locate the boy and was suspended at ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597988/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:09:19 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597988/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The most powerful meteor strike on the moon ever observed has just been announced by NASA. A March 17 strike on the moon caused an explosion equal to five tons of TNT and could have seen with the naked eye, said Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "It exploded in a flash many times as bright as anything we've seen before," said Dr ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597989/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:37 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597989/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 All Hockey had to do was go on the Alan Jones show, make some noises about government debt and the carbon tax, and bask in Jones' furious agreement. The interview was bound to be a free kick, right? Wrong. What followed was extraordinary radio, during which Jones harangued Hockey for subsidising wind and solar power, attacked the entire Medicare system as "unaffordable" and abused ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597990/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:00:34 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597990/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Jasper Auto Services workers in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh demonstrated outside the company's premises on May 14 to oppose the sacking of 50 employees and the transfer of four others. Almost all workers had been at the car sales outlet for 25 years. They claimed to have been victimised for demanding a wage rise. The protest was organised by the Stalinist CPI-affiliated All India Trade ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597008/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:37 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597008/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Rabbitohs crush Tigers After a dominant first half, South Sydney Rabbitohs triumphed with a massive 44-point margin over Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium Friday ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597333/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:56:39 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214597333/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Emma Watson: I almost quit acting after Harry The cinematic excitements of the Cannes Film Festival were overtaken by real crime on Friday, with a jewellery heist and a fake shooting stealing the limelight from on-screen dramas. Actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil, who are both in Cannes to serve on the festival's competition jury, were being interviewed on stage on the beach opposite ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214596609/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:50:34 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214596609/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Parents with children at Haberfield Public School have been left in an "information black hole", saying they were not given enough details or support after a man attacked four girls in the playground on Friday morning. Police said they were continuing to investigate the sexual assault of one girl, the indecent assault of two others and an attack on another girl as the students were in ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595864/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:03 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595864/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A Sydney dance school owner is due to appear in court today charged with grooming children for sex and possessing child pornography. The man, who runs a dance studio in Bibby Street in Chiswick, was arrested after a large amount of child-abuse material and evidence of child grooming were discovered on a computer. Police seized the computer in April this year after receiving a report that child ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595865/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:02 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595865/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 We need to find a new word for celebrity, and quick. Because this week has clearly illustrated that the term is no longer sufficient. It's too broad, applying to the sublime and the ridiculous simultaneously. The word has been stretched to breaking point, expanding to ensnare the frivolous and vulgar along with the talented and relevant. It's so bloated and spent that it's about ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595866/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:00 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595866/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Map: Grafton 2460 The Anglican Diocese of Grafton says it is developing a new approach to better support victims of abuse following the shock resignation of a local bishop.The Right Reverend Keith Slater resigned as bishop yesterday over his handling of about 50 claims of acts of physical, sexual and psychological abuse at the North Coast Children's Home in Lismore, on the New South Wales ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595222/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:05 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595222/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Four packages of ephedrine were detected by Customs officers in Sydney on Wednesday, secreted in parcels sent from Hong Kong and Shanghai.A kilogram of ephedrine had been concealed inside an engine, five kilograms were stashed in packages of hair ties and bracelets, 1.8 kilograms was hidden in a shipment of tea and 1.05 kilograms were found in a parcel of printer accessories, Customs said in a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595223/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:32:41 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214595223/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney South 2000 Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter has implored the Leichhardt faithful to stick by his side as it looks to arrest its appalling form this season.The Tigers copped a 54-10 hammering at the hands of the South Sydney Rabbitohs as the white-hot Greg Inglis scored four tries past Wests' sorry ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214594489/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:46 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214594489/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australian cricketer David Warner is likely to face disciplinary action from Cricket Australia after he launched a blistering and lengthy tirade on Twitter against two of the Australian media's longest-serving cricket writers. Warner, who is playing in India's IPL, began his rant on his official Twitter ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214594491/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:16 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214594491/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A hairdresser has been charged with sexually and indecently assaulting clients at a hair salon in Sydney's west. Police allege the 31-year-old man assaulted four women - aged 41, 39, 31 and 29 - on separate occasions at the salon in Merrylands. The women, who were all clients at the time of the alleged assaults, reported the incidents to police on Friday. Police arrested the man on Friday ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214594490/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:16 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214594490/scat/ae0def0d9b645403  A TODDLER who went missing in Johns River, near Taree, has been found safe and well. Tyler Kennedy, 2, went missing from an auto-mechanic business on Wharf Road about 10.30am Friday. Police from Manning Great Lakes Local Area Command and volunteers conducted an extensive search for the child throughout the day and night. About 1.15am  Saturday  the boy was located safe and ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214593515/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:50 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214593515/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 A VOLUNTEER lifesaver has been charged over the 2007 sexual and indecent assaults of two teenage girls on a northern Sydney ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214591985/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:07:08 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214591985/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 will jointly operate Sino Australia Service with six vessel deployments, including five vessels from Cosco and one from ANL.The new loop will enhance Cosco's existing service network in the Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia trade.The SAS port rotation is Ningbo, China; Shanghai; Xiamen, China; Shekou, China; Hong Kong; Sydney; Melbourne, Australia; Brisbane, ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214590676/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:36 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214590676/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Johns River 2443 A ground and air search for a toddler who went missing on the New South Wales mid-north coast will resume later this morning.Police say the two-year-old boy named Tyler was with his mother at a business in Johns River, about 35 kilometres north-east of Taree, when he wandered away.He was thought to have ventured into nearby bushland, however a search by police, the Dog Squad ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214591171/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:30 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214591171/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 GOLD COAST, Australia -; To get to Oz's famed glow worms, we tromped through the pitch-black rain forest at night, fighting off wilderness willies since nocturnal creatures were surely eyeballing us and bloodsucking leeches, we were warned, might try to glob onto our flesh. In this spellbinding primal paradise, dead silence was pierced only by chirping crickets, fluttering bats, and our ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214589420/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:27 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214589420/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Australia's CEA Technologies has received a Request for Tender for development of a High Power Phased Array Radar concept demonstrator. The RFT was issued by the Australian Department of Defense, which is looking at an initial investment of nearly $4 million in the development project. "This tender is for the development of radar systems based on the CEAFAR radar, which could support ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214588087/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:24 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214588087/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The federal government is cutting by 40 per cent the Australian Federal Police contingent in Jakarta which focuses on people smuggling as a record number of refugees continue to leave Indonesia to come to Australia. The cut from July 1 comes just months after Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced at the recent Bali Process meeting that he wanted other countries in the region to ''more ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585623/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:40 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585623/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Many scientists, including Australians, have tried to grow cloned embryonic stem cells, considered the holy grail of stem cells because they can be genetically matched to patients and don't require risky gene modifications. While the technique has succeeded in animals such as mice and monkeys, many believed it was impossible in humans, until this week. ''This has been long sought ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585625/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:38 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585625/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Bill Gates is once again the world's richest person. The 57-year-old co-founder of Microsoft recaptured the title from Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim this week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It is the first time Gates has held the mantle since 2007, with his fortune valued at $US72.7 billion, up 16 per cent on the latest year as Microsoft shares have surged to a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585624/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:38 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585624/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 The teenager casually wheels a large black suitcase out to a waiting taxi. As he and the driver heft the case into the boot, the young man lies to explain the bag's surprising weight and bulging contents, telling the driver it's ''full of laptops and electrical gear''. CCTV footage, later tendered as evidence, shows the 19-year-old Daniel Stani-Reginald ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585626/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:37 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585626/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Teacher Tim Creighton had a simple goal: raise a few hundred dollars to buy some camera equipment for his students. But fund-raising has been a tough ask at Kingswood High, near Penrith, which has a large number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and among the lowest rate of parent contributions and other private sources of income of any public school in Sydney. Mr Creighton found a ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585627/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:36 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585627/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Senior school head Michael Parker refused to comment on the student, who has since graduated, but said: ''Good men can make bad mistakes.'' This month in Brisbane, two students, aged 16 and 17, were expelled from St Joseph's Nudgee College and charged by police for possession and supply of steroids. Australian Medical Association president Steve Hambleton said the use ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585628/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:35 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585628/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Winners and losers: Living with a lower dollar value. After spending most of the past two years more valuable than the greenback, the Australian dollar has finally been driven well below parity with its American counterpart. The exchange rate fell to about US97¢ on Friday night, its lowest point since June last year, after taking a pounding on currency markets. The main reason for the ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585066/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:31 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585066/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 As Australia's major retailers ramp up their online sales channels, pouring millions into their websites, new competition from China's booming e-commerce industry looms. China's online retail market is now the world's second largest after the United States, with an estimated $210 billion in revenue last year, according to consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. The push ... http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585629/scat/ae0def0d9b645403 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:31 -0400 http://www.thesydneynews.net/index.php/sid/214585629/scat/ae0def0d9b645403