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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Sydney News.Net http://www.thesydneynews.net/ en-us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:03:04 -0400 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:03:04 -0400 30 Australian opener and New South Wales captain Simon Katich believes that playing conditions in South Africa will help his first class team to lift the Twenty20 Champions League trophy for a second consecutive time. http://www.thesydneynews.net/story/681484 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:30:08 -0400 ANI http://www.thesydneynews.net/story/681484 There is a 25 per cent rise in the number of pedestrian deaths in Australia's New South Wales (NSW), and it is now being blamed on iPods. http://www.thesydneynews.net/story/681448 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:50:08 -0400 ANI http://www.thesydneynews.net/story/681448 ''There's no question that it is still a very good restaurant,'' said Terry Durack, the co-editor of the ''There is no question that a lot of people who haven't been there before will go and find it s... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418354&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:16:02 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418354&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mr Crook's spokeswoman confirmed that his guaranteed support to form minority government is a promise to support the Coalition against all reckless no-confidence motions and to guarantee supply, thus ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418355&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:15:56 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418355&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Independent MPs would have greater flexibility to miss a vote in the House of Representatives and not be penalised under changes agreed to yesterday for proposed parliamentary reforms. The independen... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418356&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:15:51 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418356&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 A DISPUTE over a tow truck operator's driving and parking allegedly led to John Ibrahim's bodyguard pulling out a pistol and threatening to kill him, a court has heard. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418346&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:49 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418346&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 POLICE have warned young men not to treat driving like they're playing a video game, telling them: There are no second chances in real life. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418347&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:45 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418347&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 PARRAMATTA has challenged billionaire high-rise king Harry Triguboff to transform the western city into the next Venice after he snapped up a landmark riverside building for $36.5 million. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418348&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:41 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418348&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 LONG-suffering rail commuters abandoned a peak-hour train again yesterday, the second embarrassing CityRail evacuation in a week. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418350&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:37 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418350&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 A SYDNEY Water inspector has admitted to receiving cash bribes from contractors but said he believed they were "gifts" that allowed him to treat himself to a few beers or a bottle of scotch. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418349&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:34 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418349&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Two prisoners were let go for 12 days and one prisoner for seven days before the department recaptured the trio, the Juvenile Justice Minister Barbara Perry said in answer to a parliamentary question ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418352&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:30 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418352&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 THE search for missing schoolgirl Kiesha Abrahams took a bizarre twist yesterday, with a report that a body had been found dumped inside a duffle bag at a western Sydney park. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418351&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:26 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418351&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 THE NRL illegal betting scandal dramatically escalated yesterday with six suspicious matches now likely to be investigated by a police strike force. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418353&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:16 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418353&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 PARRAMATTA has challenged billionaire high-rise king Harry Triguboff to transform the western city into the next Venice after he snapped up a landmark riverside building for $36.5 million. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418357&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:14:06 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418357&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 LONG-suffering rail commuters abandoned a peak-hour train again yesterday, the second embarrassing CityRail evacuation in a week. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418362&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:13:51 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418362&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Two prisoners were let go for 12 days and one prisoner for seven days before the department recaptured the trio, the Juvenile Justice Minister Barbara Perry said in answer to a parliamentary question ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418360&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:13:44 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418360&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 TONIGHT'S prestigious Dally M Medal will be fought out between classy St George Illawarra fullback Darius Boyd and Roosters comeback kid Todd Carney, according to the skippers involved in NRL fin... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418365&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:13:41 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418365&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The Daily Telegraph yesterday conducted a snap poll of the eight semi-finals skippers on who shapes as the main dangerman. Marshall and Dragons fullback Darius Boyd polled the most votes. Marshall has... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418366&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:13:36 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38418366&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 A Sydney Water employee who had been sent to evict the businessman Paul Makucha from Sydney Water land ended up entering an arrangement instead in which the authority paid Mr Makucha more than $200,00... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38415392&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:14:23 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38415392&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 :: Order your Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2011 Martin Benn was named Chef of the Year, and his CBD restaurant Sepia notched up a second hat. Just three restaurants are left in the exclusive... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416167&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:14:13 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416167&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 , Mr Blair is back in Britain for his publicity tour to promote the Brand Blair bible. Being an author strikes him as ''marvellously scary''; a verdict with which his former chancellor may concur. In... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416168&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:14:09 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416168&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 ALL BLACKS second-rower Tom Donnelly says the world's No.1 side doesn't even need to have a meeting to confirm that Australian five-eighth Quade Cooper will be one of its key targets for the Tri Natio... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416171&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:14:04 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416171&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 WALLABIES playmaker Quade Cooper has fired back at those who believe his true market value will only be determined by the strength of his debut against the All Blacks on Saturday night. As Cooper and... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416170&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:59 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416170&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The three rural independent MPs have reached agreement with both major parties on reforming parliamentary procedures. The Member for Lyne, Rob Oakeshott - who outlined the changes with his fellow ind... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416169&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:56 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416169&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Warren Entsch. A Coalition MP has predicted the three rural independents will back the formation of a Labor government. With pessimism starting to take hold in the Liberal and Nationals ranks, the ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416172&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:13:52 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416172&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 PARAMEDICS were battling early this morning to free two men from the wreckage of a car which was torn in half after colliding with a telegraph pole. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416166&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:12:20 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416166&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 We saw everything, a whole pallet of things, and there was a lot of trauma involved. It began with a young man who'd been drinking, and fell 6m on to a fence spike. It went through his buttock and per... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416165&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:12:15 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416165&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 STATE MP Kerry Hickey, who fathered a child during an affair with a parliamentary staffer, will not run for parliament at next March's election. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416164&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:12:10 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416164&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 We saw everything, a whole pallet of things, and there was a lot of trauma involved. It began with a young man who'd been drinking, and fell 6m on to a fence spike. It went through his buttock and per... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416173&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:11:45 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416173&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 STATE MP Kerry Hickey, who fathered a child during an affair with a parliamentary staffer, will not run for parliament at next March's election. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416175&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:11:37 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38416175&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 No turnover...the Jets have struggled to make a profit from their home games at EnergyAustralia Stadium. (Getty Images: Mark Metcalfe, file photo) http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38409899&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:36:02 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38409899&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The Rail, Tram and Bus Union has today decided to put its latest pay deal to its members for a vote. Railcorp is offering workers an almost 15 per cent pay rise over four years. The Unions New South... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38406712&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:21:25 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38406712&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 , and we may not know when and where it might happen, a Geoscience Australia seismologist says. No country is immune from earthquakes, but the continent's location in the middle of the Australian pla... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38406707&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:49:27 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38406707&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 New research shows there has been no increase in crime around the heroin injecting room in Sydney's Kings Cross. It is close to 10 years since the medically-supervised drug injecting centre opened an... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38404382&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:26 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38404382&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The SES has received 1,700 calls from residents in the Illawarra and South Coast, but only 200 workers were on duty to respond yesterday. Most of the calls came from the southern Shoalhaven with Ulla... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405024&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:04 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405024&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Researchers have found an extensive coral reef existed around Lord Howe Island thousands of years ago. Scientists have taken samples from an eroded shelf around the island which shows an area twenty ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405026&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405026&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Former Illawarra Greens candidate George Takacs says his strong results in some northern suburbs polling booths in the Federal poll is encouraging for the looming State election. Mr Takacs stood in t... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405025&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:59 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405025&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The City of Sydney's latest Street Count has revealed a 30 per cent decrease in the number of people counted sleeping rough on Sydney's streets this winter. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405027&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:16:29 -0400 Sydney Media http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405027&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Manly skipper Jamie Lyon says the battered club may not know for a few days which of many doubtful players will be available to take on minor premiers St George Illawarra in the first week of the NRL ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405028&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:06:53 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38405028&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Increasing numbers of students are taking gap years between school and university, and although some contend that the gap year may be a negative thing or a waste of time, a new study by http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38403416&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:29:45 -0400 University of Sydney http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38403416&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The Waverley Council says it found out about a development approval for an $89 million project in Bondi, via the internet. The development application included plans for more than 150 units and a sho... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38402835&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:54:37 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38402835&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 THOUSANDS of tourists remain stranded in the outback Queensland town of Birdsville, after its famous race meeting was washed out and residents have begun evacuating their homes in Wangaratta and Horsh... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38403415&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:26:59 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38403415&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 THOUSANDS of tourists remain stranded in the outback Queensland town of Birdsville, after its famous race meeting was washed out and residents have begun evacuating their homes in Wangaratta and Horsh... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38403417&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:26:25 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38403417&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The New South Wales Labor MP for Cessnock Kerry Hickey says he will not be re-contesting his seat at next year's state elections. The General Secretary of the NSW Labor Party, Sam Dastyari, says Mr H... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38401874&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:53:57 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38401874&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Tomizawa was in his first season in the Moto2 category - he had had one season in 250cc last term - and had begun it in style by winning the curtain raiser in Qatar. He followed it up with second in ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38401877&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:25:03 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38401877&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The 27-year-old man was delivering pizza to a home on Holland Road, Bellevue Hill, when three men, one armed with a hammer, demanded cash from him at about 10pm on Sunday. He instead handed over the p... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38401875&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:23:27 -0400 news.com.au http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38401875&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Newcastle Jets chief executive John Tsatsimas has painted a bleak picture for the troubled A-League club, admitting it could be forced to fold unless financial assistance is forthcoming from Football ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400121&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:51:47 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400121&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Police are investigating how a car came to be travelling in the wrong direction on the F3 freeway near Newcastle on the weekend, colliding head on with another car. Lake Macquarie Police received sev... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400122&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:51:45 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400122&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 The Wiggles' big red car will soon have a reserved parking spot at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. On Sunday New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally announced plans for the museum to develop an exhibit... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38399423&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:51:43 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38399423&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Work on a temporary cruise ship berth in Newcastle Harbour has been completed just in time for the next vessel to arrive. The NSW Government has spent $2.5 million refurbishing the channel berth at D... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400123&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:51:43 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400123&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 A 41-year-old man is being treated in Newcastle's Mater Hospital after a siege at Bar Beach overnight. Police say they were called to the Light Street home around 9:30am (AEST). The man was armed wit... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400124&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:51:39 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400124&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Glenn Bourke. Sam Bourke said her brother was ''one of the happiest kids in the world. He was loved by everyone and had the world at his feet''. ''As the year went by he became more and more excit... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400126&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:25:20 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400126&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 ''For a second or two, I was startled. I didn't know what was really going on,'' he said. ''But in my bedroom, it was all creaking and rumbling. Then I realised it was an earthquake and I shot out of ... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400127&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:25:14 -0400 Sydney Morning Herald http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38400127&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Monday, 23 August 2010 13:38 +1200Warriors fullback Lance Hohaia catches up with the Radio Sport Breakfast crew after his sides loss to Manly in their NRL match over the weekend. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38398212&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:15:25 -0400 Newstalk ZB http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38398212&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith is hopeful his depleted side will be boosted by the return of four key players ahead of their first semi-final against the Wests Tigers on Saturday night. After qual... http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38397979&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:52:18 -0400 ABC http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38397979&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 IT'S gridlock by day and a confusion of closures and roadwork by night on Sydney's roads as city planners tackle maintenance in a no-win situation. http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38397093&cat=ae0def0d9b645403 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:28:16 -0400 Daily Telegraph http://feeds.thesydneynews.net/?rid=38397093&cat=ae0def0d9b645403