Last Top Stories: Mosquito problem in Sydney to get a lot worse after wet start to 2016

• Mosquito problem in Sydney to get a lot worse after wet start to 2016

  

  Mosquito problem in Sydney to get a lot worse after wet start to 2016PostedJanuary 07, 2016 16:56:22 The wet and soggy start to 2016 in New South Wales has leftcampers trapped and rivers flooded, but the unfavourable weather has also seen the mosquito season kick into high gear.Dr Cameron Webb, a medical entomologist at the University of Sydney, braved the rain this week in order to inspect mozzie numbers around the Georges and Parramatta rivers.He told702 ABC Sydney's Dom Knightthat what he..

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• Apartment approvals boom could be over in Sydney , Melbourne with ...

  

  Apartment approvals boom could be over in Sydney, Melbourne with slump in new construction permitsPostedJanuary 07, 2016 19:54:58 There are signs the apartment approvals boom in Sydney and Melbourne has peaked after the latest building approvals figures showed a slump in new construction permits.The Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed total building approvals fell by a seasonally adjusted 12.7 per cent in November, with private apartment approvals tumbling by 23 per cent, while ap..

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• Australia v West Indies cricket, Third Test: Australia player ratings

  

  A tons of runs: David Warner celebrates after reaching his century for Australia on the last day of the Test in Sydney.Photo: Getty ImagesRatings out of 10 for all 13 Australian players who featured in the team's 2:0 defeat of the West Indies in the Frank Worrell Trophy series.DAVID WARNER7Advertisement3 matches, 226 runs at 75.33Finished the series with a blazing century, yet should look back on the series as a missed opportunity to fill his boots. Was given a life on 6 in Hobart but failed to ..

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• Westpac helicopter reaches stranded campers near Moruya

  

  NSW weather: Flood clean-up in Hunter begins, food dropped off to stranded campersUpdatedJanuary 07, 2016 17:45:31 The clean-up has begun in the Hunter region of New South Wales after record rainfalls over the past few days saw rivers swell yesterday, forcing evacuations and prompting dozens of flood rescues.Key points:Westpac helicopter reaches stranded campers near MoruyaMore campers reported stranded, including eight-month-oldClean-up operations underway from the NSW south coast to the Hu..

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• Salloum sister to train and employ Syrian refugees arriving in ...

  

  KIM LANDERS: Two Sydney sisters are hoping to help the Syrian refugees who'll be arriving in Australia over the next 12 months.The Salloum sisters run a restaurant in Sydney's inner city and they're preparing to offer employment and training opportunities to refugees.Lindy Kerin reports.LINDY KERIN: Sharon Salloum and her sister Carol have been running a Middle Eastern restaurant in Sydney for the past 8 years.But today they're cooking at a community event for refugees and asylu..

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• Ausgrid $12b privatisation complicated by delay in ACT ruling

  

  A delay in a regulatory decision adds uncertainty to the valuation of NSW's Ausgrid.Photo: Joe ArmaoPotential bidders lining up for the$12 billion privatisation of Ausgridare faced with the prospect of having to lodge highly conditional initial offers for the electricity distributor after last month's delay in a crucial tariff ruling from the Australian Competition Tribunal.While banking sources say the delay in the ruling can be handled in the existing bid process with no impact on timing, it a..

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• Coles, Woolworths pledge to remove products containing plastic ...

  

  Coles, Woolworths pledge to remove products containing plastic microbeads Print Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 07/01/2016 Reporter: Sarah Whyte Supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles have pledged to remove products containing tiny plastic particles called microbeads in Australia as global momentum grows to eliminate them. Transcript HAYDEN COOPER, PRESENTER: They're found in face scru..

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• Queensland Reds buoyed by Wallabies captain Stephen Moore's ...

  

  Queensland Reds buoyed by Wallabies captain Stephen Moore's return in 2017 Super Rugby seasonUpdatedJanuary 07, 2016 21:36:08 Stephen Moore's return to Queensland in 2017 has been backed by James Slipper, who feels the Wallabies captain's experience will prove crucial to the Reds' youthful list.Moore will cut ties with the Brumbies at the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season after signing a three-year contract with the Reds, with whom he made his debut in 2003.It has proven to be a rare positi..

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• Largely unknown cytomegalovirus, or CMV, the leading non-genetic ...

  

  Largely unknown cytomegalovirus, or CMV, the leading non-genetic cause of disability in newbornsPostedJanuary 07, 2016 18:49:23 The majority of pregnant women have not heard of a virus that is now the leading non-genetic cause of disability in newborns, according to a number of international studies.Cytomegalovirus (CMV) can cause hearing and vision loss and intellectual disability.The lack of knowledge surrounding CMV is frustrating for those working in the field because preventing infectio..

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