Friday, February 12, 2016

Sydney: Hot weekend ahead and other top stories.

  • Sydney: Hot weekend ahead

    Sydney: Hot weekend ahead 12/02/2016 , 5:43 PM by Graham Creed It is going to be a hot, sunny and fairly humid weekend ahead with most suburbs recording either the hottest or second hottest weekend for Summer. Afternoon sea breezes will keep temperatures slightly cooler closer to the coast but they will also pump humidity across the suburbs. Evenings and mornings will remain sticky with high humidity and temperatures ranging from the high teens to low 20's both Saturda..
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  • Swift sell-out leads to new release

    Swift sell-out leads to new release
    Eve and Ivy, South Brisbane.A THIRTY-STOREY tower in the centre of Brisbane’s most active apartment precinct sold all 250 apartments within 10 weeks.In response to the sales success of the $142 million Ivy, joint venture partners Abacus Property Group, CDL and Kilcor will bring forward the sales release of its sister tower, Eve.The twin-tower, mixed-use project on Merivale St is one of several apartment projects for the Inner South precinct.An apartment interior for the Ivy and Eve twin-tower pr..
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  • Blues got 'em: NSW team nabs three FNC hockey players

    Blues got 'em: NSW team nabs three FNC hockey players
    THE Far North Coast is making its presence known on the New South Wales representative hockey scene this year.Three players have already been selected in the NSW under-21 team and will compete in the Australian Championships at Sydney in April.Coraki pair Mitch Scotcher and Ethan White now live in Sydney and have been picked in the men’s team while 17-year-old Ballina player Brianna Birmingham is in the women’s side.The national championships will see an Australian under-21 squad picked for the..
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  • Strange politics: Us plebs too dumb to choose when we drink?

    Strange politics: Us plebs too dumb to choose when we drink?
    THE same old "people die in car crashes, let's ban the wheel" argument is back from a government intent on throwing the baby (and kebab) out with the bathwater. New South Wales Premier Mike Baird faced a well deserved social media flogging this week after talking up the merits of his late-night drinking lock-down of Sydney's CBD. On paper, what he said was brilliant. Assaults were down 42.2% in the city and 60% in Kings Cross. Who could argue with those figures? About 15,000 people, it ..
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  • 'Avengers 3' Casts Honorary Member? Iron Man Picks Sydney Iron ...

    'Avengers 3' Casts Honorary Member? Iron Man Picks Sydney Iron ...
    The Aussie little “Iron Boy,” who lives in south-west Sydney, is suffering from cystic ... bravery award by New South Wales Police commissioner Andrew Scipione, ...
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  • Malaysian national extradited to WA, charged over 1996 ...

    Malaysian national extradited to WA, charged over 1996 ...
    Malaysian national extradited to WA, charged over 1996 Scarborough sexual assault By Layla Tucak Updated February 13, 2016 12:46:22 A Malaysian national has been extradited from New South Wales to Western Australia to face charges relating to a sexual assault that happened 20 years ago.Acting on information from WA Police, Australian Federal Police officers arrested the 49-year-old man at Sydney Airport on Thursday night after he flew in from Malaysia.The man is w..
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  • Book review: Give the Devil his Due, by Sulari Gentill

    Book review: Give the Devil his Due, by Sulari Gentill
    Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE. By Sulari Gentill. Pantera Press. $29.99. Reviewer: Michael Popple Acclaimed Australian author Sulari Gentill is back with Give the Devil His Due, the seventh novel in the compelling Rowland Sinclair series. Following the harrowing events at his family's homestead, artist and man of leisure Rowland Sinclair has returned to Sydney accompanied by his left-wing friends. Sinclair's decision to enter his car into a charity race on ..
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  • The Oregon siege is finally over. What actually happened?

    The Oregon siege is finally over. What actually happened?
    They were mocked as Y'All Qaeda and Vanilla ISIS. They camped illegally on federal land for 41 days. One was shot dead. It's now over.What did we learn from the Oregon siege?It was never going to work. Almost from the moment a small group of armed men began occupying a national park office in Oregon to demand the "return of land" from the federal government to the American people, the rebellion started falling apart. The contradictions began mounting. They claimed the occupation was to protest ..
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  • How Sydney's overheated housing market keeps young people on ...

    How Sydney's overheated housing market keeps young people on ...
    Jack isn’t much interested in Sydney’s soaring house prices. The 16-year-old, one month into his latest stint in a homeless refuge, started Tafe this week, studying music. He’s more occupied with starting his own rap label. That, and moving up the ladder of the New South Wales homelessness system. The bargain is simple: gather the necessary life skills – not having to be told “to wake up, to look after yourself, to do your chores”, Jack says – and you advance. His next rung is transitional hous..
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  • Duo escape jail time

    Duo escape jail time
    A FATHER and son who belted the partner of a family member who had been assaulted while in a violent relationship have narrowly escaped serving actual time behind bars. Jamie Marcus Symonds, 22, and Michael Rodney Symonds, 49, pleaded guilty on Friday in Ipswich District Court to assault occasioning bodily harm. The court heard the 'home invasion' type offence took place on November 1, 2014 at Redbank Plains. Crown prosecutor Matt Le Grand told the court the duo had gone to the addre..
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