Sydney Mardi Gras: NSW Government apologises to first generation ...
Sydney Mardi Gras: NSW Government apologises to first generation of protesters Updated February 25, 2016 14:55:22 The New South Wales Government has offered an apology to participants in Sydney's first ever Mardi Gras, who were arrested and bashed by police when attempting to parade in 1978.After they were arrested, many of the protesters had their names, addresses and professions published in the press.In all, 53 people were arrested and many were savagely beaten by po..>> view originalFatbergs: One tonne balls of wet wipes and fat blocks New South ...
Fatbergs: One tonne balls of wet wipes and fat blocks New South Wales sewers Last updated 13:39, February 25 2016 SMH See how well toilet paper breaks down when compared to wet wipes, clusters of which are clogging up sewer pipes across NSW. Enormous clusters of wet wipes are creating "fatbergs" that are cloggin..>> view originalBoM warns of 40C temperatures and above in NSW, as fire bans ...
BoM warns of 40C temperatures and above in NSW, as fire bans declared across state Updated February 25, 2016 14:29:51 Soaring temperatures are set to continue across New South Wales on Thursday, with little relief in sight for some areas.Temperatures in the west of Sydney are predicted to rise above 40 degrees Celsius, with a high of 41C forecast for both Parramatta and Richmond.At 1:30pm, the temperature had reached 37.9C at Sydney Olympic Park, 37.3C at Bankstown and ..>> view originalSt.George Queensland Reds side to play New South Wales
The St.George Queensland Reds have named their side to take on New South Wales in Round 1 of Asteron Life Super Rugby. Head coach Richard Graham has made three changes to the side which played the Brumbies in a trial match two weeks ago – with injuries forcing two of those. Flankers Lolo Fakaosilea (hamstring) and Liam Gill (lower back) were not considered for selection due to injury. Fakaosilea suffered a ruptured hamstring tendon against the Brumbies, while r..>> view originalSydney: Hottest day of Summer for some suburbs.
Sydney: Hottest day of Summer for some suburbs. 24/02/2016 , 5:23 PM by Graham Creed Penrith recorded a maximum of 37.4 this afternoon which is the suburbs 13th summers day at or above 35 and the hottest this month, until tomorrow. If the forecast 41 tomorrow eventuates at Penrith it will be hottest day of summer exceeding January's 40.7. The city would have to reach 39.3 to beat the warmest this Summer. Thursday will be very hot across all suburbs with only a weak s..>> view originalOne of Australia's largest mortgage brokers responds to claims ...
News broke yesterday that a hedge fund manager and an economist posed as a gay couple earning $125,000 per annum to tour housing developments in Sydney’s west and discuss finance with mortgage brokers. It was a tale that combined almost all the fears regulators, economists, and property watchers have about the potential excesses that have built up in the Sydney property market. John Hempton from Bronte Capital and economist Jonathan Tepper from Variant Perception told the AFR of interactions ..>> view originalUrban sprawl is threatening Sydney's foodbowl
Sydney loves to talk about food, and the housing market. But rarely do we talk about the threat that housing poses to the resilience of Sydney’s food system. If we continue along the path we’re on, Sydney stands to lose more than 90% of its current fresh vegetable production. Total food production could drop by 60% and the city’s supply of food from within the basin could drop from 20% of total food demand to a mere 6%. Like most Australian cities, Sydney is facing an influx of people – 1.6 mil..>> view originalHow computers will predict the next Black Saturday
A day of very high fire danger in the year 2016: the grass browning, fallen timber drying, pollen in the air, eucalyptus oil gathering in a flammable haze. A fire starts south of Cowra, in the central west region of New South Wales. Cowra has a population of a bit under 10,000. The ignition is logged by the local Rural Fire Service (RFS) crew and by a Japanese satellite detecting infra-red from 35,000km above the earth. At the RFS headquarters in Sydney, a bushfire prediction model begins facto..>> view originalA tissue of lies: Paul Sheehan and “Louise”
“When she gave me verifiable facts, they were verified,” wrote Paul Sheehan, in the article that was teased on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald on Monday morning. His column, called “The story of Louise: we’ll never know the scale of the rape epidemic in Sydney”, now carries this correction online: “Many details originally contained in this story were unable to be corroborated to Fairfax Media’s satisfaction. These details, including untested aspersions against an ethnic group and un..>> view originalArnold: We beat ourselves
Sydney FC's coach blamed his team's own errors for their 2-0 loss to Urawa Red Diamonds but he remains bullish about their long-term ACL chances Graham Arnold immediately switched his focus to bringing down Guangzhou Evergrande after Sydney FC's disappointing start to their AFC Champions League campaign. The Sky Blues were made to pay for a couple of defensive lapses in going down 2-0 to Urawa Red Diamonds at a chilly Saitama Stadium on Wednesday. While it was far from an ideal start, Arnold wa..>> view original
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