Monday, April 11, 2016

AFL: Sydney Swans star Lance Franklin leading the way in new-look ... and other top stories.

  • AFL: Sydney Swans star Lance Franklin leading the way in new-look ...

    AFL: Sydney Swans star Lance Franklin leading the way in new-look ...
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Buddy bags four more as Swans win Four proves a winning number for Lance Franklin, as Sydney continue their dominance of the harbour city derby with a 25-point win over GWS Giants. PT1M30S 620 349 We've seen him as the glamour forward and a match winner. Now it's Lance Franklin the leader on show.The three-time Coleman medallist is not in the club's official leadership group but his experience in the Swans' new-look forward line has proved to be ..
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  • Sydney Uni students to march in support of a 'Rainbow Campus'

    Sydney Uni students to march in support of a 'Rainbow Campus'
    Students at Sydney University are calling for the university to adopt a more inclusive approach to its LGBTI students and staff as part of Pride Week.The students will march through the uni calling for a ‘rainbow campus’ in order to combat the extra stresses LGBTIQ youth and students face. The march has been organized by the Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association, Undergraduate Queer department, (QUAC) and the University Student Union (USU). Endorsed by Queer Students Network..
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  • Soft drink sales banned in NSW Riverina hospitals and health facilities

    Soft drink sales banned in NSW Riverina hospitals and health facilities
    Soft drink sales banned in NSW Riverina hospitals and health facilities Updated April 11, 2016 13:57:42 A health district in south-western New South Wales believes it is the first in the state to ban the sale of sugary drinks in its facilities.The Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) is based in Wagga Wagga, serving almost 241,000 residents and operating 31 hospitals in the NSW Riverina.MLHD manager of health promotion Christine May said the ban was instigated last..
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  • Illawarra politician speaks out about beating heroin and bikie past

    Illawarra politician speaks out about beating heroin and bikie past
    Illawarra politician speaks out about beating heroin and bikie past Updated April 11, 2016 11:58:28 John Murray has opened up publicly in a book about how he trashed his life with a heroin addiction, before rising to become a successful public servant and Illawarra councillor. It is a story too good to sit on, and finally Shellharbour councillor and retired teacher John Murray has put his fascinating life story on the public record.Written under the pseudonym Rex Knowla..
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  • Sydney's George Street filming from 1906 shows tram in the middle ...

    Sydney's George Street filming from 1906 shows tram in the middle ...
    Incredible footage filmed from the top of a tram travelling down bustling George Street in 1906 has emerged - proving why the tram network was once one of the largest in the world.The black and white clip, uploaded to Facebook on Sunday, shows tram cars travelling alongside horse-drawn carts on the crowded street, transporting Sydney-siders back and forth to work.Just 55 years later, New South Wales is spending $2.1 billion to replace the rail throughout the city and southeast, forcing the closu..
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  • Chinese investment in Australia jumps 60% to $15bn

    Chinese investment in Australia jumps 60% to $15bn
    Chinese investment in Australia has grown 60% to $15bn as investors continue to buy real estate and expand into areas such as healthcare. The investment in 2015 reached its second highest level, behind the peak year of 2008, with Chinese taking advantage of the lower Australian dollar. Related: Beef, big bucks and buy-ups: are Chinese investors changing the face of Australia? Investment in real estate continued to dominate, accounting for $6.85bn, or 45%, of total Chinese investment in Aust..
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  • Kimmorley: Panthers starting to look a lot like Cowboys

    Kimmorley: Panthers starting to look a lot like Cowboys
    Penrith may have missed out on defeating the defending premiers, but Brett Kimmorley believes the Panthers are slowly moulding into an outfit of similar strength to the Cowboys.Read on as the former NSW halfback wraps up Round 6 of the NRL in the latest edition of Set of Six.Dragons' attack slips further into the abyssWell certainly what we did learn on Thursday night is the fact that the Dragons, not too often do NRL sides get held to zero two games in a row, so you'd have to say that there has..
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  • The Daley Planet: Time for Adam Reynolds to save the day

    The Daley Planet: Time for Adam Reynolds to save the day
    Round 6 writeup: One Week nominates Adam Reynolds as New South Wales’ new Man of Steel, hands out its Quarterly Awards, and makes three shocking predictions for the rest of the season. The Daley Planet: Time for Adam Reynolds to save the day So here we are again in 2016, with State of Origin fast approaching and speculation on the make-up of the NSW team already in overdrive. As always, the focus of team selection is aimed squarely at Cockroach kryptonite – the halves pairing. Since Queensland..
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  • AFTRS joins forces with UNSW on workshops for disadvantaged ...

    AFTRS joins forces with UNSW on workshops for disadvantaged ...
      AFTRS joins forces with UNSW on workshops for disadvantaged students [Mon 11/04/2016 10:48 AM] By Staff Writer An Aspire workshop at AFTRS. AFTRS has partnered with the University of New South Wales's outreach program Aspire to roll out filmmaking, television and radio workshops for disadvantaged students from across Sydney and regional New South Wales. The first eight workshops, held at the AFTRS Sydney campus last week, were attended by fifty-six Year 8 students and fourteen teac..
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  • What's worse than a pub with no beer? A town with no pub. Last ...

    What's worse than a pub with no beer? A town with no pub. Last ...
    What's worse than a pub with no beer? A town with no pub. Last drinks looming as Premer hotel faces uncertain future Posted April 11, 2016 14:51:08 Premer isn't much of a destination. It's a place you pass by if you're going somewhere else. From Purlewaugh Road, between Coonabarabran and Quirindi in north-west New South Wales, you'll only see a bushland caravan park and a sports oval jovially referred to by locals as the Premer Institute of Sport.It's an oval where yo..
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