Thursday, June 16, 2016

LiveBlogLast Updated 6.08pm AESTFederal election 2016: Day 40 ... and other top stories.

  • LiveBlogLast Updated 6.08pm AESTFederal election 2016: Day 40 ...

    LiveBlogLast Updated 6.08pm AESTFederal election 2016: Day 40 ...
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  • Greens Reverse Decision To Preference Christian Democrat Over ...

    Greens Reverse Decision To Preference Christian Democrat Over ...
    The Greens have reversed their decision to preference a conservative Christian Democrats candidate ahead of an openly gay, Indigenous Liberal candidate in the seat of Sydney. After negative backlash following the decision on Tuesday -- and added pressure from their members and supporters -- local Greens met in Sydney on Thursday to re-order their how-to-vote card so that Christian Democrats candidate Ula Falanga would be placed last beneath Liberal candidate Geoffrey Winters. The Christian Demo..
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  • Who killed Sallie-Anne?

    Who killed Sallie-Anne?
    Roger Rogerson: The definitive story1:04The former detective found guilty of murder is a cold-blooded serial killer with a badge. SALLIE-Anne Huckstepp was a Sydney prostitute who bravely, and perhaps naively, blew the whistle on crooked cops — but it was a move that ultimately cost her life.Huckstepp, 26, was found floating in Sydney’s Busby Pond, Centennial Park, on February 7, 1986 by a man walking his dog.No one has ever been convicted of her murder despite it resulting in one of the longes..
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  • then and now

    then and now
    In 1831, Governor Darling opened the Domain to ‘the general public’ and widened the roads to take “two carriages abreast”, which made the new Lower Garden more accessible for strolling and picnics. From 1833, brothers Allan and Richard Cunningham became the Garden’s Superintendent. Using their experience working at Kew Garden in London, they began the transformation of the Garden into a true scientific site. The Cunningham brothers reorganised parts of the Garden and introduced new plantings..
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  • Protester who spat at Inner West Council officer given good ...

    Protester who spat at Inner West Council officer given good ...
    Protester who spat at Inner West Council officer given good behaviour bond By David Spicer and staff Posted June 16, 2016 11:04:03 A woman accused of spitting in the face of the administrator of Sydney's new Inner West Council during a meeting last month has been given an 18-month good behaviour bond.Sydney student Nicky Minus, 26, pleaded guilty to offensive conduct, apologised and admitted in Newtown Local Court that spitting at the officer was "disgusting and..
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  • Michelle Hele Network Online Real Estate EditorNews Corp ...

    Michelle Hele Network Online Real Estate EditorNews Corp ...
    Some of the best performing electorates in the past three years have been in New South Wales and Victoria.Michelle Hele Network Online Real Estate EditorNews Corp Australia NetworkIT’S been three years since the last Federal election, how has the property market fared in the nation’s electorates since that time?With the next election just a few weeks away CoreLogic has analysed how the property market moved since last time we all headed to the polls.As would be expected Sydney and Melbourne elec..
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  • All Blacks begin new era with Welsh win

    All Blacks begin new era with Welsh win
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. All Blacks begin new era with Welsh win The All Blacks have kicked off their 2016 campaign in style with a huge second-half effort stunning Wales 39-21 in Auckland. PT1M25S 620 349 Prolific winger Julian Savea has been dropped from the All Blacks for the second Test against Wales while fullback Israel Dagg wins a recall.Despite his tryscoring feats, Savea pays the price for a poor display at Eden Park with Ben Smith shifting from fullback to the..
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  • Sydney implements new property tax on foreign homebuyers

    Sydney implements new property tax on foreign homebuyers
    New South Wales becomes the second state in Australia to impose a new property tax on foreigners buying homes in Sydney as soaring demand from China drives up record prices. It follows a clampdown on home loans to foreigners by the largest banks amid concerns that overseas buyers may be inflating a bubble in the property market. According to a statement by NSW treasurer Gladys Berejiklian, this includes a four per cent stamp duty surcharge from June 21 and a 0.75 p..
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  • NSW budget: $3.8b to fund thousands of extra beds in crowded jails

    NSW budget: $3.8b to fund thousands of extra beds in crowded jails
    NSW budget: $3.8b to fund thousands of extra beds in crowded jails Updated June 16, 2016 11:51:28 A $3.8 billion plan will bring 3,000 new prison beds into the New South Wales prison system over the next four years in a bid to deal with overcrowding, the State Government has announced.The prison population is at a record high of 12,000 inmates, with Corrective Services have been cramming mattresses into cells to deal with the crisis. Last month the Government scrapped a..
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  • SYDNEY: 'I can't be on the same train as faggots'

    SYDNEY: 'I can't be on the same train as faggots'
    MULTIPLE homophobic assaults in Sydney and Melbourne have occurred in the past 24 hours and have left some of the victims wondering how anti-LGBTI sentiment is still alive in 2016. Thomas Grainger was returning home on the train last night after performing as his drag character Amnesia Shadows at Shift Club on Oxford St where he was faced with a number of terrifying assaults. “When I first got on the train at Central, I sat down and looked at my phone,” he told Star Observer. “A group of peopl..
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East coast weather: BoM on alert for damaging system in Queensland, NSW .Samuels has nothing to prove: Simmons .
America's fears of splendid isolation under Brexit .Centennial Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia .

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