Monday, July 18, 2016

New red light cameras to help crack down on dangerous Sydney ... and other top stories.

  • New red light cameras to help crack down on dangerous Sydney ...

    New red light cameras to help crack down on dangerous Sydney ...
    A series of serious crashes caused by drivers running red lights has prompted the New South Wales Government to install new cameras across Sydney.At least nine new cameras will be installed by end of this year at intersections with a history of accidents.For the first month of the new cameras’ operation, drivers will be given warning letters rather than fines for infringements. The government’s Speed Camera Performance Review found red light speed cameras had reduced casualties by almost 40 per..
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  • Sydney Roosters vs Cronulla Sharks highlights: NRL live scores, blog

    Sydney Roosters vs Cronulla Sharks highlights: NRL live scores, blog
    Sydney Roosters vs Cronulla Sharks highlights: NRL live scores, blog Roar Guru 36 Have your say LIVE SCORESScores updated each minute. REFRESH NOW Sydney Roosters Vs. Cronulla 2016 NRL Premiership Season, 19 July, 2016 Allianz Stadium, Sydney, NSW Sydney Roosters 10 v Cronulla 16 (Half Time) Sydney Roosters Cronulla 10 LIVE SCORE 16 2 TRIES 3 1/2 CONVERSION KICKS 2/3 0/0 PENALTY GOALS 0/0 0/0 FIELD GOAL 0/0   Top scorers: Sydney Roosters - Mitchell Aub..
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  • AUSTRALIAN STOCKS RISE FOR THE EIGHTH DAY: Here's what ...

    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS RISE FOR THE EIGHTH DAY: Here's what ...
    Australian stocks closed higher for the eighth session in a row. The scoreboard: S&P ASX 200: 5,458.50 +28.93 +0.53% All Ordinaries: 5,538.90 +28.80 +0.52% AUD/USD: 0.7592 +0.0013 +0.17% The local market continued its march higher with nine out of ten sectors closing in the green. The ASX 200 has grown by 3.4% so far this month. Today the banks and financial stocks rose while the big miners dragged. Westpac closed 0.6% higher at $30.30 while Macquarie Bank added 0.7% t..
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  • Excavation at Concord marks start of construction of M4 East tunnels

    Excavation at Concord marks start of construction of M4 East tunnels
    WestConnex: Excavation at Concord marks start of construction of M4 East tunnels Updated July 18, 2016 13:09:44 Tunnelling has begun at Concord in Sydney's inner west signalling the start of construction for the M4 East section of the WestConnex Motorway.The excavator, known as the roader header, has begun travelling underground to create two five-and-a-half kilometre tunnels which will extend the M4 motorway by linking Homebush to Haberfield.The site at Concord is one ..
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  • Conservatives pull punches as Malcolm Turnbull faces post-election ...

    Conservatives pull punches as Malcolm Turnbull faces post-election ...
    Malcolm Turnbull has told his party room the election raised “fundamental issues” about democracy, signalling he was looking closely at rules around robocalls and text messages following Labor’s Medicare advertising campaign. The meeting heard a full presentation on the Liberal campaign after criticisms raised in the past week. But Coalition conservatives pulled their punches. Only one MP raised concerns over superannuation reforms and just four other MPs spoke from the floor at all. Turnbull t..
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  • All you need for quantum computing at room temperature is some ...

    All you need for quantum computing at room temperature is some ...
    Much of the current research on the development of a quantum computer involves work at very low temperatures. The challenge to make them more practical for everyday use is to make them work at room temperature. The breakthrough here came from the use of some everyday materials, with details published today in Nature Communications. A typical modern-day computer represents information using a binary number system of discrete bits, represented as either 0 and 1. A quantum computer uses a sequence..
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  • Tasmania needs ice inhalation centre

    Tasmania needs ice inhalation centre
    ICE is an issue for some Tasmanians. This newspaper reported last Wednesday findings from the latest Illicit Drug Reporting System report which found that the number of people arrested for either using or selling the drug increased from 72 in 2013-14 to 383 in 2014-15. The report found that the majority, 266, of those arrested were drug users, while 117 were dealers, according to the Mercury Crime Editor David Killick.MORE: SPIKE IN METHAMPHETAMINE ARRESTSThe hysteria around the form of methamph..
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  • Sydney Gets World's Biggest Tactile Network

    Sydney Gets World's Biggest Tactile Network
    In its latest announcement, the City of Sydney said that tactile aluminum panels which feature street names and building numbers in both braille and large, raised lettering to allow touch-reading by people who are blind and close range reading for those with low vision are in place next to push buttons at signalised crossings across the City of Sydney area. Whilst primarily designed for the vision impaired, the new panels – which have replaced older and more worn out rubber panels – will also m..
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  • Monday Morning Halfback: Origin aftermath

    Monday Morning Halfback: Origin aftermath
    There were no shortage of talking points after a dramatic State of Origin Game Three at ANZ Stadium, the women's interstate challenge is set to explode, Darius Boyd is having arguably his best ever season, while the 100th golden point game was played since its inception in 2003.NSW – mindset change neededIt's time to change the narrative around NSW before the next State of Origin series. Instead of deliberating on who will be picked, more time should be spent on how the Blues will play. While i..
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  • Two dead, four injured in separate car crashes on NSW Central Coast

    Two dead, four injured in separate car crashes on NSW Central Coast
    Two dead, four injured in separate car crashes on NSW Central Coast Updated July 18, 2016 14:01:10 Two people have died and four others have been injured in two separate car accidents north of Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast.A 17-year-old boy was killed after a car carrying five teenagers crashed into a power pole at Willoughby Road at Wamberal last night.Police said the teen was treated at the scene by paramedics but he later died.A 16-year-old boy has als..
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The woman who 'danced herself to death': Queensland's first free ... .'Hallmarks of quack medicine' in fatal stem cell treatment, coroner finds .
First look at Australia's $200bn high speed rail .Sydney: That was Winter, hello Spring. .

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