Sunday, August 7, 2016

Paper transport tickets turfed in New South Wales effective tomorrow and other top stories.

  • Paper transport tickets turfed in New South Wales effective tomorrow

    Paper transport tickets turfed in New South Wales effective tomorrow
    Paper tickets will no longer be available from tomorrow morning. (AAP) Paper public transport tickets are bound for the shredder in NSW, with the humble stubs no longer sold or accepted from tomorrow. Commuters in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong will have to buy an Opal card or be left behind at the station."I need to remind everyone that people who still use paper tickets to travel on trains, buses, ferries and light rail need to prepare themselves and get an Opal card," NSW Transport Ministe..
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  • Greyhound racing: Animal cruelty images further validate industry ...

    Greyhound racing: Animal cruelty images further validate industry ...
    Greyhound racing: Animal cruelty images further validate industry shut-down, NSW Government says By David Spicer Updated July 31, 2016 20:35:27 The New South Wales Government has seized on the release of photographs showing animal cruelty by a greyhound trainer as further evidence of the need to close down the industry.The photographic evidence from the RSPCA has been released after greyhound trainer John Thomas Baskett was convicted for animal cruelty in March.Th..
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  • WA Echoes NSW, Urges Pokémon Trainers Not Be Dropkicks At ...

    WA Echoes NSW, Urges Pokémon Trainers Not Be Dropkicks At ...
    Apps have progressed to the point where Pokémon can be digitally projected into the real world, but not so far that they can prevent users from being absolute dinguses. That's the gist of Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett's quite understandable beef with Pokémon Go, after a slew of wannabe trainers have been found crowding the state's war memorials.Speaking to the media today, Barnett said  "war memorials should not be included" in the app's hunting grounds, 'cause they really are "s..
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  • Ben Quilty determined that Margaret Olley's legacy will continue

    Ben Quilty determined that Margaret Olley's legacy will continue
    When Margaret Olley died in 2011 she left an enormous legacy.Not just her thousands of works - it is estimated she created more than 10,000 paintings and drawings in her six-decade career - that her art dealers and friends knew about. Artist Ben Quilty standing in front of Margaret Olley's artwork being exhibited for the first time at the Philip Bacon Galleries. Photo: Glenn Hunt When her friends moved to empty her house they made a surprising discovery.More works, never before seen, wer..
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  • Why Bob Brown attacks NSW Greens

    The New South Wales Greens’ underwhelming performance in the federal election has, predictably, brought the knives out. The right in the party, which has always been critical of the left-controlled branch, is again making the case for “generational change” – lightly coded messaging to push more right wing opportunists into the leadership. Speaking on the ABC’s 7:30 on 29 July, party elder statesman Bob Brown said: “The result in New South Wales has been long term disappointment to me … Some refo..
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  • Hundreds rally in Australia over juvenile 'torture' footage

    Hundreds rally in Australia over juvenile 'torture' footage
    Hundreds of people have rallied in cities across Australia following allegations of abuse against boys in juvenile detention. Demonstrators gathered in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to express shock at footage showing indigenous boys being tear-gassed. The video also shows a boy wearing a "split hood" while cuffed to a chair. Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has called for an investigation. However, he rejected calls for a broader national inquiry. Around 700 people rallied in Melb..
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  • Australians rally against youth detention abuses

    Australians rally against youth detention abuses
    Protesters march to theNew South Wales state parliament building in Australia’s largest city Sydney against alleged child abuse in Northern Territory detention centers on Saturday. — Reuters SYDNEY — Australians rallied on Saturday against the treatment of young people in detention — including the hooding and physical restraint of teens — amid calls for an inquiry into the abuse to be expanded. Graphic footage of teenage boys being stripped naked, tear-gassed, held in solitary confinement and s..
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  • Two Australian hockey players seek cricketing switch with WBBL

    Two Australian hockey players seek cricketing switch with WBBL
    Two Australian hockey stars are attempting a bold switch of sports in a determined bid to play in the Women's Big Bash League's (WBBL) second edition. Former Hockeyroos (Australian women's national team) star Kate Hollywood has confirmed she is trialing for a rookie contract with either the Sydney Sixers or Sydney Thunder, while Mathilda Carmichael, another ex-hockey player, has signed with Perth Scorchers.Hollywood, a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 2008 Olympian, is part of a Cr..
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Baby dies at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital after oxygen mix-up in ... .Baby dies and another critical after being given nitrous oxide at ... .
Sydney: Winter on hold until Sunday. .Proof our weather is officially nuts .

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