Wednesday, October 12, 2016

CA XI heartbreak as NSW win thriller and other top stories.

  • CA XI heartbreak as NSW win thriller

    CA XI heartbreak as NSW win thriller
    The Cricket Australia XI have come within one shot of causing the biggest upset in Australian domestic 50-over cricket history, going down to the star-studded NSW Blues by four runs. Chasing 329 to win, Blues quick Gurinder Sandhu held his nerve in the final over to secure the win and kick-start NSW’s Matador BBQs One-Day Cup defence in tense fashion. A brutal career-best knock of 164no from Moises Henriques lifted NSW to 6-328 after being sent in. Quick Single: Bulls stay unbeaten after clinic..
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  • Arnie's stadium jab ahead of Sydney Derby

    Arnie's stadium jab ahead of Sydney Derby
    Billed as an away game, Sydney FC boss Graham Arnold says the Sky Blues are as much at home as the Western Sydney Wanderers at ANZ Stadium for Saturday’s round one clash. Sydney FC have featured countless times at the national stadium, including billings against English Premier League giants Chelsea FC and Tottenham, and Arnold said this familiarity with the ground warrants Sydney FC’s claims to “own” it.   Hyundai A-League preview: Wanderers v Sydney FC “ANZ is our stadium,” he said...
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  • Senator dubbed a 'scumbag' for offensive Rebecca Wilson tweet

    Senator dubbed a 'scumbag' for offensive Rebecca Wilson tweet
    Prominent journalist Wilson – who wrote for Sydney's The Daily Telegraph ... “The NRL boys club and the culture in New South Wales and Sydney is so much ...
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  • Shortage of homes in Sydney defies effort to rein in prices

    Shortage of homes in Sydney defies effort to rein in prices
    Sydney's population booms by Angus Whitley Australian policymakers say efforts to rein in the runaway housing market are working. But on the ground there's a fresh bidding frenzy, as fibreboard shacks fit for demolition and miles from downtown Sydney go for almost $1 million.A lack of houses in and around the city, the epicentre of Australia's property boom, is pushing up prices again even after banks last year tightened mortgage lending. Some buyers..
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  • Lockout Laws Aren't Making Sydney Safer, New Analysis Finds

    Lockout Laws Aren't Making Sydney Safer, New Analysis Finds
    NewsWritten by Zana Rose on October 7, 2016A new analysis of Sydney’s controversial lockout laws has taken place, and the results challenge previous conclusions drawn by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) which suggested the laws are actually effective. As the ABC reports, the analysis was undertaken by two economists and a mathematics post-doc for the Keep Sydney Open (KSO) campaign, and used publicly available data in its research.In comparison to BOSCAR’s analysis, the KSO s..
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  • Iceblocks for elephants as Sydney's zoo turns 100

    Iceblocks for elephants as Sydney's zoo turns 100
    Published:Oct 7, 2016, 11:34 Published:October 7, 2016 11:34 am “A hundred years ago Taronga was primarily a place of entertainment, today it is leading world cutting-edge research and education for wildlife,” New South Wales state environment minister Mark Speakman said at the zoo. (source: Reuters) The animals of Sydney’s harbourside Taronga Zoo munched celebratory meals on Friday, to mark the park’s centenary. Elephants licked iceblocks, lemurs..
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  • PR and Communication Industry awards celebrate 40th birthday

    PR and Communication Industry awards celebrate 40th birthday
    The best of the best of the New South Wales' Public Relations and Communication industry were out in force last night as Sydney's Doltone House Hyde Park ...
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  • West Aussie seeking to snare a place in Sydney Cup folklore

    THE Sydney Cup is a race that has been ‘on the books’ at Wentworth Park since 1963 and boasts winners from Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria and even the United States (Lucy Wires in 2013), but this Saturday night sees Western Australia in with a big chance of snaring the thick end of the prize money when Olivia Benson steps out for trainer Darren Rowe.The first West Australian stayer to make the 720-metre Sydney Cup final was Laddie’s A Star back in 1992, the last time the event w..
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  • Weekend sport preview

    Weekend sport preview
    The A-League season kicks off tonight when the Brisbane Roar takes on the defending champion Melbourne Victory. But there's little doubt which fixture in the opening week stands out. A record crowd will be in attendance for the Western Sydney Wanderers derby match with Sydney FC on Saturday night. Ticket pre-sales have already made it the biggest regular season club game of any code ever seen at Sydney Olympic Stadium. And for Sydney FC Coach Graham Arnold, it shows football as a code is g..
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  • 100 years of Taronga celebrity visits

    100 years of Taronga celebrity visits
    FROM celebrity royalty to the blue-bloods themselves, everyone who is anyone has come face-to-face with Taronga Zoo’s animals over the past 100 years.The zoo, which celebrates its centenary today, has become a must-see attraction for the rich and famous visiting Down Under.Lady Gaga, Ellen de Generes, Seal, Keith Urban and ­Nicole Kidman are among the people to have been given the VIP treatment in ­recent years.Perhaps most ­famous of all visitors in the modern era has been Prince William and hi..
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