Dozens arrested at Sydney music festival
Police have arrested 77 people following a western Sydney dance music festival. The Defqon festival was held at the Sydney International Rowing Centre at Penrith on Saturday, attracting almost 25, 000 people. Targeting anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol offences and public safety, officers conducted a number of searches, returning 77 drug detections. Six people were charged with supplying a prohibited drug while more than 200 received medical treatment for drug and heat-related illnesses w..>> view originalAdelaide City plots redemption on national stage
THE National Premier League’s playoffs offer Adelaide City the ideal opportunity to bounce back from its grand final heartbreak, skipper Matthew Halliday says.The Oakden club travels to Sydney for an elimination final against New South Wales minor premier Sydney United at Edensor Park today (1.30pm SA time).Halliday said the match, played eight days after City’s 1-0 SA Premier League decider loss to Campbelltown City, might be a blessing in disguise.“There’s still something to play for,” Hallida..>> view originalPrison guard quits after having 'inappropriate association' with ...
Miranda Forster and Krystal Johnson - AAP on September 18, 2016, 11:52 am A New South Wales prison guard has reportedly quit after it was revealed he had an "inappropriate association" with a former Penthouse Pet who was in jail for her role in an ice-smuggling racket. Simone Farrow was sentenced on September 16 to a minimum six-and-half years in jail for her role in helping to smuggle the drug "ice" into Australia concealed in bath products from Hollywood.Penthouse Pet, Sim..>> view originalVisual Impact Sydney Video Review
The last local show for the year has come to a close with many exhibitors and visitors delighted with the outcome. Exhibitions have a great future in Australia, even though the cost of exhibiting is prohibitive to many small companies. For the visitor, it is their chance to compare product performance against pricing and running costs and then being able to assess the benefits (or the lack of) to their own operations.Many of the exhibitors had some tempting "Special offers" that will continu..>> view originalLisa Harnum s killer Simon Gittany now prison maid earning less ...
High-flying businessman murderer Simon Gittany gets new job as prison maid scrubbing toilets Yahoo7 News on September 18, 2016, 2:20 pm Balcony murderer Simon Gittany once lived in a $1,000-a-week luxury apartment in Sydney but is now a prison maid cleaning toilets and shower blocks and earning less than $18 per week. Lisa Harnum's killer, who was once a high-flying businessman, is now sleeping in a four by three-metre cell in Lithgow prison's protective wing.Gittany has rece..>> view originalNorth Coast pioneers of organic farming
SUE Mangan and her husband Dave Forrest are pioneers of the organic and local food movement in northern New South Wales.They moved to the region from Sydney in the 1970s, on to a block of land at Federal where they had a family, worked hard, and turned their dreams of living off the land and creating an organic farm into reality.In the 1990s they helped set up Australia's first organic farmers' market at Lismore, and Dave was instrumental in getting the country's first TAFE-accredited organic f..>> view originalTragic youth suicide 'contagion' gripping NSW town Grafton
A small Australian town is in the grips of a suicide crisis, with 32 deaths since June 2015 and two more attempted suicides in the past month. Grafton, a New South Wales town north of Sydney has lost an estimated 12 young people and 20 adults since June 2015, reported The Daily Telegraph. There has reportedly been two suicide attempts recently - one involving a 14-year-old boy five weeks ago and another involving a 15-year-old boy early this month.New South Wales town Grafton is in the grips of ..>> view originalHow to spot a great apartment from a money pit
The apartment price crunch is coming0:59A fresh round of data has painted an even grimmer picture of the outlook for Australia's apartment market. Brisbane and Melbourne’s CBD are areas highlighted as ‘apartment glut’.NOT all apartments are created equal.Some are top-tier investments, offering both solid capital growth and healthy rental returns, while others are underperforming money pits managing the seemingly impossible: negative growth in Australia’s east coast capital cities.“The issue com..>> view originalEconomy at risk if tighter alcohol policies come in
Economy at risk if tighter alcohol policies come in TAO LIN Last updated 05:00, September 18 2016 CHRIS MCKEEN/FAIRFAX NZ Friday night arrests and detention in Auckland. Threats to tighten opening hours in bars and restaurants could have a devastating effect on the night-time economy of New Zealand's top cities, say hospitality chie..>> view originalDavis Cup washed out in Sydney
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