Stun guns to save us from trigger-happy, coke-addled cops The Australian | The NSW Police Commissioner tells The Sydney Morning Herald Tasers will save lives in drug-fuelled incidents THE police fatal shooting of Roni Levi at Bondi beach more than a decade ago could have been avoided had officers been armed with stun guns instead of pistols, the NSW Police Commissioner, ...
All about this city for Kyle Sydney Morning Herald | HE FEATURED in the TV series Sex And The City but Kyle MacLachlan is not upset about missing a role in the movie version that premiered in London this week. | "I think Trey caused enough trouble in poor Charlotte's life," the Hollywood star of Desperate Housewives, Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet said ...
Aussie on trial in Bulgaria The Australian | AN Australian man has gone on trial today in Bulgaria for allegedly killing a man with a knife in late December. | Twenty-one-year-old Paul "Jock" Palfreeman, from Sydney, who has been charged with killing one man and injuring another with a knife ...
Promoter on fraud charges The Australian | BOXING promoter Tony Caradonna has been charged with secretly using land-title certificates for properties owned by Rebels bikie boss Alex Vella and others to obtain $4.1 million in loans and investments. | Mr Caradonna, a former close friend and b...
Victims watch as Orkopoulos jailed The Australian | TWO of the young men whose lives were blighted by one-time MP Milton Orkopoulos were in court yesterday to see him finally punished. | They watched keenly as the Newcastle District Court judge slammed the former NSW Aboriginal affairs minister with...
Prisoners to chat to lawyers via webcam The Australian | NSW prison inmates will soon be able to use webcams to talk to their lawyers over the internet, the NSW Government says. The trial program, to start next month, will be run by the NSW Department of Corrective Services and involve a number of Sydney...
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Older women warned off cancer vaccine The Australian | A LEADING cancer specialist has warned older women off getting the cervical cancer vaccine and hit out at the drug regulator for approving the jabs in the first place. | Gerald W...
Saudis' secret agenda The Australian | THE cheque from the Saudi Government for $360,000 was enclosed in an envelope. It was a donation, a gift, a part payment to subsidise the construction of a building that would be...
Markets fail: bankers punt on horses The Australian | SO far, everything seems to be going to plan for Mike Iavarone and Richard Schiavo. | Five years ago, the former Wall Street investment bankers did what many of their kind do: th...
Ex-partner of bikie boss gets protection Sydney Morning Herald | A former business partner of Rebels bikie gang president Alex Vella has been placed in protective custody today following his arrest over a $4 million alleged scam involving forged legal and property documents. | Anthony Caradonna, 46, from Fairfie...
Orkopoulos gets 9 years Sydney Morning Herald | Former NSW frontbencher Milton Orkopoulos has been sentenced to a minimum of nine years and three months in jail. | In the Newcastle District Court today, Judge Ralph Coolahan set a maximum jail term of 13 years and 11 months for the former Aborigi...
Seriously, some of my best friends are anti-Semites The Australian | MY favourite definition of an anti-Semite is "a person who hates Jews more than is absolutely necessary". Susan Chandler, the former Victorian Liberal Party campaign manager who described a colleague as a "greedy f..king Jew", appears to qualify. |...
Australian dollar trades close to US96c The Australian | THE Australian dollar was lower at noon after some unwinding of carry trades during today's Asian session, leading it lower from its fresh overnight high. | At 12 noon AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.9590/92, down from yesterday's close of 0.9610/14. | Overnight, the local unit traded between a low of $US0.9570 and a 24-year high ...
Downer wanted for UN mission The Australian | FORMER foreign minister Alexander Downer has been approached for a senior job with the UN to revive the Cyprus peace process. | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is keen to resuscitate stalled diplomatic efforts to reunify the Mediterranean island - a challenge that has thwarted his immediate predecessors. | If he took up the job, Mr Downer would ...
