Provides the latest RSS feeds for Sydney News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sydney Sun.com http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ae0def0d9b645403/ en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:13:43 -0500 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:13:43 -0500 30 Police say they have found stashes of sticks, bottles and other potential makeshift weapons stacked behind trees in the south-western Sydney suburb where a large brawl erupted on Monday night. Reside... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928028/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:02:44 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928028/ A 36-year-old Sydney man has died after being pulled from rough seas at Coffs Harbour on the state's mid north coast. The man and another person were swimming at Park Beach south at midday when they ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928027/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:02:47 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928027/ A 36-year-old Pakistani national charged with importing child pornography and bestiality material into Australia has been granted bail. The man arrived in Sydney on a flight from Hong Kong earlier th... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928029/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:02:43 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928029/ A man has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after the front carriage of a train came off the tracks as it pulled out of Homebush Station in Sydney's west this afternoon. Police say the west-... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928026/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:02:46 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928026/ A-League clubs the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets are happy with their respective draws for the Asian Champions League (ACL). The Mariners have been drawn in Group H and the Jets in Group ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929321/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:02:41 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929321/ January 6, 2009, 6:38 pm A South Australian health service is not ruling out financial compensation for the parents of a premature baby who was left in the temporary care of a stranger at a reg... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929323/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:51 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929323/ The Tiwi Land Council will start regulating access to waterways around the islands by August, becoming the first council to take advantage of last year's Blue Mud Bay ruling. In July last year, the H... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929326/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:43 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929326/ Residents of a small town in the New South Wales Riverina are shocked by a dog attack this morning that killed a toddler and seriously injured her baby sister. A three-year-old girl was found dead an... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929327/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:40 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929327/ Graeme Smith batted with a fractured hand in one of cricket's bravest acts but narrowly failed to save his side from defeat as Australia claimed victory with 10 balls to spare on the final day of t... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928007/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:49:18 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928007/ An Australian businessman has died after being stabbed at least 20 times during a home invasion in the Philippines, local media reports. Werner Holz, 70, who was originally from Melbourne but&#160... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928008/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:49:14 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20928008/ A female passenger sustained minor injuries in a train derailment at Homebush which is causing delays tonight for peak-hour commuters. The one carriage derailment involving the front wheels of th... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929322/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:49:11 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20929322/ A competitor injured during the Forbes Flatland Hang Gliding Championship has died. Police say the 48-year-old man from Waverley in Sydney crashed while taking off on Saturday afternoon. He suffered... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925126/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:48:37 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925126/ Helicopters will continue to be used today to water bomb a fire which is burning out of control in the Morton National Park, in the New South Wales southern highlands. The Rural Fire Service say the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925130/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:12 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925130/ Fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot (IP) will continue to use its Cockle Creek site for at least another year despite announcing the early closure of the factory. The firm had planned to cease prod... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925121/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:13 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925121/ Aluminium producer Alcoa says its Australian operations will not be affected by the company's global plans to cut more than 13,000 jobs. The US company has announced plans to cut 13 per cent of its g... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925127/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:48:35 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925127/ Long-range weather forecaster Hayden Walker has predicted three cyclones for Queensland over the next three months. Mr Walker believes a cyclone as destructive as Cyclone Larry, which hit the state's... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925128/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:48:33 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925128/ The Federal Government is expected to announce within days whether it will approve a revised plan for redeveloping Newcastle's historic Nobbys Lighthouse. Local businessman Neil Slater has already ha... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925120/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:14 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925120/ Schools in south-east New South Wales have been given a bad report card over the use of health-threatening materials in their construction. A State Government audit has found that asbestos is present... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925129/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:14 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925129/ Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has criticised a New South Wales Government decision which allows BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal to mine under Sydney's water catchment. The Department of Planning has approved a ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20923976/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:14 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20923976/ A three-year-old girl has died and another child has been seriously mauled in a dog attack at  a south-western NSW home. A 45-year-old female carer was found collapsed with minor injurie... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925123/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:37:43 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925123/ Two Queenslanders have been charged over recruiting people to a Nigerian scam which netted the fraudsters more than $4.3 million. Police said the Sunshine Coast man, 48, and woman, 40, were initia... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20923958/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:37:40 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20923958/ A Hunter-based obesity expert in charge of a program promoting healthy eating for children is leaving the region to help the World Health Organisation fight obesity in Pacific island nations. Colin B... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925122/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:12 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925122/ An independent report into the aged care needs of Oberon has identified that a facility with at least 60 beds will be required within a decade. The report was commissioned by the Federal Minister for... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20923975/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:50:17 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20923975/ Timber giant Gunns has ramped up its battle with anti-logging activists in Tasmania, suing 13 protesters involved in a raid on one of its woodchip mills last month. Thirteen activists from the... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925124/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:37:34 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925124/ 7 January 2009 Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival kicks off in Belmore Park on Friday 23 January with a weekend packed with music and dance, food and gift stalls and activities for all the family.M... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925131/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:32:17 -0500 Sydney Media http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20925131/ A dog has killed a three-year-old girl and seriously injured a toddler in the New South Wales Riverina. Police were called to a house at Whitton about 11:00am (AEDT) after reports two children and a ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921511/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:34:00 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921511/ RailCorp will carry out vegetation clearing along the Wollongong and South Coast rail corridors this month amid concerns expected heat wave conditions could bring bushfires close to rail lines. The M... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921519/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:35:08 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921519/ The family of a Sunbury woman who went missing near Geelong almost three weeks ago are still hopeful she will be found. Fifty-seven-year-old Dawn Wilson walked out of a St Alban's Park medical clinic... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921510/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:58 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921510/ A shark has been reported swimming close to Perth's southern coast as a memorial service for a 51 year old shark victim was underway. Fishermen spotted what they believed was a large shark just after... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921513/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:56 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921513/ January 6, 2009, 6:38 pm Canberra is experiencing its first real taste of summer with temperatures set to reach 37 degrees this afternoon. A cool change will bring some relief tomorrow afterno... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921515/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:50 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921515/ Victoria Police are investigating the theft about $130,000 worth of water near Swan Hill. Police say someone drained about 400 megalitres of water into Lake Boga early yesterday morning. The gates o... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921516/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:47 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921516/ WA pig producers say they are starting to make a profit for the first time in about five years. Many producers left the industry last year, saying it was unviable to continue. With the subsequent re... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921512/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:54 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921512/ A bloody brawl on a public housing estate in western Sydney on Monday night has prompted politicians to ask whether the public housing system is failing Australian families. Police patrols on Tuesday... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20920198/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:35:16 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20920198/ Mitchell Johnson chimed in to remove JP Duminy for 16 as Australia honed in on a face-saving third Test win against South Africa at the SCG. Duminy was trapped plumb in front for 16 to leave the Prot... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20920199/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:35:18 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20920199/ January 5, 2009, 7:43 pm Archaeologists from the National Maritime Museum are quietly confident they have found the site of an historic shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef . They left Cairns a... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921517/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:46 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921517/ January 7, 2009, 9:23 am Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett is insisting that the Gunns timber company do more research on the environmental effects of its proposed pulp mill. But even... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921514/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:52 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921514/ The first results of an expanded air quality checking scheme in the Gladstone region in central Queensland should be released early next month. As a result of a two-year study in Gladstone to determi... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921518/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:33:41 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921518/ Papua New Guinea police have branded as "barbaric" the murder of a young woman burnt alive after being blindfolded and gagged with her arms and legs lashed to a pole. The body of the woman, believe... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921509/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:19:16 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20921509/ The Department of Child Safety in Queensland has defended a decision to allow a baby girl, at the centre of a drug-related incident, to be returned to her parents. The two-and-a-half month old girl w... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916380/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:29 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916380/ An 18-year-old man will face court today over a violent street brawl at a housing estate in Sydney's south-west. Police say the man was involved in a neighbourhood feud that erupted in Rosemeadow on ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20914633/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:07:02 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20914633/ January 7, 2009, 9:10 am The anti-whaling group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society , says Japan's push to block it from refuelling at Australian ports is unlikely to succeed. The group's s... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916378/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:33 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916378/ It is understood the boy was disabled and had slipped out of a flotation device. He was found at the bottom of the pool at his home in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. Paramedics were called to th... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916375/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:51:01 -0500 news.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916375/ The Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Queensland (ADFQ) says an ongoing public education campaign is needed to teach people about the dangers of illicit drugs. Police made an urgent public appeal yester... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916381/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:27 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916381/ Special section: The life and love of Nathan Rees The couple, who met as 14-year-olds at Northmead High School, were wed with only a few close family and friends present. They sealed their romance un... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916384/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:56 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916384/ January 7, 2009, 7:30 am Two health service workers have been suspended over leaving a newborn with a stranger during a hospital transfer in South Australia . The Children, Youth and Women's H... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916377/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:35 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916377/ Water restrictions have been officially suspended on the Gold Coast. Queensland Water Commission spokesman John Bradley says the decision was made after recent rain caused the Hinze Dam to overflow. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916379/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:05:31 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916379/ HE gave a thumbs-up display on the day he escaped a jail sentence but Sydney teenager Cody Heap yesterday vowed to grow up, saying his courtroom dressing down has made a profound impact on him. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916376/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:59 -0500 news.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916376/ Since finding out he had pancreatic cancer in 2008, Swayze has been through a tempest of emotions. "There's a lot of fear here," Swayze, 56, tells Barbara Walters in an interview to air this... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916385/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:50 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916385/ Business owners in Cairns believe the same culprit is responsible for break-ins and till thefts at the Sapphire Bar on Lake St and three break-ins at the Laneway Adult Shop off Spence St in recent day... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916386/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:49 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916386/ Am I the only person who left the Sydney Cricket Ground this week feeling I'd just spent eight hours in a parallel universe? It wasn't the Mardi Gras-like fiesta of pink celebrating the life and le... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916370/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:51:59 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916370/ Israeli forces blazed into towns across Gaza striking Hamas targets and also hitting three UN-run schools in attacks that killed at least 48 people and sparked urgent new ceasefire calls. While tr... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916371/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:51:56 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916371/ The Department of Defence has released the name of the Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan on Sunday evening. The soldier is named as Private Gregory Michael Sher from the Sydney-based 1st Comma... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20914581/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:07:00 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20914581/ FIREFIGHTERS will battle hot and dry summer conditions again today as they work to contain a bushfire that has burnt out more than 360 hectares in the NSW southern highlands. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916388/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:45 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916388/ NICOLE Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Baz Luhrmann may be long shots for Oscar nominations, but the visual effects wizards on Australia have a great chance. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916389/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:50:43 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20916389/ January 7, 2009, 4:23 am Squatters occupying three terrace houses in Carlton owned by Melbourne University will be evicted today. The buildings are home to around 20 students, who have been fi... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20910562/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:58:53 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20910562/ A lifeguard has had a lucky escape after unknowingly swimming near a hammerhead shark Cronulla beach yesterday. The 31-year-old man was swimming between Cronulla and Eloura beach about 11.30am when... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20910560/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:44:25 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20910560/ POLICE were forced to smash a car window to rescue a 15-week-old baby locked in a parked vehicle yesterday - one of seven children to be rescued across Sydney. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20910561/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:43:34 -0500 news.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20910561/ THE Rural Fire Service will enforce a fire ban through large areas of the state today as firefighters struggle to contain three blazes and temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees. Volunteers wer... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903604/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:50 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903604/ RISING sea levels could lead to failed states across the Pacific and require extra naval deployments to deal with increases in illegal migration and fishing, a Defence Force analysis says. "Environ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903605/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:48 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903605/ THE streets take their names from one of Shakespeare's tragic plays, but as the residents of the so-called 3M housing estates will testify, they have experienced plenty of their own tragedy. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905158/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:54 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905158/ New South Wales 6 for 161 (Warner 65, Hughes 35, Tait 3-30) beat South Australia 8 for 160 (Cooper 46, Bird 3-35, Bracken 3-38) by four wickets http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903596/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:01:48 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903596/ Victoria Beckham got rid of her hair extensions because they got in the way during sex. Kate Beckinsale likes to squirt her breast milk across the room. Britney Spears is considering a breast reductio... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905149/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:49 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905149/ IT WAS a long, hot holiday day in Rosemeadow on Monday, as the temperature soared to 38 degrees by 3pm. The children from the Macbeth, Malcolm and Macduff ways - known locally as the Three Ms - wer... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903602/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:45 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20903602/ STUDENT assignments from the University of Wollongong were used without the students' knowledge as part of an alleged ruse to fool the US Government and the space agency NASA into handing over mill... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905150/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:46 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905150/ PUBLIC schools are bracing for an influx of children fleeing the private system, as new figures show some independent schools have shed hundreds of students. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905159/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:49 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905159/ AFTER a terrible two hours, Keith Windschuttle convinced himself he hadn't been hoaxed at all. He was greatly relieved. How embarrassing such a stumble could have been for this fierce nitpicker, sc... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905148/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:43 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905148/ New research has found playful teasing, and being called names such as "ranga", could be good for young people because it helps them bond and develop social skills. It may even make "v... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905160/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:47 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905160/ SEVEN pedestrians, including four children, were injured when a car veered off the Great Ocean Road in the commercial heart of the resort town of Lorne, Victoria. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905161/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:46 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905161/ The three-year-old was saved by the quick actions of a stranger, who applied compression bandages to the bite. Doctors have warned parents to revise their first aid skills, saying many have forgotten... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905164/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:42 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905164/ AUSTRALIAN sailors are being exposed to deadly asbestos fibres because the navy continues to use illegal asbestos-contaminated parts, years after they were outlawed. Thousands of sailors and civili... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905151/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:40 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905151/ South Korea's Kukdong Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of the Pierre Cardin, NAFNAF and Jack & Jill brands, has announced that it is "committed to eliminating Australian wool from ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905163/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:38 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20905163/ An impressive crowd of 13,378 was treated to an entertaining Twenty20 match between South Australia and the Blues at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday evening, with the visitors winning by four wickets in ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20898918/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:58:55 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20898918/ A heavily pregnant woman Darwin woman has pleaded guilty to drink driving at more than four times the legal limit, not wearing her seatbelt and driving unlicensed. Amber Jade Mills, 23, was stopped o... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20900021/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:57:27 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20900021/ A 54-year-old man who was storing cannabis for a friend has been sentenced to six year's jail in the Northern Territory Supreme Court. Police found more than 28 kilograms of cannabis packed in vacuum... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20900022/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:57:25 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20900022/ January 5, 2009, 7:16 pm Australian sheep farmers have been snubbed by a well-connected company, which is joining a global boycott of Australian wool. The Kukdong Corporation is based in South... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20900024/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:57:21 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20900024/ The Moonee Valley Racing Club has been forced to cut 23 jobs as part of a restructure. Their annual report says the Moonee Valley Racing Club employs 97 permanent staff. The club reported an operati... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896207/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:28 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896207/ There has been a 31 per cent increase in the number of Australians who have donated their organs in the past year. The figures show 259 people donated last year compared to 198 in 2007 and 202 in 200... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896204/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:35 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896204/ Police will target music festivals across south-east Queensland in the coming months in an attempt to combat the use illicit drugs. Police have also warned about the dangers of drug use, after the de... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896206/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:30 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896206/ A baby girl has been released from hospital in far north Queensland and back into the care of her Victorian parents, hours after they faced court charged with causing the infant grievous bodily harm. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896209/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:24 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896209/ A three-year-old boy is lucky to have survived a 10-metre cliff fall in Sydney's south with only minor injuries. A rescue helicopter and five paramedics were called to Wattamolla in the Royal Nat... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896201/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:31:30 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896201/ <br clear="none"/>The proposed World Heritage listing of Ningaloo Reef is being backed by the West Australian Government. The adjacent Cape Range National Park has also been nominated... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896205/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:33 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896205/ A 14-year-old boy has been charged after a gas explosion damaged several buildings in a town in NSW's Hunter Valley. Police believe a number of garbage bins were set alight at the rear of a communi... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896202/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:31:27 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896202/ AUSTRALIA'S use of coal and carbon emissions policies are guaranteeing the "destruction of much of the life on the planet", a leading NASA scientist has written in a letter to Barack Obama. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896212/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:30:30 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896212/ Lorne , on the Victorian coast, just after 4pm. An ambulance spokeswoman said two four-year-old girls, one with a suspected fractured spine and the other with a fractured leg, were being airlifted to... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896213/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:30:28 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896213/ EVEN Stephanie Rice's coach admits his star charge is unfit and out of sorts just eight weeks away from the world championship qualifiers - but it didn't stop Australian swimming's glamour girl from p... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896214/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:30:25 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896214/ Police said the woman died after taking two ecstasy tablets bought at a nightclub Fortitude Valley, south of Brisbane, on New Year's Eve. She died at a Gordon Park home, in Brisbane's north. Three p... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896215/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:30:22 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20896215/ A Unanderra man accused of defrauding unsuspecting Illawarra shoppers through a cheap electronic scam has pleaded guilty in Wollongong Local Court in New South Wales. Ben Beaumont, 32, is accused of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892686/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:45:32 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892686/ The Department of Environment and Conservation says it has rescued two black swans and 12 cygnets from a drying lake in Forrestdale. Sean Walsh from the DEC says 80 wildlife officers and volunteers w... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892685/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:43:55 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892685/ Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a seizure, an undertaker said, after doctors performed an autopsy on the US actor's son. The remain... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892679/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:32:19 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892679/ BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal has welcomed New South Wales Government approval to expand its mining operations near Wollongong into Sydney's catchment areas. The Department of Planning has given approv... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892687/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:45:31 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892687/ The most famous pancreas in America is the one belonging to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Even though the "p" word wasn't mentioned in a statement he released overnight, Jobs's memo about his weight loss c... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892681/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:32:13 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892681/ Four children died and two adults were critically injured today in a fire in Auckland that might have started with chips being cooked on a stove. Misi Sau and his wife Fetu Sau were both badly bu... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892682/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:32:07 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892682/ A MELBOURNE court building has been declared safe after a bomb threat caused 200 people to evacuate and shut down major city streets for two hours. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892683/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:31:23 -0500 news.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892683/ THE former owners of a Sydney bakery have been fined $42,000 for what the New South Wales Government says is the worst food-poisoning outbreak in the state. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892684/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:31:21 -0500 news.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892684/ found that the source of the food poisoning was raw egg mayonnaise used in the Vietnamese-style pork and chicken rolls. "The food was stored and displayed at temperatures at least double what he... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892691/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:31:07 -0500 Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20892691/ January 6, 2009, 1:25 am Darwin's RSPCA says the number of stray animals they've picked up since New Years Day has increased by 40 per cent. Operations manager Jillian Pretty says the centre i... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888688/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:15 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888688/ Medium - has filed for divorce from her husband. Arquette filed for divorce from Thomas Jane in Los Angeles on Monday, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple, who were married in May 20... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888679/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:27 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888679/ Anti-gambling campaigners are calling for pre-paid smart cards to be introduced into gaming venues to reduce problem gambling. Under the plan, users would nominate a monthly cap on the amount of mone... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888686/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:12 -0500 Seven News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888686/ A volatile mix of alcohol, weapons and summer heat led to a violent brawl between two families at a public housing estate in south-west Sydney last night, police say. One man was shot in the back, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888680/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:24 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888680/ Four children died and two adults were critically injured today in a fire in Auckland that might have started with chips being cooked on a stove. Misi Sau and his wife Fetu Sau were both badly bu... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888681/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:01:22 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ae0def0d9b645403/id/20888681/