• Horse owners at state parliament in fight over inner Sydney paddocks

  Concord 2137 The New South Wales Opposition has brought ponies to parliament house in a bid to highlight the plight of horse owners who it says are being pushed off land in Sydney's inner west by the Government.The horses are kept at the historic Yaralla public estate in Concord, which holds some of the last paddocks close to the city.The site is owned by the Sydney Local Health District ...

• Mike Carlton lashes Australian Story

  , claiming his comments were "selectively edited" by the show's producers to give a glowing account of his former radio nemesis Ray Hadley. Carlton launched his tirade via his Twitter account, describing the program, which aired on Monday night, as a "travesty", "disgrace" and "garbage". On Tuesday, Carlton tweeted: "Bizarre that last ...

• Its like a war zone down there

  ''They are still in the process of picking through the rubble to try to find survivors,'' Jerry Lojka, a spokesman for Oklahoma Emergency Management, said in an interview. ''We know it was on the ground for 40 minutes. It travelled across the entire city of Moore.'' ''It's like a war zone down there,'' said Moore resident Melissa ...

• Tinkler mansion put up for sale

  Embattled coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler has put his $5.2 million Queensland mansion up for sale. The seven-bedroom, five-bathroom country estate, on four hectares on Brisbane's outskirts, features a home cinema, a gym, a climate-controlled wine cellar that can house 3500 bottles and a nine-car garage. The property, in Pullenvale, west of Brisbane, is listed online as being for sale for ...

• Teen driver killed dodging kangaroo

  The car accident that killed a 19-year-old woman from Kirrawee on Monday night was witnessed by her friend, who was driving the car travelling behind her on Guyra Road at Guyra in the state's north. Police say the woman who died had been negotiating a bend in the road when she swerved to avoid a dead kangaroo in the middle of her lane about 7.20pm. She lost control of the car and veered ...

• Gloom hits services as Australias mining boom peaks

  With miners from BHP Billiton Ltd down shelving projects and slashing costs that grew out of control during the boom, they have turned the screws on ...

• Australia womens cricketers get major pay boost

  Members of the Australia women's cricket team will be among the country's highest-paid female athletes as part of a restructure of the Cricket Australia contract system. The leading players could earn up to $80,000 over the next year as part of the new payment programme, with the top player retainer having increased from $15,000 to $52,000 and the minimum retainer having been boosted ...

• NSW paramedics allowed to form their own union

  NSW The NSW Industrial Relations Commission has granted paramedics permission to register their own union.Last year, state parliament passed laws allowing paramedics and junior doctors to choose their own unions, paving the way for them to break away from the Health Services Union.The Emergency Medical Services Protection Association already has several hundred members and had applied to the ...

• Search expanded for Canadian man missing in Snowy Mountains

  Jindabyne 2627 Police in the Snowy Mountains say they are expanding their search for a Canadian man who has been missing for over a week.The 25-year-old set off to bushwalk alone to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko from Charlotte Pass Village over a week ago and has not been heard from since. Police say they are concerned for his safety with overnight temperatures in the mountains dropping to as ...

• The secret life of a sociopath like me

  If my life were a television show it would start like this: It's a pleasantly warm summer day in a beautiful southern clime. Sunlight glints off ripples in the pool. The sliding door opens with a gentle rumble. A young woman steps out in her flip-flops and a black Speedo swimming suit. Her skin is darkly tan from lifeguarding at the local municipal pool. Today she is giving a private ...

• Now for the $US190m house

  A Sydney waterfront property recently sold for $50 million, but in the United States, a house has hit the market with an asking price of $US190 million. Copper Beech Farm in Connecticut is regarded as the last great estate in Greenwich, and comes with an asking price 30 per cent more expensive than its nearest market competitor, Crespi Hicks Estate in Dallas. Set on 17 hectares, the farm is ...

• 1.6km-wide monster tornado dead hit

  Oklahoma tornado caught on camera RAW VIDEO: The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma US, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle. NO ...

• Paramedics break away from HSU

  PARAMEDICS will be able to break away from the scandal-plagued Health Services Union (HSU) after a court ruled they could register their own ...

• Australia launches new April 2025 Treasury bond

  SYDNEY | Tue May 21, 2013 12:38am EDT SYDNEY May 21 (Reuters) - Australia is to issue a new Treasury bond due April 21, 2025, the country's debt management office said on Tuesday, and expects the issue to be of benchmark size - typically at least A$1 billion. Initial price guidance for the issue is a spread of 18-20 basis points to the implied yield for the primary 10-year Treasury ...

• Adelaide set for a drenching as rain pours on regional South Australia

  THE heavens have finally opened across regional parts of the state and metropolitan Adelaide is set for a good drenching this evening. In the past 24 hours, the state's far North recorded almost 50mm of rain up to 9am this morning. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Paul Bierman said Ernabella recorded 47mm of rain and Mintabie, 45mm. "It's quite a lotover 40mm is 24 hours is ...

• My house is on top of me terror in rubble

  Moore, population 55,000, was worst hit. The tornado arrived in the afternoon as children were preparing to leave school. As night descended, rescue workers used floodlights to search for children at the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma, where seven children reportedly drowned, while others were pulled alive from the rubble and passed hand-to-hand by a human chain of ...

• Tax Office puts e-tax on Apple Macs

  Now the Tax Office says it will finally provide functionality for Mac users from July. "We are working to deliver a version of e-tax for Mac users for this tax time, which is currently undergoing development and testing by the [Australian Taxation Office]," a spokeswoman told Fairfax Media, after tech ...

• 2Day FM back on top in ratings

  2Day FM celebrate their return to the top. 2Day FM have reclaimed their title as the number one FM station in Sydney after only one survey, as usurpers WSFM suffered a hugely disappointing ratings result. In the latest survey, which covers the period from February 24 to May ...

• Hairdressers sex assault claim

  Another woman has come forward to report an alleged indecent assault at the hands of a Merrylands hairdresser. The 21-year-old came forward following the arrest of the 31-year-old man last week, when he was charged with indecently and sexually assaulting four female clients. Those women, aged between 29 and 41, allege they were assaulted between February and May this year. Detectives from ...

• Replay Melbourne Storm Manly Sea Eagles draw

  After 90 minutes the Storm and Sea Eagles can't be split, and they're forced to share the spoils following a 10-all draw at AAMI Park.The two sides traded field goals in golden point extra-time but no one could split the goal posts and they leave with a point ...

• Stranger offers boys lollies puppy

  The friends, both aged 11, were riding their bikes to school along Wollombi Rd, Millfield in the Hunter Valley, when they were approached by the man.The incident occured on Monday 8.30am, but police only released details this morning.Police said the man asked the boys if they wanted a lift to school before offering them lollies and the puppy.They declined and rode off before telling their ...

• Australias trading partner looking better

  The outlook for Australia's major trading partners is good, with economic growth for most expected to pick up in 2014, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.The minutes of the RBA's May board meeting gave a positive assessment of the economic outlooks for China, Japan and the US.While growth in China is not expected to return to its stellar levels of recent years, the RBA board said the ...

• Wallabies George Smith and Pat McCabe may still recover in time for Lions Tour matches

  Canberra 2600 George Smith and Pat McCabe's hopes of playing for the Wallabies against the British and Irish Lions series remain alive after scans revealed their knee injuries were not as bad as first feared.Champion openside flanker Smith has been diagnosed with a grade two medial ligament tear suffered in the Brumbies' 28-22 loss to the NSW Waratahs on Saturday night, meaning a ...

• Now for the $US190 million house

  A Sydney waterfront property recently sold for $50 million, but in the United States, a house has hit the market with an asking price of $US190 million. Copper Beech Farm in Connecticut is regarded as the last great estate in Greenwich, and comes with an asking price 30 per cent more expensive than its nearest market competitor, Crespi Hicks Estate in Dallas. Set on 17 hectares, the farm is ...

• There were horses and stuff flying

  told KFOR about the storm hitting the Orr Family Farm in Moore, which had about 80 horses. "It was just like the movie Twister," he said. "There were horses and stuff flying around ...

• Sex assault claim against hairdresser

  Another woman has come forward to report an alleged indecent assault at the hands of a Merrylands hairdresser. The 21-year-old came forward following the arrest of the 31-year-old man last week, when he was charged with indecently and sexually assaulting four female clients. Those women, aged between 29 and 41, allege they were assaulted between February and May this year. Detectives from ...

• Food truck finder is even more app-etising

  Finding your favourite food truck and telling your friends about it is easier than ever, after an upgrade to the City of Sydney's popular food truck phone app. With the app's real-time messages, Instagram pics of the day's delicious food, schedules and new sharing options, foodies can track the gourmet fleet's movements, plan culinary adventures and meet friends. Lord Mayor ...

• Australias Discovery says CFC others exploring new takeover

  SYDNEY | Mon May 20, 2013 10:00pm EDT SYDNEY May 21 (Reuters) - Australia-listed copper miner Discovery Metals Ltd has opened its books to spurned private equity suitor Cathay Fortune Corp and others in an effort to attract a new takeover offer, potentially valuing it at A$195 million ($190 million), it said on Tuesday. Discovery, which has been ramping up output at its main project in ...

• Wed-locked Fake marriages in Australia

  For many Arab Australians being gay is still taboo, and now some are turning to fake marriages to hide the truth about their sexuality, reports The Feed's Patrick ...

• Australia must help break the resource curse

  Developing countries need not fall victim to the 'resource curse', writes Andrew Leigh. Australia has a role to play in ensuring these countries use their natural resources to foster democracy and boost living ...

• Father of four dies after fight at Coffs harbour kebab shop

  Coffs Harbour 2450 A father of four has died in hospital after a fight on the New South Wales mid north coast on the weekend. Police say there was an altercation between the 34-year-old victim and a 20-year-old man outside a kebab shop in Coffs Harbour. The sapphire Beach man was flown to Newcastle's John Hunter hospital but never regained consciousness and his life support has been ...

• Australia shares down 0.7 pct gold miners firmer

  (Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.7 percent in late morning trade on Tuesday, with investors taking profits following the market's run-up to 5-1/2-year highs and ahead of the central bank's May meeting minutes. Banks lost ground from recent rallies, weighing on the benchmark index. Top lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia ...

• Boy 7 dies after pogo stick fall

  A seven-year-old Sydney boy has died a day after he apparently fell from a pogo stick. Paramedics say they were called to a home at Mulga Road, Oatley to treat an unresponsive boy just after 6am (AEST) on Tuesday. He was declared dead at the scene. "It is believed the child had suffered a head injury the previous day after falling off a pogo stick," the NSW Ambulance Service said in ...

• I just froze when Taylah 12 had gun held to her head

  A 12-year-old girl says she "froze" when a man held a gun to her head and robbed her of her phone and wallet as she walked back from a friend's house in Sydney's southwest. Taylah Gresham was making the 150-metre walk home from a friend's house in Minto on Monday night when, at 8.30pm, a man came up to her in Bennett Street. The man allegedly pulled out a gun, held it ...

• Sex case woman crying in sand

  The barrister for an English tourist charged with sexually assaulting a young woman he met at a trendy Bondi nightspot says the act was consensual and the pair were "interacting in a way that suggested they have an interest in each other" prior to the incident. But the alleged victim told police she was left crying in the sand after Gregory Charles Cox allegedly forced her to give him ...

• 51 killed as tornado wreaks havoc

  A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...

• 37 killed as tornado hits Oklahoma City

  A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...

• Girl 12 robbed at gunpoint

  A 12-year-old girl walking home from a friend’s house has been robbed at gunpoint, police say. The girl told police she was walking home in Minto on Monday night when, at 8.30pm, a man came up to her from behind in Bennett Street. He had a pistol, police allege, and demanded the girl hand over her wallet, which she did. The girl, who was uninjured, told police that the man then left and ...

• Have you seen this man

  POLICE have released details and a photo today of man wanted for questioning over the sexual assault of a teenage girl on a Sydney train earlier this ...

• Former Hells Angel arrested

  A FORMER Hells Angel has been arrested by Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad detectives after allegedly breaching his bail and threatening a witness in relation to a current court ...

• Australia stocks fall with bank shares in the red

  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Stocks in Australia fell Tuesday in early trade, as losses in banking issues put the equity benchmark under pressure. The S&P/ASX ...

• NZ exodus to Australia slows

  The number of New Zealanders heading for a better life across the Tasman slowed to its lowest monthly pace in almost three years, as local economic prospects start overshadowing Australia's. Seasonally adjusted, almost 2000 more people left New Zealand for Australia than arrived in April, according to Statistics New Zealand. That's the smallest monthly outflow across the Tasman since ...

• Asian celebrities recruited to promote Australia

  Tourism Australia has called on popular Hong Kong actor, Ekin Cheng, to showcase Cairns and Sydney to the Asian market in a new television travel series. Joined by fellow celebrities Andy Chai Siu Chun, Jacqueline Wong and Lai Yi, the group will film the travelogue series, ‘Tailor Made Tours’, which were designed to attract more visitors from Greater China. Expected to reach an ...

• Wiped out tornado levels Oklahoma City

  A huge tornado up to three kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on a primary school in Oklahoma City. We'll have the latest developments as they come to ...

• Frantic search in tornado rubble

  Oklahoma tornado caught on camera RAW VIDEO: The day after tornadoes killed two people in Oklahoma US, a new tornado was spotted on the ground in Newcastle. NO ...

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