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  • Monkey teeth give clues on when Neanderthal baby was weaned

    Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned. The new technique is based in part on knowledge gained from studies of teeth from human infants and from monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Using the new technique, the researchers concluded that ...

  • Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption

    Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...

  • NRL Penrith continue winning form with 19-0 triumph over St George Illawarra

    Wollongong 2500 Penrith built on last weekend's thrashing of the Warriors with a 19-0 defeat of St George Illawarra in Wollongong on Saturday ...

  • Rainbow crossing returns to Oxford Street

    Sydney's rainbow crossing on Oxford Street is back - at least in chalk form. Over 500 people grabbed a multi-coloured piece of chalk and marched from Town Hall to Taylor Square in a mass rally to voice their opposition against homophobia in all its forms. The rally is a part of nationwide protests organised by the Community Action Against Homophobia group, during the month of ...

  • Live Dragons v Panthers

    . He covered a lot of ground in attack, delivering a faultless display.Panthers deserved winners though in what must be a very satisfying result for the Panthers fans, coach and players alike. That's it from this one, join me and League HQ for the call of the Roosters v Storm clash at Allianz ...


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Movie Review

The Man in the Iron Mask

"The Man in the Iron Mask," based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, is a well-made adventure film that doesn't have much adventure. It has a lot of beautiful French locations, a stunning A-list cast of actors, and technical merit oozing from every corner, but it never really grabs hold of you the way a good swashbuckling adventure should. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the ... ...

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  • Man stabbed in the eye with syringe

    A man was stabbed in the eye with a syringe during a pub brawl at a hotel in Randwick in the early hours of this morning. Police arrested Christopher Charles, 26, of Hillside, over the attack and he faced Parramatta Bail Court today. Police allege Mr Charles attacked a fellow patron, aged 43, outside the Coach and Horses Hotel in Randwick about 3.40am and scratched his eye and punctured his ...

  • Girl apologises for racial abuse towards heartbroken Goodes

    Swans star Adam Goodes said he was 'gutted' by racial abuse from a 13-year-old girl in last night's match against Collingwood, the game which opened the AFL's indigenous ...

  • Political knot around gay marriage

    Last week, I spied a peculiar photograph accompanying a newspaper story about the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France. The caption on it read ''Men in masks: A protest in Paris on Friday against legalising same-sex ...

  • The private life of a public couple

    Fantauzzo's sketch of Keddie. Whatever the origin of the claim that the eyes are the window to the soul, Fantauzzo invokes the idea when he talks about this interesting woman who, even if she were not so well-known, would shine in his painting. For Fantauzzo and Keddie there have been some tricky fields to negotiate - making their creative work separately and together, so much of it ...

  • Final dress rehearsal before Cup for Australia NZ

    AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Reuters) -- World champion Australia and World Cup favorite New Zealand stages its final dress rehearsal ahead of rugby union's showcase event in the last match of the Tri-nations series Saturday. While the All Blacks have already won the Tri-nations, after three successive victories, much is at stake in Auckland with the Bledisloe Cup still up for grabs while a ...

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