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  • Indian-origin man in Australia injured in accident

    An Australian man will face attempted murder charges after a horrific hit-and-run incident in Melbourne that left a 27-year-old Indian-origin man hospitalised in a serious condition. Amandeep Singh was hit by a car more than once when he was taking a walk on Chandler Road, Noble Park, in Melbourne Tuesday, local media reported. Shannon Marchant, 21, who was on the wheel of the Holden ...

  • Search on for Indo-Canadian man missing in Australia

    A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario was last seen May 13 parking his rental vehicle at village Charlotte Pass and entering the Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to local media. A law student of Bond University in ...

  • CA considering social media policy after Warner Twitter rant

    Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland has said the governing body might need to consider implementing a social media policy after Australian Test batsman David Warner's recent Twitter controversy. He said there had been no discussions about developing a social media policy for players, but admitted it is something that CA is considering. Sutherland insisted he will continue to ...

  • Enhanced contract payments for Australian cricket eves

    Cricket Australia (CA) Tuesday announced a restructuring of the contracting system for women players which will result in the Australian female cricketers becoming some of the best paid female athletes in the country. CA approved a restructure of the contract system with a move from a three-tier payment system to a squad-ranking system. The top player retainer increases substantially from ...

  • Man dead after car crashes into house in Sydneys west

    Glenmore Park 2745 An 84-year-old man has died after his car crashed through the front of a house in Sydney's west.Emergency services authorities responded to reports the car had gone through the house on Marcus Clarke Crescent in Glenmore Park around 5:00pm. Paramedics treated the 84-year-old driver at the scene, but he died a short time later.An 80-year-old passenger in the car was ...


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I Am Sam

"I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is," declared the titular simpleton of Forrest Gump (1994), and director/cowriter Jessie Nelson seems to have taken that line and decided to make an entire movie about it in I Am Sam, which tells the story of a mentally handicapped man fighting for his right to be a parent. The state of California has declared that, because he has the ... ...

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  • Scientists warn against risking cerebral palsy stem cell treatment overseas

    Sydney 2000 An expert panel of scientists and clinicians is warning people against going overseas for costly and unproven stem cell treatment for cerebral palsy.A forum held in Sydney last night heard from leading researchers in the field and a parent who sought treatment in the United States for his young son.The Cerebral Palsy Alliance estimates as many as 500 Australians have sought stem ...

  • NSW asked to reconsider exploration licence granted to goldminer Newcrest near Orange

    Orange 2800 A decision of the Land and Environment Court has placed some of Newcrest's mining activities in the Cadia Valley near Orange in doubt.In 2009 Newcrest sought to renew an exploration licence for an area of 128 square kilometres near its existing Cadia goldmine. The application was granted two years later prompting a challenge by rival operator Gold and Copper Resources. In a ...

  • David Warner could still captain Australia despite Twitter rant says Michael Clarke

    Australia Australia captain Michael Clarke has thrown his support behind embattled opener David Warner, saying he could still lead the team despite facing a disciplinary hearing over a Twitter rant.Warner is due to appear at Cricket Australia later today (Wednesday) over an alleged code of conduct breach after a heated social media tirade at two of the country's top cricket writers.He ...

  • Joe Hockey lays into the ATO

    The Coalition has signalled it may break up the Australian Taxation Office if it wins government, to ensure a "more independent" resolution of tax disputes. In an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, shadow treasurer Joe Hockey said that the ATO had developed an "insular and inward-looking culture that has put it at odds with taxpayers". He also said the tax ...

  • Peek inside Former Mrs Packer Jodhi Meares to sell pad

    Jodhi Meares, well known as the former Mrs Packer, swimsuit model and founder of the Tigerlily beachwear label, is selling her Point Piper apartment for about $2 million. The apartment, in the converted Edwardian mansion Danmark, was purchased in 2004 for $1.23 million. It was part of the multimillion-dollar property package that formed part of Meares’ payout after the two-year marriage ...

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