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  • 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 ...

  • Warner expected to plead guilty for Twitter rant during CA hearing

    Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists. Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference. According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's ...

  • Brazil is Australias perfect match ANU

    Australia should boost its ties with Brazil as the South American nations continues its transformation into a global power, an ANU expert ...

  • Manly coach slams NRL rule changes

    Angry Manly coach Geoff Toovey savaged the NRL over "ridiculous, knee-jerk" decision-making on Wednesday, following mid-season rule changes intended to speed up games.The NRL's Competition Committee announced on Tuesday that from round 15 this season they were introducing a 30-second time limit for scrums to be packed, while also reducing the time limit for line drop-outs from 40 ...

  • Sydney dance school teacher facing more sex charges

    Chiswick 2046 A Sydney dance teacher accused of grooming teenage girls and possessing child abuse material is facing new charges of sexual and indecent assault.Grant Davies is a founder and former co-director of the RG Dance Studio at Chiswick in Sydney's inner-west. The 39-year-old was arrested last Friday night, accused of sending indecent material to two girls aged 13 and 14. Police ...


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Howling III: The Marsupials [DVD]

Howling III: The Marsupials [DVD]

Philippe Mora's Howling III: The Marsupials is a silly, semi-spoof of werewolf movies that has nothing to do with the first two entries in The Howling series aside from the title (not that The Howling and Howling II had much to do with each other, either). Set in Australia, it imagines a clan of marsupial werewolves living isolated and in relative peace in the far reac ... ...

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  • Renewed hope in search for missing Canadian bushwalker

    Charlottes Pass 2624 Yelling has reportedly been heard from a hut in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains where rescuers are searching for a Canadian bushwalker. Prabhdeep Srawn began walking from Charlotte Pass Village to Mount Kosciusko more than a week ago and has not been seen since.An air search for the 25-year-old is now focussed on a specific location within the Kosciuszko National Park ...

  • Sydneys train station escalators a hazard for guide dogs

    Sydney 2000 Vision Australia has backed calls for Railcorp to upgrade its escalators in New South Wales train stations so they can be safely used by guide dogs.Liberal MP Bart Bassett has urged Railcorp to spend $12 million to upgrade its escalators after learning a guide dog caught its paw in one at Sydney's Town Hall station.Simone Cottom's seeing eye dog Gidgit got her paw trapped ...

  • Bernard Tomic will play at the French Open according to Tennis Australias Todd Woodbridge

    France Australian Tennis officials have been told Bernard Tomic will play in the French Open despite a ban imposed on his father and coach John.John Tomic is excluded from all men's tour events while he fights an assault charge after he headbutted his son's training partner in Spain.Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge says his relationship with Bernard Tomic is still strong and ...

  • Court quashes Newcrest licence

    In a stunning decision this morning, a NSW court has quashed an exploration licence held by Australia's largest goldminer Newcrest. The licence application in question was made during the stewardship of disgraced mining minister Ian Macdonald in 2008 and renewal was granted in 2011. Amid the staggering revelations of mates-deals by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, this ...

  • Carlton offensive and hurtful

    ABC betrayed its audience: Carlton Fairfax columnist Mike Carlton says the ABC's Australian Story program 'sugar-coated' their segment about Ray Hadley and left out criticisms about the radio ...

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