• Driver killed tanker crashes into cafe

  Traffic chaos: as it happened A truck driver is dead after his tanker crashed into the front of a cafe and burst into flames in Sydney's inner west, forcing the closure of Parramatta Road for more than seven hours. A witness claimed the driver may have braked to avoid hitting a car ahead on the wet road when the tanker veered across the median strip, onto the wrong side of Parramatta Road ...

• Ford Australia announces shut down of car production

  Ford Motor Company's Australian subsidiary announced yesterday it is shutting down all manufacturing operations by 2016. The closures will mean sacking about 1,200 workers at Ford's two plants at Broadmeadows and Geelong in Victoria. These two working-class areas, already afflicted by widespread unemployment, will be devastated.Thousands more jobs will be destroyed in the auto ...

• AIME visit helps to build Australias future leaders

  Former NSW Young Australian of the Year, Jack Manning Bancroft, visited the University of Sydney on Wednesday to kick off the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME), a program which has proven to dramatically improve the chances of Indigenous children finishing ...

• Adult obesity rates on the rise in Australia

  Governments are being urged to tackle the growing problem of obesity, as a new report finds increased number of Australian adults suffering from the condition. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council will on Friday release its fourth report on the National Healthcare Agreement, showing an improvement in some areas such as smoking rates, but other areas deteriorating. Adult ...

• Holden and Toyota dismiss speculation that they will exit Australia

  Holden and Toyota have recommitted to manufacturing cars in Australia, with Holden suggesting that more government support could be necessary. Holden ...

• Search for missing Canadian bushwalker halted

  Charlottes Pass 2624 Rescue teams have found no trace of a missing Canadian bushwalker after searching the Mount Kosciusko and Charlotte Pass area in New South Wales.Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, set out on a mountain walk on Monday last week but has not been seen since.A rescue helicopter took off just before 7am and used a thermal camera to search areas around Perisher and Kosciuszko.The search has ...

• Australias politicians look to master social media strategies in time for federal election

  Australia As the federal election sweeps closer, the pressure to sell the politicians and their parties is intensifying - and the strategists are turning to digital technologies like never before to give candidates an edge.The huge growth in social media and data analytics over the past three years means this election campaign will be like no other in Australian history. But Australian ...

• 101 ways to make sure the beat goes on

  The City of Sydney is making it easier to stage live music in the city with a how-to seminar for small bar operators, restaurant owners and anyone else interested in putting on a show. The free Live Music 101 will give prospective venue operators practical information on how to organise and promote live performances, as well as which approvals are needed and how to avoid noise complaints. Hear ...

• Greiner resignation signals no-confidence in OFarrell

  Sydney 2000 NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is facing accusations that departures at the top of Infrastructure New South Wales amount to a vote of no-confidence in him.In State Parliament yesterday, Mr O'Farrell announced the resignations of the advisory body's inaugural chairman Nick Greiner and chief executive Paul Broad after just two years.Mr O'Farrell says it is the right ...

• Commuter anger at ferry price hike

  Sydney ferry commuters and transport advocates have reacted with anger to the state government’s decision to increase the cost of weekly ferry tickets, saying it will reduce the number of people commuting by boat. About a quarter of all Sydney’s ferry passengers will have to pay more after the O’Farrell government on Friday announced it would drop the use of a popular travel ...

• Children damaged by diet

  Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and are viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography", a major British study has found. For the first time, the Children's Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in "risky behaviours". It emerged that children who regularly ...

• At home with the worlds fifth-richest man

  When you're invited to the home of Larry Ellison, whose $US43 billion ($A44 billion) worth makes him the fifth-richest man in the world, it's not so much what to wear that matters but what you have to sign to get past the guards at his front gate. Do you bring a gift for the man who, as co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, has pretty much everything including military ...

• Big wet to take a short break

  Bureau of Meteorology spokesman David Barlow said the sunshine would be short lived, however, with rain set to return by Monday evening.``Monday will be mostly sunny with some showers in the evening, while for Tuesday showers will remain along the coast,’’ he said.Mr Barlow added that heavy rain and wind warnings are in place tonight for the NSW mid-north coast.``The area we're ...

• Scouts Australia open to gay members

  OPENLY gay youths have always been welcome to join Scouts Australia, the organisation says, after its American counterpart overturned a decades-old ban. At its annual meeting in Texas on Thursday, the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America voted to end a ban barring openly homosexual members, but maintained a prohibition on gay adult leaders. Scouts Australia says its door has always been open to ...

• Man jailed for four years for strangling mother

  Goulburn 2580 A man who strangled his elderly mother during an argument at their home in the New South Wales southern highlands will spend at least four years behind bars.Terrence Kain phoned his sister one night in February 2011 and simply said: "Mum's dead. I strangled her, she's dead."When police arrived at the Goulburn home Kain, who has alcohol-induced dementia, told ...

• Murder just before a wedding

  A US woman who stabbed her fiance to death with a large kitchen knife hours before their wedding last year folded her hands and rocked side to side as a Pennsylvania jury announced it had found her guilty of first-degree murder. The jury of five woman and seven men deliberated for just under three hours before reaching its decision during the third day of Na Cola Darcel Franklin's trial. ...

• Police turn up heat on Hells Angels

  Just after 8pm last night police from searched a property at Granville used as headquarters by the Hells Angels Parramatta Chapter.During a search of the property, officers identified a number of items and structures which were in breach of the property’s development application regulations. Officers also seized Hells Angels paraphernalia, as well as evidence the illegal sale of alcohol ...

• Ferry passengers told to pay up

  FERRY passengers will be hit with a fare hike of up to $17 a week in a bid to encourage greater uptake of the new electronic ticket ...

• Australia economy strong despite end to Ford production PM

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved to allay fears about the economy on Friday saying it had strong fundamentals, after US carmaker Ford announced an end to production in the country.Ford said Thursday it will stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016, prompting concern for the manufacturing industry which is struggling due to the high Australian ...

• Fares to rise for some ferry passengers

  New ticketing rules will significantly increase fares for Sydney ferry passengers who use multi-trip tickets for their daily commute. Until now ferry users could purchase the cheapest tickets, MyMulti 1, but they will soon be forced to buy the more expensive MyMulti 2 or 3 tickets. New South Wales Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian says the move will correct an anomaly that gave regular ...

• Bag limits introduced due to dwindling crab stocks in South Australias Gulf St Vincent

  COMMERCIAL and recreational crab fishers will face tougher bag limits because of declining stocks in the Gult St Vincent. The State Government has announced commercial boaties will have their quota cut to 196 tonnes - a 20 per cent drop - from July next year. Recreational limits will be halved. The daily individual bag limit will drop from 40 to 20 and a daily boat limit will fall from 120 to ...

• Packers Crown sells out of Echo

  Sydney 2000 James Packer's casino company Crown Limited has announced it has sold all its shares in the parent company of The Star casino, Echo Entertainment.Crown sold its 82.6 million shares for $264 million, or $3.20 each.News of the sale pushed Echo's share price down more than 10 per cent to $3.08 by 11:10am (AEST).In a statement to the stock exchange, Crown says it wants to ...

• Children damaged by porn diet

  Children are developing permissive attitudes to sex and are viewing women as objects after being raised on a "diet of pornography", a major British study has found. For the first time, the Children's Commissioner for England has found a clear link between exposure to extreme images at a young age and a rise in "risky behaviours". It emerged that children who regularly ...

• Sydney MMA star conquers his demons

  If ever an opponent was going to give you mental demons, Teixeira would be the man. In many ways, however, Te Huna's come-from-behind February victory over Canadian Ryan Jimmo in London could be the defining moment of his career. For Te Huna, the biggest battle was not surviving a brutal Jimmo head-kick — nor the battle to regain his senses and win the fight. The biggest battle was ...

• Bridge collapse cars fall in river

  A highway bridge has collapsed in the US state of Washington, sending at least two cars with people inside into the water. The Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge, about 100 kilometres north of Seattle, collapsed just after 7pm on Thursday, KIRO-TV reported. Rescue teams are currently searching the river for survivors, with three people reportedly pulled from the river and taken away in ...

• Sydney ferry users to pay more

  About a quarter of all Sydney's ferry passengers will have to pay significantly more after the O'Farrell government dropped the use of a popular travel card on ferry journeys. From September ferry passengers will no longer be able to use MyMulti1 tickets on trips through Sydney, saving the government and costing commuters about $5.5 million a year. Ferry passengers will instead have ...

• Australia economy strong Julia Gillard

  Ford announced an end to production in the country. Ford said Thursday it will stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016, prompting concern for the manufacturing industry which is struggling due to the high Australian dollar. Gillard admitted the Ford decision to halt production and cut 1,200 jobs had made people anxious. But she said: "Even with Ford's ...

• Cars plunge into river as bridge collapses

  A highway bridge has collapsed in the US state of Washington, sending at least two cars with people inside into the water. The Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge, about 100 kilometres north of Seattle, collapsed just after 7pm on Thursday, KIRO-TV reported. Rescue teams are currently searching the river for survivors, with three people reportedly pulled from the river and taken away in ...

• $28 billion plunge sharemarket dives

  After reading the comments on here, I might have to see what's going on outside. Seems like the world is about to end.What's the problem? China is slowing down? I could've told you that before their manufacturing figures came out. Manufacturing in Australia is dying? I could've told you that 20 years go. The AUD is getting smashed? I thought that was good for most of our ...

• Man jailed for drug trafficking in Latrobe Valley

  Sale 3850 A man who trafficked drugs in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, has been sentenced to more than nine years in jail. Glen Andrew McKinnell, 34, and five other men were arrested in Melbourne in May last year and charged with trafficking the drug methylamphetamine, which also known as ice. The men were charged after a lengthy police investigation involving telephone intercepts.They had ...

• Man arrested after police raid illegal bikie bar

  Granville 2142 Police have raided a bar they say was being run illegally from a Hells Angels clubhouse in Sydney's west.Specialist detectives from Strike Force Raptor raided a Hells Angels clubhouse at Granville they say was being used as an illegal bar.Police seized a number of items and structures that were in breach of the clubhouse's development application regulations.They also ...

• I lost it jailed for killing mother

  A Goulburn fruit picker who strangled his elderly mother to death in a fit of rage will spend just four years in jail for the crime, after a judge found the man was so affected by alcohol-induced dementia he was not aware he was killing the woman and had no memory of doing so afterwards. On the night of February 27, 2011 Terrence David Kain rang his sister and said, simply: "mum's ...

• Refugees novel story of survival

  ``Then he grabbed an AK-47 from one of his guards and shoved it into my hands, but it was much heavier than I expected and I actually fell over.''``He looked at me and said, `You're not even as tall as this AK-47, go back to your village, eat a lot of food and when I come back next year I will take you.''The family managed to flee a month later, marking the start of ...

• UPDATE 1-Australias Crown sells Echo stake focus on Sydney casino plan

  Thu May 23, 2013 11:20pm EDT * Crown sells Echo stake for $255 mln * Crown, Echo in fight to capture Asian gamblers in Sydney * Crown planning VIP casino; Echo seeking exclusive licence (Recasts; adds company, analyst quotes) By Jane Wardell and Maggie Lu Yueyang SYDNEY, May 24 (Reuters) - Australian casino company Crown Ltd sold its 10 percent stake in rival Echo Entertainment Group, ...

• New South Wales name new CEO

  Andrew Jones, the former Cricket Australia head of strategy, has been named as the new chief executive of Cricket New South Wales. Jones will take up the role vacated by David Gilbert, who spent 11 years in the position ...

• NSW Police terrified 3D plastic guns will be used in Australia

  POLICE are terrified a frightening new weapon, a plastic gun made from downloading a file off a 3D home computer, will eventually be used in Australia. Known as “The Liberator” more than 100,000 people worldwide including Australia have downloaded the instructions on how to make the gun. The 3D guns are made of thermo-plastic or synthetic material which makes them undetectable in ...

• Down to the dollar stocks dive

  , Mark Bryan, an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch wrote in a note yesterday. Berry says: "Crown's decision to exit its stake in Echo likely reflects an increased degree of confidence in its ability to secure Barangaroo." Sydney's Barangaroo is where Packer would like to build his casino. Echo shares have slumped 10.5 per cent, Crown shares are down 1.2 per ...

• Jail for killing he cant remember

  A Goulburn fruit picker who strangled his elderly mother to death in a fit of rage will spend just four years in jail for the crime, after a judge found the man was so affected by alcohol-induced dementia he was not aware he was killing the woman and had no memory of doing so afterwards. On the night of February 27, 2011 Terrence David Kain rang his sister and said, simply: "mum's ...

• Hawke pays tribute to former wife Hazel

  An inspiration to the end Former prime minister Bob Hawke has paid tribute to his late former wife Hazel for being a ''constant support'' through difficult times. Mr Hawke said he remembered Hazel ''with deep affection and ...

• Are you crazy mum

  Ten minutes passed. A crowd had gathered around the dead soldier, but still nobody else approached the suspects. "There were 50 to 60 people," says Mrs Loyau-Kennett. "They were watching; filming on their phones. I pushed one back because he was too close. I told them if they want to do something, come and help. It made me sad. They were thinking of themselves, not about this poor ...

• Why was London attacker free to kill

  Adebolajo, 28, is the son of devout Christian Nigerian immigrants, Anthony and Ibitoye Adebolajo, who settled in Romford, east London, where Michael and his three siblings were born. Adebolajo went to the local Marshalls Park School and Havering Sixth Form College, where he first became interested in Islam at the age of 16 or 17. One school friend said: "His parents were extremely strict. ...

• The toughest holiday Australias first Biggest Loser Retreat

  Golden Door Health Retreat’s parent company, Cypress Lakes Group has teamed up with the producers of the Biggest Loser to launch Australia’s first-ever dedicated weight-loss retreat. Following in the footsteps of The Biggest Loser Resorts in the US, the Gold Coast’s Golden Door Health Retreat will be rebranded from July this year to The Biggest Loser Retreat. Much like ...

• Manly desperate to end home losing streak

  It's been nearly a decade since Manly last lost three consecutive matches at Brookvale Oval, and that record has the Sea Eagles ready to fight for their turf this Saturday. Back-to-back losses to South Sydney and Sydney Roosters in the past month have Manly on the verge of losing three on the trot at Brookvale for the first time since July 2005 when the Sea Eagles went down 26-24 in the ...

• French nickers causing a stink

  Quelle horreur: the French consulate in Sydney has pleaded for better behaviour from French backpackers. Badly behaved French backpackers in Australia, who have been accused of shoplifting, getting drunk and showing disrespect for authority, have French officials worried about their country’s reputation. The consul-general of France in Sydney, Eric Berti, has written an open letter to ...

• Travel card anomaly dumped

  About a quarter of all Sydney's ferry passengers will have to pay significantly more after the O'Farrell government dropped the use of a popular travel card on ferry journeys. From September ferry passengers will no longer be able to use MyMulti1 tickets on trips through Sydney, saving the government and costing commuters about $5.5 million a year. Ferry passengers will instead have ...

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