$10 billion to fix our roads
The Coalition will today launch an all-out assault on the crucial
"battler belt" of Sydney with the unveiling of a massive $3 billion road and rail
spending splurge.
Charmaine's suicide shocks newsroom
COLLEAGUES of Network Ten newsreader Charmaine Dragun have spoken
of their guilt at not seeing her distress in the lead-up to her
suicide, saying no one saw it coming.
A new hope
KERRY LUCAS felt like a ghost in her own life after her beloved baby son drowned when his pram rolled into a river.
How a minister signed his own death warrant
GRAHAM WEST is the only minister certain to get the chop when
Premier Morris Iemma reshuffles his cabinet next year.
Cost of nuclear plant closure put at $10m
AUSTRALIA's new $400-million nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights will remain shut down until the beginning of next year, possibly costing millions of dollars and tarnishing our nuclear research reputation.
Tributes flow for true independent
PARLIAMENTARIANS from across the political spectrum paid tribute to
long-serving federal independent MP Peter Andren, who died
yesterday morning aged 61. He was diagnosed with inoperable
pancreatic cancer this year.
Camping fees take a hike
ENVIRONMENT Minister Phil Koperberg has defended the doubling of some national park camping fees.
The picture that scared off a 1000 tourists ... and it was a fake
WHAT started as a little fun between surfing mates has grown into a shark tale of mythological proportions.
Marie's terrible choice
MARIE Ferguson gazes at the wound where her left breast was cut
off, a sacrifice made two weeks ago because no alternative
treatment was readily available.
Welcome to a Sydney you probably can't afford
FROM $50 cups of coffee to $190 steaks, Sydneysiders are eating and spending like there's no tomorrow, despite the run of interest rate rises.
Knowing true identity completes puzzle
DONOR dad Peter Brown met his 25-year-old daughter by chance when
they attended a meeting about sperm donation issues at a Sydney
hospital.
- Exclusive: Compulsory register of donor dads welcomed
Supporters firm behind cup day rise
THE Reserve Bank of Australia is odds on to create history by lifting interest rates when the board meets on Melbourne Cup day.
Ghost tours breathing life into death
THE afterlife is booming. Ghost-themed tours are thriving in Sydney
and it's people in their 20s looking for a brush with the
supernatural who are driving the trend, organisers say.
Rogue brothel has water and power cut off
ILLEGAL brothels are being ordered to close and are having their power and water cut if they don't comply.
Parents of murdered man sceptical
RELATIVES of crime victims have cautiously welcomed the changes to
sentencing laws, but not all are confident the initiative will
work.
'Cannabis grower' shot dead
A MAN charged with the shooting murder of his boss allegedly told police he was being made to grow and sell illicit drugs against his will, a Sydney court heard yesterday.
At unis three into two will go
UNIVERSITY students and academic staff are angry with pressure to accelerate degrees and cutbacks to teaching times.
For today's Fido, bones mean physio
PET owners are spending hundreds of dollars on physiotherapy for
their dogs, which includes acupuncture and hydrotherapy sessions.
Transsexual fights for her lesbian rights
A TRANSGENDER psychotherapist has taken a gay association to an equal opportunities tribunal, alleging she was discriminated against by being refused entry to a lesbian event.
Crystal meth is worse than heroin
TWO ice users cause more damage to the community through violence,
crime and demand on the health system than 50 heroin users, a
survey of drug users has found.
