The trawler that went aground off Cronulla on Tuesday was successfully freed by salvage crews at high tide early this morning. Salvagers had to pump 10 tonnes of water from a fish storage tank before the Challenge was light enough to dislodge without damage. A modest swell early this morning Thursday helped remove the vessel about…
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Shane Shackleton, former Roosters, Eels and Panthers first-grader, weighs the dubious benefits of drug use at the top level.
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Police appealing for information about the assault of a skateboard rider in Sydney late last year have released a still image from CCTV of their suspect. The CCTV images of Oxford Street near Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, show the suspect started a conversation with the 21-year-old victim early on Friday, December 7, before grabbing the victim’s skateboard and hitting him…
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Foals (from left) – Edwin Congreave, Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Walter Gerver. After teasing Aussie fans with sneak peeks of new material while aboard the Big Day Out bandwagon, UK band Foals have released their third studio album Holy Fire. Foals were born from the embers of other Oxford-based bands such as The Edmund Fitzgerald and…
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Lawyers for bladerunner Oscar Pistorius challenged the prosecution case against him overnight, pointing out multiple flaws in police work. The defence increased the athlete’s chances of being released on bail by forcing lead police investigator Hilton Botha to admit multiple police errors, weakening earlier claims that witnesses heard arguing, screaming and gunfire at Pistorius’s Pretoria…
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