Daily Wrap 5 April 2013
– Presented by Kristy Coulcher
Royal Easter Show still family favourite
At 190 years old the Royal Easter Show remains Sydney’s favourite family event. This year, 860,000 people made their way through the gates at Sydney Olympic Park, an increase of 20,000 over 2012. The number of international visitors also increased; 29,000 tickets were sold through travel agencies. This year’s show focused on interactive school programs, more…
DetailsDance away at National Youth Week 2013
NSW Police are staging drug- and alcohol-free events to mark National Youth Week. The Police Youth Command will run Operation SHOUT in partnership with Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW and NSW Blue Light from April 5 to 12. Superintendent Colin Moore, acting commander of the Youth Command said “Blue Light Goes West provides a number of…
DetailsPhoto reveals cracks in death wall
Photographs released today show cracks in the Melbourne wall that last week killed three people. The wall collapsed onto a footpath, taking the lives of three pedestrians, Dr Marie-Faith Fiawoo and siblings Alexander and Bridget Jones. The photographs, taken four months ago by an “urban explorer” recording graffiti showed significant cracking in several parts of…
DetailsDaily Wrap 4 April 2013
– Presented by Kristy Coulcher
North Korea approves nuclear attack
North Korea says it has approved a nuclear strike on the United States. “The moment of explosion is approaching fast. No one can say a war will break out in Korea or not and whether it will break out today or tomorrow,” North Korea’s state news agency KCNA declared in a statement. The announcement came…
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Flash floods bring Sydney to a grinding halt
Heavy rain and flash floods across Sydney this morning made the journey to work a nightmare.
The Newsroom toured the CBD to see how the downpour affected Sydneysiders.
– Reported by Jordan Cox
– Produced by Blake Moretti
End of the Rainbow is no treasure
More than 15,000 people have signed a petition to keep Taylor Square’s rainbow crossing. The Darlinghurst pedestrian crossing was changed from regulation zebra colours to a rainbow for a month-long trial period over Mardi Gras. The crossing is scheduled to be painted over early next week. The NSW Roads Minister, Duncan Gay, dismissed calls to retain…
DetailsSydney madam found guilty of sex slavery
A Sydney madam has been found guilty of keeping Malaysian students in sexual servitude in a North Shore brothel. Chee Mei Wong, 39, ordered six young women to perform unusual sex acts against their will to pay off what she claimed were their debts to her. They were forced to work up to 20 hours a…
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Students protest in National Day of Action
Students from Universities all over the state have come together to make their voices heard by the government in retaliation to the recent changes made to the tertiary education system.
– Patrick Mendoza and Jordan Cox
