Nemo is to make another big splash after Pixar announced a sequel to its blockbuster Finding Nemo. No sooner had Pixar officially announced the new movie, to be named Finding Dory, than Ellen DeGeneres announced on her TV show that she will return as the voice of Dory, the helpful but absent-minded blue tang who now takes centre…
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The biggest cyber attack in history slowed internet links around the world this morning. Five national police cyber units are investigating a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack against the anti-spam consultancy Spamhaus, which is in conflict with a Dutch web-hosting company, Cyberbunker. Popular websites such as Netflix were affected and experts were concerned the attack…
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Police say two tourists charged with selling drugs in the Sydney CBD yesterday had overstayed their visas. A 25-year-old British man was allegedly carrying 91 grams of cannabis and a small amount of ecstasy when arrested at Haymarket. Police then searched accommodation at a backpacker hostel on George Street and found further amounts of cannabis and…
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NSW Labor has threatened to withdraw its support for Sydney’s second casino. James Packer announced last year that he would build a $1 billion six-star hotel and casino complex at Sydney’s premier harbourside redevelopment site, Barangaroo. The project won in-principle support from Labor’s shadow cabinet but Opposition planning spokesman Luke Foley now says support for…
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Police have appealed for information about a carjacking incident in Sydney’s south-west. A woman reported that while she was stopped at a set of traffic lights on the corner of Macquarie and Pirie streets, Liverpool, at 1.30pm yesterday a man threatened her with a knife and demanded her car. When the woman, aged 45, refused,…
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Two caravan parks have been ravaged by a tornado that ripped through Victoria’s northeast overnight leaving 20 people injured. The ferocious 254km/h winds hit several Murray River towns including Yarrawonga, Mulwala, Bundalong, Rutherglen and Euroa about 8pm last night (AEST). The severe weather demolished a forest in the area around Mulwala and Yarrawonga. Moira Shire…
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Ellen Degeneres, with her wife Portia de Rossi and mother Betty, arrived in Sydney this morning to a media frenzy and hundreds of screaming fans. They were greeted by the Qantas choir singing the Men at Work classic Down Under. Ellen broke out into an impromptu dance routine for her fans. Ellen tweeted from the plane, “I made…
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