Archive for May 16th, 2008

Guy discards halo for wild buck’s night

Friday, May 16th, 2008

ORIGINAL Australian Idol Guy Sebastian will marry his sweetheart Jules Egan in Sydney today, one week after a wild bucks show in his home town Adelaide.

Facebook generation hits out at alcopop tax

Friday, May 16th, 2008

AUSTRALIA’S savvy Facebook generation have vigorously revolted against the Rudd Government’s alcopops tax.

Women recruits deemed better bus drivers

Friday, May 16th, 2008

ONE of Sydney’s largest bus operators has been granted an exemption from anti-discrimination laws so it can exclusively recruit women as bus drivers.

Appeal approved after judge has a snooze

Friday, May 16th, 2008

TWO convicted drug traffickers have won a High Court reprieve because a judge fell asleep for long periods of their trial.

Claims seat-sniffer grabbed MP’s testicles

Friday, May 16th, 2008

WEST Australian Opposition Leader Troy Buswell, who sniffed a female colleague’s chair, is now accused of squeezing an MP’s testicles.

Landlord crams 48 students into one house

Friday, May 16th, 2008

A RICH landlord has been stacking up to 48 students into one house and dozens into other rundown properties, say investigators.

‘Cotton wool kids’ losing skills

Friday, May 16th, 2008

PANICKY parents are breeding a generation of “cotton wool kids” too afraid to climb trees or ride bikes - and that’s a worry, a expert warns.

Blade runner beats ban

Friday, May 16th, 2008

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Surgery, then rescue, 100 hours after quake

Friday, May 16th, 2008

A MAN remained awake as doctors amputated his arm and leg, then pulled him from rubble exactly 100 hours after China’s earthquake.

Bin Laden vows to fight Israel, allies

Friday, May 16th, 2008

AL-QAEDA to continue war against Israel until Palestine free, Osama bin Laden says in tape to mark Jewish state’s 60th anniversary.