Sydney FC’s Alessandro Del Piero’s first home game. Sydney FC have held onto international superstar Alessandro Del Piero for another season, after both parties agreed to activate the second year of his original contract. The former Italian centre-forward’s position at Sydney FC was under threat as it was widely rumoured that he could be on…
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The cosmopolitan flavour of Double Bay’s Knox Street is captured perfectly by the charming Dee Bees café. A red Mustang is parked out the front and plumes of cigarette smoke emanate from a figure dressed in all black. Les Murray is perusing the daily papers, accompanied by more than the odd cigarette and a few…
DetailsAustralian magnate Clive Palmer has unveiled details of his modern-day replica of the Titanic. He told a New York media conference that construction of the 835-cabin ship will begin in China later this year and the cruise liner’s maiden voyage will be in 2016. Forty thousand people have registered for tickets on Titanic 2’s maiden voyage,…
DetailsThe English artist Francis Bacon created outrageous, violent, chaotic works designed to trigger audience emotions and appeal to those little quirks we often suppress. The Newsroom was fortunate to enjoy a guided tour of this acclaimed major exhibition covering five decades of Bacon’s work, from the first works that shocked public perceptions to the huge…
DetailsThe Oscar Pistorius saga that has saturated our media shows what I believe is an incredible flaw in media practices. Trial by media. While I, as a journalist, would prefer that the media always be fair and balanced, in this instance the Fourth Estate has left a lot to be desired. One report said that South…
DetailsLet joy be unconfined! Working students now qualify for travel concessions. Photo by Kristy Coulcher. There was good news this week for tertiary students struggling to make ends meet. Many domestic students previously denied travel subsidies because they were doing paid work now qualify for concessions. Postgraduate students who were denied concessions because they did…
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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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