Drug-running dad claim prompts call for inquiry
A BALI-BASED lawyer who worked on the Schapelle Corby case called last night for an investigation into fresh claims linking her late father Michael to the drug-running trade.
Nelson's son breaks ankle after night of alcohol
THE son of federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson broke his ankle during a night out drinking with his mates.
Stunning attack on Iemma's ministers
Exclusive: THE struggling State Government has hit a new
low, with one of its own declaring the Premier and his ministers
out of touch.
All-out bid to emancipate nation's sex slaves
Special Investigation: GOVERNMENT, police and welfare agencies are joining forces in an unprecedented bid to expose and eliminate Australia's sex slave trade.
Teachers fed up with instability
SIX hundred teachers will protest outside NSW Government headquarters on Tuesday to demand stability in the education ministry, which they say is rudderless and in limbo.
Expert warns older mums of cancer risk
Women will be urged to work out a reproductive life plan from the
age of 25 to prevent the agony of not being able to have children.
Whitlam discharged
FORMER Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam has been discharged after two weeks of treatment in a Sydney hospital.
We'll do our best: scouts ready to help
EACH year the teams of eager Sydney Scouts who volunteer to work at The Sun-Herald City2Surf become unofficial race guides.
Fishermen found clinging to an esky
THREE young fishing mates rescued off the central Queensland coast yesterday had spent a night clinging to an esky after their boat sank.
Locust threat
The drought is extending its grip across NSW and a locust plague is tipped to threaten crops in spring.
Rooftop escape as flatmate shot in arm
A MAN has told how he jumped from his apartment balcony to escape a gunman who shot his flatmate.
Catholic day a 'scandal'
A CATHOLIC priest has said the money being spent on World Youth Day is an embarrassment and a scandal.
Family nightmare recurs
ALLISON and Liam Holland were devastated when their 21-month-old son Elijah died suddenly five months ago.
5000 budget tickets axed as fuel soars
FIVE thousand Jetstar passengers are being told their budget-priced holidays to Malaysia are off.
Meet Penelope Ying-Yen Wong, the person responsible for our future
Profile: A couple of locomotives are hurtling towards one
another. One is called the Emissions Trading Express and it heralds
a new era of higher prices for just about everything that directly
and indirectly embodies carbon.
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Agency sacks Prassad
FOR more than a decade, Sam Prassad was entrusted with the welfare of a largely non-English speaking Indian workforce at Rorato Nominees' tomato farm in Jerilderie, in southern NSW.
Beechwood sale still up in the air
UP TO 1000 families and builders remain uncertain about the future of collapsed builder Beechwood Homes, despite the NSW Government raising hopes last month that a new owner would emerge.
A long journey for love
JOHN O'NEILL made headlines when he stepped down last month as
Tourism NSW chief amid criticism the state had not done enough to
halt a drop in domestic and international visitors.
Rodeo funding angers animal-rights groups
ANIMAL-RIGHTS groups are angry the Queensland Government is spending up to $50,000 to promote an event they say is "blatantly cruel".
The life and times of Mr and Ms Average
Men in their 20s are more likely than women to take home bigger wages and be better educated.
Housing crisis forcing people to sleep rough
SYDNEY's housing crisis is driving people onto the streets.
New ciggie tax ploy - cough up or give up
THE tax on cigarettes could soon go up as part of a Government campaign to force smokers to quit.
Scientists identify gender gene
AUSTRALIAN researchers have discovered how a change to one gene halts the process of an embryo becoming a boy.
High price for expert forger's handiwork
JOHN CHAPMAN is best known for unveiling forgeries, not selling the work of known forgers.
