December 30, 2008  | Conservatives MPs, led by Fred Nile, want topless, nude bathing banned on NSW beaches TOPLESS bathing would be banned on mainstream beaches in NSW under a conservative push to reclaim the sand. With women increasingly going au natural, conservative powerbrokers from all sides of State Parliament yesterday supported a ban on topless bathing. Local councils currently don't fine or prohibit topless bathers as they do not regard bare breasts as nudity. www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2125650-topless-and-nude-bathing-banned-on-nsw-beaches |
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Topless and nude bathing banned on NSW beaches
Paris Hilton Spends $10,000 On Shopping
December 30, 2008  | While the rest of the people in the much poorer parts of the world struggle for two meals a day, hotel heiress Pairs Hilton has set a record spending 140 dollars a minute in Melbourne's Chapel Street shops. The party princess and her sister Nickey arrived early to Sydney for their appearance at the Bongo Virus New Year's Eve party in Sydney on December 31. Paris Hilton reportedly bought over 20 dresses for a discount of 5000 dollars, after spending 40 minutes trying different outfits and clearing out the racks. living.oneindia.in/insync/2008/paris-hilton-shopping-301208.html |
Monday, December 29, 2008
Sydney's New Year's eve fireworks to cost $5m
December 29, 2008  | SYDNEY will usher in 2009 with a $5 million pyrotechnics display using almost twice as much fireworks as last year. More than five tonnes of fireworks will explode over Sydney Harbour, in what event organisers have dubbed the Midnight Creation Storm. The fireworks display will feature "stunning new effects like lightning, thunder and rain," Sydney New Year's Eve Creative Director Rhoda Roberts said. www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24852101-2702,00.html |
Police hail men after bank robbery foiled
December 29, 2008  | POLICE have praised the actions of a group of men who chased and caught a bank robber in Sydney's west yesterday. The 20-year-old walked into the Commonwealth Bank at Plumpton, claiming to have a weapon and demanding cash. He allegedly took hold of a woman from the bank, who was forced to hand over a bag of money. www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/29/2456193.htm |
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Israel Vows to Expand Gaza Airstrikes as Death Toll Passes 200
December 28, 2008  | GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli warplanes sent more than 100 tons of bombs crashing down on key security installations in Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday and early Sunday, killing more than 200 Palestinians at the launch of an open-ended campaign meant to stop rocket and mortar attacks that have traumatized southern Israel. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473145,00.html |
Monday, December 22, 2008
Stolen Generation: The brutal history of Australia's Aborigine People
December 22, 2008  | DESPITE the presence of native inhabitants, Australia in 1788 was declared void by the British First Fleet of any pre-existing civilisation under the doctrine of terra nullius - essentially, a land without people. Without recognisable systems of ruler and ruled, of religious ceremony or worship, of permanent settlement, ownership and organised trade, the land was deemed to be empty. www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/pacific/australia/ history_of_aborigines.php |
Monday, December 15, 2008
Tug crew tells: how we rescued kayaker
December 15, 2008  | THIS is the moment Italian adventurer Alexandro Bellini knew he would hold his wife again. It was when the New Zealand tugboat Katea threw the exhausted rower, who had spent 296 days at sea, a line before towing him into Newcastle. www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/tug-crew-tells-how-we-rescued-kayaker/1385982.aspx |
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
A time for giving at Macquarie College
December 10, 2008  | CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and that is what students from Macquarie College have done. Students arranged cans of food they collected into a giant Christmas tree in their school playground. They were then donated to two local charities for their Give a Can Campaign on Monday, December 1. newcastle.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/a-time-for-giving-at-macquarie-college/1381693.aspx |
Friday, December 5, 2008
The Commodore that runs on lawn clippings
December 5, 2008  | HOLDEN has announced it will sell a Commodore that runs mainly on ethanol by 2010 and it is also looking at developing an alternative fuel from lawn clippings. Australia's favourite car could be fuelled by a combination of grass clippings and household waste in the future under an ambitious plan by Holden to reduce its reliance on foreign oil. news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/the-commodore-that-runs-on-lawn-clippings-20081205-14640.html |
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