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Top planner accused of toxic hazard cover-up
BEFORE he became NSW Planning Department boss Sam Haddad was involved in ''deliberate concealment'' by the State Government of risks posed by toxic hazards, three companies have alleged in the Supreme Court.
08-11-2009 - 00:07
Haunted by the mystery of Lee Ellen's last hours
Twelve years ago Lee Ellen Stace's remains were found in a bush grave. Her parents hope that a coronial inquiry into the schoolgirl's unsolved murder will help to lessen their agony. Eamonn Duff reports.
08-11-2009 - 00:07
Spray-can vandals face prison under crackdown
CHILDREN carrying spray-paint cans without a legitimate reason could face six months in jail under a revolutionary graffiti crackdown by the State Government.
08-11-2009 - 00:07
Row over sex education
A FURORE has erupted over the content of a new national sex education package to be developed for Australian primary and high schools.
08-11-2009 - 00:07
Unholy row at Abbey as hammer falls for $4.86m
THE Abbey, one of Sydney's landmark Gothic buildings, sold for a record $4.86million at auction yesterday.
08-11-2009 - 00:07
Alarm at toxic mine deal
AN AUSTRALIAN mining company caught up in war crimes allegations in Africa is about to sign off on a deal that will tie it to a British firm responsible for dumping toxic chemical waste that has killed or affected thousands of people.
08-11-2009 - 00:06
Gunman kills one, wounds six
A sacked worker shouted "they left me to rot" on Friday after he attacked his former office in a shooting spree in Orlando, Florida that left one person dead and five wounded.
07-11-2009 - 11:32
Climate war gets personal for Rudd
KEVIN RUDD has launched a blistering attack on climate change sceptics and deniers in Australia and abroad, accusing them of a systematic campaign to sabotage global talks in Copenhagen and of being contemptuous towards the interests of the world's chi...
07-11-2009 - 00:51
Hitler video linked to battle for control of Liberal right
STAFFERS for Malcolm Turnbull and the NSW upper house Liberal MP David Clarke have denied disseminating a scathing YouTube attack on the federal Liberal backbencher Alex Hawke, despite an email chain that appears to link them to the clip.
07-11-2009 - 00:09
Western Sydney faces water crisis, scientists warn
THE State Government must consider curbing population growth in western Sydney because there will not be enough water to sustain agriculture, recreation and environmental flows in the region, scientists say.
07-11-2009 - 00:09
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