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  • Warner reported for beaching Code of Behaviour

    Cricket Australia (CA) Sunday said David Warner has been reported for breaching their Code of Behaviour. Warner is alleged to have breached Rule 6 which is "Unbecoming behaviour, regarding comments posted on his twitter account". The rule states that "players and officials must not at any time engage in behaviour unbecoming to a representative player or official that could (a) bring them or ...

  • Winners of NSW Premiers Literary Awards revealed

    NSW Melbourne-based author Carrie Tiffany has won the prestigious New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Fiction for her novel, Mateship With Birds.Her success comes soon after taking out the inaugural Stella Prize for Australian women's writing.Tiffany's second novel was selected for the $40,000 Premier's Award over titles from some of Australia's most renowned ...

  • Footing the bill for sex frolic folly

    It is unedifying to see senior judges disadvantaged by the vigorous sexual activity of a young woman, but this is a self-inflicted wound a full bench of the Federal Court of Australia has brought on itself. The Commonwealth public servant, a woman to whom we shall give the nom de guerre Dolores Tremble, is going to cost you, me and the rest of the taxpayers more than $1 million before she is ...

  • Voters approve hip-pocket hits

    It's the poll result that will shock the political class more than any other. A government has defied all convention by taking money away from voters in an election year. And the voters notice. But they approve. Responsibility can be ...

  • Teachers wife suspected an affair

    The wife of high-profile dance teacher Grant Davies became suspicious when he placed a security lock on his phone and computer, court documents reveal. The usually outgoing Mr Davies, who was a co-director of RG Dance Studio in Sydney's inner west, had become ''secretive'' in the past few months, Lisa Ricketts told police. Mr Davies, 39, was arrested at a North ...

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In the Mood for Love (Hua yang nian hua) [DVD]

In the Mood for Love (Hua yang nian hua) [DVD]

Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love (Hua yang nian hua) is an elegant, poetic exploration of romantic yearning, repressed emotions, and the age-old conflict between tradition-bound behavior and emotional longings. ...

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  • Prime Minister shows gain from budget pain

    Julia Gillard has arrested a three-month decline in her standing with voters to be back level with Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister, although Labor would still be defeated if an election were held now. Both leaders are on 46 per cent as preferred prime minister - a relative 8 point improvement for Ms Gillard since last month - and just 4 points below her December high of 50 per cent when ...

  • Expel me see you in court

    A letter from Mr Obeid's solicitor, Tim Breene, to NSW Labor executive officer Elizabeth Scully was circulated at a meeting of the party's disputes committee on Sunday morning. The letter outlines Mr Obeid's view that party officials are acting prematurely in moving to expel him before the ICAC has delivered its findings and any possible court cases have run their course. It ...

  • Fears births will be brought forward

    His concern this time is that births will be brought forward. ''Frankly, I think this is worse,'' he said. ''The delay increased birth weights, and I recall one study that showed that could be beneficial. But in this case, we are likely to suffer from earlier births, meaning lower birth weights.'' Asked at the National Press Club on Wednesday whether he ...

  • Battle for borrowers heats up

    Source: RateCity.com.au, RBA Westpac has fired the latest salvo in the fixed-rate home loan wars as lenders battle for new borrowers following the Reserve Bank's cash rate cut. The bank dropped its one-year fixed-rate home loans to 4.79 per cent, while its Bank of Melbourne and St George divisions lowered their one to five-year fixed rates to below 5 per cent. Mortgage rates are at their ...

  • Magical finale to Eurovision 2013

    Sunday night's 2013 Eurovision grand final was a magical, musical and sometimes mysterious affair. Take the time to digest the Danish victory as it happened ...

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