Port Augusta residents worried about the impacts of an ash cloud blowing over the regional city will have their health checks paid for by the South Australian Government. A thick haze of ash from the former coal-fired station has been affecting residents for about a week, after storms broke the crust of the existing dust suppressant .
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Uber gives cities free travel-time data
Uber gives cities free travel-time data The ride-hailing company plans to make traffic data available to cities and the public . Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jijsGr A map of Washington D.C. the week of March 16, 2016 showing average travel times.
Two men named Sam Mitchell meet up in Tasmania on New Year’s Eve
A tale of two Sam Mitchells: Men with the same name meet up in Tasmania for New Year’s Eve after finding each other on Facebook A Facebook search for ‘Sam Mitchell’ has led to two strangers with the same name from opposite sides of the world meeting on New Year’s Eve. It was December 31 when the Tasmanian Sam James Mitchell, 19, plugged his name into social media and upon finding Sam James Mitchell, 22, from London, decided to send him a message.
‘We won’t cough up for fly ash health checks’
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Drunk death wish at 200kmh
“Stupidity” was the most appropriate word Wangaratta police had for a man caught travelling at 200km/h while more than twice the legal drink-driving limit. Pulling into a service station where he was promptly arrested by police on Saturday morning could have prevented a mistake that would have cost the 28-year-old NSW man his life.
Women’s Sheds mark their place on Border
LEADER: Beechworth woman Margy Barwood, who creates art from glass and woodwork, wants to start a Women’s Shed. Picture: MARK JESSER “I’ve been creating craft all my life, delving in woodwork and stained glass, mainly on my own,” she said.
Dumped just before Christmas: Sydney mum takes on Catholic Church in unfair dismissal case
Rox Subramany was a struggling Sydney mother and proud Catholic Church employee whose lifelong commitment to her faith had never wavered. Rox Subramany, with her 10-year-old daughter: “I felt unsafe.
After crushing Pakistan, Smith warns side for ‘extremely difficult’ India Tour
Sydney[Australia], Jan. 7 : After thrashing Pakistan in the three-match Test series, Australian skipper Steve Smith has now shifted his focus on the much anticipated India tour, saying it’s going to be extremely difficult one and his team would have to play incredibly well to compete with the No. 1 ranked Test side.
Perth “the place to visit” in 2017 say top travel guides
Perth has had a major tourism boost with two of the world’s best known travel guides listing WA as a “must-see” destination for 2017. Travel +Leisure has included Perth in its 50-best-places-to-travel and Lonely Planet has listed Pinky’s Eco Retreat and Beach Club on Rottnest Island at number eight in its Top-35-new-travel-openings for 2017.
AUS vs PAK: Australian opener Matthew Renshaw out of Sydney test due to concussion
Umpire Sundaram Ravi watches on as Matt Renshaw and Steve Smith of Australia call for a new helmet after Renshaw was hit on the helmet while fielding during day three of the Third Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 5, 2017 in Sydney, Australia The left-handed opener got hit on his head twice during the on-going third Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney. Australia opening batsman Matt Renshaw has been withdrawn from the remainder of the third test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground due to concussion, Cricket Australia said on Friday.
Shipbuilder ASC sheds jobs in Adelaide
Adelaide shipbuilder ASC will shed more than 100 jobs by next month and South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon says it’s a “disgrace.” The government-owned shipbuilder revealed on Thursday that it will cut 130 shipbuilding jobs by the end of February as the Air Warfare Destroyer project winds down.
Rare four-Test series
South Africa and Australia will contest a four-test series for the first time in almost 50 years when they clash in March and April 2018, Cricket South Africa announced yesterday. Australia will tour South Africa seeking revenge for their 2-1 home series loss in November and will play four tests for the first time since being humbled 4-0 on South Africa soil in the 1969/70 season.
Labor planMcGowan’s billion-dollar gambleMark McGowan is gambling he…
Mark McGowan’s big gamble is that he will be able to spend the $1.2 billion the Federal Government has earmarked for the Perth Freight Link – the project he plans to cancel – on his own infrastructure priorities. He outlined the first of these this week, re-purposing a modest $236 million of the total $1.7 billion funding pot for upgrades to Armadale, North Lake and Wanneroo roads.
Would have staged dharna if MS Dhoni had quit playing: Sunil Gavaskar
New Delhi : Sunil Gavaskar is glad that M S Dhoni has only quit limited overs captaincy and not retired as he feels the poster boy of Jharkhand still has a lot to offer to the Indian team. “If he had quit as a player, then I would have the been the first one outside his house, having a dharna asking him to make a comeback.
Megan Blake Irwin showcases her enviable figure in a tiny black bikini at the beach
Shocking moment Chicago teen gang – including two girls – ‘kidnap and torture’ special-needs man while streaming entire ordeal live on Facebook and screaming racist and anti-Trump remarks Trump’s revenge? President-elect plans to cut staff at CIA headquarters and ‘restructure’ agency amid fears ‘the intelligence world has become too politicized’ in wake of Russian hacking saga Obama rushes to transfer four Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia despite demands from Donald Trump to leave them locked up How the Queen was almost SHOT by one of her own guards after she took 3am stroll through Buckingham Palace grounds Menendez brothers serving life for 1989 murders of their wealthy Beverly Hills parents reveal how they have married their pen pals and are ‘at peace’ with the crime US sends elite commandos to the border of Russia to defend nervous Baltic states while NATO beefs up its … (more)
Handscomb showcases his wicketkeeping skills after Wade falls ill
Peter Handscomb’s impressive start to his wicketkeeping cameo against Pakistan has given selectors food for thought ahead of the tour of India. Handscomb took the gloves for Australia on day three of the third Test in Sydney after Matthew Wade headed back to the team hotel with a stomach bug.
International players hail Dhoni as one of greatest captains
New Delhi: International cricket fraternity has hailed Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who yesterday step down as India’s limited overs skipper, as one the greatest captains of all time. Former England skipper Michel Vaughan described Dhoni as one of the greatest captains to have ever led a cricket team.
Why Indonesian general Gatot Nurmantyo halted military ties with Australia
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Qld teen on tennis match-fixing charge
Assistant Commissioner Neil Paterson said the integrity of sport and racing “remains a critical focus of the Victoria Police Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit through the targeting of match fixers and those who corrupt betting outcomes”. He said: “Match fixing is one of the fastest growing organised crime types across the world at the present time.”
War legacy recovered
Reunited: Brothers Murray and Jack Granter with their father’s medals, including his Belgian Croix de Guerre, and diploma from the Belgian government. A travelling exhibition chronicling the horrors of World War I has helped two Warrnambool brothers re-connect with their father’s decorated past after more than 60 years.
Real-time firearm register needed to reduce gun violence: AMA
The Australian Medical Association is calling for a real-time national register for firearms so authorities can have a central point to access information, which it says will help reduce gun violence. Dr Michael Gannon, the AMA president, said doctors were on the front line when someone was injured by a gun.
‘We were meant to be together forever’
THE fiancee of a young man killed in a jetskiing accident weeks before they were due to marry has paid tribute to his “quirky” personality. Launceston man Luke Rice, 22, was killed on Monday while jetskiing at Trevallyn Dam on the South Esk River in Tasmania.
Making waves on the water at Fyans
RESIDENTS in and around Lake Fyans rang in the new year on the water, making waves in an afternoon of knee boarding and water skiing. It was a warm end to 2016 after Stawell reached a maximum of 28 degrees on New Year’s Eve.
Holden shines in Sparks’ win
Otago Sparks all-rounder Victoria Holden helped her side seal a six-wicket win against Northern Districts with an impressive performance in a twenty20 match at the University Oval yesterday. Otago coach Rob Walter will have one eye on the future when his team completes its twenty20 campaign with a match against Wellington at the Basin Reserve today.
Python makes meal of wallaby in horse paddock near Cairns
A 3-metre scrub python has made a meal out of a wallaby in far north Queensland on New Year’s Day – the second such event recorded in the area in recent weeks. Bernie Worlsfold came across the python mid-feed about 5:00pm on Sunday, while attending to the horses on the Kuranda property where he lives.
Open Championships begin
The 2017 Bowls Tasmania State Championships began on Monday with the men’s and women’s fours the first event of the series. GAME ON: Latrobe’s Phil Moore rolls one down the green on the opening day of Bowls Tasmania’s Gala Week.
Graham Ford: Want Dhananjaya de Silva to become a top-order batsman
Dhananjaya de Silva has managed to play just six Tests so far, but has performed reasonably well, scoring 615 runs, along with an average of 55.90 till date Getty Images With Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva showing some good batting skills against hosts South Africa in the ongoing Test series, especially in the middle-order, the selectors are backing him to push up the order and make him a top-order batsman, feels Lankan head coach Graham Ford . De Silva has managed to play just six Tests so far, but has performed reasonably well, scoring 615 runs, along with an average of 55.90 till date.
Police took down a Sydney crime syndicate and made ‘the…
Australian police dismantled a major cocaine smuggling ring after a two-and-a-half-year multi-agency operation undertaken with Tahiti, Australian authorities announced on Thursday. Operation Okesi, which began in July 2014, culminated in a Christmas-night seizure of 500 kilograms of cocaine in New South Wales in eastern Australia.
Social, relaxed and competitive scene
Former Geraldton resident feels right at home in Upper Horton region, especially with campdrafting and rodeo around this time of year. WHILST the Christmas and New Year period is a time for holidays and the festive season for many people, the scene is a little different for some involved with the rodeo and campdrafting at the Upper Horton Sports Ground.
Tamworth skipper gloves up for Country
Safe hands: Tom Groth takes this catch playing for NSW Country against South Australia at last year’s Australian Country Championships. The Tamworth skipper will on Wednesday begin his ninth campaign with the Bush Blues.
Drug taken by man who died at New Year’s rave fast-tracked for testing
A drug taken by a group at a rave that left one person dead and two others fighting for their lives in hospital has been fast-tracked for testing. Up to 500 people were at the party at Mount Lindesay near the Queensland-New South Wales border on New Year’s Day when emergency services were called to treat five people hallucinating and behaving erratically .
Gregson’s slice of history
On top: Bulli’s Ryan Gregson came from the scratch mark to take out the Burnie Open Mile in Tasmania on New Year’s Day. Picture: Getty Images The Bulli runner, who holds the Australian 1500m record and made the Olympics final in Brazil last year, became the first athlete to win the Burnie Mile from the scratch mark since 1967.
Composite teams into semis
Scott Mathieson skips his compositie team with the confidence of two strong knockout wins on semi-final day in Tuesday’s South Pacific Fours at Fairy Meadow Bowling Club. On track: Scott Mathieson will skip his composite team in Tuesday’s semi-finals of the South Pacific Fours at Fairy Meadow Bowling Club.
Welsford back to best
Having been conspicuously absent in his last two wheel finals, rising Australia cycling star Sam Welsford hit back with a bang on Sunday to take out his second consecutive Burnie Wheel. Having been conspicuously absent in his last two wheel finals, rising Australia cycling star Sam Welsford hit back with a bang on Sunday to take out his second consecutive Burnie Wheel.
Edmondson claims wheel win trifecta
It was another tough battle, but the class of Olympic cyclist Annette Edmondson shone through again as she took out the 2017 Burnie women’s wheel on Sunday. It was another tough battle, but the class of Olympic cyclist Annette Edmondson shone through again as she took out the 2017 Burnie women’s wheel on Sunday.
AP Photos: People around the world ring in 2017
Revelers around the world have been welcoming 2017 with crackling fireworks displays and loud cheering, saying goodbye to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts and the deaths of several beloved performers. The people of Sydney were treated to a glittering display over their famed harbor and bridge that honored the singer David Bowie and actor Gene Wilder, who both passed away in 2016.
Top 10 most well-read stories of 2016
According to analytics from www.peacearchnews.com, here’s a ‘top 10’ list of the most well-read stories of 2016. Geographical data reported that 85 per cent of readers accessed the website from Canada, 10 per cent from the U.S., and the other five per cent was from the rest of the world – including every continent and almost every country.
Queensland police use hay bale barrier after crocodile wanders into town
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Creative ways to ring in the new year
Counting down the hours until the new year can be exciting, as the world anxiously anticipates the adventures in store for the months ahead. Celebrating the new year dates back thousands of years to the ancient Babylonians, who celebrated a new year come the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Hamstring injury rules Guptill out of Bangladesh T20s
Wellington [New Zealand], Dec.31 : New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 series against Bangladesh due to a hamstring strain. [NK Cricket] The 30-year-old sustained the injury while running between the wickets during their crushing eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in the third ODI in Nelson on Saturday.