Meet the new Parramatta CEO
Six months is a long time in the council, and Mark Stapleton has been through plenty in his year in Parramatta, but now he is in the top role as chief executive and said those rocky days are well behind him.
In Depth
Family carries lasting pain
Kellie Mealing holds her daughter Aleea close. The two-year-old is fast resembling her aunt Angela, who died in 2000 under suspicious circumstances that continue to haunt the Far North.
Well-drilled gang’s $1.7m getaway
IN a sleepy country town in 1978, a well-drilled gang pulled off what was then Australia’s biggest bank heist, escaping with $1.7 million in untraceable bills. They were never caught.
Gunfight on the Birdsville Track
THREE desperados on the ground, cops with guns drawn and a terrified girl rescued from the back of a car. This is the moment a perilous outback manhunt ended in a police ambush and shootout.
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Finding Genghis Khan’s forbidden tomb
GENGHIS Khan really, really didn’t want his body to be found. But now the 800-year-old murderous wall of deception he built up around his final resting place is starting to crumble.
Heat, drought, fires: What El Niño means
AUSTRALIA’S weather could be about to get hotter and drier. Why? We’re on the cusp of another El Nino. Here’s how it may affect us.
Is dark matter behind mass extinction?
EVERY 30 million years, Earth goes through a seemingly scheduled die-off. A new idea has been put forward to explain it: Elusive, mysterious dark matter.
Science’s advice for ultimate survival
IN THE event of a zombie plague, there are dos and don’ts you should know about. No, really. Statisticians have simulated such a takeover and this is their advice.
Brisbane ’74: Long weekend from hell
AS the Australia Day weekend of 1974 approached, Queensland was already in the midst of one its wettest summers on record.
Is our F-35 fighter jet already outgunned?
ADVANCES in Chinese and Russian stealth technology and a gun that can’t shoot have once again put Australia’s next generation fighter in the firing line.
Watch a comet come to life
FOR the first time in history we have front-row seats as a long-dormant comet begins to stir. And the view is amazing.
Rules for a successful reboot
WITH revivals planned for Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park and many more classic movies, it’s time to ask: why do some reboots succeed while others tank at the box office?
Deep space discovery – via Twitter
TWO lonely but hip robots will take us into our solar system’s darkest corners this year, and they’re already giving us tantalising Tweets of what is to come.
Is this America’s next stealth bomber?
THERE’S a fight for the biggest slice of the enormous new defence budget, but one side may have gotten sneaky — building a secret new stealth bomber behind everyone’s back.
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