Desal plant to profit from drought misery
SYDNEY desalination plant operators appear ready to hold the state to ransom, poised to charge millions in profit to dispense much-needed water.
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Priest charged over alleged rape at altar boys’ picnic
FORMER Catholic priest Brian Spillane has been charged with raping a 10-year-old at an altar boys’ picnic on Sydney Harbour.
The two days most drunk drivers are caught
POLICE are catching more drunken drivers early on Saturdays and Sundays than on some nights during week as motorists take a dangerous “morning after” gamble.
Paedophile teacher loses legal aid bid
CONVICTED paedophile Neil Futcher, who taught at elite Trinity Grammar, has been refused legal aid after The Daily Telegraph revealed he had given away his share of a million-dollar Harbourside home.
Edwards had gun permit reserved for visiting FBI agents
EVIL father John Edwards was one of only a handful of people given a special gun licence usually restricted to visiting secret service agents.
NSW courts ‘drowning’ in thousands of cases
POLICE in NSW are doing their job so well the courts can’t keep up, lawyers have warned. Victims and witnesses are being lost in the system as police pack hundreds of thousands of new defendants into the state’s courts.
‘Thanks for your service’: Mates farewell hero firefighting pilot
A FELLOW firefighting pilot has farewelled experienced helicopter pilot Allan Tull, who died today when his waterbombing aircraft’s bucket caught on a tree.
Cops drop Corio sex case
A MAN previously named by police as a person of interest in the disappearance of NSW toddler William Tyrrell has had historic child sex abuse charges against him dismissed in a Victorian court.
Spedding’s historic child sex charges dismissed
A MAN previously named by police as a person of interest in the disappearance of NSW toddler William Tyrrell has had historic child sex abuse charges against him dismissed in a Victorian court.
Lack of food leaves offenders too ‘lightheaded’
A JUDGE has threatened to abort a trial because two prisoners were served stale sandwiches for lunch. He also criticised Corrective Services for feeding prisoners frozen-then-thawed sandwiches of vegemite and cheese or meat and pickles.
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