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14 Mar 10 | THE owner of a ''secret'' venue closed down for failing to comply with fire and safety rules says it would cost up to $300,000 to meet council regulations.
14 Mar 10 | MERCEDES-BENZ is about to put pedestrians under the spotlight, literally. The car maker is working on new infrared pedestrian detection technology that will illuminate pedestrians and wildlife at the side of the road.
14 Mar 10 | PLANET Earth is under fire as a new cycle of solar activity blasts potentially damaging particles into space.
14 Mar 10 | SALES of NSW wines have grown 15 per cent in the past year, yet many Sydneysiders are still refusing to buy them.
14 Mar 10 | AUSTRALIA'S largest international adoption program has been re-opened but it is not enough to change our ''anti-adoption culture'', says actor Deborra-Lee Furness.
14 Mar 10 | WHY do some people succumb to whatever illness is going around while other soldier on, seemingly unaffected? It's all in the genes.
14 Mar 10 | THE growth of online DNA testing companies overseas has created a loophole for Australians wanting to discover if they have genetic problems - but not report the results to their insurer.
14 Mar 10 | AUSTRALIA'S only female Nobel Prize winner says her research may hold the key to preventing many of the worst diseases.
14 Mar 10 | THE federal government will not be pushing for a ban on baby gender selection technology to be lifted, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said yesterday, adding she was very uncomfortable with the idea of removing the ban.
14 Mar 10 | MORE than one person drowned every day in Australian waters over summer, with the NSW and national totals both increasing.
14 Mar 10 | TRACY JAMES started potty training her son, Darcy, when he was 22 months old. He got the basics under his belt during an intensive long weekend, took a few weeks to master the full repertoire and has been nappy-free for eight months. He turns three next week.
14 Mar 10 | THE growing number of parents who delay potty training until their children are three or older may be doing them and the environment a serious disservice, an Australian study says.
14 Mar 10 | LEADING urban planners and designers will band together to create a vision for how western Sydney should grow for 2030.
14 Mar 10 | THE man who coined the term ''lateral thinking'' has called on Education Minister Julia Gillard to include thinking on the national school curriculum.
14 Mar 10 | AS A parent of three school-age children, Stephanie Brantz understands that finding suitable video games can be a challenge.
14 Mar 10 | SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Australia is one of the only Western nations without an adults-only classification for video games. Eamonn Duff discovers why an R18+ rating needs to be introduced.
14 Mar 10 | A SUBCONTRACTOR working on schools stimulus projects in the NSW Riverina has allegedly gone broke, owing thousands of dollars to suppliers and leaving projects unfinished.
14 Mar 10 | AN ELITE Sydney school had major building works approved by the state government under the building schools stimulus program despite overwhelming opposition to the plans.
14 Mar 10 | COUNCILS have accused Premier Kristina Keneally of reneging on a promise she would consult them about building work on thousands of schools.
14 Mar 10 | HER critics often wonder what exactly it is Lara Bingle does with her days. One thing's for sure, she gets up at the crack of dawn to do it.
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