http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/ The Daily Grind is Australia's most quality daliy newsppaer. en joe@thedailygrind.net Copyright 2010 2010-01-26T22:47:46+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourbusiness/story/1779/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/avatar_film_makes_fans_want_to_escape_from_reality_most_did_so_a_while_back/#When:22:47:46Z Left-wing blockbuster Avatar may be inspiring its many fans to commit suicide, according to reports, because of the unattainable idyll of the film’s unrealistic setting. Media, Natural resources, Reconciliation, The Left 2010-01-26T22:47:46+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourbusiness/story/1776/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/abc4_a_boon_to_viewers_troubled_by_sky_news_australias_clear_pro-sky_news_a/#When:02:14:23Z The ABC plans to launch a 24-hour news service—the broadcaster’s fourth digital television channel and the government’s sixth—placing it in direct competition with Foxtel’s Sky News Australia. Media 2010-01-23T02:14:23+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrap/story/1775/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/animals_in_kevin_rudd_childrens_book_stay_relentlessly_on-message/#When:12:50:52Z Kevin Rudd’s new book for children, Jasper & Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle follows the adventures of the Prime Minister’s cat and dog at the Lodge. Australian Capital Territory, Australian Labor Party, Children, Kevin Rudd 2010-01-20T12:50:52+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourpolitics/story/1774/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/redesigned_rozelle_metro_trains_will_be_surface-level_single-carriage_track/#When:12:27:55Z Speculation is mounting that New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally will shelve the much-criticised Rozelle Metro rail project within weeks. Australian Labor Party, Inner West, Public transport 2010-01-20T12:27:55+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1772/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/police_re-enactment_reveals_mcgurk_shot_at_close_range_yesterday_by_police/#When:06:54:46Z Police yesterday staged a re-enactment of the murder of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk in a bid to gain new insights into the four-month-old case. Australian Labor Party, Criminal justice, North Shore, Violent crime 2010-01-08T06:54:46+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrap/story/1770/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/toolies_risk_drowing_in_bid_to_reach_schoolies_but_its_totally_worth_it/#When:11:55:03Z A man in his twenties is feared drowned off Queensland’s Gold Coast after attempting to swim around an enclosure designed to protect schoolies from toolies. Education, Queensland, Sex crime 2009-11-26T11:55:03+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1771/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/police_lure_accused_actor_with_promise_of_free_headshots/#When:10:54:30Z Unemployed actor Anthony Waterlow—wanted in connection with the murders of his father and sister—has been sighted on CCTV footage withdrawing money from an ATM in Randwick. Eastern Suburbs, The Arts, Violent crime 2009-11-26T10:54:30+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1769/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/animals_killed_in_steve_irwin_wildlife_reserve_fire_thats_for_steve/#When:12:47:55Z Less than 24 hours after ‘Steve Irwin Day’ celebrations at Australia Zoo, Cape York’s Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve is ablaze—with countless animals believed to have perished. Natural disasters, Queensland, Science, Transport, Travel and Tourism 2009-11-16T12:47:55+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourbusiness/story/1768/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/qantass_amadeus_software_goes_into_meltdown_could_this_be_the_work_of_the_v/#When:12:34:17Z Qantas passengers the world over were thrown into chaos tonight after the airline’s check-in system, Amadeus, went into meltdown. Information technology, Transport, Travel and Tourism 2009-11-16T12:34:17+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1767/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/2500-year-old_army_buried_in_sand_warns_against_staying_the_course/#When:12:30:12Z Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered the remains of a 50,000-strong Persian army buried by a sandstorm in 525 BC. History, Middle East 2009-11-10T12:30:12+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1766/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/rapist_with_ten_corpses_in_his_house_knows_what_this_must_look_like/#When:10:50:10Z A convicted rapist is back behind bars after police found 10 bodies in his Ohio home. Sex crime, United States, Violent crime 2009-11-05T10:50:10+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1765/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/cops_leg_charged_with_impersonating_part_of_police_officer/#When:10:40:40Z A Sydney police officer has been taken to hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the leg. Criminal justice, North Shore 2009-11-05T10:40:40+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1764/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/cern_says_risk_of_terror_attack_on_sub-atomic_particle_is_very_very_small/#When:10:30:51Z French secret agents have arrested a worker at the CERN lab, home to the experimental Large Hadron Collider, on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda. Europe, Science, Terrorism 2009-11-05T10:30:51+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1763/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/car_dealer_fraud_alleged_to_be_worth_15_million_plus_on-road_costs/#When:10:18:26Z Sydney car dealer Sid Khoury has been arrested in connection with the collapse of the European Car Specialist in Croydon—and the subsequent disappearance of 180 luxury vehicles. Inner West, Property crime, Retail, Transport, Travel and Tourism 2009-10-17T10:18:26+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrap/story/1762/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/packed_to_the_rafters_denies_its_plots_are_too_risque_and_its_title_is_too_/#When:08:24:34Z The creators of Seven’s hit drama Packed to the Rafters, which follows the trials and tribulations of the fictional Rafter family, have been stung by criticism of recent risque plotlines. Inner West, Media, Sex crime 2009-10-17T08:24:34+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1761/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/crystal_meth_consumption_falls_as_users_become_addicted_to_having_teeth/#When:09:36:31Z Consumption of crystal meth or ‘ice’ is declining in Australia, according to new figures released by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Council. Drugs, Health 2009-10-05T09:36:31+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1760/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/murdered_london_woman_may_have_been_on_internet_date_autopsy_reveals_time_o/#When:04:12:36Z A London woman found dead in a pond may have been on an internet date the night she was killed, police believe. Information technology, United Kingdom, Violent crime 2009-10-05T04:12:36+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1759/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/us_prison_term_would_be_unfair_on_polanski_considering_hes_already_served_3/#When:02:41:00Z French officials and the film industry have reacted angrily to the arrest, in Switzerland, of filmmaker Roman Polanski on child sex charges. Children, Europe, Sex crime, The Arts, United States 2009-10-05T02:41:00+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1758/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/dust_cloud_dubbed_life_on_mars_burn_notice/#When:02:44:28Z Sydneysiders have spent most of the day blanketed in a thick cloud of red dust blown over from far inland. Eastern Suburbs, Hills District, Natural disasters, North Shore, Northern Beaches, Northern District, Sutherland and St George, Sydney CBD, Western Sydney 2009-10-02T02:44:28+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1757/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/presiding_over_an_inquest_into_the_mauling_deaths_of_two_alice_springs_men_/#When:14:01:43Z Presiding over an inquest into the mauling deaths of two Alice Springs men, the Northern Territory’s coroner says it is unacceptable that packs of wild dogs are eating citizens. Natural disasters, Northern Territory 2009-09-29T14:01:43+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourpolitics/story/1756/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/labor_mps_preferred_working_families_to_rudds_new_catchphrase_you_can_get_f/#When:13:27:23Z Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has raised eyebrows after telling Labor MPs that “I don’t care what you fuckers think!”, “You can get fucked” and “Don’t you fucking understand?” Capital Hill, Kevin Rudd 2009-09-21T13:27:23+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourcrime/story/1755/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/rees_had_his_chance_to_beat_up_on_paedophiles_while_he_was_working_for_orko/#When:13:24:50Z Premier Nathan Rees has ordered an internal review of all state departments in response to community anger over the placement of paedophile Dennis Ferguson in public housing. Criminal justice, Northern District, Sex crime 2009-09-21T13:24:50+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1754/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/failure_to_grant_academics_big_pay_rises_could_see_them_get_other_jobs_joke/#When:09:24:02Z The National Tertiary Education Union has warned vice-chancellors to match Sydney University’s 18 per cent pay rise offer or suffer a ‘brain drain’. Education, Inner West, Unions 2009-09-21T09:24:02+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourpolitics/story/1753/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/mp_slams_racist_name_of_middle_eastern_crime_squad_suggests_strike_force_mo/#When:10:36:34Z NSW Liberal MP John Ajaka has condemned the names of the state’s Middle Eastern and Asian organised crime squads as ethnic vilification. Criminal justice, Liberal Party of Australia, Macquarie Street 2009-09-15T10:36:34+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourouropinions/story/1752/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/rudd_highlights_decision_to_float_the_australian_900/#When:10:28:17Z Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has used the launch of a book by journalist Paul Kelly to savage the Howard government’s failure to deliver on economic reform. Capital Hill, Global Financial Crisis, History, John Howard, Kevin Rudd 2009-09-13T10:28:17+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourbusiness/story/1751/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/will_women_16-25_still_listen_to_badboy_kyle_if_he_keeps_breaking_all_the_r/#When:04:18:03Z Citing insensitive remarks made on air, radio network Austereo has stood down 2Day FM shock-jock Kyle Sandilands for a second time this month. Media, Sydney CBD 2009-09-13T04:18:03+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourpolitics/story/1750/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/message_to_john_della_bosca_dont_you_know_who_your_wife_is/#When:11:07:14Z John Della Bosca, a man last week touted as the next premier of New South Wales, today stood down as Health Minister after admitting to a brief affair with a 26-year-old woman. Australian Labor Party, Macquarie Street, Sex crime 2009-09-01T11:07:14+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yoursmart/story/1749/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/chinese_crime_victims_shocked_to_learn_criminals_organs_are_getting_early_r/#When:12:24:23Z The state-run China Daily newspaper has conceded that two-thirds of the country’s organ donors are executed prisoners. Asia, Criminal justice, Health, Tyranny 2009-08-30T12:24:23+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourbusiness/story/1748/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/sydneysiders_earn_big_macs_in_14_minutes_big_macs_not_available_at_9.14_am/#When:08:39:32Z It takes the average Sydneysider just 14 minutes to earn enough to buy a Big Mac, according to a survey of prices and earnings conducted by UBS, a Swiss bank. Economy, Food, Sydney CBD 2009-08-25T08:39:32+00:00 http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/yourpolitics/story/1747/ http://www.thedailygrind.com.au/index/coalition_decision_to_fight_ets_may_have_been_based_on_fake_balls/#When:12:41:38Z The National Party may undermine the Liberals’ professed support for an emissions trading scheme, potentially setting the stage for an election fought on anthroprogenic climate change. Climate Change, National Party of Australia 2009-08-24T12:41:38+00:00