NSW Local Courts have been the most efficient in the nation for the sixth year running, Attorney General Greg Smith SC said today. “I am delighted that NSW Local Courts and Children’s Courts have again had the lowest backlog for criminal and civil matters in Australia,” Mr Smith said. “I congratulate the court and the […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today visited Gosford Station as preparations continue for the beginning of the Opal electronic ticketing card for Central Coast train customers. Customers at Central Coast stations up to Wyong will be able to tap on with Opal starting this Friday, making travel more convenient and providing opportunities for fare savings. […]
Health Minister Skinner today welcomed news of a significant increase in organ donation and transplantation rates in NSW saying there was a 16 per cent rise in donors in 2013. Mrs Skinner said in NSW, 102 people donated their organs, compared to 88 in 2012. The latest figures confirmed by the Australia and New Zealand […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced a tender has been released for the delivery of a new multi-storey commuter car park at Padstow, as an artist’s impression was also displayed. “The NSW Government is wasting no time in delivering much needed public transport upgrades for Western Sydney under the $770 million Transport Access Program,” […]
Retired seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is gradually being brought out of his medically induced coma, The Independent quoted his manager Sabine Kehm as saying Thursday. “Michael’s sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking up process which may take long time,” Kehm said while updating the media over […]
The capital’s golf circuit is agog with the news of Tiger Woods coming to Delhi next week. The sport’s most renowned figure is expected to play the full 18 holes at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course and also sign a commercial deal with the Club. Woods is in Dubai playing in Desert Classic along […]
Australia’s most decorated hockey player Jamie Dwyer, a five-time Player of the Year, feels the Indian team is not smart enough against the world’s top sides. As eight-time Olympic champions India are trying to regain their lost glory, Dwyer said they cannot expect to turn up on the field and win everyday. “You can’t just […]
Bolstered by the India Grand Prix Gold triumph Sunday, Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal jumped two places to No.7 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles rankings released Thursday. Saina overtook German Juliane Schenk and Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying to rise up the ladder. Meanwhile, runner-up of the Lucknow event P.V. Sindhu […]
A team of scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher Sibani Lisa Biswal, has developed a faster method to catch unwanted microbes before they can make people sick with food poisoning. The Rice University scientists used an array of tiny ‘nanomechanical cantilevers’, anchored at one end, kind of like little diving boards. The cantilevers have peptides […]
Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary was commemorated in Slovenia with a wreath-laying ceremony in the city of Slovenj Gradec, an international city of peace which has installed in its central park a statue of the apostle of peace. Wreaths and flowers were laid by city mayor Andrej Cas and his councillors, citizens and members of the […]