What's the deal with this new-found Sydney-Melbourne UNrivalry?
Something is wrong, nothing makes sense, everything’s gone whacko. After years, decades, millennia of whiny, petty, mean-spirited bickering, we may be finally seeing the end of Sydney-Melbourne-Rivalry, or as Melburnians always preferred to call it, “Melbourne-Sydney Rivalry, Why Do They Go First? We’re First. It’s MELBOURNE-Sydney Rivalry. So There.” And this is a big thing to fathom because the rivalry has always been with us, going back 40,000 years to the first Australians when the Eor..>> view originalPolice hunt serial knicker nicker in Melbourne
A thief in Melbourne has allegedly been stealing women’s underwear from apartment buildings. Police believe the man, aged between 20 and 30 years old, has been stealing the knickers off apartment balconies in Richmond in Melbourne’s east since December 26.The thief has allegedly stolen more than 20 pairs of women’s underwear. One woman has reportedly had 18 pairs of underwear stolen in the past week.Police have now released CCTV footage, captured on a balcony as he allegedly stole underwear fro..>> view originalCrown flew suspected triad member Wei Seng 'Paul' Phua to ...
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Four Corners: Bad Sport clip Four Corners investigates the criminal networks threatening the integrity of sport. Four Corners airs Mondays, 8:30pm, ABC. PT1M8S 620 349 One of the world's biggest bookmakers, a suspected high-ranking member of the feared 14K triad gang, was reportedly flown to Melbourne's Crown Casino for a recent poker tournament.Wei Seng "Paul" Phua, a 52-year-old Malaysian, beat serious illegal gambling charges in the US last ye..>> view originalLatest of 282 truckie bridge blunders causes Melbourne CBD traffic ...
Emergency services on the scene at the corner of Flinders and Spencer streets after a truck transporting Red Bull rolled on its side. Picture: Hamish BlairA TRUCKIE with no head for heights brought chaos to city streets after smashing into the Flinders St-Spencer St railway bridge in the tenth such crash in five years.The intersection was blocked for eight hours after the truck, carrying a load of Red Bull energy drink, struck the bridge about 7am.It was the latest of an incredible 282 crashes a..>> view originalMelbourne overtakes Sydney as property king
Melbourne is basking in its new title, overtaking Sydney as property king. CoreLogic RP Data Senior Research Analyst Cameron Kusher says it's simply cheaper to buy in the Victorian capital. "Melbourne is still a lot more affordable than Sydney is. To put this into some context the median unit price in Sydney is actually higher than the median house price in Melbourne." In the three months to January, national capital city house prices fell by 0.6 per cent on average. In Melbourne, they ..>> view originalNovak Djokovic Foundation donates $20000 to Melbourne City ...
Novak Djokovic Foundation donates $20,000 to Melbourne City Mission early childhood learning program Posted February 01, 2016 16:13:01 Novak Djokovic's charitable foundation has donated $20,000 to Melbourne City Mission's early childhood education program to help disadvantaged children.The money will go towards the mission's early years supported playgroup program, based in the outer suburbs of Braybrook and Doreen.A day after his win at the Australian Open, the 28-ye..>> view originalMelbourne Zoo's Orangutans Are Playing Videogames
Orangutans at Melbourne Zoo this week have begun a high-tech, world first research project that is aimed at giving the animals control over the games and applications they play to challenge their minds. Humans have a lot in common with orangutans, in fact, we share 97 per cent of our DNA with these highly intelligent and complex beings. Now Zoos Victoria along with researchers from the Microsoft Research Centre for Social Natural User Interfaces at the University of Melbourne are collaborating..>> view originalMiniature Melbourne: model makers rack up big business
If you can think of a building in Melbourne, Malcolm Maguire and his team have probably built it. In miniature. They are part of a very small community, building models of towers, hospitals, infrastructure; just about everything. They seem an anachronism in a world of 3D graphics, virtual reality and glitzy sales campaigns. And yet there’s an almost insatiable demand for plastic scale models of buildings, particularly in new residential developments. Malcolm Maguire and his team of model makers..>> view originalMelbourne preview: Sandown
Two on the run after armed robbery in Melbourne
A Baxter petrol station was held up by a woman with a small hand gun and a male accomplice. (Victoria Police) A petrol station attendant has allegedly been threatened with a gun during an armed robbery in Melbourne’s south.Police say a woman allegedly threatened the attendant with a hand gun after entering the store in Baxter with a male accomplice on Tuesday, January 26. The pair fled the scene on a motorcycle. (Victoria Police) The pair stole cash before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle.Anyo..>> view original
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