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    Advanced Maths = Lower ATAR

    HSC maths: students studying advanced maths stung with lower marks in ATAR [The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 May 2015] Students studying advanced maths across the state are being punished for taking on the more challenging HSC subject as the number of students studying no maths or general maths...
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    Death penalty case: Sydney man Peter Gardner to face Guangzhou court over drug charge

    Re: Death penalty case: Sydney man Peter Gardner to face Guangzhou court over drug ch China usually commutes death sentences to life imprisonment if the prisoner displays good behaviour in prison for two years. So what happened in Indonesia likely wouldn't happen there.
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    USYD to crack down on cheating

    http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-university-to-crack-down-on-cheating-following-mymaster-investigation-20150413-1mju3q.html
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    The Cricket Thread

    Richie Benaud dead. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-great-richie-benaud-dead-20150409-1mhzdy.html
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    Report: Russians Hacked White House

    Everybody spies on everybody else. It would be more surprising news if they hadn't.
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    Scots boys got into USYD without HSC

    http://www.smh.com.au/national/scots-boys-got-into-sydney-university-without-hsc-20150405-1medae.html Students from the elite Scots College have gained entry to the University of Sydney without sitting the Higher School Certificate, completing instead a 17-week diploma that is available at no...
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    2015 NSW State Election

    This is the ALP's second lowest primary vote ever in NSW. (Lowest was 2011)
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    2015 NSW State Election

    Amazingly East Hills seeing a swing towards the government. It was the government's most marginal seat on just 0.2% margin. Plenty of seats in Sydney have actually seen swings towards the government.
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    2015 NSW State Election

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-2015/results/
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    2015 NSW State Election

    Antony Green has called it. Government is back.
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    2015 NSW State Election

    Won't even be close in the end. Labor's gone from decimation at the last election to a more normal but still solid loss.
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    2015 NSW State Election

    Certainly looking like a Coalition win.
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    Germanwings flight #4U9525

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3012053/Pilot-doomed-Germanwings-jet-locked-cockpit-crash.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32063587 French Prosecutors saying it was a deliberate act.
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    Germanwings flight #4U9525

    http://www.smh.com.au/world/germanwings-plane-crash-pilot-locked-out-of-cockpit-20150325-1m7w5g.html Sounds like it could have been some sort of deliberate act.
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    Germanwings flight #4U9525

    http://smh.com.au/business/aviation/germanwings-plane-crash-how-safe-is-your-next-flight-20150325-1m7crk.html Good article going through the stats that show last year has actually being the best period ever for aviation safety.
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    Germanwings flight #4U9525

    Last year was actually a historic low for number of plane crashes. Since the two MH crashes, aviation incidents and crashes have been given far more media prominence and attention.
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    Tipping in Australia - Dailytelegraph

    It's not my responsibility to pay the worker, that's the role of the employer and in Australia we are paid a decent wage. These high wages are reflected in the higher cost of goods and services here. As such tipping is completely unnecessary in Australia and results in workers in the few...
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    Essay writing service use rife at unis

    The latest: Two university students have been expelled and a further 70 are facing severe penalties, including expulsion, from five of NSW's most prestigious universities after being identified in connection with a widespread cheating scandal centred around an online essay writing company...
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    Intimate Experiences Thread

    I kissed a girl and I liked it The taste of her cherry chap stick
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    How to leave a club

    contact the club and ask to be removed from the membership list.
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