Ballet gets to grips with its inner sole
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 09:06:50 -0700 | sports-news
Dr Gordon Waddington with 16-year-old ballet student Emily Clout. Photo: Melissa Adams An Australian researcher is undertaking the first major redesign of ballet slippers since the 1600s. The University of Canberra's professor of physiotherapy Gordon Waddington and Assistant Professor Jeremy...
Cancer patients face long wait
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 08:40:33 -0700 | sports-news
The patients generally include people with life-threatening problems such as aggressive cancers. Photo: Glen Hunt Victorians needing urgent surgery have been waiting more than three months for treatment they should be getting within 30 days, an explosive audit of hospital...
Winmar, AFL resolve dispute
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 07:16:05 -0700 | sports-news
Nicky Winmar points to his skin in response to a racist taunt from the crowd. Photo: Wayne Ludbey Nicky Winmar will return to Victoria Park, the scene of his simple, symbolic protest against racism 20 years ago, after agreeing to...
RV calls for help on cheats
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 07:16:05 -0700 | sports-news
Sebastian Costanzo Racing's rulers have denied suggestions they are losing control following a series of damaging claims about drug use, race fixing and criminal involvement in the industry...Racing authorities said on Tuesday they wanted to take tougher, swifter action to...
Dead for 40 Minutes, Man Revived by CPR Machine
Source: Epoch Times
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 07:09:37 -0700 | health-news
Colin Fielder, 39, was saved by the new CPR machine, AutoPulse, which has had mixed reviews in medical studies. Fielder, of Melbourne, Australia, was brought back to life after dying due to a heart attack last June. "I'm so grateful,...
Will it be MCG or formal for Alex?
Source: Adelaide Now
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 06:59:56 -0700 | sports-news
Alex Price the choice and she'd rather spend her Year 12 formal night in footy boots, caked in sweat and mud, than glammed up in high heels and an evening gown. The Sacred Heart College student, 17, is among South...
Social media campaign countering Somali extremism
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 06:54:43 -0700 | political-news
Commission to send a positive message to young people who are struggling with a sense of belonging. Malik Osman, 24, who came to Australia when he was three, is leading the podcast project. "What we try to do with the...
Budget puts pressure on SA: Weatherill
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 06:29:12 -0700 | sports-news
Mr Weatherill, who is also the state's treasurer, will hand down his first budget in June. Advertisement He said the state government will match the federal government's $448 million to upgrade Adelaide's South Road. But he did not comment on...
Want to laugh at Chinese satire? Join the club
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 06:28:52 -0700 | sports-news
When Guo Degang, a famous Chinese comedian, performed in Sydney and Melbourne last year, he drew crowds of tens of thousands of people, mainly from Australia's burgeoning Chinese community. Guo is foul-mouthed, controversial and likes to poke fun at powerful...
Post 'turning blind eye' to 457 workers
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 06:28:48 -0700 | sports-news
Until now, Orlando Sirgiovanni was paid $1.36 per parcel he delivered, but says on Monday he was told he would now be paid $1.21 per delivery. Photo: Justin McManus Increasing numbers of 457 visa holders are delivering letters and parcels...
Roos doesn't want Melbourne job
Source: The Courier-Mail
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 11:49:22 -0700 | sports-news
Sydney premiership coach Paul Roos says he has no interest in taking the reins at embattled Melbourne. Roos tonight quashed speculation he would consider the top job at the struggling Demons, saying he couldn't see himself coaching at AFL level...
Hoddle St killer wants a PlayStation
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 01:30:11 -0700 | sports-news
Hoddle Street mass murderer Julian Knight is fighting for access to a PlayStation in prison and is making yet another attempt to get access to a personal computer in his cell. The Victorian Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that Knight...
Kyrie still coming to Melbourne
Source: The Courier-Mail
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 01:01:33 -0700 | sports-news
Melbourne coaching clinics by young NBA star Kyrie Irving are confident final confirmation is "just days away". "Put it this way...Mitchell, head of basketball operations for the Frankston and District Basketball Association, has been arranging the clinics for July 1-5....
City's heart left in the dark?
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 00:42:13 -0700 | sports-news
James Davies Giant shadows could be cast over Southbank, St Paul's Cathedral and Federation Square, breaching current planning rules, under special consideration for the redevelopment of the Federation Square East site, the state government says.
Mitcham, Wu pull out of world dive trials
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2013-05-14 00:42:10 -0700 | sports-news
Making a splash in the media rather than the pool might be Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham's priority, Diving Australia (DA) admits. But DA has dismissed fears Mitcham might be lost to the sport after he withdrew from this month's world...
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