New South Wales to introduce ‘parenting contracts’

Monday, February 6, 2006 New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma announced Sunday that his government would be introducing “parenting contracts” for parents of children who are at risk of neglect. The contracts are the next element of the government’s “respect and responsibility” reforms announced last month. Premier Iemma believes that the contracts will help toRead More

Wikinews interviews Australian Glider Amanda Carter

Friday, September 28, 2012 Melbourne, Australia — Monday, following her return from London, Wikinews talked with Amanda Carter, the longest-serving member of Australia’s national wheelchair basketball team (the Gliders). ((Wikinews)) You’re Amanda Carter! Amanda Carter: Yes! ((WN)) And, where were you born? Amanda Carter: I was born in Melbourne. ((WN)) It says here that youRead More

Woman strikes lucky betting on Champions League football

Monday, September 24, 2007 A woman found herself £226,000 richer, one the biggest ever payouts to a female client, after placing a series of bets on last weeks Champions League games, despite knowing nothing about football. Kathrin Rotmann, 33, placed a £1,000 bet based on her tactics of supporting “teams that are strong and winning”.Read More

Best Natural Treatment For Frigidity In Women

Lack of female libido, lack of enjoyment during lovemaking, pain during lovemaking and vaginal dryness are some of the main symptoms of women frigidity. Using of herbs is one of the best natural treatment for frigidity. Frigidity is generally used to refer low sex drive in women. This term is regularly used improperly to expressRead More

Oil facilities in Saudi Arabia hit by drone attacks

Sunday, September 15, 2019 Yesterday, oil facilities belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Saudi Aramco were hit by multiple drone strikes in a pre-dawn raid. The attacks triggered major fires at a processing plant and an oil field, which state media said were under control. The Yemen-based Houthi movement claimed responsibility for the attacks. According toRead More

Super high speed internet launched in New Zealand

Friday, September 1, 2006 The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, yesterday unveiled Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN). It is super high speed Internet that is capable of transmitting data with speeds of up to ten gigabits per second, 10,000 times faster than the current speed of broadband (1Mbps), and 200,000 timesRead More

Chess champion is “Fritzed” by computer

Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Russian chess grandmaster, Vladimir Kramnik lost the final match of his man versus machine match against the Deep Fritz chess program. The six game match in Bonn, Germany had a final result of 4-2 for the German-developed chess program which runs on readily available computer hardware. The first match which concludedRead More

Melbourne Victory clinch A-League premiership

Sunday, December 17, 2006 Melbourne Victory has won the 2006-07 A-League football (soccer) premiership after defeating New Zealand Knights 4-0 at Olympic Park, Melbourne. The win takes Melbourne to 41 points, 13 ahead of Sydney FC in second place, with only four games remaining in the regular season. This makes it mathematically impossible for theRead More

Wikinews Shorts: October 21, 2006

A compilation of brief news reports forSunday, October 22, 2006 Contents 1 Annan Wants Quicker Hezbollah Disarmament 2 Explosion in Paracin, Serbia 3 President Bush signs 2006 Military Commissions Act into law 4 Iran reportedly bans high-speed Internet access 5 Two subway trains collide in Rome 6 Sources 7 External links October 20, 2006 TheRead More