West pays rich East’s water bills (The Daily Telegraph) PEOPLE building houses in Sydney’s growth areas are paying up to $50,000 in water and sewerage charges, while affluent eastern suburbs residents escape all fees. Gay cowboy cinema snub (Sydney Morning Herald) MILLIONS of Australians have been denied the chance to see the Academy Award-nominated film [...]

Big Day Out flags a new era (News Interactive) WOLFMOTHER whipped the 55,000-strong Big Day Out Sydney crowd into a moshing frenzy yesterday. Backstage pass Gay cowboy cinema snub (Sydney Morning Herald) MILLIONS of Australians have been denied the chance to see the Academy Award-nominated film Brokeback Mountain because of a distributor’s decision that some [...]

Our nation’s finest (Sydney Morning Herald) Shining star … Nicole Kidman is recognised for her charity work as well as her acting. She has been named Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia.