Experts warn of safety risks with mobility scooters for elderly

3:00 AM | FROM quick trips to the shops to longer commutes for medical appointments, motorised scooters have become an increasingly popular way for the elderly to stay mobile, but health experts warn they can also be deadly.

National - General

Fears flood-risk map will hit insurance cover

3:00 AM | A NATIONAL flood-risk map to be managed by the federal government will be used by insurers as a cover to raise premiums unnecessarily, according to consumer advocates.

National - Environment

Arsenic and lead found in contaminated water leak at coal seam gas drill site

3:00 AM | FOUR separate leaks of polluted water have now taken place at a coal seam gas drilling site near Narrabri in northern NSW since June, the resources company Santos confirmed.

National - Environment

Welcome mat rolled out on counterculture paradox

3:00 AM | PUNK'S anarchic ethos isn't usually associated with plush floor coverings. But that is part of Marco Fusinato's rationale in creating an art installation designed to challenge convention and spur viewers into questioning their assumptions.

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New war emerges, as seen on your television

3:00 AM | Ten years on from the premiere of 24, the American television series that made torture seem like a normal response to the problem of terrorism, we have Homeland, about a freed American POW, who may or may not have been "turned" by his al-Qaeda captors.

National - General

Facebook can alienate people further - study

3:00 AM | Facebook can help you accumulate friends, but people with low self-esteem should watch their words.

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Student takes award for revealing submerged city's secrets

3:00 AM | MORE than 3500 years ago, before it disappeared under the waves, Pavlopetri was a thriving town in Greece.

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When a garbled message strikes fear into a publisher's heart

3:00 AM | Mike Taylor, editor of Money Management received an email that stopped him in his tracks.

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18-year-old males 'are most likely to offend'

3:00 AM | FRESH OUT of school and into a changing world, 18-year-old males are more likely to commit a crime than people of any other age or gender.

National - General

Casino's new man linked to US inquiry

3:00 AM | THE STAR casino is preparing to import a US gaming executive, Mark Brown, who until recently ran one of the world's largest casinos, the Sands Macau, whose parent company is embroiled in a corruption inquiry.

National - General

Strangers are not greatest danger

3:00 AM | CHILDREN are more likely to be assaulted by relatives or acquaintances than by strangers, says the commander of the NSW sex crimes squad.

National - General

Heat on Skinner over sacking

3:00 AM | THE ability of the Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, to work with government boards has been questioned in a blistering letter from a leading Sydney businessman after her decision to sack Roger Corbett as the chairman of the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network.

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