Spirit powers air rescue service Aug 29, 2008
Last January she found herself being lowered from a helicopter into eight-metre surf at Cronulla to rescue what she later found out was an escaped convict trying to dodge the police by diving into the treacherous waters. She is the only woman in Australia doing this kind of work, and what's more amazing is that Johnson does it all on a voluntary basis. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Grandma told first as Darius makes it Jun 4, 2008
Hodges will not return until round 20 against Cronulla after entering an early guilty plea to a grade three dangerous throw following Friday night's match against Parramatta. Origin selection is well deserved for Boyd, who has looked lethal in attack this year. (Gold Coast News)
Packing the pud for Australia May 10, 2008
" Another favourite Jack Gibson quote sent in by a reader: "Waiting for Cronulla to win the grand final was like leaving the porch light on for Harold Holt " Kiwi cricket captain Daniel Vettori on leaving India for England this week after the completion of his IPL duties: "I left five minutes after the game. It was tight, but I understood there was always going be a flight. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Coaches cotton on to something in the water down Canberra way Mar 20, 2008
Australia's coach, Ricky Stuart, also the Sharks coach, doesn't have any potential Kiwi Test players at Cronulla, nor does Queensland's Mal Meninga have any NRL commitments, but Stuart must choose a Kangaroos team out of the state battle coached by his former Raiders teammates. Throw in Daley, Country's new coach, and City's boss, Tim Sheens and five of the six representative coaches this season are all ex-Raiders. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
When the buck really stops with you Feb 8, 2008
"I saw a Cold Rock at Broadbeach and thought how great it was. I sampled it twice. Eighteen months later I was opening a shop in Cronulla," says David ... Although the fit-out for Cronulla cost about $350,000, that included buying out a surf shop. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Predator should become prey Jan 6, 2008
On December 9, swimmers were cleared from the popular Cronulla and Wanda beaches when four hammerhead sharks were spotted 30 metres from shore. On December 1, a three-metre shark, believed to be a white pointer, was spotted and photographed 25 metres from swimmers at Byron Bay's Main Beach. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Bra Boy behind bars for a night Dec 10, 2007
The award goes to 22-year-old Hayley Reid from Cronulla, who has been a site assistant at Garden Island navy base and a trade assistant at an oil refinery. Reid, who also appears on the Channel Nine show Jack Of All Trades, names the needle gun as her favourite tool. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Feuding patrols need rescue mission Nov 17, 2007
The Cronulla District Lifesaver Rescue has ceased its motorboat patrols after a bitter falling out with Surf Life Saving Australia ... The group was expelled from the movement after it refused to merge with Surf Life Saving's Cronulla-Sutherland district council last month ... The council, made up of four life saving clubs - Cronulla, North Cronulla, Elouera and Wanda - has been lobbying for a review of the group's operations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tozzi impresses in first feature film role Oct 14, 2007
The Cronulla native plays 17-year-old provocateur Suzy in the suburban drama, which also stars Peta Wilson, Deborah-Lee Furness and Asher Keddie ... I don't know if I'll convince Koby to move to Cronulla, or he'll try and convince me to move to Maroubra. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Tozzi bars Bra Boy boyfriend Oct 13, 2007
The Cronulla beauty, who was famously snapped frolicking in the Malibu surf with Paris Hilton in July, has revealed how she shunned her pro-surfer beau of 7 months for six weeks to concentrate on her acting career ... Cronulla model Tahyna Tozzi has banned herself from her Bra Boy Koby Abberton - to become a star, just like her pal. (NEWS.com.au)
The wheel has turned for Tour Jul 28, 2007
One of the founders of the Cronulla Sharks Rugby League Club, and such a respected stalwart his name still adorns the main grandstand at Shark Park (aka Endeavour Field, Ronson Field, Caltex Field). A league man, a good man. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The New Swimsuit Issue Jul 20, 2007
19, 2007 By Mecca Laa Laa wears a 'Burqini' on her first surf lifesaving patrol at North Cronulla Beach in Sydney, Australia on February 4, 2007 ... Matt King / Getty Mecca Laa Laa wears a 'Burqini' on her first surf lifesaving patrol at North Cronulla Beach in Sydney, Australia on February 4, 2007. (Time.com)
Order of Australia Jun 11, 2007
Mr Wallace HALPIN, Cronulla, NSW. For service to the surf lifesaving movement as an administrator, instructor and official, and to youth through a range of sporting clubs ... Mr Edward LARSEN, Cronulla, NSW. For service to surf lifesaving through a range of coaching and administrative roles ... Mr Ronald Ernest PEARS, Cronulla, NSW. For service to the community, particularly through a range of roles at national, state and local levels within the surf lifesaving movement. (The Age, Australia)
Say, that's a swell idea May 27, 2007
Crescent Head and Lennox Head are likely to be gazetted as surfing reserves before the end of the year, and other beaches under consideration for the register include North Narrabeen, Freshwater, Manly, Bondi and Cronulla. Source: The Sun-Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Can you be an Aussie? May 21, 2007
b. Worn as a Superman cape when attending sporting events or Cronulla. c. Worn as socks, jocks and bras. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Hangin' five with honourable Dudes May 11, 2007
You'd get your head punched in if you tried at Cronulla. The Big Kahuna doesn't even know whether the amount of foreign ownership has exceeded the level permitted under the Qantas Act. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Latest Breaking News Apr 27, 2007
Cronulla backrowers Paul Gallen and Greg Bird are adamant they won't let their friendship get in the way as they battle it out for a NSW Origin berth. 5:49pm. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Australia's Islamic Leader Urged to Leave After Supporting Iranian Regime Apr 10, 2007
Racial tensions have built in Australia since riots in the Sydney beach suburb of Cronulla on Dec. 11, 2005 ... The following day, youths assaulted residents and smashed shops and cars in Cronulla and the beach suburb of Maroubra. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Looming stinks in the year of league... Mar 9, 2007
Sacked Cronulla hooker Tevita Latu may have a number of playing options despite being deregistered by the NRL for assaulting a 19-year-old woman - including an alcohol-free rugby union club in New Zealand that is interested in recruiting him. by SMH Online at. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Australian Muslims Mar 9, 2007
CRONULLA, Australia: As a teenager growing up in a Sydney suburb, Mecca Laalaa never felt anything but Australian, even though she was for the most part unable to engage in the most quintessential of Australian pastimes: swimming at the beach ... The outreach was the response to an ugly episode of riots on Cronulla Beach, some 32 kilometers, or 20 miles, south of central Sydney, in December 2005, when skinheads and neo-Nazis, many drunk and with racial epithets painted on their bodies and... (International Herald Tribune)
Bra Boys' Hollywood moment Mar 8, 2007
Riots in Maroubra following the Cronulla riots ... he said 'during the riots' which implies that he meant cronulla. (NEWS.com.au)
Leaflet attack on Muslim lifesavers Feb 24, 2007
Australian First Candidate John Moffat at Cronulla ... THE far right candidate John Moffat has denied he put out a leaflet demanding the removal of Muslim lifesavers from North Cronulla and accusing "Islamic supremacists" of incest ... But Mr Moffat said many Cronulla people would incline towards the views expressed in the leaflet bearing his name. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
This Territory Feb 15, 2007
It's a theatrical Rashomon for the Cronulla riots, full of statements that some, or many, Australians may privately think, but rarely utter in public. "It's about how we negotiate sharing the territory that is Australia," Janaczewska says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Muslim lifeguards patrol Australian beach once rocked by riots Feb 9, 2007
The violence erupted in the popular beachside neighbourhood of Cronulla, when around 5,000 mostly male, Caucasian youths launched an alcohol-fuelled rampage against anyone who looked Middle Eastern ... The Cronulla riot touched off two nights of retaliatory attacks by carloads of Middle Eastern youths, shocking this city of 4 million that had prided itself on being a successful multiracial melting pot ... Photo released by Surf Life Saving Australia shows a team of Muslim lifeguards including... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Muslim lifeguards patrol Sydney beach Feb 9, 2007
SLSA -- AP Photo In this photo released by Surf Life Saving Australia, a team of Muslim lifeguards including Mecca Laa Laa, center, dressed in a modest "burquini" begins patrolling Cronulla beach in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007 ... Cronulla beach was the scene of frenzied race riots between Australia's Caucasian majority and its Middle Eastern minority in late 2005 ... Surf Life Saving Australia -- AP Photo In this photo released by Surf Life Saving Australia, a team of Muslim... (Bakersfield Californian -- World)
New Australian iconRace-riot Sydney beach to get first Muslim life savers Feb 3, 2007
More remarkable still, they have learned and honed their skills on the country's most controversial stretch of sand - Cronulla beach, the site of grotesque race riots in December 2005 ... Then, brandishing Australian flags and hollering chants of Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, thousands of white protesters descended on Cronulla vowing to make it a "Leb-free zone", using a derogatory term for people of Lebanese or Middle Eastern appearance ... Almost inevitably, the Cronulla protest turned violent, when... (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Lifesavers float along with Mardi Gras Jan 28, 2007
SLSA has been encouraging diversity in its membership, particularly in the wake of last year's Cronulla riot. Editorial: Page 30. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Bring your burkini, it's beach time! Jan 18, 2007
The product has not been without controversy in Australia where riots erupted on Sydney's Cronulla Beach in December 2005 when young white mobs attacked Middle Eastern youths in an attempt to reclaim the beach ... " The Cronulla riots, the country's worst racial violence, prompted widespread debate about the extent of latent racism in this multi-ethnic nation. The burkini has become a part of the solution. Under a government programme, more young Muslims are being trained to become volunteer... (iAfrica.com)
'Burqini' comes to Aussie beaches Jan 16, 2007
The shift follows race riots between ethnic Lebanese Australians and white Australian youths at Cronulla Beach in Sydney's south in the lead-up to Christmas in 2005 ... Laalaa, whose ethnic background is Lebanese-Australian, is relying on a home-grown burqini - a compromise between a burqa and a bikini - to keep her covered on Cronulla's sands. (Sydney Morning Herald)
A year after the Cronulla riots, we all face a fresh test ofcharacter Dec 13, 2006
A year after the Cronulla riots, we all face a fresh test of character - Opinion ... A year after the Cronulla riots, we all face a fresh test of character ... To the relief of many, the anniversary of the Cronulla riots passed without incident last weekend. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Just another sunny afternoon Dec 11, 2006
It was all quiet on the Cronulla front on Sunday ... They were outnumbered by both the police and members of the Australian Muslim community who headed to Cronulla beach for the day ... Left-wing Australian expatriates in Britain were among the first to draw conclusions about the Cronulla riots. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Mosque to get police guard for bikini rally Dec 2, 2006
POLICE have been asked to protect Australia's largest mosque next weekend because of concerns that a bikini march staged to coincide with the anniversary of the Cronulla riots may get out of control ... In Cronulla yesterday members of the Lakembaroos sports club attended a barbecue at North Cronulla Surf Club to mark the progress of more than 20 Muslim lifesavers, who are training for their bronze medallions ... "If we didn't have the events of Cronulla last December in the back of our minds,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Strip and search is Kathy's cancer call Dec 2, 2006
BESTSELLING author Kathy Lette returned to her Puberty Blues teenage stomping ground in Cronulla yesterday to highlight the dangers of skin cancer. "I used to sit on the beach with my boyfriend's name cut out in paper and taped to my stomach to get a tanned tattoo," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Muslims scared to go back to Cronulla beach Nov 25, 2006
MANY young Muslim Australians are still too terrified to return to Cronulla, almost one year on from the riots, a spokesman said yesterday ... Independent Centre for Research Australia president Fadi Rahman said: "When we speak with them behind closed doors they're quite afraid to go to Cronulla on their own. "They believe that what has happened should have taught everyone a good lesson but they honestly believe it has not changed anything and that there are still racist elements in the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Australia's Howard Says Muslim Cleric's Comments About Women Are Damaging Oct 27, 2006
Racial tensions have built in Australia since riots in the Sydney beach suburb of Cronulla on Dec. 11, 2005 ... The following day, Middle Eastern youths assaulted residents and smashed shops and cars in Cronulla and the beach suburb of Maroubra. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Confusion in police response to Cronulla riot Oct 21, 2006
A YEAR after the Cronulla riots, confusion still reigns among police over who was in charge, a damning report into the riots and revenge attacks has found ... A command post was set up at a Cronulla surf lifesaving club which did not have a working phone line, leaving police to co-ordinate their activities by mobile phone ... Mr Hazzard's full report - finally released yesterday and which the Police Minister, Carl Scully, said earlier in the week did not yet exist - sets out a catalogue of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Changing face does little to alter village life Oct 21, 2006
LAST year a gang of young men descended on Maroubra to take "revenge" for the Cronulla riots that had occurred two days previously ... "With the Cronulla riots and last weekend's attacks, the feeling does seem to be getting worse.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Hundreds mourn those killed in Lebanon Oct 14, 2006
A message of condolence was also given by the Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club. Friends of Lebanon chair Ghassan Hage told the gathering he was thankful for their support. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Yo, bum rush no show Oct 1, 2006
On any given saturday night every second or 70% of Sydney clubs play Hip hop and rnb maybe in cronulla they don't and that's probably where you live. From Darling Harbour all the way to Penfiff it's all hip popping baby and yes growing in the masses. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sunsets that rise to the occasion Sep 23, 2006
With oceanic vistas across to Cronulla and back down Port Hacking, Jibbon Beach is joyous. There are a couple of public moorings and good anchoring, but watch the north-east winds and sea in summer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The softer side of the fastest man on two wheels Aug 27, 2006
On December 15, McEwen will conduct a coaching seminar for NSWIS at Centennial Park in association with a PR and promotion day for a Hurstville bike shop, followed by a dinner and film night at Cronulla. The next day, he will be the feature rider in the inaugural Cronulla Criterium on the foreshores of Wanda and Cronulla beaches. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Keep the faith and pray for a minor miracle Aug 19, 2006
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Peter FitzSimonsAugust 19, 2006. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Does women's sport get a fair go? Aug 3, 2006
where as you get 2K a game playing reserve grade for cronulla in league. What are the stats on womens tennis. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
See-through walls and tight Ts not to everyone's taste - Stay in Touch Jun 4, 2006
The US restaurant chain Hooters is to reopen in Sydney, first at Parramatta and later at Cronulla. The fare includes fried buffalo wings and ribs, but Hooters' house specialty is the waitresses in sprayed-on T-shirts and pythonesque shorts. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
Blood, sweat and cheers May 13, 2006
Neither Green nor Mundine was in any way involved, but the sides contesting the turf and surf at Cronulla last December wouldn't need a moment's reflection before deciding which fighter they want to see arms high in jubilation and which one they want wrapped in canvas. Large swathes of white Australia want to see Mundine go down - again. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Political football, but fewer replacements would please majority May 9, 2006
NRL statistics indicate most coaches use 11-12 replacements a game, but in the Roosters' round-five victory over Cronulla, Stuart used seven. The great players, such as Mason, want to stay out there and coaches recognise this. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Board-rider sees God at the end of a pipeline May 6, 2006
It's the credo by which this Cronulla surfer lives, and this weekend Mr Crisp will be at the forefront of wetsuit evangelism as Christian Surfers Australia hosts the annual Jesus Pro Am invitational event at Cronulla Beach. Christian Surfers started 30 years ago in Cronulla, the setting of Puberty Blues, the teen-sex novel which explored macho surfer culture, and the scene of December's riots ... Mr Crisp, a full-time surf youth worker with the Cronulla Baptist Church, says Christian Surfers are... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
PM angers Australian Muslims with jihad remarks Feb 20, 2006
" Howard also stood by his remarks about the attitudes held by some Muslims towards women, saying they were "out of line with mainstream Australian society". The prime minister said it was important people realised he had made the comments about Muslims before race riots erupted at Sydney's Cronulla beach on December 11 between whites and ethnic-Arab Australians. "I was not trying to make some kind of tawdry political point, it is a view that I have held for some time," he said. Australia's... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Flags fly for Commonwealth Games baton Jan 27, 2006
The best was saved for last when champion surfer Layne Beachley arrived in a surf boat at South Cronulla. Drenched by the spray from bone-jarring breakers heading out at North Cronulla, Beachley ran up the beach high-fiving youngsters lining her path while nipper life-savers massed behind ... To welcome the baton, the Australian flag as well as its colours were everywhere at North Cronulla in singlets, T-shirts and caps. (Melbourne Hearld Sun.au)
Australia Day marred by tensions Jan 26, 2006
But Sydney authorities also sent 1,200 extra police officers to patrol beaches hit by riots in December amid reports that a planned protest by a far-right group on North Cronulla Beach, epicenter of a December 11 race riot ... "It's very stern warning to any persons that intend to come out and cause any troubles or any of the racial tension at Cronulla, Maroubra and any other places that we've seen in the past month that we are out there," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation... (CNN -- International)
Commonwealth Games baton theft fails Jan 26, 2006
Authorities are on alert for any problems at Cronulla, where surfer Layne Beachley will land with the baton in a surf boat late in the afternoon. An extra 1200 police have been rostered to patrol Australia Day events across NSW in the wake of last month's race riots at beaches. (Melbourne Hearld Sun.au)
Australia's Howard warns on race riots ahead of national day (AFP) Jan 25, 2006
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Sydney Police Deploy Thousands of Officers to Avert Australia Day Riots Jan 25, 2006
Officers will be deployed on city streets, beaches including Bondi and Manly, and last month's trouble spots of Cronulla, Maroubra and Lakemba to squash any violent behavior, police said in an e-mailed statement today ... The following day, youths assaulted residents and smashed shops and cars in the beachside suburbs of Cronulla and Maroubra in retaliation. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
Police reach for the baton Jan 23, 2006
POLICE will bring in reinforcements to protect the Queen's Baton relay when it visits Sydney's Cronulla beach scene of last month's race riots on Australia Day. Champion surfer Layne Beachley is one of the runners to take the baton in the troubled suburb. (Melbourne Hearld Sun.au)
