Imagine having daughters locked up on an island
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February 18, 2021 12.05am
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Now that Scott Morrison has put on his father cap, could he extend compassion to the Sri Lankan family incarcerated on Christmas Island (“Plea to free family stuck in visa limbo”, February 17) and allow them to return to their life in Biloela?
Rhonda Seymour, Castle Hill
Following the Federal Court’s positive ruling in favour of the Tamil family’s visa application, it was distressing to read that the government is still not legally obliged to release the family from detention on Christmas Island. Unsurprisingly, the Home Affairs Department trotted out the usual weasel words: “At no time has any member of the family been found to be owed protection.” Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. Spot the difference, Mr D
From the Archives, 1928: The Herald seeking Sydneyâs âRhapsody in Noiseâ
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From the Archives, 1928: The Herald seeking Sydneyâs âRhapsody in Noiseâ
On February 12, 1954, George Gershwinâs revolutionary composition âRhapsody In Blueâ premiered in New York. Four years later, the Herald was musing on how Sydneyâs traffic might inspire an Australian composer in a similar vein.
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First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, February 16, 1928 - four years after the premier of Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue, February 12, 1924.
âRHAPSODYâ IN NOISE.
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Listed pub owner and operator Redcape Hotel Group has extended its post-COVID buying spree, after snapping up O’Donoghues Hotel in Penrith in western Sydney for $31 million amid a flood of new deals in the fast-recovering sector.
Alongside the acquisition of the large-format Irish-themed pub – the group s fourth purchase since November – Redcape said it expected earnings for the six months to December 2020 to be ahead of what it delivered in the prior half-year period despite higher compliance costs due to the pandemic, and declared an interim distribution of 1.83 cents per security.
O Donoghue s Hotel was sold by long-term owners FAL Hotels.