While officials are not updating media throughout the process or providing any comment, a steady flow of leaks and exclusive stories provide updates on which potential buyers are in the running.
By Anthony Stavrinos FACEBOOK could face a probe by the US Government's all-powerful Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over breaches of privacy in its "emotion contagion" experiment. The US online privacy activist group the Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) has submitted a complaint to the FTC, demanding the watchdog investigate Facebook's misuse of user data.
It seems former One Nation politician David Oldfield, suspended from shock jock duties at Sydney's 2UE for insensitive comments on asylum seekers, just can't help himself, taking yet another opportunity to cause offence on the issue during an appearance on Sky News' The Nation last week, which, despite the best attempts of Sky's political chief David Speers to tweet up interest, has largely passed unremarked.
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As art director for several major magazines, Roula Angel enjoyed a privileged place among Sydney's social set - so her career switch, into the blokey, rough and ready taxi industry, was destined to shock. Across the nation, the industry is in turmoil, with disruptive technologies making an aggressive entry into the point to point transport sector, led by global 'ride sharing' giant, Uber.
An Australian has died and two compatriots have been injured after an apparent case of mistaken identity turned violent on the Greek party island of Mykonos. The incident occurred late on Monday night after the trio left a club at Paradise Beach at the popular tourist destination.
AN AUSTRALIAN is fighting for his life and two compatriots have been injured after an apparent case of mistaken identity turned violent on the Greek party island of Mykonos. The incident occurred late on Monday night after the trio left a club at Paradise Beach at the popular tourist destination.
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A colleague of child care worker Tina Kontozis, who was brutally bashed to death with a cricket bat by her ex-husband, warned he was capable of killing her. At Beachcomber Avenue on Sunday 24 April, police were confronted with the battered and lifeless body of Ms Kontozis while her son, Daniel, was taken to Sutherland Hospital with an injured arm and cut to the head.
Vanished: Matt Leveson. A YOUNG gay man who vanished after partying at one of Sydney's trendiest inner-city dance clubs is feared murdered, his friends believe. Matt Leveson, 20, has not been seen since walking out of ARQ in Taylor Square, early on Sunday, September 23.
It began with a trickle of guests but quickly turned into a flood of glitter, stilettos and big hair, as the stage adaptation of iconic Australian film The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert was unveiled in Sydney. But with just a couple of words, one of the film's stars demonstrated the kind of pressure involved in making the transition.
Malcolm Turnbull's tumultuous elevation to prime minister may have come and gone, but one Greek Australian close to former PM Tony Abbott says the nation has lost not just a great man but a Philhellene. Kytherian-born Paul Dracakis has been a close confidant and friend of Mr Abbott for more than 20 years - as a fundraiser and loyal supporter in the Liberal Party machine.
During his university days, the most remarkable person Harry Stamateris met was a fellow student he took a shine to, a woman named Poppy. They graduated in their respective physiotherapy and orthoptics studies and, after a brief engagement, were married in 1985. Today they run two childcare centres in south Sydney.
Retrenched ... Caroline Beinke. Photo: Lee Besford A COMPANY with a contract to print federal election material for the Labor Party retrenched its marketing manager weeks after she was preselected by the Liberal Party to contest the seat of Kingsford Smith.
If the number of screaming girls at his audition is any measure, X-Factor contestant Andrew Lambrou is destined for big things. "What an experience!! Your support means so much to me I can not thank all of you enough! Much love," Andrew, 17, from Sydney's inner south wrote on social media after his audition performance went to air this week.
Businessman Nick Moraitis' horseracing love affair is coming to an end, with the owner of champion galloper Might and Power scaling back involvement to focus on business interests. Might and Power matched the achievements of Phar Lap - widely considered Australia's most successful racehorse - to also claim a trifecta of victories in premier races, the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate.
Nora made a late entry to the trans and gender diverse community, her traumatic past culminating in a life of drugs and sex work.
Businessman Nick Moraitis' horseracing love affair is coming to an end, with the owner of champion galloper Might and Power scaling back involvement to focus on business interests. Might and Power matched the achievements of Phar Lap - widely considered Australia's most successful racehorse - to also claim a trifecta of victories in premier races, the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate.
Greece's former finance minister says the subversion of democracy in the country now involves banks rather than the tanks of the infamous 1967 military coup d'état. He made the comments on ABC radio in his first interview since resigning, also describing the new bailout agreement as 'a new Versailles Treaty'.
Hard questions ... Richard Carleton inquires about the cause of the mine disaster, moments before he collapsed and died yesterday. TO HIS last breath, Richard Carleton was asking controversial questions. Minutes before his extraordinary televised death yesterday, the veteran reporter had arrived at a press conference outside the Beaconsfield goldmine in Tasmania's north, puffing and looking tired.
THE bouncer accused of murdering Australian Doujon Zammit has appeared on Greek television in an apparent pitch for sympathy.
ANTHONY LaPaglia and Russell Crowe are planning to build an inner-city stadium for the football teams they love. The two wealthy Hollywood stars - one obsessed with soccer, the other rugby league - are negotiating a deal to build a stadium to house their respective football teams, Sydney FC and South Sydney.
Sunny future? .... an artist's impression of two proposed Sydney ferries. Hybrid-powered vessels are said to halve the environmental impact of noise, vibrations and fumes. SYDNEY Ferries is looking at solar-powered vessels in the upgrade of its ageing fleet.
ASHLEA and Jessica Pellow survived the car accident that killed their mother and embarked on a remarkable shared journey - life in a wheelchair. Seven years ago, the sisters - then aged 3 and 7 - were passengers in a car that hit a tree at Ariah Park in the Riverina.
It began with a trickle of guests but quickly turned into a flood of glitter, stilettos and big hair, as the stage adaptation of iconic Australian film The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert was unveiled in Sydney. But with just a couple of words, one of the film's stars demonstrated the kind of pressure involved in making the transition.
Anthony Stavrinos/Sunday Morning Herald -- FIVE Australian witnesses have been summoned to Greece to give evidence in the trial of the man accused of murdering Sydney man Doujon Zammit. Prosecutors are frantically working to secure the attendance of the witnesses, believed to include 20-year-old Mr Zammit's mother and
By Anthony Stavrinos Justice, like almost everything else, moves slowly in the Greek isles. Family and friends of Doujon Zammit (foto) have been waiting 16 months for a court date to be set over his bashing death on Mykonos. That finally happened yesterday. Greek court officials announced that 26-year-old bouncer
An Australian has died and two compatriots have been injured after an apparent case of mistaken identity turned violent on the Greek party island of Mykonos. The incident occurred late on Monday night after the trio left a club at Paradise Beach at the popular tourist destination.
Anthony Stavrinos writes: From time to time, Crikey likes to take a look at what the news websites are offering punters. Late last year you might remember a string of stories posted on The Sydney Morning Herald's website - on topics including beastiality with rabbits and gang rape - all accompanied with advertisements for KY ...
(ATR) The Olympics will rebound from "crisis" in time for the Beijing Games, says IOC president Jacques Rogge, who also expressed his sadness over protests affecting the torch relay in Europe and the US. Addressing a joint meeting of the IOC and the 205 member NOCs of the Association of National Olympic Committees, Rogge says sports bosses to reassure their athletes that the situation will improve.
THE bouncer accused of murdering Australian Doujon Zammit has appeared on Greek television in an apparent pitch for sympathy. Mr Zammit, 20, was declared brain dead in August after an attack by four bouncers on the Greek island of Mykonos. His parents, Oliver and Rosemarie Zammit, agonised before taking him off life support.
Celebrity couple Judy Davis and Colin Friels remain together despite an angry domestic that led to a Sydney court granting an apprehended violence order yesterday. - The Age
THE Greek-Australian who received the heart of Doujon Zammit, the 20-year-old Australian killed in Mykonos last week, is the Athens television reporter Kostas Gribilas. Mr Gribilas, 31, had a successful transplant operation at the Onasseio Hospital in Athens last weekend. The hospital, considered to be among the top medical facilities in Greece, has declined all requests to reveal his identity.
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Despite hitting a rocky patch, Ada Nicodemou is doing all she can to rescue her faltering marriage, reports Anthony Stavrinos. Looking forlorn and distressed, Home And Away star Ada Nicodemou cut a sad and lonely figure as she set off for her day's work commitments last Monday.
AN AUSTRALIAN is fighting for his life and two compatriots have been injured after an apparent case of mistaken identity turned violent on the Greek party island of Mykonos. The incident occurred late on Monday night after the trio left a club at Paradise Beach at the popular tourist destination.
The black BMW 7-series limousine has previously carried stars including models Elle Macpherson and Sarah O'Hare. Leichhardt police duty officer, Sergeant Peter Kemp, said three people who subsequently fled the scene were involved in the theft.
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CORNELIA RAU, recently jailed in Jordan after wandering the Middle East unmedicated, has been secretly returned to Australia, after her family requested government help. Ms Rau, 43, a South Australian resident, arrived at Sydney Airport at dawn yesterday, accompanied by a male guardian, her sister Christine, another woman believed to be a nurse and a contingent of Australian Federal Police officers.
THE NSW Government had not seriously responded to its own report addressing child sexual assault in the state's Aboriginal communities, the Opposition said yesterday. Released a year ago, the Breaking The Silence report found that Aboriginal children were four times more likely to be the victims of sexual abuse than non-indigenous children, and said the problem was at epidemic levels.