Posts Tagged ‘NSW’

Asylum seeker brought ashore in rescue

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I’ll still be here in 2013

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I’ll still be here in 2013

Click to play video More video Recommended Click to play video Slipper case goes to DPP Click to play video Less cloak, but more dagger? Click to play video PM faces rumours of Rudd’s return Click to play video Labor whip stirs leadership pot Replay video Julia Gillard has signalled she has no intention of […]

Teens charged over ‘torture’ of autistic boy

Two teenage girls have been charged after allegedly torturing a 12-year-old autistic boy in Townsville. The boy was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and sexually assaulted last Sunday morning by the two girls, aged just 13 and 14, the Townsville Bulletin reports. He was riding his bike home after fishing in a creek when he was pulled […]

Teens charged over ‘torture’ of autistic boy

Two teenage girls have been charged after allegedly torturing a 12-year-old autistic boy in Townsville. The boy was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and sexually assaulted last Sunday morning by the two girls, aged just 13 and 14, the Townsville Bulletin reports. He was riding his bike home after fishing in a creek when he was pulled […]

Dirty air takes breath away

POLLUTION is giving otherwise healthy children asthma-like symptoms, potentially affecting their lung growth and function and casting doubt on whether national air quality standards are strong enough. A national study of 2860 primary school children found nitrogen dioxide, contained in motor vehicle exhaust, was present in the lungs of two-thirds of the students of the […]

Dirty air takes breath away

POLLUTION is giving otherwise healthy children asthma-like symptoms, potentially affecting their lung growth and function and casting doubt on whether national air quality standards are strong enough. A national study of 2860 primary school children found nitrogen dioxide, contained in motor vehicle exhaust, was present in the lungs of two-thirds of the students of the […]

knife-edge battle in Melbourne by-election

Updated July 22, 2012 01:14:03 Video: Labor and the Greens battle for the seat of Melbourne (ABC News) Labor says it is confident of claiming victory in the state by-election in Melbourne. With more than 60 per cent of the vote counted, Labor leads the Greens 52 to 48, two-party preferred. The Greens’ Cathy Oke […]

knife-edge battle in Melbourne by-election

Updated July 22, 2012 01:14:03 Video: Labor and the Greens battle for the seat of Melbourne (ABC News) Labor says it is confident of claiming victory in the state by-election in Melbourne. With more than 60 per cent of the vote counted, Labor leads the Greens 52 to 48, two-party preferred. The Greens’ Cathy Oke […]

North Stradbroke Island post office and school set alight and woman bashed in …

Image Video This reader photo shows a fire fighter extinguishing the blaze. Source: Supplied Police take a man into custody over a fire in the post office on Queensland’s North Stradbroke Island SUSPECT: The man, 22, arrested over the Dunwich fire is taken to Cleveland for questioning. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) A VOLUNTEER firefighter […]

North Stradbroke Island post office and school set alight and woman bashed in …

Image Video This reader photo shows a fire fighter extinguishing the blaze. Source: Supplied Police take a man into custody over a fire in the post office on Queensland’s North Stradbroke Island SUSPECT: The man, 22, arrested over the Dunwich fire is taken to Cleveland for questioning. Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld) A VOLUNTEER firefighter […]

Female spies a rare species at the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ASIS director-general Nick Warner. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: The Daily Telegraph Women might have 45 per cent of jobs at the nation’s overseas spy agency but they account for less than 10 per cent of frontline spooks. And former agents say the image of using female agents as Mata Hari-like honey pots to lure male […]

Canberra contacts NSW over abuse claim

Vigil held for shooting victims An emotional candle-lit vigil has been held for the victims of a US shooting at a premiere of the latest Batman movie, which left 12 people dead and nearly 60 injured. Read more

From coast to coast, Labor will lose the lot, says Steve Bracks

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Greens ‘ethical and sustainable’ post by-election bash

Video Video Image The Greens have targeted Labor voters in the seat of Melbourne for the Victorian state by-election. Polls have opened in the Melbourne state by-election, where the Greens are in a tight race with Labor. One of the highlights of the night will be a speech by Greens leader Greg Barber at 8.20pm. […]

Victorian death toll climbs

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Fallen diggers honoured in Fromelles

Updated July 21, 2012 15:27:38 Video: Fromelles fallen identified 96 years on (ABC News) The town of Fromelles in northern France has paid tribute to nine Australian soldiers who fell on its soil in 1916. The Battle of Fromelles was the bloodiest 24 hours in Australia’s military history. The remains of 250 Australian and British […]

Teenage girls charged with torturing autistic boy, 12

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Fire destroys workshop at Sydney marina

Posted July 21, 2012 15:52:58 Investigations are underway to determine the cause of a huge blaze at Bobbin Head in Sydney’s north. The fire at the Empire Marina is still smouldering hours after it started in a workshop. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion before the blaze began. A large section of the roof of the […]

Chat: PM gets personal

Click to play video More video Recommended Click to play video Google Hangout with Gillard – the full event Click to play video Many injured in M7 horror smash Click to play video CCTV of vicious Bar 20 assault Click to play video Melbourne set for a warm weekend Replay video Suicide prevention, obesity, gay […]

Man arrested in island arson case

Updated: 15:53, Saturday July 21, 2012 A 23-year-old man has been arrested after crime spree on a southeast Queensland island left two buildings destroyed by fire and a woman in hospital with facial injuries. Several nearby homes had to be evacuated during the incident, which involved five men, police say. The group allegedly lit a […]

Abbott brags about economy abroad:Swan

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Abbott brags about economy abroad:Swan

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Tamils: why we get on the boats

‘Five hundred people have left from this village, from this area, all for Australia’ … Kajan, above in his village, says there is no work and people are desperate. ON A remote stretch of Sri Lanka’s west coast lies the village that wants to come to Australia. The homes here are built alike, low and […]

Tamils: why we get on the boats

‘Five hundred people have left from this village, from this area, all for Australia’ … Kajan, above in his village, says there is no work and people are desperate. ON A remote stretch of Sri Lanka’s west coast lies the village that wants to come to Australia. The homes here are built alike, low and […]

Earthquake hits Gippsland

Updated July 21, 2012 01:13:35 A magnitude-4.3 earthquake has struck south of Moe in Gippsland. The tremor was also felt in parts of Melbourne. The are no reports of damage. A separate 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the area on June 19. Geoscience Australia seismologist Jonathan Bathgate says it is hard to predict if more large aftershocks […]

Earthquake hits Gippsland

Updated July 21, 2012 01:13:35 A magnitude-4.3 earthquake has struck south of Moe in Gippsland. The tremor was also felt in parts of Melbourne. The are no reports of damage. A separate 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the area on June 19. Geoscience Australia seismologist Jonathan Bathgate says it is hard to predict if more large aftershocks […]

Union support for Gillard shows signs of weakness

One of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s key trump cards in fending off challenges to her Labor leadership ― namely that key unions would not support any move that would threaten an early election ― is fading, as trade unions suggest they would be open to the return of Kevin Rudd, according to The Australian Financial […]

Union support for Gillard shows signs of weakness

One of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s key trump cards in fending off challenges to her Labor leadership ― namely that key unions would not support any move that would threaten an early election ― is fading, as trade unions suggest they would be open to the return of Kevin Rudd, according to The Australian Financial […]

Teens ‘abused’ in Aussie jail

Minors in jail: Two Indonesia teenagers who spent a year in a Sydney prison after being picked up for people smuggling said they were sexually abused and forced to take drugs when locked up with adults. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied TWO Indonesian minors who spent more than a year in a Sydney jail for people […]

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