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Shots fired at house in Penrith

Police are investigating after a number of bullet holes were found in a house in Penrith in Sydney’s west. Police were told about 7.45pm (AEST) on Saturday that shots had been fired at the house on Chapman Avenue, Penrith, sometime on on Thursday morning. Police from Penrith Local Area Command found several bullet holes in […]

Liberals vow to sink the slipper in if MP Charlie Lynn resigns from NSW parliament

Charlie Lynn has promised to quit the NSW Liberal Party and join the crossbenches. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Daily Telegraph THE knives are already out for Liberal MP Charlie Lynn, with colleagues labelling him “the Peter Slipper of the NSW parliament” and threatening to unleash a dirt file if he follows through with a […]

GetUp! director Simon Sheikh to step down after TV collapse

GetUp! director Simon Sheikh says his decision to step down predates his collapse on the ABC TV show ‘QA’. Source: Supplied A POLITICAL lobby group leader who recently collapsed during a live national television appearance says he’s planning to stand aside from his role. Simon Sheikh, the national director of activist organisation GetUp! for the […]

Crime and claims run up embassy bills

EMBEZZLEMENT of thousands of taxpayer dollars, defamation proceedings and a fight over ownership of a property title are some of the recent legal cases in which Australian embassies around the world have been embroiled. Cases from Argentina, Samoa and Papua New Guinea have shown scores of diplomats and foreign staff employed in embassies are being […]

Get serious, Swan tells Newman

“Queenslanders have got the lowest level of support in the country for people with disabilities right now” … Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan. Photo: AFP THE Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has accused the Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, of being ”callous and cold hearted” about people with disabilities, in an attempt to pressure him into supporting the National […]

Pair charged over big cannabis stash

Police have found a large stash of marijuana along with drug-growing equipment at a house in the Gold Coast hinterland. A 33-year-old-man and and a 32-year-old woman have been charged with a range of drug offences after almost 40 kilos of marijuana was found at the house in Austinville. Police say they also found money […]

Two charged with killing travel agent in Phuket

Victim … travel agent Michelle Smith was stabbed on the Thai resort island of Phuket. THAI authorities have reportedly charged two men accused of killing an Australian travel agent on the tourist resort island of Phuket. Michelle Smith, 60, of Perth, was fatally stabbed on June 20 when two men on a motorbike tried to […]

Execution fears over drug arrest

AN AUSTRALIAN woman arrested on drug charges in Malaysia could be sentenced to death if found guilty. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the 34-year-old Melbourne woman was arrested on July 17 for alleged drug trafficking and drug consumption. She has not been formally charged. Police arrested the woman and a Nigerian man after stopping […]

Brutality and survival: the horrific tale of the kid who refused to die

Hell in Sandakan … Billy Young’s The Torture of Jimmy Darlington. From the day of their arrival at Sandakan, the Dead End Kids had been harbouring ideas of escape. Their forays under the wire were not only scrounging expeditions, but under Harry Longley’s leadership were also scouting trips. Getting the lay of the land. Looking […]

German tourist suffers serious injuries in dingo attack on Fraser Island

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Rudd ambitions undimmed: just follow the dots

By his side … Therese Rein with her husband, Labor MP Kevin Rudd. Photo: Andrew Meares On June 21 2010, three days before the grim reaper arrived, your columnist wrote of the pressure building on then prime minister Kevin Rudd: ”Behind him sits a restive, fickle backbench that never loved him, watching their margins, and […]

Lynch’s accused killer appears in court

Updated: 15:18, Saturday July 28, 2012 A 58-year-old man charged with murdering his 55-year-old ex-girlfriend has appeared in a Queensland court. Ian Hannaford appeared in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Saturday charged with killing former girlfriend Gail Lynch. He was remanded in custody to reappear in October. Ms Lynch disappeared from Warwick, southwest of Brisbane, […]

Two Thai men charged with Aussie murder

Australian authorities are liaising with their Thai counterparts after two men were charged over the murder of Perth travel agent Michelle Smith in Phuket. The 60-year-old was fatally stabbed on June 20 when two men on a motorbike tried to snatch her handbag. “We are aware of reports two people have been charged over the […]

Police shoot alleged armed man after 75km pursuit ended near Killarney

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Teens charged over Parramatta stabbing

POLICE have charged two teenagers over the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy during a brawl in Parramatta earlier this week. The boy was stabbed during a fight between a group of young men at the Argyle Street bus interchange in Parramatta on Monday night. Police on Saturday said two 18-year-old men, one from Toongabbie and […]

Missing woman Jade Briskey found

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Treasurer renews attack on Campbell Newman over NDIS funding

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3D printer plans for a pistol, assault rifle parts, posted online

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German tourist attacked by dingos

Posted July 28, 2012 17:49:09 Rangers are patrolling Fraser Island off Queensland’s Sunshine Coast following a savage dingo attack on a German tourist. It is understood the 23-year-old man holidaying near Hope Valley on Fraser Island wandered away from his tour group this morning, fell asleep on a track, and was attacked by two dingos. […]

Time for a Sheikh out: GetUp! boss moves on

The GetUp! board has anointed the deputy national director, Sam McLean, as successor and Mr Sheikh says he’s leaving the organisation in experienced hands. ”Sam has been involved in every key decision GetUp! has made in its recent history, and is one of the world’s most capable experts in this unique field.” Mr Sheikh married […]

Spy review urged after Canada arrest

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Funeral for farmer after alleged punch from NRL star

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Seven charged over $2 million Holden theft

SEVEN people have been charged over a $2 million theft of engines from Holden’s Adelaide operations, prompting the car maker to beef up security. Police say 140 V8 engines and 175 heavy-duty transmissions are believed to have been stolen from the Elizabeth plant over a two-year period. They have arrested six South Australians and a […]

Aussie sub springs leak after sinking warship

Updated July 25, 2012 18:58:26 Photo: Springing a leak … Collins Class submarine HMAS Farncomb (AAP: Kim Christian (file photo)) The Defence Force has reported a flood inside one of its Collins Class submarines. Defence says a machine space in HMAS Farncomb started to fill with sea water after a hose split. Photo: Kilauea breaks […]

Trial told Rayney ‘usual self’ after wife disappeared

Updated July 25, 2012 19:19:24 Photo: The prosecution alleges Lloyd Rayney killed his wife at the couple’s home in Como. (ABC News) The Supreme Court murder trial of Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney has heard he was relaxed but that changed, just hours after he was alleged to have killed and buried his wife. He is […]

Waves could power Melbourne by 2050: CSIRO

Australia’s ocean waves have the potential to produce enough energy to power a city the size of Melbourne by 2050, a new CSIRO study says. The report, released by the national science agency today, investigated the role ocean renewable energy (ORE) – such as wave, tidal and ocean current power – could play in providing […]

ACCC slams fib over gas price hike

AAP A South Australian refrigeration company falsely blamed the federal government’s controversial carbon tax for recent price rises, the consumer watchdog has found. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Equipserve Solutions has agreed to send a “corrective notice” to customers after it claimed a price increase for refrigerant gas was due entirely to […]

Australian troops accused of beating Afghan guards

Australian soldiers have been accused of beating 20 Afghan guards in a military camp in Charchino district of Oruzgan province. Source: AP TWENTY Afghan guards for the NATO-led Australian forces have defected to the Taliban in southern Afghanistan after a dispute with the soldiers, local police say. “The Australian soldiers beat the Afghan guards after […]

Jurrah to go to trial for machete attack

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Key states not part of disability scheme trial

Updated July 25, 2012 19:31:24 Video: Some states agree to host NDIS launch sites (Photo: AAP) (ABC News) Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced three trial sites for the National Disability Insurance Scheme but she has not convinced three key states to get on board. The negotiations have split along partisan lines, with Labor governments […]

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