Jail sentence for beauty pageant brawler
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 01:30:08 -0700 | political-news
The Miss South Sudan Australia competition is an annual event for Melbourne's Sudanese community, but last year it was tarnished by three brawls. James Makur, 21, of Keilor Downs, pleaded guilty in the magistrates court to affray, intentionally causing injury...
Poison trials raise hopes in feral pests fight
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 21:51:33 -0700 | political-news
In the arid area around Roxby Downs in the far north of South Australia, local organisation Arid Recovery is a non-profit group which runs a reserve where cats, foxes and rabbits are kept out with fencing. When the sanctuary was...
Not guilty verdict for alien voices killer
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 21:21:44 -0700 | political-news
Mohamed Aliwijaya bashed and choked Robson Pham to death in April 2010 while the pair shared a cell at Silverwater jail. New South Wales Supreme Court Judge Lucy McCallum today found Aliwijaya not guilty on the grounds of mental illness....
Police search lake for body of woman
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Perth :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 21:07:57 -0700 | political-news
The body of Ah Bee Mack, who was also known as Pauline Mack has never been found. The 56 year-old disappeared from her home in the Perth suburb of Mt Hawthorn in 2008. Police have charged her 26-year-old son, Brent...
Bigger farm yields: Are they making Aussies fat?
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 20:16:52 -0700 | political-news
31 A public debate has questioned whether farm efficiency and bigger yields are changing dietary habits and promoting rising obesity among Australians. A range of experts has debated the issues at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide, considering whether innovation...
Banksy rat destroyed by builders
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 19:00:15 -0700 | political-news
The parachuting rat was painted by the British artist about 15 years ago on a wall in Prahran. Local residents say they were horrified to realise the stencil had recently been ruined when builders smashed a hole in the wall...
Dart Energy to explore more CSG sites
Source: The Age
Wollongong :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 02:53:03 -0700 | political-news
The plans have prompted a warning from anti-CSG campaigners who fear Dart Energy may want to drill near residential areas. The identified sites could be anywhere within Dart's exploration permit, which covers an area from Coalcliff, near Wollongong, in the...
Airservices CEO resigns
Source: The Courier-Mail
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 04:17:04 -0700 | political-news
Australia has confirmed CEO Greg Russell has resigned and is "well advanced" in selecting a replacement. Mr Russell, who joined the national air traffic control service almost seven years ago, resigned today after pioneering "an extensive transformation" of the organisation,...
Keating irritated by flash bulbs at dinner
Source: The Courier-Mail
Brisbane :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 04:17:04 -0700 | political-news
AN angry Paul Keating gave a group of photographers in Sydney a ticking off, seconds before coming face to face with Bob Hawke, the man he ousted to become prime minister in 1991. Sydney Exhibition Centre tonight had set tongues...
Selan found not guilty of people smuggling
Source: The Courier-Mail
Darwin :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 02:21:19 -0700 | political-news
AN Indonesian man claiming he was duped into joining a crew illegally taking asylum seekers into Australia has been found not guilty of people smuggling. Riki Selan walked free from Darwin's Supreme Court after a jury returned a not guilty...
Whistleblower fights for membership back
Source: The Courier-Mail
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 00:32:53 -0700 | political-news
A MAN who claims he was banned from a vintage train restoration club after blowing the whistle on sex offenders among the membership is fighting to be allowed to rejoin. Alistair Parr, 34, had volunteered at Steamrail Victoria since he...
Govt condemns NSW teachers strike
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 00:32:51 -0700 | political-news
Story continues below But Education Minister Adrion Piccoli says their planned action is irritating as well as pointless and designed to cause as much disruption as possible to NSW parents. "I would do anything I could to stop industrial action...
Performance-based teachers pay overdue - Act (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 20:03:38 -0700 | political-news
Act ACT New Zealand, Fuseworks May 16, 2012, 2:04 pm ACT New Zealand today welcomed Education Minister Hekia Parata's serious consideration of performance based-pay for teachers, which is best practice in industries all around the world and is long overdue...
ACTU appoints panel to tackle corruption
Source: The Courier-Mail
Brisbane :: Australia | updated 2012-05-16 02:53:35 -0700 | political-news
Dave Oliver as he tries to draw a line under alleged corruption within the Health Services Union. The panel will be asked to examine financial controls and accountability in other sectors and report back with a series of recommendations to...
Arrest over St Kilda sex assault
Source: The Age
Melbourne :: Australia | updated 2012-05-15 19:36:42 -0700 | political-news
The 22-year-old was arrested last night and questioned over the attack on the woman on Robe Street in the early hours of April 29. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the Irishman, who is living in St Kilda, was released without...
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