Saturday, October 15, 2016

Labor's 'manic desire to oust Brandis' and other top stories.

  • Labor's 'manic desire to oust Brandis'

    Labor's 'manic desire to oust Brandis'
    Brandis denies misleading parliament1:56Attorney-General George Brandis has rejected claims he misled parliament amid a high-level legal dispute. Attorney-General Senator George Brandis will come under fire this afternoon when Labor moves an urgency motion. Picture: Kym SmithDanielle Le Messurier, with AAPNews Corp Australia NetworkLIBERAL-National Party Senator Ian Macdonald says Labor has politicised the bitter feud between the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General due to an “insatiable” des..
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  • Mt Druitt motorcycle crash kills one youth, seriously injures another

    Mt Druitt motorcycle crash kills one youth, seriously injures another
    Mt Druitt motorcycle crash kills one youth, seriously injures another Updated October 10, 2016 17:34:23 Police say their "absolute priority" is identifying two youths and notifying their families after one was killed and another seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Sydney's west this morning.NSW Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Matt Appleton said police spotted the two young males on an unregistered trail bike on Carlisle Avenue, Mt Druitt about 11am today."Th..
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  • NT to wait two more years for PET scanner

    NT to wait two more years for PET scanner
    Lucy Hughes JonesAustralian Associated PressTerritorians suffering cancer have been told they'll have to wait up to two years to get a PET scanner, six years after its was first promised.Incoming NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles revealed the new timetable on Monday, saying she was confident it would arrive despite being promised by both sides of federal politics since 2010.Positron emission tomography (PET) scans are used to detect and track cancer, heart disease, epilepsy and other neurological..
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  • Creepy clowns face tough crowd worldwide

    Creepy clowns face tough crowd worldwide
    Creepy clowns face tough crowd worldwideRebecca GredleyAustralian Associated Press7:43PM October 10, 2016SaveProfessional clowns and politicians alike have condemned the current worldwide craze of people dressing up as clowns to terrorise people.The World Clown Association president Randy Christensen said the craze was being propelled by social media and the association did not consider people participating in it as clowns.'"We're full of people that love children, bring smiles and want to help ..
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  • Australia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM

    Australia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM
    Last year's unusually quiet cyclone season will make way for a more stormy summer ahead with abnormally warm waters set to fuel more tropical tempests, the Bureau of Meteorology says.Separately, Sydney's run of mild weather has a few days to run after temperatures on Monday reached almost 12 degrees above average. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide More cyclones this summer Paraglider stuck in tree Kingsford Smith Drive a crawl Todd..
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  • Perth Anglican Archbishop steps down

    Perth Anglican Archbishop steps down
    Greg RobertsAustralian Associated PressRoger Herft has stepped down as Anglican Archbishop of Perth just over a month after admitting to the royal commission into child sexual abuse to badly letting down victims.Archbishop Herft said he had decided after consulting widely in recent weeks that it was in the best interests of the Perth diocese that he step aside.Archbishop Herft is the highest-ranking casualty so far of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which..
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  • Man dies after one punch attack in South Brisbane

    Man dies after one punch attack in South Brisbane
    A 48-year-old man has died in hospital after a one-punch attack in South Brisbane on Saturday morning.The victim died from his injuries in the Princess Alexandra Hospital on Monday afternoon and detectives were still searching for his attacker. Police have released an image from CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to. Photo: QPS Media Police released vision of a man who might be able to help with the investigation. He was described as about 170cm with short dark hair, wearing black ..
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  • Tiahleigh Palmer's foster family turn on accused killer father

    Tiahleigh Palmer's foster family turn on accused killer father
    Julene and Joshua Thorburn will testify against Tiahleigh Palmer's accused killer Rick Thorburn, according to their lawyer.The dramatic development was revealed outside Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday, after Julene, 54, and Joshua, 20, were represented in court on charges relating to the alleged murder of the 12-year-old foster child in October last year. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Tiahleigh 'forever an angel' Paraglider stuck in tree ..
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  • Gable Tostee: Mobile phone records argument between Warriena Wright and accused murderer

    Gable Tostee: Mobile phone records argument between Warriena Wright and accused murderer
    Gable Tostee: Mobile phone records argument between Warriena Wright and accused murderer Updated October 10, 2016 20:33:34 Part of a recording between Gable Tostee and the woman he is accused of murdering, detailing alleged moments of violence and expletive-ridden conversations before her fatal fall from his Gold Coast apartment balcony, has been played to a court.Tostee today pleaded not guilty to murdering New Zealand tourist Warriena Wright on the Gold Coast in Augus..
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  • Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech

    Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech
    Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech Updated October 10, 2016 19:31:27 A federal Labor MP has fought back tears while calling for same-sex marriage during an emotional maiden speech to Parliament.Susan Lamb defeated former Coalition minister Wyatt Roy to win the seat of Longman in Queensland.She reflected on becoming a mother while still a teenager and praised her family — including her four sons — in the speech.B..
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