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New front opens in Australian war on drugs - Brisbane Times

Mon, 2013-05-20 07:37

NEWS.com.au

New front opens in Australian war on drugs
Brisbane Times
The Australian Crime Commission has warned of a dangerous new front in the war on drugs as it revealed a record 23.8 tonnes of illicit substances, worth $5 billion, were seized by customs staff last year. The haul included the highest number of seizures for ...
Breaking bad - home meth labs and drug use soarsNEWS.com.au
ACT paying high price for cocaineABC Online
Illegal drug lab busts on the rise in WANinemsn
Sydney Morning Herald -The Australian -Herald Sun
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Church 'slow to act': Hart - The Age

Mon, 2013-05-20 07:25

The Age

Church 'slow to act': Hart
The Age
Melbourne's Catholic Archbishop admits the church practised a culture of cover-ups over child sex abuse by paedophile priests. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart says the Catholic church has been slow to act ...
Abuse was covered up: Melbourne archbishopSydney Morning Herald
Church 'slow over pedophile priests'The Australian
Archbishop admits church too slow to act against abuseABC Online
NEWS.com.au -Straits Times
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Aussie given 10 years in Dubai jail as colleague acquitted - Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2013-05-20 07:23

Sydney Morning Herald

Aussie given 10 years in Dubai jail as colleague acquitted
Sydney Morning Herald
One Australian executive has been sentenced to 10 years' jail in Dubai but his junior colleague acquitted in a spectacular climax to their four-year battle against property fraud charges. In a verdict on Monday, described as a travesty of justice by Matt Joyce's ...
Australian man Marcus Lee who was held in Dubai is acquitted of fraudABC Online
Aussie cleared of wrongdoing in DubaiBrisbane Times
Wife of former Nakheel employee 'overwhelmed' by his acquittalThe National

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Boy to remain in coma after carnival ride accident - Brisbane Times

Mon, 2013-05-20 07:03

Brisbane Times

Boy to remain in coma after carnival ride accident
Brisbane Times
The grandfather of a five-year-old boy in a coma after being thrown from an amusement ride near Toowoowomba says he is "a great little guy". Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Five-year-old Patrick O'Sullivan, critically injured when he was ...
'Little Paddy got on school fete ride before parents knew'Central Telegraph
Boy, 5, critical after 10m fall from show ride at Highfields school near ToowoombaThe Australian
Five-year-old boy fights for life after being thrown from ride at Darling Downs ...ABC Online
Herald Sun -Sydney Morning Herald -Ninemsn
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Breaking bad - home meth labs and drug use soars - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2013-05-20 07:02

Brisbane Times

Breaking bad - home meth labs and drug use soars
NEWS.com.au
MORE Australians are "breaking bad" with new drug data showing a record number of home meth labs and overall illicit substance abuse soaring to more than twice the previous year. The Australian Crime Commission's Illicit Drug Data report for 2011-12 ...
ACT paying high price for cocaineABC Online
New front opens in Australian war on drugsNinemsn
Queensland tops nation in drug arrestsBrisbane Times
Sydney Morning Herald -WA today -Herald Sun
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Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ... - The Australian

Mon, 2013-05-20 06:50

Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ...
The Australian
A 19-YEAR-OLD driver involved in a horrific crash on Saturday which killed a Regents Park father-of-two has been arrested and charged by police on unrelated matters. Logan police said the man was located at an address at Beenleigh at 2pm today. He was ...
Police interview teenager linked to fatal crashBrisbane Times
Queensland dad dies driving to work on day offNinemsn

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Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ... - The Australian

Mon, 2013-05-20 06:50

Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ...
The Australian
A 19-YEAR-OLD driver involved in a horrific crash on Saturday which killed a Regents Park father-of-two has been arrested and charged by police on unrelated matters. Logan police said the man was located at an address at Beenleigh at 2pm today. He was ...
Police interview teenager linked to fatal crashBrisbane Times
Queensland dad dies driving to work on day offNinemsn

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Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ... - The Australian

Mon, 2013-05-20 06:50

Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ...
The Australian
A 19-YEAR-OLD driver involved in a horrific crash on Saturday which killed a Regents Park father-of-two has been arrested and charged by police on unrelated matters. Logan police said the man was located at an address at Beenleigh at 2pm today. He was ...
Police interview teenager linked to fatal crashBrisbane Times
Queensland dad dies driving to work on day offNinemsn

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Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ... - The Australian

Mon, 2013-05-20 06:50

Tragedy strikes on dad's day off, after father-of-two Mal Osborne killed in horrific ...
The Australian
A 19-YEAR-OLD driver involved in a horrific crash on Saturday which killed a Regents Park father-of-two has been arrested and charged by police on unrelated matters. Logan police said the man was located at an address at Beenleigh at 2pm today. He was ...
Police interview teenager linked to fatal crashBrisbane Times
Queensland dad dies driving to work on day offNinemsn

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Man on trial for abusing WA hostel girls - Ninemsn

Mon, 2013-05-20 06:31

Sky News Australia

Man on trial for abusing WA hostel girls
Ninemsn
An alleged victim of child molestation told her friends "bad things" were happening to her while she was a student living at a state-run hostel, a Perth court has heard. Worst national anthem performances · People confused by technology · Collision leaves ...
Paedophile's 'sleazy' brother on trialWA today
Wayne McKenna on trial for sexual abuseABC Online
McKenna accused of preying on young girlsThe West Australian

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Skeleton found at Long Plains identified as 1984 cold-case murder victim Luu ... - Herald Sun

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:17

The West Australian

Skeleton found at Long Plains identified as 1984 cold-case murder victim Luu ...
Herald Sun
SKELETAL remains found in South Australia's Mid-North have been identified as the body of murder victim Luu Linh Le, who went missing in 1984. Police will make an appeal for information this afternoon after the remains, which were found on a farm at Long ...
Body of 1980s murder victim identifiedABC Online
SA remains belong to 1984 murder victimNinemsn
Skeleton found at Long Plains identified as 1984 cold-case murder victim Lu ...Adelaide Now

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Tasmania to boost education funding - Sky News Australia

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:16

Sky News Australia

Tasmania to boost education funding
Sky News Australia
Updated: 15:15, Monday May 20, 2013. Tasmania to boost education funding. Tasmania's Minister for Education, Nick McKim, today announced that regional high and district high schools will be able to broaden their curriculum in years 11 and 12 subjects as ...
Minister ditches school leaving planABC Online
Boost for regional educationTasmania Mercury
Funding boost for regional schoolsTasmania Examiner
The Mercury
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Three witnesses contradict Eddie Obeid's ICAC evidence - ABC Online

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:14

The Australian Financial Review

Three witnesses contradict Eddie Obeid's ICAC evidence
ABC Online
Evidence by former New South Wales Labor minister Eddie Obeid about his relationship with former colleague Ian Macdonald has been disputed by three witnesses at a corruption inquiry. Mr Obeid previously told the Independent Commission Against ...
Ex-MP 'can't believe' Obeid meant itThe Daily Telegraph
Eddie Obeid: claims Ian Macdonald was never in his office. Photo: Kate GeraghtySydney Morning Herald
Obeid and co await ICAC verdictSBS
The Australian -Brisbane Times
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Guilty over gunfight at panel beaters - The Age

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:13

The Age

Guilty over gunfight at panel beaters
The Age
Two men have today been found guilty of the defensive homicide of a Melbourne panel beater during a gunfight over a dispute involving $50,000 cash and $10,000 worth of aftershave. Omar Taha, 34, and Ahmad Mohamad, 23, died after being shot in the ...
Khaled Moustafa and Ali Kassab guilty of shooting dead Brunswick panel shop ...The Australian
Two men guilty over Vic shooting deathNinemsn

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British man accused of Bondi Beach sex attack 'boasted to victim about wealth' - ABC Online

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:13

Sydney Morning Herald

British man accused of Bondi Beach sex attack 'boasted to victim about wealth'
ABC Online
A Sydney court has heard a British man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Bondi Beach boasted that nothing would happen to him because he was wealthy. Gregory Charles Cox was out with friends in January 2012 when he met a 21-year-old ...
Accused: Gregory Cox. Photo: Jacky GhosseinSydney Morning Herald

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British man accused of Bondi Beach sex attack 'boasted to victim about wealth' - ABC Online

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:02

Sydney Morning Herald

British man accused of Bondi Beach sex attack 'boasted to victim about wealth'
ABC Online
A Sydney court has heard a British man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Bondi Beach, boasted that nothing would happen to him because he was wealthy. Gregory Charles Cox was out with friends in January 2012 when he met a 21-year-old ...
Accused: Gregory Cox. Photo: Jacky GhosseinSydney Morning Herald

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Lauryn Eagle arrested after refusing to leave hotel: police - Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2013-05-20 05:00

Sydney Morning Herald

Lauryn Eagle arrested after refusing to leave hotel: police
Sydney Morning Herald
A night out for world champion athlete and model Lauryn Eagle ended when she was arrested and handcuffed by police for refusing to leave Northies Cronulla Hotel on Sunday. Bar staff called officers to the hotel, on the corner of the Kingsway and Elouera ...
Boxer Lauryn Eagle fined after refusing to leave Cronulla hotelHerald Sun
Lauryn Eagle fined after Sydney pub incidentYahoo!7 News
Boxer Lauryn Eagle fined for refusing to leave hotelNinemsn
TripleM Sydney
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Man critical after sky diving accident - ABC Online

Mon, 2013-05-20 04:49

Man critical after sky diving accident
ABC Online
A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital after a parachuting accident in the Pilbara. The man was skydiving yesterday afternoon at Wickham when he tracked off course and hit the wall of a building in a nearby residential area.
Man critical after skydive accidentWA today
Skydiver critical after Pilbara crashThe West Australian

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Government accuses Coalition of having a 'secret agenda' after rejecting family ... - ABC Online

Mon, 2013-05-20 04:26

The Australian Financial Review

Government accuses Coalition of having a 'secret agenda' after rejecting family ...
ABC Online
The Federal Government has attacked the Coalition over its decision to reject a boost to family tax payments for people with new babies. Labor announced the increased payments in last week's budget as a measure to replace the $5,000 baby bonus.
Coalition would scrap Labor's replacement baby payment, says Joe HockeyThe Australian
Labor improves in poll but may not survive federal electionWhitsunday Times
Most feel short changed by budget: pollsThe Daily Telegraph
Herald Sun -Sydney Morning Herald -Ninemsn
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Tony Abbott's chief of staff Peta Credlin caught drink driving - NEWS.com.au

Mon, 2013-05-20 04:11

The Australian Financial Review

Tony Abbott's chief of staff Peta Credlin caught drink driving
NEWS.com.au
TONY Abbott has called his chief of staff Peta Credlin "outstanding" after she was caught drink driving on the night of the Opposition Leader's budget reply speech. Mr Abbott said Ms Credlin was "an outstanding chief of staff, really outstanding". "Yes, she has ...
Tony Abbott's chief of staff Peta Credlin booked for drink-drivingThe Australian
Tony Abbott's top adviser Peta Credlin charged with drink-drivingABC Online
Abbott COS Credlin on drink-drive chargeNinemsn
The Australian Financial Review -Noosa News
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