Thursday, September 1, 2016

Man's arrest leads to NSW cannabis haul and other top stories.

  • Man's arrest leads to NSW cannabis haul

    Man's arrest leads to NSW cannabis haul
    Australian Associated PressThe arrest of a man allegedly found with cannabis residue on his shoes in Sydney has led to the seizure of plants worth more than $400,000.The 26-year-old is in Department of Immigration and Border Protection custody after being caught by a drug dog at Bankstown train station on Thursday night, police say.The next day, an elaborate hydroponic set-up with almost 140 cannabis plants was found at a home in Punchbowl.Police did not provide more information about the links ..
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  • Replacement ambulance sent after WA blaze

    Replacement ambulance sent after WA blaze
    Australian Associated PressA replacement ambulance has been dispatched after two ambulances were destroyed by fire east of Perth.Police are investigating the possibility of arson following the blaze at a St John Ambulance building on Joaquina Street in York about 1am on Saturday.The building and two ambulances were significantly damaged by fire, with the damage bill estimated at $1 million.A replacement ambulance was sent immediately from Northam "so the town was not without an ambulance service..
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  • Rebel leader in Syria linked to Australia

    Rebel leader in Syria linked to Australia
    Rebel leader in Syria linked to Australia
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  • Mum applauded for Facebook post against 'slut-shaming' school talk in wake of porn ring scandal

    Mum applauded for Facebook post against 'slut-shaming' school talk in wake of porn ring scandal
    Mum applauded for Facebook post against 'slut-shaming' school talk in wake of porn ring scandal Posted August 20, 2016 17:36:06 A mother has hit out at a "slut-shaming and victim-blaming" talk given to girls at her daughter's school, during which the students were told to measure their skirts and that their legs were "distracting" for boys. In a Facebook post, Ms Manning described how her daughter, whose school Kambrya College in Berwick, south of Melbourne, was one o..
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  • Treasury issued warning on Malcolm Turnbull's GST floor plan

    Treasury issued warning on Malcolm Turnbull's GST floor plan
    Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's latest plan for the GST would create a new nightmare of complexity and controversy.At least that was the advice offered up by Treasury when it was headed by Martin Parkinson – the man who now runs Mr Turnbull's own department. Malcolm Turnbull and Colin Barnett on Barrow Island on Monday for a tour of the LNG project. Photo: Ray Strange Mr Turnbull threw ailing West Australian Premier Colin Barnett a lifeline last week by pledging to introduce a GST "flo..
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  • Former Queensland youth detention worker 'took abuse concerns to Government in April'

    Former Queensland youth detention worker 'took abuse concerns to Government in April'
    Former Queensland youth detention worker 'took abuse concerns to Government in April' Updated August 20, 2016 18:25:24 A former youth detention worker says Queensland's justice department failed to act on concerns about abuse at Townsville's Cleveland Youth Detention Centre she raised with them earlier this year.Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath ordered a review into allegations of abuse at the Townsville centre on Friday.The decision followed the Prime Minister'..
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  • 'Has anyone seen my mum?' teenage daughter's Facebook plea hours before Sabrina Bremer's burning body found

    'Has anyone seen my mum?' teenage daughter's Facebook plea hours before Sabrina Bremer's burning body found
    Mel Buttigieg - Yahoo7 News on August 20, 2016, 3:06 pm The worried teenage daughter of a Queensland woman whose body was found dumped in rural bushland and on fire, had begged for clues about her missing mum's whereabouts on social media just hours before the body was discovered.The teenage daughter of a murdered Queensland woman, pictured, had pleaded for information on her mother's whereabouts just hours before her mum's body was discovered. Picture: Facebook"Has anyone s..
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  • New South Wales man to face court over alleged murder

    New South Wales man to face court over alleged murder
    A man is set to face a court charged with murder after a call from a member of the public led to his arrest and the discovery of a woman's body in rural New South Wales.Police were called to Union Street near the centre of Forbes in central west New South Wales just after 6am yesterday, where a 28-year-old man was arrested and taken to the police station for questioning.A short time later, police found the body of a 59-year-old woman known to the man at an Underwood Street home.The man has been..
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