Friday, June 30, 2017

Matthew Leveson case: Parents attack justice system for letting 'killer walk free' and other top stories.

  • Matthew Leveson case: Parents attack justice system for letting 'killer walk free'

    Matthew Leveson case: Parents attack justice system for letting 'killer walk free'
    Matthew Leveson case: Parents attack justice system for letting 'killer walk free' Updated June 01, 2017 22:23:56 The parents of Matthew Leveson have railed against the NSW justice system, which they say has protected the man responsible for the death of their son. Police are "very confident" they have found the remains of the 20-year-old at the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, but Mark and Faye Leveson fear justice will never be done.Michael Atkins was acquitted o..
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  • Deviant Diva: Schapelle Corby Returns To Australia – OpEd

    Deviant Diva: Schapelle Corby Returns To Australia – OpEd
    By Binoy Kampmark In his work on celebrity, Daniel Boorstin drew a firm line under a field that has since become the mirror of its own study, in industry within media studies. The modern celebrity, he surmised, is “well-known for their own well-knownness”.The celebrity as criminal came later, but was nonetheless an outgrowth of the same aspect, boosted, in no small part, by curiosity and plain voyeurism. Australia’s Schapelle Corby, to take one example in this dubious pantheon of figures, foun..
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  • Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal Luke Lazarus acquittal

    Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal Luke Lazarus acquittal
    The Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged an appeal against the acquittal of Luke Lazarus, who was last month cleared of raping a teenage girl outside a Sydney nightclub.Mr Lazarus, 25, has faced two trials after he was charged with raping the 18-year-old in 2013 behind a Kings Cross club owned by his father. Play Video Don't Play Up Next Police convinced remains are Leveson Play Video Don't Play More NSW News Videos Previous slide Next slide Luke La..
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  • Emissions intensity scheme would threaten energy stability, Frydenberg says

    Emissions intensity scheme would threaten energy stability, Frydenberg says
    Emissions intensity scheme would threaten energy stability, Frydenberg says Posted June 01, 2017 19:53:49 The Government has placed energy security, not power prices, at the centre of its opposition to an Emissions Intensity Scheme (EIS), claiming it would quickly force out coal generators and lead to more instability in the system. Key points:Josh Frydenberg again rules out an EIS ahead of final report on electricity sectorChief scientist's draft report found an EIS..
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  • Govt must stop pussy footing on Islam: Abbott

    Govt must stop pussy footing on Islam: Abbott
    Govt must stop pussy footing on Islam: Abbott
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  • McCulkin killer dredges up massacre

    McCulkin killer dredges up massacre
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  • Heckler yells name of Brett Forte's killer as the policeman's widow lays flowers at memorial

    Heckler yells name of Brett Forte's killer as the policeman's widow lays flowers at memorial
    A heartless heckler has yelled the name of the man who fatally shot Senior Constable Brett Forte, while the police officer’s wife mourned at his makeshift memorial in Queensland.As Susan Forte, who is also a police officer, laid a large bouquet in memory of husband Sen. Const. Forte at Toowoomba Police Station today, an unseen man shouted a reference to his killer.“What about Rick?”, the man yelled, referring to Rick Maddison, who killed the 37-year-old police officer in a deadly ambush west of..
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  • Police face questions over plane threat

    Police face questions over plane threat
    Christopher Talbot, Angus Livingstone and Rick GoodmanAustralian Associated PressA man is in custody after an alleged bomb threat on an airliner above Melbourne, and police are facing questions why terrified passengers waited 90 minutes to be evacuated from the plane.Sri Lankan Manodh Marks, 25, is charged with endangering the safety of an aircraft and making false threats after a mid-air drama late on Wednesday that forced Malaysia Airlines flight 128 bound for Kuala Lumpur to turn back to Tull..
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  • 'Fantasy figures': Turnbull government accused of misleading parents with school funding website

    'Fantasy figures': Turnbull government accused of misleading parents with school funding website
    The Turnbull government has been accused of misleading parents about the impact of its Gonski 2.0 school funding changes by using "fantasy" figures in its online funding estimator. Play Video Don't Play Up Next Rolf Harris not guilty of indecent assaults Play Video Don't Play More National News Videos Previous slide Next slide 'Gonski 2.0' education push 'Gonski 2.0' education push Education Minister Simon Birmingham has introduced legislation and deta..
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  • Family members fly to be at Box Hill coward-punch surgeon's bedside

    Family members fly to be at Box Hill coward-punch surgeon's bedside
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