Thursday, March 17, 2016

Crime scene in Qld yard over toddler and other top stories.

  • Crime scene in Qld yard over toddler

    Crime scene in Qld yard over toddler
    Crime scene in Qld yard over toddlerNeighbours have left flowers at a Queensland house where police have set up a crime scene in relation to the disappearance of a NSW toddler.NSW forensic officers have been at the home on Wagawn Street at Woodridge, south of Brisbane, since Thursday morning."State Crime Command Homicide Squad is conducting inquiries into the disappearance of a 22-month-old boy who has not been accounted for since 2007," a NSW police spokesman said."NSW detectives are being assi..
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  • Numan Haider inquest: AFP officer feared he would be beheaded by knife-wielding teenager

    Numan Haider inquest: AFP officer feared he would be beheaded by knife-wielding teenager
    Numan Haider inquest: AFP officer feared he would be beheaded by knife-wielding teenager Updated March 17, 2016 17:20:24 A federal police officer has told an inquest he believed a knife-wielding teenager would have "cut my throat and cut my head off" if his colleague had not shot the 18-year-old dead in a confrontation outside a Melbourne police station. Key points:Officer A fired on Haider when he attacked "in a split second"Officer B feared his throat would be cut, h..
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  • Beveridge Primary School in lockdown after suspicious man sighted

    Beveridge Primary School in lockdown after suspicious man sighted
    Police are still searching for an armed man whose presence outside a primary school north west of Melbourne led to students being locked in classrooms. Students have been released from Beveridge primary school, where pupils earlier reported seeing a gunman who was dressed in black and wearing a ski mask.Victoria Police confirmed students had been collected by their parents following the scare.Staff are also believed to be heading home but police remain at the school, near Whittlesea, which has ..
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  • Maths must be mandatory prerequisite for certain university degrees, experts say

    Maths must be mandatory prerequisite for certain university degrees, experts say
    Maths must be mandatory prerequisite for certain university degrees, experts say Updated March 17, 2016 13:56:34 Only 14 per cent of Australia's science university degrees require maths as a condition of entry, and experts say the country's future looks dire if students continue to turn their back on studying maths in high school. Key points:Government to recommend mid-level maths be mandatory pre-requisite for a range of university degreesExperts say students going to..
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  • Caving in to the right on Safe Schools could undermine Turnbull's greatest asset

    Caving in to the right on Safe Schools could undermine Turnbull's greatest asset
    Here’s a curious thing. February was not the first time Coalition parliamentarians raised objections to the Safe Schools program in their party room. But when Nationals Barry O’Sullivan and George Christensen and Liberal Cory Bernardi previously waved Safe Schools material around in the closed-door meeting and said they couldn’t believe it was being federally-funded, Tony Abbott was prime minister. The then education minister, Christopher Pyne, dismissed the call, saying the government didn’t a..
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  • Kara VickeryNews Corp Australia Network

    Kara VickeryNews Corp Australia Network
    Shorten accuses Turnbull of caving in to the backbench2:54Opposition leader Bill Shorten accuses PM Malcolm Turnbull of caving into the backbench on medicare. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirms he is considering scrapping a children’s dental health scheme, which has not been used as much as predicted. Picture Kym SmithKara VickeryNews Corp Australia NetworkPRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he’s considering scrapping a dental health scheme, which has been used by around one mil..
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  • Qld minister denies Uber free ride

    Qld minister denies Uber free ride
    Qld minister denies Uber free rideQueensland's transport minister insists the government is already cracking down on illegal ride-sharing services like Uber.Stirling Hinchliffe's comments come after a parliamentary committee this week recommended he take urgent action to ensure the current regulations, which deem Uber to be an illegal taxi service, are enforced.But Mr Hinchliffe says that is already happening, denying suggestions the government had issued a directive for Department of Transport ..
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  • CFMEU officials to face Federal Court after claims officials intimidated BKH building contractors

    CFMEU officials to face Federal Court after claims officials intimidated BKH building contractors
    CFMEU officials to face Federal Court after claims officials intimidated BKH building contractors Posted March 17, 2016 15:06:19 The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) and 13 of its officials will face court in Sydney next month over allegations they pressured building contractors to sign up to union agreements and disrupted construction work when they chose not to do so.State secretary Brian Parker is one of the officials who will face the Federa..
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  • Pyne: Trump's rise 'terrifying'

    Pyne: Trump's rise 'terrifying'
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Pyne: Trump's rise 'terrifying' Christopher Pyne on The Morning Show sharing his feelings on Donald Trump's push for the White House. Vision: The Morning Show, Seven Network. PT0M42S 620 349 One of the Turnbull government's most senior ministers, Christopher Pyne, has waded into the US presidential contest, saying the popularity of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is "terrifying" and is making American democracy look "kind of weird".It is unu..
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  • Jackie Trad refers herself to ethics committee

    Jackie Trad refers herself to ethics committee
    Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has referred herself to the Parliamentary Ethics Committee, following weeks of turmoil over claims she "bullied" Cairns MP Rob Pyne.Pre-empting further Opposition attacks, Ms Trad took the extraordinary step of referring herself on Thursday morning, in the wake of statements from Mr Pyne he had "no intention" of making a complaint against Ms Trad. Jackie Trad has moved to head off Opposition attacks over the Rob Pyne saga. Photo: Bradley Kanaris One of Mr Pyne'..
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Boat mooring chains scour Rottnest (Australia) seagrass releasing CO2 .Shock report lifts lid on ugly secret in Cairns suburbs .
Qld teen trapped in Syria feels 'betrayed' .Linc Energy to stand trial over alleged gas breach at Chinchilla trial site .

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