Friday, September 2, 2016

Corrective Services insists 'helmet' on teen was no 'mask', despite case notes and other top stories.

  • Corrective Services insists 'helmet' on teen was no 'mask', despite case notes

    Corrective Services insists 'helmet' on teen was no 'mask', despite case notes
    When is a spit mask not a spit mask?When Queensland Corrective Services is doing everything it can to distance itself from the use of the controversial restraints. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Teenager given spit mask Backpacker dies in hospital Bikes v cars: 'blanket disrespect' Lions yet to look for coach Greyhound trainer shunned by industry School porn site restarts Fatal crash into parked tru..
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  • Proposed Queensland crime laws will create new offences

    Proposed Queensland crime laws will create new offences
    Proposed Queensland crime laws will create new offences, increase some penalties Posted August 30, 2016 17:38:17 Crossbench MPs will decide the form of Queensland's crime laws, with the Government and Opposition at loggerheads over Labor's plan to overhaul the previous LNP administration's suite of anti-gang laws.The Serious and Organised Crime Amendment Bill will be introduced into the hung parliament on September 13 following consultation with stakeholders, and will..
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  • Brit backpacker's dad thanks supporters

    Brit backpacker's dad thanks supporters
    Darren CartwrightAustralian Associated PressLiv Jackson, the sister of heroic British backpacker Tom Jackson, has asked everyone to remember her big brother as a friend and not as a victim.Jackson, 30, died in Townsville Hospital on Tuesday, almost a week after he was stabbed in the face, head and torso while trying to save fellow Brit Mia Ayliffe-Chung.She was killed during the frenzied attack at a Home Hill hostel, about 100km south of Townsville, last Tuesday night.Liv Jackson is in Australia..
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  • Archbishop admits he let sex abuse victims down

    Archbishop admits he let sex abuse victims down
    The Anglican Archbishop of Perth says he badly let down child sexual abuse survivors in his former diocese and hopes the church has been "woken up" by the royal commission.Archbishop Roger Herft has finished giving evidence at hearings into how the NSW diocese of Newcastle, which he headed between 1993-2005, handled allegations of abuse. Bishop Roger Herft leaving Newcastle Court House after a session of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Photo: Max Ma..
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  • Priest Who Confronted Bill Shorten Once Likened Being Gay To Bestiality

    Priest Who Confronted Bill Shorten Once Likened Being Gay To Bestiality
    An Anglican priest has confronted Bill Shorten over his remarks on a same-sex marriage plebiscite, saying the opposition leader took “cheap, nasty, untruthful shots” at people opposed to marriage equality.Anglican priest Ian Powell approached Shorten outside a church service for MPs this morning in Canberra, saying he liked the Labor party but was “disappointed” by Shorten’s comments.ABC News posted footage of the awkward interaction on Twitter. OL @billshortenmp bailed up by a priest over h..
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  • Mike Baird letting former Liberal MPs 'off the hook' in donations probe, says Labor

    Mike Baird letting former Liberal MPs 'off the hook' in donations probe, says Labor
    Premier Mike Baird is resisting calls to revisit political donations laws so that nine of his former Liberal colleagues can be prosecuted for trying to "evade" campaign finance rules before the 2011 election that brought the Coalition to power.In its Operation Spicer report tabled on Tuesday, the Independent Commission Against Corruption found the former Liberal MPs sought to "evade" the law in relation to disclosure of donations and the ban on property developers as donors in force since 2010...
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  • Yahoo 7 journalist Krystal Johnson may face contempt of court charges

    Yahoo 7 journalist Krystal Johnson may face contempt of court charges
    An over-zealous, young Yahoo 7 journalist who ignored publishing protocols and directly published an article online, causing a murder trial to be aborted, could now face contempt of court charges.Sydney-based reporter Krystal Johnson published the article on the first week of the Supreme Court murder trial, which contained information that had not been presented to the jury.   Yahoo 7 reporter Krystal Johnson outside court.  Photo: Justin McManus The reporter and head of Yahoo editorial ..
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  • Labor national secretary George Wright quits politics, joins BHP

    Labor national secretary George Wright quits politics, joins BHP
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  • Women remanded over Adelaide grandfather Robert Whitwell's murder

    Women remanded over Adelaide grandfather Robert Whitwell's murder
    Women remanded over Adelaide grandfather Robert Whitwell's murder Posted August 30, 2016 16:03:04 Two young women charged with the murder of the grandfather of one of the accused have made a brief appearance in Adelaide Magistrates Court. Brittney Jade Dwyer, 19, and Bernadette Burns, 21, are both accused of murdering Dwyer's 81-year-old grandfather Robert Whitwell at his Craigmore home earlier this month. The pair appeared dishevelled as they stood handcuffed in the ..
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  • Teens swamped by wave at Bondi Beach

    Teens swamped by wave at Bondi Beach
    A TEENAGE boy was last night in a serious condition and another rushed to hospital after a group of international students were caught in a rip at Bondi Beach early yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Bondi Beach just before 12.30pm following reports several youths from Indonesia were seen struggling in the water.Bondi lifeguards rescued the group of boys, dragging them from the water before providing CPR on one of the teens. Paramedics took over once they arrived at the scene..
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Hope fading for central Italy earthquake victims .Paul Roos coaches his final game at Melbourne on Saturday, his legacy secure .
Aquis still welcome to Cairns, no matter what form it takes .Vodafone targets enterprise customers .

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