Mobility scooter driver dies in hospital from injuries after being hit by car, serious crash in Coober Pedy
THE occupant of a car who was thrown clear in a single car roll over South of Coober Pedy had died at the scene.Emergency services received calls of the car rollover just after 4.30pm on Saturday near Ingomar rest stop and responded to find one occupant of the car thrown clear during the roll over.A second occupant was trapped inside the car for a period of time before being freed and receiving medical treatment.Additional CFS and SES units were called to the scene to clear a landing strip for a..>> view originalWoman dead, child hurt in NSW jet ski crash
Woman dead, child hurt in NSW jet ski crash Updated October 08, 2016 15:25:52 Police are trying to find out what caused a jet ski crash which left a woman dead and a child in hospital on the New South Wales mid-north coast.A boat and a jet ski collided on the Nerong Inlet at Nerong, south of Forster, about 5.30pm on Friday.A 54-year-old woman, who was driving the jet ski, was killed and her eight-year-old passenger was flown to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condi..>> view originalPolitical timebomb: Baird's greyhound ban backlash
Victoria weather: Wangaratta residents return home after levee leak
Victoria weather: Wangaratta residents return home after levee leak Updated October 08, 2016 15:33:44 Residents have returned to their homes after officials managed to stabilise a levee that began to leak at Wangaratta, in northern Victoria. About 150 properties were evacuated after the Parfitt Road levee began to leak on Friday. State Emergency Service (SES) officials and volunteers worked overnight on Friday to plug the leak, incident controller Andy Gillham said...>> view originalMan dies, twin survives as ute rolls down embankment into Victorian river
The ute rolled at least seven metres, authorities said. (9NEWS) A man lost his twin brother when the ute they were travelling in rolled down an embankment in West Gippsland last night.Twin brothers Mark and Dale Lewis were driving down Evans Road in Bunyip about 9.30pm when Mark lost control of the vehicle.The ute tumbled seven metres down an embankment and landed in a river. The driver's body was located by emergency services after six hours. (9NEWS) Dale, who was a passenger, escaped with onl..>> view originalRepeat offender involved in juvenile detention centre fires
Repeat offender involved in juvenile detention centre fires Updated October 08, 2016 17:52:18 Juvenile detainees at Perth's Banksia Hill detention centre have been involved in a disturbance at the facility for the third time in five weeks, damaging a building.Police and firefighters were called to the centre at 10:00pm following reports of unrest.A Department of Corrective Services spokesman said a section of the centre was damaged by three inmates, who had gained acces..>> view originalQueensland to recruit more child safety workers to deal with caseloads
Queensland to recruit more child safety workers to deal with caseloads Posted October 08, 2016 15:40:39 An extra 82 new permanent child safety workers will be employed to lower caseloads in Queensland's troubled Child Safety Department. The State Government said it would spend an extra $7.8 million annually to fund the new positions. The department has been under fire since the death of 12-year-old Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer.Her foster father Rick Thorburn was ..>> view originalQld community in shock after funeral crash
Melissa GrantAustralian Associated PressAn indigenous community is struggling to cope after a car crashed into a house where mourners were gathered in far north Queensland, killing a woman and injuring 25 others.Police say the tight-knit Kowanyama township is in shock but banding together as nine people remain in hospital with serious injuries.It's alleged a man drove a council-owned vehicle through the front of the home as about 50 people gathered to view the body of a woman, believed to be his..>> view originalMissing 97-year-old Queensland man may be going to Sydney
A 97-year-old man reported missing in Queensland may be on his way to Sydney, police believe.Police are concerned for the welfare of Toowoomba man Emile Matile, who was reported missing from Surfers Paradise on Thursday. Police are concerned for 97-year-old Emile Matile, also known as George, who went missing from Surfers Paradise. Photo: QPS Media Mr Matile, who may also go by the name George, was last seen at an accommodation complex in Surfers Paradise wearing a red cardigan and a s..>> view originalMore women likely to have breast cancer screening after death of Rebecca Wilson
Cancer does not discriminate but community awareness of it does.The luminous trail left by sports journalist Rebecca Wilson, who died from breast cancer on Friday, will include a new march of women to screening clinics, jolted by the reminder of their mortality. Rebecca Wilson died from breast cancer on Friday. Photo: Craig Wilson Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting Australian women, with 300 cases per 100,000 women, but survival rates are high when it is detected early.The..>> view original
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