Saturday, March 12, 2016

Qld teen trapped in Syria feels 'betrayed' and other top stories.

  • Qld teen trapped in Syria feels 'betrayed'

    Qld teen trapped in Syria feels 'betrayed'Australian teenager Oliver Bridgeman insists he has only been doing humanitarian work in Syria and the reasons given for cancelling his passport are "absolutely ridiculous".Speaking out after a warrant was issued for his arrest, the 19-year-old Queenslander has told a Sydney-based Muslim community internet channel he and his parents feel betrayed by the Australian government."I think they've painted every Muslim that's come to Syria with the same brush -..
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  • Woman missing in Blue Mountains: About 100 people now involved in search for Elizabeth O'Pray

    Woman missing in Blue Mountains: About 100 people now involved in search for Elizabeth O'Pray
    Woman missing in Blue Mountains: About 100 people now involved in search for Elizabeth O'Pray Posted March 13, 2016 09:09:10 Rescue crews have ramped up efforts as the search for an elderly woman in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, enters its sixth day.Police said 77-year-old Elizabeth O'Pray left her home at Medlow Bath to go for a walk on Monday night.Her family called police when she did not come home.They say she requires regular medication and has mild dementi..
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  • Shorten tells WA Labor to sort out leadership

    Shorten tells WA Labor to sort out leadership
    Shorten tells WA Labor to sort out leadership
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  • Annastacia Palaszczuk announces $500m infrastructure fund

    Annastacia Palaszczuk announces $500m infrastructure fund
    A notorious Pacific Motorway traffic choke point has been prioritised for a $210 million dollar upgrade by the State Government, as part of a new state infrastructure fund announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Sunday.But the project remains dependent on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull coming to the party with nearly $170 million to get it off the ground.  The Pacific Motorway is earmarked for an upgrade. Photo: Penny Dahl / Australian Traffic Network The southbound merge of the P..
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  • Prime mover ploughs into Wickepin home

    Prime mover ploughs into Wickepin home
    Prime mover ploughs into Wickepin home
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  • Night of violence in Sydney CBD: mass brawl outside concert venue

    Night of violence in Sydney CBD: mass brawl outside concert venue
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. 'Go home!' Police plea during brawl RAW: Vision has emerged of police officers responding to a brawl in Sydney's CBD on Saturday night. PT1M51S 620 349 Two men have been charged after a series of brawls involving more than two dozen people rolled through Sydney's CBD in the early hours of Sunday morning. It capped off a violent weekend in the city centre which saw, in separate incidents, a group of women attacked at a hen's night and a man hospit..
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  • Obama thirsty for a taste of Trump's wine

    Obama thirsty for a taste of Trump's wine
    Latest In world13:47 PMCharlotte Willis DOES this bridge look familiar? Nope, you’re not looking at the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, but this replica is not all that it seems.13:29 PMStaff Writers IT has been 20 years since crazed gunman Thomas Hamilton walked into Dunblane Primary School’s gym and open fired in the worst mass shooting in Britain’s history.12:50 PMStaff Writers TWO teenage girls have been charged in France for allegedly planning a terror attack at a Paris concert venue like the..
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  • Poll backs UK-Aust free mobility

    Poll backs UK-Aust free mobility
    By Lloyd Jones, AAP London CorrespondentAAPPoll backs UK-Aust free mobilityOn the eve of Commonwealth Day, a new poll shows majority support in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Britain for reciprocal rights to live and work freely in each other's nations.But the poll's release on Sunday comes as new measures are about to take effect to tighten working rights in the UK for citizens of non-European Union countries.The poll, commissioned by the Royal Commonwealth Society, shows that 70 per cent o..
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  • Get on with governing, Shorten tells PM

    Get on with governing, Shorten tells PM
    Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says if Malcolm Turnbull wanted the prime ministership so much, he should do something with it, rather than racing off to an early election.Mr Turnbull will on Monday celebrate six months since rolling Tony Abbott for the top job, amid growing speculation that he will go for a double dissolution election on July 2.Mr Shorten said if the prime minister thinks the most pressing question facing Australians is what Saturday the election should be held on, he's wrong. ..
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  • Melbourne street brawl shuts down parts of CBD after rival gangs clash

    Melbourne street brawl shuts down parts of CBD after rival gangs clash
    Melbourne street brawl shuts down parts of CBD after rival gangs clash Updated March 13, 2016 13:25:38 A violent street fight between two rival gangs in Melbourne shut down parts of the CBD on Saturday night, with police forced to use capsicum spray and batons to break up the brawl. Terrified revellers at the annual Moomba festival were forced to take cover as the confrontation erupted between two groups on the corner of Swanston and Flinders streets, near Federation Sq..
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Linc Energy to stand trial over alleged gas breach at Chinchilla trial site .Man dead, four injured in Qld crash .
National security overhaul for FIRB urged .HMAS Cairns major expansion to make it key northern defence base .

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