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7-Year-Old Boy Feeds Animals To Crocodile: Only in Australia
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Bill Henson patrolled primary school for models
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
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This is one of those head shaking, “only in Australia” stories. Sorry Aussies, you folks sometimes operate your society like a reality show. Not that the USA doesn’t do the same, witness Sarah Palin. See the especially “creepy” portrait of the photographer in question. Would you like him trolling the playgrounds of your kids school?
Bill Henson patrolled primary school for models | NEWS.com.au
REVELATIONS that photographer Bill Henson selected children to pose nude for him by scouring primary school playgrounds at lunchtime have sparked anger and alarm among parents groups and principals.Four months after NSW police seized Henson’s work from a Sydney gallery, the photographer has sparked renewed debate after making his first public defence of his work.
Controversy continues … photographer Bill Henson selected children to pose nude for him by scouring primary school playgrounds. Picture: Gary Ramage
Top cop Mark Standen charged over $120m plot
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
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Top cop Mark Standen charged over $120m plot | NEWS.com.au
When they screw up major big time like this you know you are in Australia.
Mr Mark Standen, an assistant director with the NSW Crime Commission, was arrested at his desk in Sydney yesterday for his alleged role in attempting to import enough ephedrine to produce more than $120 million worth of ice.
Beds are burning as rejected woman seeks revenge
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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Did someone say “only in Australia?” I always am grateful when Australia brings forward a story like this because it makes the United States seem a little more tolerable. This story would be more funny if the man wasn’t hurt so badly. anyway.
Beds are burning as rejected woman seeks revenge - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A 52-year-old woman who threw a burning blanket on a man because he would not sleep with her has been sentenced to 27 months jail in the Northern Territory Supreme Court.
Life miserable for many foreign students in Australia
Friday, May 9th, 2008
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Thank God the Australians are on the earth. We Americans need to have some other country more nutz and crazy than us. We are racist and ignorant sometimes but this is one or those stories you gotta put in the only in Australia category.
Life miserable for many foreign students | NEWS.com.au
RACIST attacks, second-rate colleges, greedy landlords and low-paid jobs are making life a misery for many foreign students in Melbourne. Seventeen foreign students died in Victoria in the past year from boarding home fires, murders, car crashes and drownings.
Time for another “only in Australia” (OIA) item?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
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Burned rape victim says ‘It’s my fault’ | NEWS.com.au
Burned rape victim says ‘It’s my fault’
From the Only in Australia category! (OIA)
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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This 66 year old racist celebrates his racism in a run for office. This is the type of outrageous event that could only happen in Australia. Our new category: OIA.
‘Fool story here: Relocate indigenous families’ | NEWS.com.au
Inflammatory … mayoral candidate Kevin Wise says he deliberately sent flyers to indigenous families saying they should be moved out of the shire / David Martinelli
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