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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
Turnbull’s market rescue plan ‘not necessary’ - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
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Turnbull’s market rescue plan ‘not necessary’ - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A corporate law expert has dismissed calls by the federal Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull, for intervention in the Australian banking system similar to the US bailout of financial institutions.Mr Turnbull wants a bipartisan approach to dealing with the financial crisis, and has suggested a similar plan to that proposed by the US Treasury.
He says local authorities could take on board some of the measures instituted in the US to shore up financial institutions.
Solo Rower In French Polynesia Headed To Australia
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
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Pacific Magazine: Solo Rower In French Polynesia Headed To Australia
Alex Bellini, who is rowing across the Pacific Ocean from Lima, Peru, to Sydney, Australia, is in French Polynesia waters, the French Maritime Search and Rescue (MRCC) operation reported Tuesday.Bellini, who set out on Feb. 21 planning to reach Sydney sometime in December, was 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the Tuamotu atoll of Manihi on Tuesday, moving at an average speed of four kilometers (2.5 miles) per hour, the MRCC said in a communiqué.
The rower spent 136 days at sea not having seen any sign of human life for four months until he recently encountered the Tahitian fishing boat Lady Chris, the MRCC reported.
Australia faces a gas crisis that threatens their economy
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
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Full Story here: Gas crisis threatens economy | NEWS.com.au
WESTERN Australia is facing a crippling gas supply crisis that could deny the nation significant export revenue from the China-led mining boom at a critical phase in the economic cycle.WA Premier Alan Carpenter warned yesterday he might eventually need to invoke emergency powers to seize control over all gas and electricity supplies after an explosion at akey mining site last week cutoff one third of the state’s gas supply, The Australian reports.
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.
Aid from Australia increases for Pacific
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
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More: Aid from Australia increases for Pacific - Fiji Times Online
The substantial increase in funding is seen as a first step towards implementing the new Pacific Partnerships for Development as set out in Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudds March 2008 Port Moresby Declaration.
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.
Canadian women’s soccer team to face Australia
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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