Woman attacked by crocodile near Townsville
A wildlife ranger was "backed into a corner" and attacked by a crocodile at a wildlife sanctuary near Townsville on Monday, paramedics say.Billabong Sanctuary wildlife ranger and mammal specialist Renée Robertson was inside the pen of Tipper, a female crocodile during an afternoon crocodile show when she was cornered and attacked. Renee Robertson had been training to feed crocodiles when she was attacked. A male staff member who was in the pen at the time managed to remove Ms Robertson f..>> view originalMore than 40 people taken to hospital after Newcastle chemical leak
A fire truck leaves the Baiada factory in Beresfield, where there was a chemical leak on Monday morning. Photo: Michael McGowan More than 40 people have been hospitalised after a factory in Newcastle's north-west had a chemical leak on Monday morning.Emergency services were called to the Baiada Poultry factory, in Beresfield, at around 8.30am after "a number" of workers reacted to a chemical believed to be chlorine.At least 200 workers were evacuated, with 43..>> view originalDrunkest driver in NSW ever caught nine times over legal limit
Drunkest driver in NSW ever caught nine times over legal limit Posted March 07, 2016 18:01:47 Police say they have charged a woman whose blood alcohol reading of 0.486 is the highest ever recorded in New South Wales. The 52-year-old allegedly drove a car nine times over the legal limit in Boambee East near Coffs Harbour.Police say the woman was driving along Sawtell Road at approximately 2:45pm on January 13, when her Hyundai Veloster crashed into a fence. Paramedics ..>> view originalTeenagers run riot at Vic justice centre
Latest In national18:58 PMStaff writers and AAP “MAD Matt”, the man who allegedly bit the head off a live rat and posted the footage on Facebook, has faced court.A SAWN-OFF rifle found buried at a southern suburbs playground is being forensically examined by police.18:49 PMHAYLEY SORENSEN ON THIS day in 1978 NT politicians were given permission to wear safari suits Parliament18:48 PMEmma Reynolds PIPER Kerman, whose year in jail inspired TV show Orange is the New Black, has turned the lens on wh..>> view originalEleven killed in WA long weekend crashes
Women need to be bolder: Australian of the Year David Morrison
Australian of the Year David Morrison has urged women to be bolder in standing up for their rights to help pave the way for societal change. The former army chief says progress has stalled in the past 16 years since nearly 170 countries signed a bill of rights for women at a United Nations conference in Beijing. "Me and my white, Anglo-Saxon, middle-aged mates have largely set the system that we all operate in. And, we've written the rules as well," he told a Business Chicks event on the eve of..>> view originalSydney terrorism suspect jailed in inhumane conditions, lawyer says
Alo-Bridget Namoa: Sydney terrorism suspect jailed in inhumane conditions, lawyer says Posted March 07, 2016 17:53:17 A lawyer representing a Sydney woman facing terrorism-related charges says hysteria over the word "terrorism" has seen her client jailed in inhumane conditions.The Supreme Court heard 18-year-old Alo-Bridget Namoa is accused of possessing a tactical hunting knife and a document written in Arabic, allegedly detailing how to make an improvised explosive ..>> view originalOne-punch killer Jesse James Patrick jailed for eight years
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to at least four years behind bars for killing a man with a single punch on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.Jesse James Patrick punched 53-year-old Bruce Steensen once in the back of the head as he was walking on Mooloolaba Esplanade on February 22, 2014, causing him to fall to the ground and fatally fracture his skull on the concrete. Coward killer 'absolutely gutless' A Nine News report from February 24, 2014 details how Bruce Steensen died in a "one..>> view originalSydney shooting: One man shot dead, two injured at Ingleburn industrial area
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Sydney shooting: One dead, two injured Raw vision: A distraught woman is guided from the scene as police surround a factory believed to be the scene of a multiple shooting in Sydney's south-west. PT0M58S 620 349 A siege at a south-west Sydney industrial estate, which began with the fatal shooting of one man and the wounding of two others, has come to an end with three hostages released unharmed but the gunman deceased.Shortly after 5pm, armed t..>> view originalInquest told of radical Vic teen's threat
Inquest told of radical Vic teen's threatA radicalised Melbourne teen fatally shot after attacking two police officers with a knife had warned police they would "pay" for counter terror raids a week earlier.Numan Haider unfurled a Shahada flag at Dandenong Plaza on September 18, 2014 following media reports raids in Sydney and Brisbane had foiled a beheading plot, the coroner's court heard.After revealing the flag, which is a general expression of Islamic faith, he is alleged to have made threat..>> view original
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