Saturday, October 15, 2016

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster family turn on accused killer father and other top stories.

  • Tiahleigh Palmer's foster family turn on accused killer father

    Tiahleigh Palmer's foster family turn on accused killer father
    Julene and Joshua Thorburn will testify against Tiahleigh Palmer's accused killer Rick Thorburn, according to their lawyer.The dramatic development was revealed outside Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Monday, after Julene, 54, and Joshua, 20, were represented in court on charges relating to the alleged murder of the 12-year-old foster child in October last year. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Tiahleigh 'forever an angel' Paraglider stuck in tree ..
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  • Creepy clowns face tough crowd worldwide

    Creepy clowns face tough crowd worldwide
    Creepy clowns face tough crowd worldwideRebecca GredleyAustralian Associated Press7:43PM October 10, 2016SaveProfessional clowns and politicians alike have condemned the current worldwide craze of people dressing up as clowns to terrorise people.The World Clown Association president Randy Christensen said the craze was being propelled by social media and the association did not consider people participating in it as clowns.'"We're full of people that love children, bring smiles and want to help ..
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  • Australia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM

    Australia likely to see a rise in cyclone activity after record low season: BoM
    Last year's unusually quiet cyclone season will make way for a more stormy summer ahead with abnormally warm waters set to fuel more tropical tempests, the Bureau of Meteorology says.Separately, Sydney's run of mild weather has a few days to run after temperatures on Monday reached almost 12 degrees above average. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide More cyclones this summer Paraglider stuck in tree Kingsford Smith Drive a crawl Todd..
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  • Alleged balcony killer's date tape played

    Alleged balcony killer's date tape played
    Editor on duty: Kate Kyriacou, Melanie Petrinec, AAPGABLE Tostee’s downstairs neighbour saw Warriena Wright’s legs dangling from the balcony just moments before the New Zealand tourist plummeted to her death, a trial has heard. Tostee, 30, has pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to murdering Ms Wright in the early hours of August 8, 2014, at his high-rise Gold Coast unit.Crown prosecutor Glen Cash alleges Tostee did not throw the 26-year-old to her death but intimidated and threate..
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  • Labor's 'manic desire to oust Brandis'

    Labor's 'manic desire to oust Brandis'
    Brandis denies misleading parliament1:56Attorney-General George Brandis has rejected claims he misled parliament amid a high-level legal dispute. Attorney-General Senator George Brandis will come under fire this afternoon when Labor moves an urgency motion. Picture: Kym SmithDanielle Le Messurier, with AAPNews Corp Australia NetworkLIBERAL-National Party Senator Ian Macdonald says Labor has politicised the bitter feud between the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General due to an “insatiable” des..
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  • NT to wait two more years for PET scanner

    Lucy Hughes JonesAustralian Associated PressTerritorians suffering cancer have been told they'll have to wait up to two years to get a PET scanner, six years after its was first promised.Incoming NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles revealed the new timetable on Monday, saying she was confident it would arrive despite being promised by both sides of federal politics since 2010.Positron emission tomography (PET) scans are used to detect and track cancer, heart disease, epilepsy and other neurological..
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  • Man dies two days after one-punch attack in Brisbane

    Man dies two days after one-punch attack in Brisbane
    Man dies two days after one-punch attack in Brisbane Updated October 10, 2016 18:14:46 A man has died in hospital two days after he was knocked to the ground in a one-punch attack in South Brisbane.Timothy Lang, 48, was punched in the back of the head by a man outside The Fox Hotel on Melbourne Street just after 10:00am on Saturday.Queensland Police Service said the pair crossed paths and exchanged words, before Mr Lang was struck and fell to the ground, hitting his hea..
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  • Panadol Osteo price hike statement ambiguous but not misleading: ACCC

    Panadol Osteo price hike statement ambiguous but not misleading: ACCC
    Statements linking a price increase of Panadol Osteo to its removal from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme were "ambiguous" but not misleading, an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has found. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Price hike set for Panadol Osteo Did he mislead parliament? Sydney Olympic Park 2030 Masterplan Phillip Hughes inquest begins CFA legislation to pass Hinc..
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  • Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech

    Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech
    Same-sex marriage: Labor MP Susan Lamb makes emotional call for legislation in maiden speech Updated October 10, 2016 19:31:27 A federal Labor MP has fought back tears while calling for same-sex marriage during an emotional maiden speech to Parliament.Susan Lamb defeated former Coalition minister Wyatt Roy to win the seat of Longman in Queensland.She reflected on becoming a mother while still a teenager and praised her family — including her four sons — in the speech.B..
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  • Perth Anglican Archbishop steps down

    Perth Anglican Archbishop steps down
    Greg RobertsAustralian Associated PressRoger Herft has stepped down as Anglican Archbishop of Perth just over a month after admitting to the royal commission into child sexual abuse to badly letting down victims.Archbishop Herft said he had decided after consulting widely in recent weeks that it was in the best interests of the Perth diocese that he step aside.Archbishop Herft is the highest-ranking casualty so far of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which..
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Damage on New Caledonia's barrier reef limited .SA weather: Homes damaged in McLaren Vale, rain and wind ... .
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