Blake Danilczak Correspondent (Oceania) QUEENSLAND — A 28-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder subsequent to the brutal attack on a Queensland police officer, who was rushed to a hospital in a critical condition, having been stabbed in the neck. The Townsville man, allegedly arrested at the scene of the attack which occurred at a Townsville bar on Saturday at 12:30am local time, was also charged with two counts of obstructing police, serious […]
Jasper Lindell, Correspondent (Oceania) CANBERRA — It has been a year of three prime ministers. The last came to office after what felt like a three-year election campaign. And still few people are satisfied. Julia Gillard had been the prime minister since half-way through 2010, when she won an internal leadership ballot against incumbent Kevin Rudd to become prime minister and leader of the Labor party. Following a close federal election, she formed a […]
Jasper Lindell, Correspondent (Oceania) ANALYSIS CANBERRA — Late on election night Tony Abbott made the victor’s speech. “And from today, I declare that Australia is under new management.” It didn’t take people long to realise just how different this management, led by Abbott, was. It was a Liberal government that wasn’t afraid to shake things up and make changes. In late September, three weeks after the election, the new education minister, Christopher Pyne, told […]
Jasper Lindell Correspondent (Oceania) CANBERRA — The Australian Defence Force’s mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan has finished, with most of the personnel being brought home. The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, said, “Uruzgan today is a very significantly different and better place than it was a decade ago.” A statement said that Afghanistan “had the lead for security in Uruzgan for a year now” and that they had contained the “insurgency” in this time. Australia […]
Jasper Lindell Correspondent (Oceania) CANBERRA — The newly elected Australian federal government released its first Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), which revealed that the budget deficit will blow out to $AU 47 billion this financial year. The MYEFO is the conservative government’s first budget statement since coming to office in September. It shows that the deterioration in the underlying cash balance since a similar document was released before the election is $AU16.7 billion in the […]
Anthony Segaert, Editor (Oceania) SYDNEY-Parliament in NSW, Australia has been locked down, after a man pulled up in his white Chrysler outside, with reports of the man in possession of 25 litres of petrol. Police have just moved in the car, smashing windows and using tear gas. Police swooped the man and wrestled him to the floor, taking away a bottle of liquid. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES BELOW: Tweets from https://
Blake Danilczak, Correspondent (Oceania) CANBERRA – Proceeding the Commonwealth’s appeal to the High Court of Australia, the court today unanimously ruled against the Australian Capital Territory’s ‘Marriage Equality Act 2013′, stating that the ACT could not work concurrently with and conflicts the existing, Federal Marriage Act of 1961. The ACT Legislative Assembly passed the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act in November; 30 couples wedded at the weekend. The ACT argued that its laws could operate […]
Dylan Websdane Correspondent (Oceania) GRACETOWN – Australians are torn over the renewed push for culling around the country as sharks claim two lives at Australian beaches in recent weeks. While WA premier Colin Barnett stands by his government’s catch and kill policy, some are concerned that such plans could affect the long-term population of sharks overall. Thirty-five-year-old Chris Boyd was killed while surfing at Umbies Break, just out of Gracetown, WA on Saturday November […]
Jasper Lindell Correspondent (Oceania) CANBERRA — On December 11, General Motors Holden announced they would cease manufacturing cars in Australia by 2017, a decision that will affect thousands of jobs, put pressure on the economy and bring into question the future of the last remaining car manufacturer. The decision to cease local manufacturing, made by General Motors in Detroit, USA, where its headquarters are, will directly affect around 2,900 jobs over the next four […]
Blake Danilczak, Correspondent (Oceania) VICTORIA – Leslie Camilleri has been sentenced to 28 years imprisonment for the 1992 murder of 13-year-old Bega, a schoolgirl Prue Bird. This is Camilleri’s third life sentence. Last Thursday, Victorian Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Curtain handed down the deliberation, stating that Camilleri’s conduct “bespeaks criminality of a very high order and is demonstrative of a cruel and callous disregard for the sanctity of human life.” Camilleri pleaded guilty and […]
