Friday, April 15, 2016

60 Minutes crisis: Nine bats away 'child stealing' jibe, stays mum on lawyer's claim it paid for abductions and other top stories.

  • 60 Minutes crisis: Nine bats away 'child stealing' jibe, stays mum on lawyer's claim it paid for abductions

    60 Minutes crisis: Nine bats away 'child stealing' jibe, stays mum on lawyer's claim it paid for abductions
    Desperate family members of the 60 Minutes team held in Beirut have confronted Channel Nine executives as the child snatching drama enters its second week, amid claims that the network indirectly funded the botched child snatching attempt. ​ Ray Martin recalls his own child recovery story In an interview with ABC Brisbane radio veteran journalist, Ray Martin has retold the story of when he drove the getaway car for a child recovery story he covered in the 1980's. According to a rep..
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  • Sean Murphy arrested after allegedly ramming police cars, speeding off in Melbourne

    Sean Murphy arrested after allegedly ramming police cars, speeding off in Melbourne
    Sean Murphy arrested after allegedly ramming police cars, speeding off in Melbourne Updated April 15, 2016 16:19:50 A man accused of ramming two police cars before speeding away and being pursued by officers through Melbourne's CBD last month has been arrested after being on the run for three weeks.Sean Murphy, 26 of no fixed address, was arrested in West Melbourne by police investigating a suspicious loiterer. He has been accused of smashing into two police cars after ..
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  • Malcolm Turnbull treads middle path as South China Sea tensions rise

    Malcolm Turnbull treads middle path as South China Sea tensions rise
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Malcolm Turnbull raises South China Sea dispute Malcolm Turnbull urges the Chinese leadership to settle territorial claims peacefully and lawfully. Courtesy ABC News 24. PT1M27S 620 349 Malcolm Turnbull has called for restraint by all countries involved in South China Sea tensions, as Beijing becomes increasingly strident and the US stations more warplanes in the Philippines in readiness for a potential military conflict.An international tribunal..
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  • Victorian man Daniel O'Keeffe laid to rest, almost five years after he went missing

    Victorian man Daniel O'Keeffe laid to rest, almost five years after he went missing
    Daniel James O'Keeffe. Victorian man Daniel O'Keeffe, whose remains were found underneath his family home almost five years after he went missing, has been laid to rest at a funeral in Geelong today.The funeral was held at St Mary's Church, with a private burial and public memorial service.Mr O'Keeffe's family, who had been searching for him since 2011, found his skeletal remains in a small cavity underneath their house on March 21. An autopsy found the death wasn't suspicious.Mr O’Keeffe was s..
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  • Maths tutor Quy Huy Hoang sentenced to 18 years jail for abusing five children

    Maths tutor Quy Huy Hoang sentenced to 18 years jail for abusing five children
    Quy Huy Hoang sexually abused five children. Photo: Daniel Munoz A sexual predator who went under the guise of a maths tutor to sexually abuse five children over many years will spend at least 18 years behind bars.Quy Huy Hoang stared straight ahead as Judge Kate Traill sentenced the 68-year-old to a maximum 24-year jail term.The Downing Centre District Court heard Hoang manipulated his victims and their mothers to give him the perfect environments to sexual..
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  • Geelong Presbyterian church fire being treated as suspicious

    Geelong Presbyterian church fire being treated as suspicious
    Geelong Presbyterian church fire being treated as suspicious Updated April 15, 2016 15:46:42 A fire that burnt out a church and hall in Geelong is being treated as suspicious, authorities say.The Country Fire Authority (CFA) said crews were called to the 103-year old Presbyterian church on Pakington Street in Geelong West around 4:30am to find it fully alight. CFA station officer Shane Bailey said his team would work closely with police to determine what started the bla..
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  • Outspoken WA MP Rob Johnson steps down from Liberal Party

    Outspoken WA MP Rob Johnson steps down from Liberal Party
    Outspoken WA MP Rob Johnson steps down from Liberal Party Updated April 15, 2016 16:53:56 After years of public feuding with the WA Premier, outspoken Hillarys MP Rob Johnson has resigned from the Liberal Party, declaring he is not prepared to be one of the crew onboard "Barnett's Titanic".Mr Johnson will sit as an independent Liberal until the next state election.The Hillarys MP, who was first elected to Parliament in 1993, said he could no longer support the Governmen..
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  • Partner of woman found with severe head injuries in Brisbane unit 'not cooperating with police'

    Partner of woman found with severe head injuries in Brisbane unit 'not cooperating with police'
    Partner of woman found with severe head injuries in Brisbane unit 'not cooperating with police' Posted April 15, 2016 16:42:30 The partner of a woman found with life-threatening head injuries in her inner-Brisbane unit has chosen not to cooperate with police. Key points:Woman, 28, found unconscious on Wednesday afternoon in her Brisbane unitShe is on life support with swelling to the brainHer partner, a 24-year-old man, is not cooperating with police and has sought l..
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  • Labor the big threat on credit rating:Pyne

    The federal budget battle lines have been drawn as the major parties prepare to establish their economic management credentials ahead of a likely July election. The Turnbull government wants the May 3 budget to show it's living within its means, accounting for every cent of spending, and not increasing the overall tax burden. At the same time, it's keen for Labor to be seen as "taxing in a bad way" to pay for what it says is $100 billion in promises. Labor, for its part, wants to depict Treasur..
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