Friday, June 3, 2016

Federal election 2016: Vietnam war dead repatriation ceremony drives election campaign conversation on radio and other top stories.

  • Federal election 2016: Vietnam war dead repatriation ceremony drives election campaign conversation on radio

    Campaign uptick: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Andrew Meares Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten's decision not to attend a repatriation ceremony for Australia's Vietnam war dead sparked an increase in radio talkback callers in week four of the election campaign.Analysis by media monitor iSentia this week showed significant increases in mentions of the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader on radio, before both were f..
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  • The 11 surprising new jobs that may make you feel good and smart

    The 11 surprising new jobs that may make you feel good and smart
    Josh Blake owns Renegade Cycles at Lane Cove. There is a desperate need for more bike mechanics. Photo: Louise Kennerley Sydney bike shop owner Josh Blake used to be an accountant with a top firm but now he holds a "Phd from Trek University".  Traditional bike shops such as Blake's Renegade Cycles in Lane Cove have been transformed by the explosion of expensive and high-tech brands of bicycles such as Trek with their own proprietary and highly technical onlin..
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  • Malka Leifer: Former Australian principal accused of 74 child sex charges walks free in Israel

    Malka Leifer: Former Australian principal accused of 74 child sex charges walks free in Israel
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Former principal avoids 74 sex charges Alleged paedophile Malka Leifer, a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox girls' school in Melbourne, who fled the country after allegedly sexually abusing her students, could remain in Israel indefinitely. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. PT0M33S 620 349 The former principal of an ultra-Orthodox girls' school in Melbourne, who fled the country after allegedly sexually abusing her students, could remain in Isra..
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  • Will of the people must be respected

    Will of the people must be respected
    Motorist Enthusiast Party Senator Ricky Muir cuts a lonely figure in the Senate. His days could be numbered by Senate voting reform. Mick Tsikas by The Australian Financial Review Malcolm Turnbull's re-election strategy has been based on the idea that he'd rather deal with the Greens and Nick Xenophon than with the bag of fruit and nuts that now holds the balance of power in the Senate. This is the reasoning behind ..
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  • ADFA cadet charged with sexual assault

    ADFA cadet charged with sexual assault
    An Australian Defence Force cadet in Canberra accused of raping a fellow cadet while she was sleeping has been granted bail.Police allege Jack Toby Mitchell, 19, assaulted the 18-year-old woman in the early hours of Saturday morning after the pair shared a taxi back to the ADFA campus from Civic nightclub Mooseheads with a third male cadet.The court heard the pair had known each other for four months and the woman had previously told Mr Mitchell she only wanted to be friends when he asked to be..
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  • Comanchero treasurer Mark Ahern left blood at scene of Kittens strip club fire, court told

    Comanchero treasurer Mark Ahern left blood at scene of Kittens strip club fire, court told
    Comanchero treasurer Mark Ahern left blood at scene of Kittens strip club fire, court told Updated June 03, 2016 18:07:12 A senior member of the Comancheros outlaw motorcycle gang in Victoria left blood outside a Kittens strip club, in Melbourne's south-east, when it was set alight earlier this year, a court has been told.Mark Ahern, 32, has applied for bail in the Melbourne Magistrates Court after being charged in February over the fire at the Caulfield strip club, whi..
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  • Tsunami evacuation maps for Sydney and NSW making waves on social media

    Tsunami evacuation maps for Sydney and NSW making waves on social media
    Tsunami hits Sydney2:57Fire and Rescue NSW are testing their Urban Search and Rescue skills at Sydney's Bankstown tip. These firey's are the next up and comers to hit the world's disaster hot spots. NSW SES has released tsunami evacuation maps. Picture: NSW SESTHESE are the eye-opening maps which reveal the areas which would be evacuated if a land-threat tsunami were to strike our coastlines.The maps, released by the NSW State Emergency Service today, highlight the areas where residents and wor..
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  • Dangerous weather expected in NSW, Qld

    Dangerous weather expected in NSW, Qld
    Dangerous weather expected in NSW, Qld
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  • Queensland landholders 'guilty until proven innocent' under land clearing reforms

    Queensland landholders 'guilty until proven innocent' under land clearing reforms
    Queensland landholders 'guilty until proven innocent' under land clearing reforms Updated June 03, 2016 18:53:56 Parts of the State Government's tree clearing reforms are similar to the controversial VLAD bikie laws, the Queensland Law Society says.Labor's vegetation management laws include a "reverse the onus of proof" for landholders charged over illegal tree clearing.The former Newman government's bikie laws reversed the onus of proof for gang members seeking bail, h..
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Heat sign Schenscher .Hospital ED visits, wait times up in NSW .
Sydney Scientists Discover New Peacock Spider Species -- And They Are Truly Stunning .Property crime blitz, Deeragun .

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