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» TUESDAY » WEDNESDAY » THURSDAY » FRIDAY » SATURDAY » SUNDAY QUOTE UNQUOTE “You can’t announce a softer policy and then not expect people to lose their lives through people smuggling.” Opposition immigration spokeswoman Sharman Stone, after an explosion killed three asylum seekers.
WRAP UP OF THIS WEEK’S EVENTS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH AFRICA
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“They’re still trying to hide behind it as a binge drinking measure … it is a revenue raiser.” Family First senator Steve Fielding won’t back a higher tax on alcopops.
AUSTRALIA Garrett on bender Environment minister Peter Garrett’s 19-year-old daughter Grace was hospitalised after an alcohol bender at a Sydney hotel. The minister said he accepted public scrutiny of his family as part of his job.
Officials to blame Sports officials should be tormented by guilt about Jobie Dajka’s death, his father told mourners at the cyclist’s funeral. Dajka was axed from the Australian side for misleading
Jobie Dajka
ACTION X-MAN: Hugh Jackman promotes Wolverine by abseiling off a London roof. The actor also found time to pledge $100,000 to charity on micro-blogging site Twitter. The money will go to the Twitterer who convinces Jackman their charity deserves the cash.
doping enquiries, and never got over his grief. He died at his Adelaide home on April 4.
suspect in the Marysville blaze was a CFA volunteer.
Call to profile arsonists
Ric Richardson, an Australian inventor, will share part of a $US388 million damages award from Microsoft, after a US jury found the software giant stole his technology.
Volunteer firefighters should undergo psychological profiling in a bid to weed out arsonists, the firefighters’ union said. Police revealed the prime
Inventor cashes in
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at a station by police. He slept at truck stops and ate at fast food restaurants during his six-day, dawn-to-dusk ride. He said he decided to make the trek because he didn’t see enough of the city during a school trip.
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“I don’t think that’s unethical. It comes down to interpretation, I guess, but I certainly think I have conducted things very ethically.” Nick Bolton, the 27-year-old who leveraged his shares in a road project for a $4.5 million payday. TNT ER TH WEAPORT RE
*And finally … on yer bike A 15-year-old boy with Asperger syndrome who went missing for two weeks was found in Sydney, after cycling more than 950km down the Pacific Highway. Ethan Johnson of Kingston, south of Brisbane, was discovered
“Who reported it? Dave Hughes, who makes a living out of hanging shit on people.” Eddie McGuire, after comic Dave Hughes claimed Pies fans taunted Gary Ablett by singing: “your dad is a murderer”.
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