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The Pentagon Does Not Have A 'Light' Footprint In Africa
*The Intercept:* *Pentagon’s Own Map of U.S. Bases in Africa Contradicts Its Claim of “Light” Footprint* Last month, about a dozen al-Shabab fighters infiltrated the perimeter of a military base in Manda Bay, Kenya. One of them took aim with a rocket-propelled grenade, firing at a U.S. surveillance plane and touching off an hourslong firefight. When it was all over, the two American pilots of that plane and a U.S. soldier were dead, two other U.S. military personnel were wounded, six surveillance aircraft and helicopters were destroyed, and parts of the airfield were in flames. Wh... more »
Midnight Meme Of The Day!
*by Noah* With apologies to the Chinese guy: Relax, it's not as if the ever evil president who hates everything that lives and breathes has been cutting 10 times 10s of millions of prevention and research dollars from the annual budgets of the Center For Disease Control just so he can give massive tax cuts to the donor class so they can then kick some of it back to his campaign. Oh wait, that's exactly what he and his party have done. That's what Trump-Ryan Tax Scam 2017 was all about. Here's the 2018 budget as just one example of their nihilistic budget slashing efforts. Well, Co... more »
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. By Ilan Pappe
Palestine Diary This is a unique opportunity to hear the renowned historian and author, Ilan Pappe speak about his book “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine” where he lays out the past, present, and offers suggestions for the future. Vancouver Marsh 29, 08. ***** Ilan Pappe: The present dismal reality unfolding in the Middle East has …
California Monitoring 8,400 People for Possible Coronavirus
California Monitoring 8,400 People for Possible Coronavirus by Andrew Hay, Hilary Russ, https://www.reuters.com/ (Reuters) – California is monitoring more than 8,400 people who arrived on commercial flights for coronavirus symptoms from “points of concern,” but the state lacks test kits and has been held back by federal testing rules, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday. – …
Thanks to Trump: Pascal Lamb could be Sacrificed on Temple Mount for First Time in 2,000 Years
Thanks to Trump: Pascal Lamb could be Sacrificed on Temple Mount for first Time in 2,000 Years by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz February 27, 2020, https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/ … As per Trump’s Deal of the Century, the Sanhedrin petitioned the Israeli government, filing to receive permits that would allow priests to perform the ritual of the Pesach (Passover) sacrifice …
Ex-European Leaders: Trump’s Peace Plan Envisages Apartheid
Ex-European Leaders: Trump’s Peace Plan Envisages Apartheid by REUTERS, https://www.jpost.com/ “The plan envisages a formalization of the current reality in the occupied Palestinian territory, in which two peoples are living side by side without equal rights.” – Fifty former European prime ministers and foreign ministers have condemned US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan in …
Prominent cave painting on Uluru vandalised with vegetable oil, national park says
The park's tourism manager said up to a third of the cave was covered with vegetable oil, with paintings estimated at tens of thousands of years old still visible but obscured.
Teen repeatedly stabbed petrol station attendant, then wrote 'IS' in blood on the window
As his accomplice stole cigarettes and cash, a 16-year-old boy killed Pakistani national Zeeshan Akbar in an attack so graphic the footage will not be released.
Cash ban law could mean you end up in jail if you pay for a car with $10,000 cash
A Senate inquiry backs a controversial bill to ban cash payments of $10,000 and impose two-year jail sentences on people using cash for purchases above that limit, meaning it will soon become law.
High jumper Eleanor Patterson breaks 31-year-old Australian record
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Eleanor Patterson almost gave away high jump two years ago, but she now finds herself as the national record holder with the Tokyo Olympics on the horizon.
Wife basher t-shirt displayed in storefront prompts outrage in wake of Hannah Clarke death
The store's owner says the shirt is a joke, but domestic violence advocates have branded it a "hate crime message" in the wake of the death of a mother and three children.
Ardern tells Morrison 'don't deport your problems' as they clash in Sydney
The New Zealand and Australian prime ministers publicly clash in Sydney over the deportation of Kiwi criminals, with Jacinda Ardern calling for Australia to "stop exporting" people who grew up here.
Tasmania will get its first NBL team since 1996
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Tasmania will have a basketball team by 2021 under a new deal between the State Government and National Basketball League owner Larry Kestelman.
Murdered woman's family pleads with killer to tell them location of remains
The family of Allecha Boyd plead with her killer to tell them where her remains are, moments before he is sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.
Legions of armyworms are on the march in suburbia, devouring lawns in their path
Lawn lovers across south-east Queensland are waking up horrified by the sight of their once-green grass turning brown almost overnight.
DNA from other crimes and forensic scientists both contaminated crucial Claremont evidence
The Claremont serial killings trial is told crucial forensic evidence handled by PathWest was contaminated by DNA from other investigations and from its own scientists.
Kirra came out as pansexual aged 14 at a whole-school assembly. What happened next was not so great
It is 2020 and marriage equality may be a thing in Australia, but coming out can still be hard for queer people. Here's how those who choose to can stay safe, and how straight people can help.
Border Force seized pay packets of asparagus farm workers in $11 million 'sham' labour hire case, court told
Illegal workers employed on Vizzarri vegetable farms in Melbourne's south-east who were underpaid and never received their final wages have admitted they knew they were not supposed to be working.
You Must Wish For Harmony And Peace - A Quotation by Omraam Mikhael Alvanhov
*"You must wish for harmony and peace, even though you know that difficulties and opposition are essential to progress. It is important to understand this: those who wish for harmony and peace without having previously learned to overcome difficulties, are preparing a life of disorder and distress for themselves. Why? Because true harmony and true peace are rewards given only to those who have conquered hardship by manifesting qualities of disinterestedness, kindness and patience. When such people have to endure trials, they are not troubled by them; they neither suffer nor make o... more »
Seek Dat Vrede ‒ Een Gedicht van M.N. Hopkins
*Seek dat vrede te zoeken die vrede. Die vrede die wacht op allen die zijn, maar nog steeds en in rust. Een innerlijke heiligdom te zoeken. Dat komt voort als een adem te halen. Als een gefluister. Als een gevoel van diepe tevredenheid. Een tevredenheid die voortkomt uit in het nu. Voor nu is reëel. verleden en toekomst zijn slechts constructies van het menselijke ego. Wees in het huidige moment en op hun gemak voelen. Wees in het huidige moment en voel de adem van het leven. Wees in het huidige moment en zich geliefd voelen. Wees in het huidige moment en zijn liefde... more »
How To Write A Math Research Paper
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Why Is Trump Trying to Kill a Small Agency with a Big Impact on Public Safety?
Quelle surprise! Trump is out to terminate an independent agency that has stepped into the EPA's void.
ELECTION COMMISSIONER PAMFILOVA ANNOUNCES NEW RIGGING FOR CONSTITUTION VOTE
by John Helmer, Moscow @bears_with Two weeks is not a long time in Russian politics. But it’s just enough for Kremlin deputy staff chief Sergei Kirienko to send the instruction to the Central Election Commission head Ella Pamfilova (lead image) that any turnout, big or small, for the national vote on constitutional amendments will be enough. […]
The Oceans Cannot Become Acidic, Period
Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ If you really believe the environmental, liberal leftist propaganda that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide can create enough excess carbonic acid in the oceans for there pH to drop below 7 (I will explain later) I have a bridge in Brooklyn you may…
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 57 – 2020
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The Chinese Have Lent More Money To The World Than The World Bank, The IMF, And All OECD Creditor Governments Combined
*Harvard Business Review:* *How Much Money Does the World Owe China?* While China’s role in global trade is highly publicized and politically polarizing, its growing influence in international finance has remained more obscure, mostly due to a lack of data and transparency. Over the past two decades, China has become a major global lender, with outstanding claims now exceeding more than 5% of global GDP. Almost all of this lending is official, coming from the government and state-controlled entities. Our research, based on a comprehensive new data set, shows that China has extended... more »
Australian Daily Wind Power Generation Data – Thursday 27th February 2020
By Anton Lang ~ This Post details the daily wind power generation data for the AEMO coverage area in Australia. For the background information, refer to the Introductory Post at this link. Each image is shown here at a smaller size to fit on the page alongside the data for that day. If you click […]
TRIGGERED: NY Times Columnist Gail Collins Calls Coronavirus ‘Trumpvirus’
By Gabriel Hays ~ The left is so deranged, so unhinged and so obsessed with hating President Trump, that they are actually making him the face of coronavirus in order to spread fear. One New York Times Op-ed decided to defy all sense and call the potential pandemic the “Trumpvirus.” No kidding. New York Times […]
The Oceans Cannot Become Acidic, Period
By Dr. Jay Lehr ~ If you really believe the environmental, liberal leftist propaganda that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide can create enough excess carbonic acid in the oceans for there pH to drop below 7 (I will explain later) I have a bridge in Brooklyn you may be interested in buying. Ocean acidification, is […]
Ted Cruz Sees A ‘Verdict’ On Gulf Between Left And Right
By Virginia Aabram ~ The divide between the values of the Democratic and Republican parties continues to widen, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday during an annual gathering of conservative activists outside Washington. “All of us grew up thinking that the Republicans are the party of the rich and the Democrats were the party of […]
Covid-19 Updates
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Walnut Creek Arrest Reveals Secret World of Child Sex Trafficking; Girls as Young as 9 Allegedly being bought and sold in the Bay Area
An Oakland oral surgeon faces charges he molested two underage girls, attempted to kidnap a woman, and filmed a young girl engaged in a sex act, according to documents filed in Contra Costa County. Cassidy Migan Lavorini-Doyle, 36, faces seven felony counts after his arrest in December. Lavorini-Doyle is charged with human trafficking of a […] The post Walnut Creek Arrest Reveals Secret World of Child Sex Trafficking; Girls as Young as 9 Allegedly being bought and sold in the Bay Area appeared first on Health Nut News.
Calculation of particle masses without string theory is implausible
...or any comparably deep advance in fundamental physics... Anna V has mentioned a seemingly interesting March 10th Greek talk about a paper that claims to calculate the elementary particle masses with 1% precision out of some gravitational attraction between objects matching the ideas of a schoolkid at an elementary school. Off-topic, experiment: the gravitational force has been measured down to 50 microns (the distance between the two masses), Newton may relax, he is still OK. Usefulness of colliders outside HEP: accelerators' superconducting RF cavities may be helpful to build qu... more »
Julian Assange, Political Offences And Legal Restraints
Wednesday, February 26, Woolwich Crown Court. Today, the focus shifted to the protagonist himself and the nature of the US-UK Extradition Treaty of 2003, a contentious document that shines all too favourably for US citizens. Julian Assange, whose deteriorating condition has been noted for months by psychologists, doctors and UN […]
Russian Special Forces Day Celebrated With Action-Packed Video
*RT:* *They dive from the sky & gun down panicked enemy: Russian special forces day celebrated with action-packed VIDEO* Russia’s highly secretive Special Operations Forces, which get the most demanding and sensitive tasks and may go deep into enemy territory, are marking their professional day. Here is how the commandos look in action. The SpecOp branch of the Russian military fields highly trained fighters, who know how to infiltrate behind enemy lines and wreak havoc with sabotage, organizing guerilla forces and other forms of clandestine action. It was created over a decade ag... more »
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States in 2018 was 91.5%
The extremely poor and the disabled are covered by Medicaid in the United States, and senior citizens are covered Medicare … Continue reading →
February 28th – 2020 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1135
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and … Continue reading →
Friday February 28th – Open Thread
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those … Continue reading →
Tom Fitton on FISA: “The Key to Reform is Jail”…
Completely agree with Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton here. During a discussion of congress trying to pass a clean FISA reauthorization or a reform version, Tom Fitton says the only way to really reform the process is to arrest, prosecute … Continue reading →
Carbon Tax Will Lead to Bloodshed & Revolution
New York Time Map of Carbon Taxes In Germany, the excuse to help save the planet is always about adding more taxes to punish the people for just living. Already, there is a 7% value-added tax (VAT) on meat. German politicians are proposing to raise the tax on meat to 19%. Of course, this is […]
Picture Of The Day
People wearing masks after the coronavirus outbreak wait in a line to buy masks in front of a department store in Seoul, South Korea, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji *WNU Editor:* The above picture is from this photo-gallery .... *World races to contain coronavirus* (Reuters).
Listeria outbreak survivor tells how illness changed perspective on life
A woman who was hospitalized for two months in the Listeria outbreak in South Africa has shared how illness changed her perspective on life. Beulah Rhode (Roberts) started experiencing flu-like symptoms and felt constantly fatigued in mid-May 2018. She was in the hospital from June to August. In July, she went into a coma and... Continue Reading
GFSI 2020 Global Market Awards
SEATTLE — Mitch Chait, CEO of Greenforce, Mike Robach, GFSI Board Chair and Femi Oke, GFSI 2020 host, on Thursday recognized the winners of the 2020 Global Market Awards. The awards are given to small and ambitious companies from around the world that have used GFSI’s Global Markets Program and have a world-class food safety... Continue Reading
Kansas Senate permits on-the-farm raw milk sales with warning labels
The Kansas Senate, on a 37-3 vote, has sent the House a bill permitting on-the-farm sales of raw milk with the requirement it is sold with a warning label because the product is not pasteurized. it is expected to pass the House and remove for this year the possibility that Kansas would ban raw milk... Continue Reading
Wash your hands, not your poultry
Opinion I oversee the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the public health regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. FSIS’ mission is clear: to ensure that the nation’s meat, poultry and processed egg products are safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled. FSIS inspection personnel ensured public health requirements were met in establishments that slaughter... Continue Reading
Copycat: Russia Once Had Its Own SR-71 Blackbird, And Then It Didn't
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* The Reaktivny Samolet ramjet-powered bomber could cruise at three times the speed of sound. *Key point:* Following the Soviet Union’s first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, the defense ministry lost interest in deep-penetrating strategic jet bombers and canceled the RS project. It’s a cliché of the Cold War that no sooner did one superpower pioneer a new weapons technology that its rival swiftly sought its own copy, canceling out any advantage long-term. Though this frequently did occur, the Soviet Union and the West ... more »
No, the Navy's Submarines Don't Need W76-2 Tactical Nuclear Weapons
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2015%3Anewsml_TM3EB9413FG01&share=true] A risky idea. *Key point:* Tactical nukes increase the danger of nuclear use. They are small but they still count as weapons of mass destruction. It was a small, obscure-sounding item in the 2020 defense budget—a mere $19.6 million to procure W76-2 warheads, a sum which could pay for just one quarter of a single F-35A stealth fighter. But it, along with a select few other items including plans for a Space Force and border wall funding... more »
How the 1994 Battle of Grozny Changed Russia Forever
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2000%3Anewsml_PBEAHULOABU&share=true] A terrible war. *Key point:* There was a limit to how far Russia would let its ethnic enclaves go in pushing for autonomy. However, Russia's forces were not ready yet to put down an independence movement. On New Year’s Eve, 1994 Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles poured into the streets of Grozny with an assault expected to snuff out the self-declared Chechcen Republic of Ichkeria, as black smoke poured into the sky from oil tank... more »
Donald Trump Must Know This: War Is No Alternative To Dealing With Iran (Still)
*Geoff Wilson* *Security, Middle East* [image: Warships sail in the Sea of Oman during the first day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games in Chabahar port, at the Sea of Oman, Iran, December 27, 2019. Picture taken December 27, 2019. Mohsen Ataei/Fars news agency/WANA (West Asia News Agency] The present has echoes of 2015. *Key Point:* While many conservatives are quick to spurn negotiations with Iran, they seem to have done very little in the way of analyzing what a war with Iran would actually look like. Maybe they need a reminder. *(This story originally appeared o... more »
In 1935 Patton Bombed a Volcano in Order to Save a City
*Sebastien Roblin* *History, Americas* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2018%3Anewsml_RC1538FC73B0&share=true] Yes, really. *Key point:* The plan made sense, but the bombs likely weren't strong enough. However, the lava flow stopped eventually anyway. Disaster seemed imminent: day by day, a glowing river of molten lava was creeping steadily towards Hilo, Hawaii. The town of 15,000 lay slightly over 30 miles northeast of Mauna Loa, known as the second-largest volcano on the planet. The over 13,000-foot tall behemoth had erupted on Hawaii island o... more »
Mubarak May Be Dead, But Egypt Is Not Better Off
*Danielle Pletka* *Security, Middle East* The Arab Spring was not kind to Egypt. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak died today in Cairo, aged 91. He became president of Egypt in the wake of the assassination of Anwar Sadat, and was ousted in 2011 during the Arab Spring. Imprisoned for crimes committed while in office, he was freed in 2017. That’s the straight obit. The more apt eulogy would add that for almost three decades, Mubarak epitomized everything that was wrong with US Middle East policy and much that was wrong with the Arab world. His end also teaches us that the M... more »
Did President Trump Request Enough Money from Congress to Fight the Coronavirus?
*Hunter DeRensis* *Security, * With congressional Republicans wishing to be more safe than sorry, it’s likely the final bill will be much more towards Senator Schumer’s liking than President Trump’s. Earlier this week President Donald Trump requested Congress to appropriate $2.5 billion dollars in emergency funding towards combatting the expected spread of the coronavirus to the United States. Congressional Democrats and Republicans are negotiating a bill that is significantly more money than was originally desired. “Congress is willing to give us much more than we’re even askin... more »
Mike Pence Is Going to War Against the Coronavirus
*Hunter DeRensis* *Health, * Even at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where Pence also spoke today, addressing the coronavirus outbreak played an important role in his remarks. “I promise you we will continue to bring the full resources of the federal government to bear to protect the American people,” Pence told the Republican crowd. “And as the president also said, it’s important to remember we’re all in this together. This is not the time for partisanship.” President Donald Trump used his public address last evening to announce that Vice President Mike Pen... more »
Six Hundred Kills? These Two Nazi German Snipers Were a Menace to Russian Troops
*Warfare History Network* *History, Europe* [image: A concealed German soldier in northern France, 1944. His Karabiner 98k is equipped with a Gewehrgranatgerät cup-type grenade launcher attachment. 21 June 1944. Bundesarchiv.] Bang! *Key Point:* Allerberger and Matthaus Hetzenauer, another skilled Austrian sniper in the same division, were officially credited with killing more than 600 enemy soldiers during the Soviet advance toward Berlin in the latter stages of World War II. The three Soviet tanks edged forward slowly as the drivers scanned for the concealed Germans that lay a... more »
France Is Getting a New Rafale Fighter Jet (But It Won't Be An F-35)
*Sebastien Roblin* *Security, Europe* [image: https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?id=tag%3Areuters.com%2C2019%3Anewsml_RC1B0BAF2030&share=true] You can't always get what you want. *Key point: *France is working on a forth generation jet fighter. It will likely be a little stealthy, but not on the level of the F-35. In January 2019, French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced France would commit $2.3 billion to develop an F4 generation of the Dassault Rafale twin-engine multirole fighter. This would include production in 2022–2024 of the last twenty-eight of the original ord... more »
Turkey's Losing Bet in Syria
*February 28, 2020* (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Turkey has allegedly lost another 33 troops in Syria this week amid its refusal to withdraw from Syrian territory amid Syrian government gains in the northern governorate of Idlib. The BBC in its article, "Syria war: 33 Turkish troops killed in air strike in Idlib," would report: *At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed in an air strike by Syrian "regime forces" in north-western Syria, a senior Turkish official has said.More were hurt in Idlib province, said Rahmi Dogan, the governor of Turkey's Hatay province. Other reports... more »
Jon Rappoport: How to Stage a Fake Epidemic and Brainwash Billions of People
Rappoport says fake epidemics have been staged in the past as cover-up crimes. For example, the 'HIV story' was used in Africa and Haiti in order to conceal intentionally created and sustained poverty, stolen farm land, and corporate takeovers involving massive poisonous industrial pollution.
Somali Activist Receives Threats After Reporting on Ilhan Omar’s Alleged Marriage to Her Brother
Mr. Nur posted on Facebook that he has received threats to his safety and threats to set him up to go to prison, in addition to harassment. He stated that if anything happens to him, Ilhan Omar and her team will be responsible.
Journalist Abby Martin Sues the State of Georgia Over Law Requiring Pledge to Israel, a Foreign Country
There are 28 states that require loyalty pledges to Israel in order to do business with the state governments. In addition, Trump passed legislation that effectively criminalized the Boycott Divestments and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to put pressure on the Jewish state through economic action.
This Assange “Trial” Is A Self-Contradictory Kafkaesque Nightmare
The first week of the Julian Assange extradition trial has concluded, to be resumed on May 18th. If you haven’t been following to proceedings closely, let me sum up what you missed: The prosecution is working to extradite Assange to the US under a US-UK […]
Gatekeeping Pandemic
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1233099503785455623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1233106848162701317&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fjapans-abe-closes-schools-nationwide-south-korea-confirms-505-new-cases-surpassing Hat Tip: Zerohedge https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/japans-abe-closes-schools-nationwide-south-korea-confirms-505-new-cases-surpassing GATE-KEEPING TRUTH Effective risk communication must be adapted to audience needs. I worry that risk communication will be suborned to other concerns.... weaponized even, f... more »
US Senator Bernie Sanders Promises To Cut Defense Spending By $1.215 Trillion If Elected President
In February 2011, Sen. Bernie Sanders visited the Afghan National Police Academy in Kabul as part of a congressional delegation visiting the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan supported training site. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte *Counter Punch:* *Bernie Finally Puts a Number on Cutting Military Spending* Bernie Sanders’ campaign has published a fact sheet on how everything he proposes can be paid for. On that fact sheet we find this line in a list of items that collectively will pay for a Green New Deal: *“Reducing defense spending by $1.215 trillion by ... more »
Bloomberg Is Still Trying To Buy The Election But Has Still Been Unable To Dominate The Weak Conservative Lane
The most interesting news about Biden I saw today was Branko Marcetic's piece for *Jacobin* about how Biden pulled the Democratic Party to the right starting in the 1980s when he helped Reagan start dismantling much of the New Deal. Marcetic found an old Biden quote from the *Wilmington Morning News* that Biden would never say during a primary but that defines him perfectly: "In a strange way the election of Ronald Reagan is more consistent with the budgetary thrust that a guy like me... has been going for for the past few years." Marcetic added that "Biden's already growing publi... more »
Quaden Bayles's family nominates six charities to redirect Disneyland money after declining chance of a trip to US
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More than $700,000 was raised from a GoFundMe page set up by US comedian Brad Williams after a six-minute video clip of Quaden crying from a bullying episode was released.
The coronavirus emergency plan has been activated. Here's what that means for you
The Australian Government has pulled the trigger on its emergency response plan and is now operating on the basis the virus is a pandemic.
Second WA coronavirus case confirmed, in woman evacuated from Diamond Princess cruise ship
The second case of coronavirus is confirmed in Western Australia, in a woman evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
Women's T20 World Cup inspiring the next generation
Cricket hasn't always been an obvious choice for girls in this country but some local clubs are starting to seize on the momentum of the T20 World Cup, writes Brittany Carter.
Teen's murder was disturbing, extreme and prolonged, judge says as he hands killers 26-year sentences
Two Tasmanian teenagers who stabbed, bashed and fatally shot a Launceston man last August have been sentenced to 26 years' jail each.
Regulator says it can't stop companies installing Homer Simpson or Elvis as directors
Gaping holes in Australia's corporate regulatory system could allow dodgy operators to install Bob Marley, Elvis Presley and Homer Simpson as company directors, a parliamentary committee has been told.
Owner of Marshmallow, mistakenly put down by RSPCA, investigated amid animal welfare concerns
The RSPCA is investigating a woman whose cat was euthanased without consent after reviewing the woman's history of bringing animals in ill health to its Wacol animal facility.
Woman convicted of impersonating Home and Away star could have sentence increased
A 29-year-old sentenced to almost three years' jail after tricking two women into thinking she was a famous actor could face a heavier sentence after new evidence was brought to light.
Outgoing Health Department boss destroys notebooks relating to sports rorts saga
Labor believe the decision by the outgoing head of the Health Department to destroy her notebooks before retiring could be a breach of national archives requirements.
Debt is the timebomb on global markets, coronavirus just lit the fuse
Coronavirus fears are the trigger for this week's market meltdown, but it's the global economy's debt disease that could turn a correction into a crash.
The days of short-term 'bait and switch' energy discounts will soon be over
Just In - 1 day ago
Electricity and gas companies will no longer be able to lure Victorians with discounted offers, then hike prices within a few months under changes announced by the state's Essential Services Commission to make contracts fairer.
Water flows from southern Qld in first major test of Murray-Darling Basin Plan since deal struck
The first major flood after eight years of drought is flowing through southern Queensland this week in what could be the first real test of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, struck in 2012.
Victim of horror smash on Bass Highway was planning to marry next year
Two of the victims of a triple fatality in Tasmania's north this week are remembered as blokes who would "drop everything to help you out", as investigations into the crash continue.
Former Adelaide 36ers coach apologises for suggesting players should 'hang themselves'
Just In - 1 day ago
The Adelaide 36ers NBL club will investigate a series of claims of bullying and abuse levelled at newly departed coach Joey Wright by the team's co-captain Kevin White.
Teenager who choked to death on latex glove needed better care, inquest finds
Sophia Nisco, who had severe disabilities, died after swallowing a glove at an Adelaide care facility. An inquest finds her death would have been prevented if she had received the "necessary level" of supervision.
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