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Ecstasy users should not be charged by police, former federal health minister Neal Blewett says. View the full article
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A top health administration expert wants needle-exchange programs in prisons, pharmaceutical heroin for addicts and more supervised injecting rooms. View the full article
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And yous can't play football either ya pricks!
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Drones: A flying technological marvel that could save lives or a sinister robot spy which edges the United States ever closer towards becoming a surveillance society? View the full article
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Now there's word from Australia that "up to 15 workers at the Agnew gold mine in the Goldfields have been sacked and banned for life from every Barminco [company] project in the world after performing the Harlem Shake dance craze on site." The West Australian adds that "a dismissal letter shows Barminco considered the stunt a safety issue and a breach of its 'core values of safety, integrity and excellence.' "
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from http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8331505/Police-blunder-unmasks-secret-files 21/2/2013 A police blunder in a major drugs investigation has revealed the identity of confidential informants and undercover officers and their secret intelligence-gathering techniques. A Southland Times investigation has discovered that the serious breach occurred after police handed over heavily censored electronic documents to those charged in the investigation. But, as one of the defendants quickly discovered, the blacked-out sections of the documents can easily be restored to view, revealing the highly sensitive material. lmao.
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VULNERABLE children have revealed a secret life of prostitution, hard drugs including heroin and violence while living in residential care. View the full article
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TREE branches, leaf litter and dog droppings have all been part of an escalating legal war between once-friendly next-door neighbours in a semi-rural Brisbane suburb. View the full article
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Woman faces child cruelty and bestiality charges, but court hears she's also a victim. View the full article
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A coroner says the tragic deaths of three toddlers run over in driveway accidents in Victoria has been the catalyst for concerted efforts by authorities across Australia to stop more children being killed. View the full article
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DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) - An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a 56-year-old British grandmother to death for smuggling cocaine into the resort island of Bali. View the full article Indonesia sentences UK drug gran to death January 22, 2013 - 9:12PM - An Indonesian court has sentenced a British grandmother to death for taking cocaine to Bali in her suitcase. View the full article British woman on Bali death row over cocaine January 23, 2013 - A BRITISH drug smuggler, Lindsay Sandiford, has been condemned to death by firing squad in Bali for smuggling in 4.8 kilograms of cocaine last year. View the full article British woman on Bali death row over coc…
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This is Benjamin Lord - an unemployed call centre operator who claimed to be a high-ranking Federal Police officer and ASIO agent to get sex, a court has heard today. View the full article
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In reply to Why Progressives Should Be Smiling : This is beyond awful, a privileged, middle-class take on what might be “progressive”. It’s central problem is that it ignores the importance of economics. if it didn’t it might understand that the ALP ’s sellout to big mining on the MRRT and its failure to challenge the destructive growth-at-all-costs mentality are inherently conservative ... View the full article
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here: http://bakersfield.c...3527562905.html My head is to big nuf said "V"
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Just a handful of grapes, onions or macadamia nuts can make dogs very sick, even kill them, says the author of a new 976-page guide to Australia's poisonous plants. View the full article
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