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Aussie travels the world searching for Tucker cars

May 24, 2013

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Brendan Edgerton poses with a 1948 Tucker at The Henry Ford in Dearborn. He’s filming a documentary about his search for the cars. (David Coates / The Detroit News) On an extended drive-about from Australia, Brendan Edgerton parked his $150 right-hand drive 1989 Holden Commodore at the entrance to the Henry Ford Museum. He had […]

Internet touch underwear

April 24, 2013

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Boldly stating that their new product is the “future of foreplay“, Durex Australia claim that ‘Fundawear’ allows for “touch to be transferred over the internet.” Deploying technology normally used to make a mobile phone vibrate, actuators wired into the under garments are remotely stimulated via a smartphone app, according to videos uploaded to Durex Australia’s […]

Young king of net vulgarity

March 3, 2013

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New Zealand-born Tristan Barker is wanted by authorities in Australia over comments made on the internet. THE son of a top musician has been unmasked as Australia’s most prolific internet troll and is being investigated by detectives for online stalking. Tristan Barker, 18, who has a track record of terrorizing vulnerable members of the community, said his […]

Australia Grants Asylum to Student over Facebook Posting

November 27, 2012

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AUSTRALIA has granted asylum to a Bangladeshi man who feared he’d be killed if sent home to face charges over comments he posted about his prime minister on Facebook. Muhammad Ruhul Amin Khandaker was accused of sedition over comments he posted on the social networking website last year lamenting the car crash death of Bangladeshi […]

AUSTRALIA: An English only policy vs Aboriginal History

November 4, 2012

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Languages fading before our Eyes Kanyilkura wangka jurnpurrpa. We ought to keep language strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia have been fighting a loosing battle to save the many Indigenous languages of the country since European settlers first stepped foot in this country. In the years since, more than 230 languages have […]

Former Grammer School Student is suing, seeking damages after she failed to qualify for her preferred university course

August 11, 2012

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  Rose Ashton-Weir, now 18, and her mother Elizabeth Weir are suing the prestigious Geelong private school after she began failing badly in maths in years 9 and 10 and later missed out on enrolment in law at the University of Sydney. But the grammar school is defending the civil lawsuit before VCAT, arguing it was […]

Music: #1′s from Australia, India and the US

July 11, 2012

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Number one song this week from Australia is the winner of 2011 X Factor Australia  24 year old Reece Mastin’s Shout it Out This song is now number one on the charts in India.  Tum Hi Ho Bandhu is from the highly anticipated romantic comedy “Cocktail” that opens in India on Friday. The number two song is also […]

Woman accused of orally raping man inside his house

March 23, 2012

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Rebecca Helen Elder, 39, of Parkside South Australia, appeared in the District Court  yesterday. She pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass in a place of residence, and one count of rape. Prosecution documents, filed with the court, allege both offences took place at a suburban location between September 20 and September 23 last […]

Chevy Volt-Vauxhall/Opel Ampera production on hold……Problems or fine tuning?

March 9, 2012

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With US gas prices over $4. gallon in many cities?   A 93 miles per gallon* car should be selling like Adele’s CD’s.    Thursday, General Motors told employees in Detroit and Europe the Chevy Volt/Opel Ampera  that production would put on hold from March 19 to April 23. The shut down will effect 1,300 employees  in Detroit. The Chevrolet Volt, […]

Australian Cops quitting in droves

February 6, 2012

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More than a third of officers have less than 10 years’ experience 13 officers a year leave within their first 12 months More than 1250 officers had three or fewer years’ experience Some 850 new officers have been recently recruited COPS in Victoria are quitting the service at a rate of four a week amid […]

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