Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Nayser missed the boat ... and now he's being forced to miss his family and other top stories.

  • Nayser missed the boat ... and now he's being forced to miss his family

    Nayser missed the boat ... and now he's being forced to miss his family
    In a cramped flat in Bankstown, the Ahmed children wait impatiently for the face of the father they have not kissed for three years to appear on a small computer screen.The Skype rings out once. Then twice, and then again and again for almost an hour. But there is no sign of Nayser, 63, who has been detained without charge on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea for what seems like an eternity. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Nayser's three years stuck in Manus ..
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  • One year on, Malcolm Turnbull's brutal reality is there's no time like the present

    One year on, Malcolm Turnbull's brutal reality is there's no time like the present
    Malcolm Turnbull had a terrible opening to the new parliament. Pretty much everything went south. The prime minister had a better week this week. He could enjoy being out of the Canberra crucible in full geopolitical flight, happy in summit mode, and he could enjoy the spectre of Sam Dastyari’s imbroglio, an opposition imbroglio, rather than an imbroglio of his own – a moment of pure refreshment. Malcolm Turnbull shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20. Photograph:..
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  • Australian DJ Jake Mastroianni a victim of legal bungle in Thailand, says lawyer

    Australian DJ Jake Mastroianni a victim of legal bungle in Thailand, says lawyer
    Bangkok: Jake Mastroianni, an Australian DJ known in the night clubs and strip bars of Thailand's Pattaya by his stage name Badmouth, was the victim of a critical legal error that put him behind bars for life, his lawyer says. Mastroianni, 26, was spending time at his girlfriend's apartment in the Thai beach city after his British friend sold ecstasy pills to a foreign man outside a nearby supermarket. Australian DJ Jake Mastroianni was sentenced to two life prison sentences in Thailand.  ..
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  • Marcus Stanford could be released from jail within hours

    Marcus Stanford could be released from jail within hours
    Brother of NSW killer freed from jail1:21The twin brother of the man who killed NSW school teacher Stephanie Scott has been released from prison. Marcus Stanford, the twin brother of murderer Vincent Stanford, who killed Leeton schoolteacher Stephanie Scott. Picture: Michael FrogleyTHE identical twin brother of the man who murdered NSW teacher and bride-to-be Stephanie Scott has been released from jail.Stanford, 25, hid from media as he was driven at speed in a 4WD from Junee Correctional Centr..
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  • It's war: why there is a new battle looming over public and private school funding

    It's war: why there is a new battle looming over public and private school funding
    "Gonski is now history."That was Dr Ken Boston, an architect of the Gonski reforms, delivering a blunt and pessimistic account of the state of schools funding to education leaders in Sydney last week.  More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Education system questioned after NAPLAN results Lindt siege police response in question Government acted in haste: Abbott Two-year long search for William Tyrell Chris Vedelago on Melbourn..
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  • Man dies after shooting at St Marys in Sydney's west

    Man dies after shooting at St Marys in Sydney's west
    Police have called for anyone with information to come forward after a man was fatally shot at a home in Sydney's west on Friday night.Emergency services were called to St Marys at 7.20pm after residents heard gunshots and phoned triple zero.They found the man, believed to be in his early 30s, outside a home onĂ‚ Brisbane Street with serious bullet wounds.He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.Witnesses told police they saw an unknown vehicle leaving the scene shortly after the man w..
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  • Victoria weather: Floodwaters in Coleraine recede, authorities prepare for more rain in north-east

    Victoria weather: Floodwaters in Coleraine recede, authorities prepare for more rain in north-east
    Victoria weather: Floodwaters in Coleraine recede, authorities prepare for more rain in north-east Updated September 09, 2016 23:51:47 Floodwaters at Coleraine in Victoria's west are now receding, emergency services say, after 20 properties were flooded during heavy rain.Up to 50 millimetres of rain fell in the area this morning, prompting authorities to close the local primary school as a precaution.The State Emergency Service said up to 20 properties were affected, bu..
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  • Boy airlifted from North Wollongong school oval after being stabbed in the abdomen

    Boy airlifted from North Wollongong school oval after being stabbed in the abdomen
    A 16-year-old boy has been airlifted to hospital and another boy is in police custody after a stabbing at a school in North Wollongong on Friday afternoon.Paramedics were called to Keira High School on Lyasght Street at around 1.40pm with reports the a teenager had been stabbed. The boy is loaded into an Ambulance helicopter on the school oval. Photo: Sylvia Liber The injured boy was found in the south-west corner of the school grounds, with a wound to his lower left abdomen. An ambulanc..
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  • Sydney Opera House threat teen accused following 'instructions of Islamic State'

    Sydney Opera House threat teen accused following 'instructions of Islamic State'
    A teenager accused of making threats to attack the Sydney Opera House allegedly told security guards that he travelled to the forecourt of the iconic attraction with a backpack containing canisters of brake fluid on the "instructions of Islamic State".The 18-year-old man, from Narwee, has an intellectual disability and police don't believe he had any capability to carry out an attack. The man allegedly said he was at the Opera House on the instructions of Islamic State. Photo: Brendon Thor..
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  • I don't want to be Queensland premier: Jackie Trad

    I don't want to be Queensland premier: Jackie Trad
    Queensland's Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has flatly denied she holds leadership aspirations.Ms Trad and her senior colleagues have been forced to deny their cabinet is divided this week in the face of consistent rumours about tensions on key policies including anti-gang legislation and tree-clearing legislation. Deputy Premier Jackie Trad. Photo: Robert Shakespeare She has previously offered a "100 per cent guarantee" that there will be no Labor leadership spill in Queensland.At a Queensl..
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