Tens of thousands across Australia receive death threat SMS
July 23rd, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by BNO News
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) -- Tens of thousands of Australians have received text messages purporting to be from a hired hitman who threatens to kill them unless they pay $5,000, officials said ... Read more...
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Australians receive pay up or die death threats text messages
July 23rd, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, July 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Many Australians received a text message which asked them to pay up $5000 or die. Thousands of people got this message and many of them started panicking ... Read more...
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Queensland cops’ brutality towards tourists revealed in video released by Oz police
October 12th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, Oct 12 (ANI): Australian police have released disturbing video footage of a senior officer's assaults on an alleged offender at Airlie Beach police station, a day after he was sentenced to ... Read more...
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Challenging speeding ticket saddles Oz truckie with a 10000-dollar payout!
September 7th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Sept 7 (ANI): A truck driver in Australia will have to pay thousands in legal costs after he challenged a speeding ticket and appealed his case in three different courts.North Queensland ... Read more...
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Oz strip club sponsors police ball
July 17th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 17 (ANI): A Police Commissioner in Australia has warned all officers to be aware of sponsorship protocol after a strip club supported one of the force's charity events.At the Mackay ... Read more...
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Four men caught cooling off naked inside Queensland car wash!
November 10th, 2009 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 10 (ANI): Four young men caught cavorting nude inside a central Queensland car wash have been warned that their fun trip could have injured them seriously.The two 19-year-olds and two ... Read more...
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Australian policemen caught with pants down
September 21st, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 21 (DPA) Shoppers in Brisbane were not dreaming when they saw two naked men get back into a police van after running around it in broad daylight in the middle ... Read more...
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Queensland Police permits alcohol consumption at work place
May 10th, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 10 (ANI): The Queensland Police Service is shunning widely enforced "dry" workplace rules by permitting alcohol to be consumed and stored at many stations across the state, an investigation by ... Read more...
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Australian school apologises to Sikh boy
September 3rd, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 3 (IANS) A private school in Brisbane has apologised to a 12-year-old Sikh boy it had refused to admit earlier this year because his turban breached the uniform code.The boy's ... Read more...
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Haneef should never have been charged, believed Queensland Police
July 10th, 2008 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, July 10 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef should never have been charged with terrorism offences, at least that is what the Queensland state police believed, according to a submission ... Read more...
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100-kg lady wants police apology after ‘fat and black’ slur!
June 22nd, 2008 - 11:30 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 22 (ANI): Fat and black these were the two words which left Rube Nixon furious, after they were written to her by a police officer in an official document.Now, ... Read more...
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Sikh boy’s school admission denial raises a stink
February 26th, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by admin
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By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, Feb 26 (IANS) In a landmark case that may have far-reaching consequences for Sikhs in Australia, a family has challenged the decision of a private school in Brisbane not ... Read more...
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Sikh student denied school admission because of turban
February 26th, 2008 - 10:59 am ICT by admin
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, Feb 26 (IANS) In a landmark case that may have far-reaching consequences for Sikhs in Australia, a family has challenged a Brisbane private school's decision not to enrol their ... Read more...
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