January 19, 2007
Police say Australian Open sex assault isolated
Police investigating the sexual assault of a five-year-old boy at the Australian Open in Melbourne have defended their decision not to warn the public about the possible threat to children.
The young boy was allegedly assaulted in a men’s toilet late on Monday afternoon while his mother waited for him outside.
It is alleged a man followed him into the Melbourne Park cubicle and touched him inappropriately.
The attack was not made public until this morning, four days after the incident.
Victorian police have issued a statement saying detectives are investigating the assault, but describe it as an isolated incident.
It says there are enough police at the Australian Open to deal with any further problems and has emphasised the sporting event is safe.
Tennis Australia says police advised them against telling the public about the alleged assault.
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January 19, 2007
The Gold Coast deputy Mayor is to face court in the middle of the year over his alleged failure to submit an electoral return declaring donations for the 2004 council poll.
In Southport Magistrates Court yesterday, David Power’s solicitor asked that the matter be heard as soon as possible.
The Crown had sought an adjournment until the Supreme Court ruled on whether the matter was out of time.
It has been listed for hearing in June.
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January 19, 2007
It looks like IE7 is beating Firefox already in usage. Amazing.
100 Million IE7 Installations!
I’m pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more important than installations is usage. According to WebSideStory (the company we use to measure browser usage), as of this week, over 25% of all visitors to websites in the US were using IE7, making IE7 the second most used browser after IE6. We expect these numbers to continue to rise as we complete our final localized versions, scale up AU distribution, and with the consumer availability of Windows Vista on January 30, 2007..
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January 17, 2007
Update to previous story.
Police have described the deaths of two people on Queensland’s northern Gold Coast as a murder-suicide. The bodies of the 64-year-old man and 62-year-old woman were found in their Coombabah home yesterday.
Detective Inspector John Hartwell says post-mortem examinations indicate no other people were involved in the deaths.
January 17, 2007
Australian Wayne Arthurs has advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with an emphatic four-set victory over American Zack Fleishman at Melbourne Park today.
After going down in a first set tiebreak, the 35-year-old veteran was all smiles when he completed his win 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 with a simple finish from the net.
The powerful left-hander, ranked 163rd in the world, overcame sweltering conditions against 170th-ranked Fleishman to qualify for the third round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2001.
Arthurs will meet either American Mardy Fish or Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the next round.
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January 17, 2007
I heard on the radio that over AUD$150,000 was taken.
Armed robbers ambush tavern manager
Police say the thieves who robbed a Gold Coast tavern on the weekend ambushed the manager.
Two armed men wearing balaclavas locked the manager of the Fisherman’s Wharf Tavern into a safe room of the building in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Detective Inspector John Hartwell says there was no warning.
“The manager’s gone out to secure the rear gate and was confronted by the offenders,” he said.
“A gun was produced and he was told to turn around and they have let themselves into the safe room.
“When asked for the keys to the ATMs in the tavern area, he said he didn’t have access. He was then hit with one of the firearms and he then produced the keys.”
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January 17, 2007
Pink backflip on boycott pleases wool industry
The wool industry has welcomed an admission by US singer Pink that she failed to properly research the practice of sheep mulesing before she made a video condemning the practice.
The singer caused a furore when she called for consumers to boycott Australian wool as part of a campaign by the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Pink has given a television interview saying she was misinformed about the practice.
The president of WoolProducers, Robert Peach, says he is glad Pink has backed away from her earlier comments.
“She’s been totally caught out and we appreciate that she’s retracted it,” he said.
“But in the meantime, it has done the industry some damage.
“We as industry have really taken this whole issue of animal welfare very seriously over a long period of time.
“It’s just sad that people like Pink actually don’t do the research before they make the sort of statements they do.”
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January 17, 2007
Bali nine smugglers fight death sentences
Lawyers for convicted heroin smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are appealing to Indonesia’s Constitutional Court to quash their death sentences.
The two Australians are on death row in Bali.
The judicial review application argues Indonesia’s constitution guarantees the right to life as a basic human right.
Four other Australians convicted in Bali with Chan and Sukumaran are also preparing appeals against their death penalties.
They are Scott Rush, Si Yi Chen, Tan Duch Thanh Nguyen and Matthew Norman.
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January 17, 2007
Matthew Newton has pleaded not guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend Brooke Satchwell.
Assault charges against actor Matthew Newton have been heard in a Sydney court.
The 29-year-old son of Bert (famous TV host in Australia) and Patti Newton is accused of assaulting his former girlfriend, actress Brooke Satchwell.
Newton has pleaded not guilty to four charges, including assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
He was not required to appear in Balmain Local Court in Sydney’s inner-west today.
His lawyer sought a variation of bail because Newton had moved to a new address.
The case was adjourned until later this month, when a date will be set for a three-day hearing.
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