October 8, 2009  | RICKY Duncan returned yesterday to the scene of the accident that claimed the life of his 13-year-old son Jayde. Mr Duncan was trying to make sense of the tragedy that also killed his son's friend, Cassie Ford, and injured four others. "I want to know what happened but I just can't work it out," he said. "I just can't understand and I can't get my head around it." www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/cessnock-crash-tragedy-i-need-to-know-why-says-teenagers-grieving-dad/1644831.aspx |
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Cessnock crash tragedy: I need to know why says teenager's grieving dad
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Dustbuster: when the desert hit the Hunter
September 23, 2009  | A RED dawn heralded the arrival of a rare and dangerous dust storm that created record levels of pollution across the Hunter yesterday, stopping traffic and prompting health warnings for people to stay indoors. www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/dustbuster-when-the-desert-hit-the-hunter/1631857.aspx |
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Dennis Ferguson, ex-accomplice reunite thanks to Centrelink
September 22, 2009  | THE Centrelink service that allowed paedophile Dennis Ferguson to be reunited with his child-rapist accomplice has been shut down as a result of the controversy, the agency's boss says. Centrelink general manager Hank Jongen said the case was an "honest mistake" that highlighted problems with the service. www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26105890-421,00.html |
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cashless Society
June 18, 2009  | FeliCa is a contactless IC card technology developed by Sony. As the name stemming from the word “felicity” suggests, the system was born to make daily living easier and more convenient. www.sonyinsider.com/2008/12/16/felica-contacless-ic-card-technology/ |
Geoffrey Armour, accused of killing Des Moran, faces court
June 18, 2009  | THE face of a man charged with murdering underworld figure Des "Tuppence" Moran might not have been completely hidden during the crime, a court has heard. Geoffrey Armour, 43, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court today sporting a black eye and cuts to his face. www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25642052-421,00.html |
Sunday, February 8, 2009
2009 Victorian bushfires
February 08, 2009  | The 2009 Victorian bushfires on Saturday 7 February 2009 were the worst bushfires in Australia's history, surpassing both the Ash Wednesday fires in 1983 and the Black Friday fires in 1939. The bushfires travelled at alarming speed, up to 100km/h, across farmland and through plantations and heavily "managed" forests, including forests where recent fuel reduction burns had been done. Bushfire and climate scientists have confirmed that Victoria's hottest day every, combined with very strong north winds, created conditions for an unstoppable firestorm. www.greenlivingpedia.org/2009_Victorian_bushfires |
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Father charged with bridge death in 'acute psychiatric state'
January 29, 2009  | A man charged with the murder of his daughter after she was allegedly thrown from the West Gate Bridge is in an "acute psychiatric state", a court has heard. Arthur Phillip Freeman, 35, of Hawthorn, did not appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court where he was charged over the death of his four-year-old daughter, Darcey Iris Freeman. http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/general/girl-dies-after-being-thrown-from-bridge/2009/01/29/1232818626826.html |
Friday, January 23, 2009
Could Lithium Shortages Impede Future Electric Car Deployment?
January 23, 2009  | LITHIUM is a soft alkali metal with a silver-white color, it is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. Most treehuggers and electronics-geeks will be familiar with it as one of the key chemical components of lithium-ion batteries, using in portable electronics and the most recent generation of electric vehicles. www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/lithium-shortage-electric-cars-batteries.php |
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Australian PM Condemns Muslim Cleric's 'Beat Your Wife' Advice
January 22, 2009  | AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called on a Muslim cleric to apologize for comments in which he condoned marital rape and advised men to "shape up" their wives by beating them. In a lecture on marriage, Samir Abu Hamza told his male audience that they were allowed to force their wives into sex and hit them if they were disobedient, as long as they didn't draw blood. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481475,00.html |
Monday, January 19, 2009
New York plane crash: black box shows both engines failed
January 19, 2009  | Federal investigators have said that the black box flight data recorder of the US Airways jet that made a safe emergency landing in New York's Hudson River last week showed that the aircraft reached a maximum altitude of 3,200 feet and lost power simultaneously in both engines. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4286114/ New-York-plane-crash-black-box-shows-both-engines-failed.html |
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