As father’s day approaches, spare a thought for the tens of thousands of Australian children who will not see their father this Sunday. These children are the silent victims of a family law institution purposely designed to deny a child a meaningful relationship with one of their parents, simply because the parents had divorced....
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The number of horses confirmed to be infected with Equine Influenza in Australia has risen to 47, all in the state of New South Wales. So far none of those confirmed infected have been thoroughbred race horses. The NSW government has confirmed infections at the federal government’s quarantine facility at Eastern Creek and Centennial...
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Anne Gaskett, a PhD student from Macquarie University in Sydney, has been conducting new research into the nature of the relationship between five species of native Australian tongue orchids and the orchid dupe wasp (Lissopimpla excelsa). The research builds on an original discovery in the 1920s that the orchids convince male wasps that they...
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A successful 12-month trial of mobile phone blocking technology in New Zealand prisons has just been completed, according to the Minister of Corrections, Vodafone and Telecom. Corrections Minister, Damien O’Conner, described this technology as a world first and a significant milestone for the Department of Corrections. The mobile phone blocking technology is being implemented...
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Virgin Blue has announced that it is to start offering domestic flights within New Zealand starting November. The third commercial flight company in New Zealand will start by focusing on New Zealand’s three major cities, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Budget airline, Pacific Blue Airlines, which is run by Virgin Blue, already runs flights in...
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An MP has called for compulsory lie detector tests for parents facing the Family Law Court. South Australian independent MP Ann Bressington says current family law is a divisive “cash cow” that harms those it aims to protect – children. The federal government must intervene and rewrite the law, just as it is acting...
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A huge political storm has erupted around Australia after labor leader Kevin Rudd was found to have gone to a strip club during a taxpayer funded trip. This caused many people to ask their country’s politicians. John Key, leader of New Zealand’s National Party, has openly admitted to visiting a strip club after being...
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A huge political storm has erupted around Australia after labor leader Kevin Rudd was found to have gone to a strip club during a taxpayer funded trip. This caused many people to ask their country’s politicians. John Key, leader of New Zealand’s National Party, has openly admitted to visiting a strip club after being...
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