Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Batemans Bay teen's car crash death after relative's frantic hospital dash and other top stories.

  • Batemans Bay teen's car crash death after relative's frantic hospital dash

    Batemans Bay teen's car crash death after relative's frantic hospital dash
    A family member who rushed to a crash involving four teenagers near Batemans Bay on Friday evening faced an excruciating decision - wait for the police and ambulance or take them to hospital? One of the teenagers called home after the Subaru Forrester with a 17-year-old male driver and passengers aged 16, 15 and 14 ran off the road and hit a tree. The family member took the teenagers to hospital. The crash victims were driven to hospital before police could arrive at the scene. Photo: Luis..
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  • Police station evacuated after 'volatile substance' mistaken for drugs

    Police station evacuated after 'volatile substance' mistaken for drugs
    A police station in Victoria’s north-west has been evacuated after police unwittingly brought a potentially volatile substance into the station, believing it to be drugs. The white powder was seized from a crashed car found on the side of the Murray Valley highway near Lake Boga, 325km north of Melbourne, some time before 11.15pm Saturday. The car had been abandoned and was discovered by members of the public, who flagged down police. Related: ABC journalist Josh Bavas's detention at Bunnings..
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  • Jacqui Lambie calls for department probe over military suicides

    Jacqui Lambie calls for department probe over military suicides
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  • Policewoman injured after a teen lashed out at officers when a birthday party was shut down in Bayswater

    Policewoman injured after a teen lashed out at officers when a birthday party was shut down in Bayswater
    A POLICEWOMAN has been injured after a teen lashed out at officers as a 16th birthday party was shut down in Melbourne’s east. The 18-year-old allegedly started to push and fight police after the party was closed by the host at the Bayswater Scout Hall, about 10.30pm last night.Police had been called to the party after up to 300 teens overwhelmed the venue, at the intersection of Station St and Scoresby Rd.As police arrived, the event was shut down and the crowd started to disperse.A Victoria Po..
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  • Malcolm Turnbull flags change to GST formula for states, but premiers push back

    Malcolm Turnbull flags change to GST formula for states, but premiers push back
    Western Australia has convinced the federal government to consider changing the GST formula but the plan faces stiff opposition from other state premiers who have branded it a "craven" bid for WA votes.And the federal Labor opposition has attacked the idea to phase in a floor on how low a state's share of the GST can go as "federalism on the run". More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide GST around the world A bumper week of ASX corporate earnings ..
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  • Woman charged over Vic hit-and-run

    Woman charged over Vic hit-and-run
    A teenager has been charged over a suspected hit-and-run death in Victoria's central region.A Kennington woman, 45, was found dead beside the Midland Highway at Huntly about 3am on Sunday.Investigators believe she was hit by a car as she walked home."It's our belief she might have actually been on the phone to her boyfriend at the time she was struck," Detective Senior Sergeant Brad McArthur told the Nine Network."She's remained on the side of the road we think for a couple of hours."Emergency c..
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  • City2Surf 2016 results: Why 101 minutes is this year's magic finishing time

    City2Surf 2016 results: Why 101 minutes is this year's magic finishing time
    If you finished the 2016 Sun-Herald City2Surf in less than 101 minutes, congratulations - you were faster than half of the nearly 68,000 participants in this year's race. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide City2Surf 2016: Harry Summers crowned champion City2Surf 2016: sun and fun Pushing the little daisies at home Baby found unconscious in bath Taronga welcomes baby Francois Langur Not a political decision: Treas..
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  • Toddler seconds from being hit as elderly driver slams into Gold Coast supermarket

    Toddler seconds from being hit as elderly driver slams into Gold Coast supermarket
    A two-year-old girl has escaped with just seconds to spare as a car crashed into a Gold Coast supermarket today.Security video shows the girl standing in the car’s path shortly before an elderly driver slammed into the Currumbin Fair IGA, pushing two huge drink refrigerators inside and trapping an employee behind the counter.Tanisha Ploegsma was working behind the cash register when the car came hurtling in about 8am. “My heart was beating a million times an hour,” Ms Ploegsma told 9NEWS.The st..
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  • Man to face court over five-hour joyride through Perth in stolen milk truck

    Man to face court over five-hour joyride through Perth in stolen milk truck
    Man to face court over five-hour joyride through Perth in stolen milk truck Posted August 14, 2016 12:33:49 A man who allegedly stole a milk truck from outside a Perth supermarket, leaving a trail of crates and broken bottles as he drove it erratically around the city, is facing a string of charges.The truck was stolen from Hill View Place in Bentley about 4:30am on Saturday.Police alleged that during a joyride that lasted more than five hours, the 28-year-old driver ..
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  • Detained journo: 'Water under the bridge

    Detained journo: 'Water under the bridge
    A journalist filmed his exchange with a Brisbane police officer at Bunnings this morning.AN ABC journalist detained by police and accused of being “off his chops” on drugs says his run-in with officers was all a “strange misunderstanding”. Brisbane police reporter Josh Bavas, who says he simply had a cold, recorded mobile phone footage of the incident at a Bunnings store in Oxley, in Brisbane’s southwest, yesterday.Josh Bavas is a police and emergency services reporter with the ABC.Source:Twitte..
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