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• Child in NT government care missing for three weeks; family not told ...

  

  Child in NT government care missing for three weeks; family not told she ran away By Alyssa Betts Posted July 22, 2016 17:26:49 The 11-year-old girl who was arrested and handcuffed by police in front of shocked classmates at her Northern Territory primary school last year has been missing for at least three weeks.Northern Territory Police have defended their decision not to release a public plea for information until more than three weeks after they said they we..

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• Wollongong war artist reflects on documenting the Navy at work

  

  Wollongong war artist reflects on documenting the Navy at work Posted July 22, 2016 13:44:17 Wollongong artist Bob McRae is one of the few people in Australia allowed to go on board Navy vessels to paint what he sees, but his love for the military and the nature it inhabits runs deep.Bob McRae said naval officers were at first wary of what he was doing when he stared at them.The Illawarra painter is sometimes commissioned to travel on board ships and submarines to sit..

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• Stressed league World Cup boss resigns

  

  The CEO of next year's Rugby League World Cup has surprisingly resigned amid reports he had fallen out with Penrith CEO Corey Payne over the tournament's NSW snub. Michael Brown stepped down on Friday as 2017 Rugby League World Cup boss and also resigned as NRL chief commercial officer, blaming stress. Brown - who was appointed in June - made the shock call just three days after he unveiled the tournament draw in Brisbane. "The task of taking on two such senior roles - especially away from my h..

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• Soldier son missed Herbert vote: father

  The father of a north Queensland soldier says his son was unable to cast a vote in his home seat of Herbert while on a military exercise in South Australia. The father, identified only as Glen on the Townsville Bulletin website comments blog, said his son had left Townsville before pre-poll voting opened in the federal election. When the soldier arrived at Exercise Hamel in SA no polling station was available, despite having been told there would be. "A new poll is required ... this is a failin..

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