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SA Police have arrested the alleged organiser of a “fight club” and reported seven other teenagers they say are linked to videos of amateur bouts posted online. In a statement, police said the 17-year-old boy was arrested at his Davoren Park home on Tuesday. He was charged with seven counts of aiding and abetting fighting…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at multiple locations across four states as part of a money laundering investigation into the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India, officials said.According to officials, the probe is focused on a purported syndicate that operated through public charitable trusts registered under…
A Commonwealth inquiry into racism against Aboriginal people has heard allegations of systemic racism within Northern Territory courts, hospitals, schools and the general community, as the NT government faces scathing criticism for snubbing the probe. Formed after an alleged terror attack against First Nations people marching in an Invasion Day rally in Perth this year,…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday said it would strongly oppose the proposed Delimitation Bill if the Centre reintroduces it during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. The party also said it would hold the Narendra Modi government accountable on a range of issues, including alleged corruption, paper leaks, rising prices, foreign policy and the Ayodhya…
Energy giant Woodside has taken three climate activists to court in a bid to force them to hand over documents about the planning of a stink-bomb protest that forced the evacuation of its Perth headquarters. Protesters aligned with the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign group set off the stink bomb inside the lobby of Woodside’s 29-storey…
NEW DELHI: TMC leader Koel Mallick on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha amid the ongoing exodus of MPs and MLAs from the Mamata Banerjee-led party, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.“Rajya Sabha MP from TMC, Koel Mallick met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and has submitted her resignation,” sources told ANI.The…
A newly discovered species of monkey with striking orange lips has been found in the east-central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The monkey —colobus congoensis — is only the fifth new species of African monkey to be discovered in the past 75 years. The discovery all began with a blurry photo in 2008. Researchers from…
(AFL.com.au) There are no late changes for either side, and you can check out both line-ups above. In Geelong’s case, it’s because they made ALL the changes when the teams came out. Seven of them. Some of the decisions were theirs, some were made for them. Jeremy Cameron’s AC joint surgery puts him out for…
South Australian federal MP Tony Pasin and a staff member have been injured in a “man overboard” incident following an oyster farm tour in northern Tasmania. Local police said a man fell overboard after an oyster barge hit a sandbar at Bakers Beach, north-west of Launceston, about 9.30am on Thursday morning. The man was briefly…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed apprehension over the Centre’s decision to introduce the third-language curriculum under the National Education Policy from Class 9.While hearing the Tamil Nadu government’s appeal against a Madras High Court order directing the state to facilitate the establishment of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in every district, a bench…