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  • The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia (2004)

    12/13/2005 1:04:38 AM PST · by dennisw · 15 replies · 1,569+ views
    quadrant ^ | jan 2004 | Tim Priest, a retired detective
    The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia by Tim Priest I BELIEVE that the rise of Middle Eastern organised crime in Sydney will have an impact on society unlike anything we have ever seen. In the early 1980s, as a young detective I was attached to the Drug Squad at the old CIB. I remember executing a search warrant at Croydon, where we found nearly a pound of heroin. I know that now sounds very familiar; however, what set this heroin apart was that it was Beaker Valley Heroin, markedly different from any heroin I had seen. Number Four...
  • Australian Government Digs In On Kyoto Protocol Stance

    05/26/2004 9:17:58 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 13 replies · 333+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | May 26, 2004 | Veronica Brooks
    CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday reaffirmed the government's opposition to signing the Kyoto protocol on greenhouses gases, arguing it would harm the resources industry and cost jobs. "Australia won't ratify the Kyoto protocol until ratification of that protocol will protect the long-term national interest of this country," Howard told parliament. "We're not blinded by some mythical belief that by ratifying the Kyoto protocol you're going to bring untold benefits to Australia," said Howard. He was responding to a question from major opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham, who pointed to Russia's decision to speed up ratification...
  • Rugby league player gains a tooth

    04/28/2004 8:43:59 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 21 replies · 243+ views
    Ananova ^ | 04/28/04
    A rugby league player had an opponent's tooth embedded in his head - and didn't even notice until after the match. Widnes Viking Shane Millard was being treated for a head wound after a match with Castleford Tigers when the tooth was found, reports The Guardian. The tough Australian hooker had sustained a head gash when he collided with the Tigers' Dean Ripley but was patched up at half-time and sent back into the fray with a headguard. It was only when he was being stitched after the game that the Castleford physiotherapist alerted Widnes to the possibility that Ripley...
  • The most vile act ever! [Aussie rugby player...ewwww I won't even say it]

    06/17/2003 9:53:15 PM PDT · by PianoMan · 13 replies · 330+ views
    Sportal ^ | 6/18/03 | Sportal
    The most vile act ever! Sportal Controversial Wests Tigers winger John Hopoate has been suspended for 12 weeks after being found guilty by the NRL Judiciary of poking his fingers up the anuses of three North Queensland players. Accused of one of the most bizarre charges in the history of rugby league, or sport in general for that matter of fact, Hopoate was officially found guilty of 'unsportsmanlike interference'. NRL judiciary commissioner Jim Hall described Hopoate's case as the worst he had experienced in his 45-year involvement in rugby league. "I've never come across a more disgusting allegation than...
  • Australia Won't Cut and Run

    04/27/2004 6:35:20 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 7 replies · 88+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 27, 2004 | ALEXANDER DOWNER
    CANBERRA -- As Australia's foreign minister, I respect the right of countries to take decisions they perceive to be in their national interest. But I do not always agree with the choices they make. The announcement by Spain, and subsequently, by Honduras, to withdraw troops from Iraq is a case in point. It is perhaps understandable that Spain's new government would want to withdraw its troops from Iraq. After all, this had been Prime Minister Zapatero's position for some time. Spain's decision, however, is extremely disappointing. For there has never been a greater need for the international community to pull...