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Best of cartoons, January 2, 2021
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists. Source link
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Australian surfer Mikey Wright makes dramatic surf rescue in Hawaii
Pro Australian surfer Mikey Wright has been caught on camera saving a person swept away in a strong current and rough waves in Hawaii. Wright was sitting on the beachfront, believed to be at Oahu’s North Shore, when he witnessed Read more…
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Anthony Albanese dumps franking credits policy
His address, which capped off a week in which he mailed every ALP member a booklet of speeches he delivered in 2020, is aimed at energising the party’s base for an election. Loading Mr Albanese will ramp up his personal Read more…
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Search under way for child last seen in Sunshine Coast river
Emergency services are searching for a child who was last seen in a Sunshine Coast waterway on Friday afternoon. Paramedics were called to The Esplanade at Maroochydore about 5pm after reports that the child was missing, the Queensland Ambulance Service Read more…
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Flexibility is necessary, but not at the workers’ expense
While some flexibility of employment is necessary in a modern economy, those employed on a casual basis should be amply rewarded for the risk that implies, not penalised or marginalised. Those who reside in the executive suite (as I have) Read more…
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Family and friends mourn ‘everyone’s best mate’, killed in alleged hit and run
Through the relative, they described him as funny, kind and possessing an “old soul taken too early”. They said Mr Jennings, who completed his schooling at Matthew Flinders Anglican College on the Sunshine Coast, was “friends with everyone”. Recently finishing Read more…
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Storms in western Victoria cause widespread power outages
Storms have swept through western Victoria causing widespread power outages, with Geelong among the hardest hit areas. Source link
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Bobblehead, flowers and a racing helmet among the gifts for ministers
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was given an Olympic scarf and an Olympic House medallion in a velvet box by the International Olympic Committee when she travelled to Switzerland in September 2019 to discuss a possible Queensland bid for the 2032 Olympics. Read more…
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Queensland stays put on border ban as deadline looms for other states
In a statement issued on Friday afternoon, Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said she continued to monitor the situation in both southern states, and she reiterated her call for Queenslanders to reconsider unnecessary travel plans. “While we are not Read more…
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High-school sweethearts welcome their New Year’s Day baby into the world
“It was a beautiful moment.” Baby Ella was in the special care unit as her body was producing too much insulin. However, Mrs Rowe was later able to hold her little “chupa chup”, who weighed a healthy 4.27 kilograms. “She Read more…