Speed Racer

HAMILTON star water skier Clancy Vaughan has returned home from the Australian Speed and Marathon Titles where he produced one of the best performances of his career to finish second in the under-25 class. Vaughan, who is no stranger to the big stage, rose to the occasion once again as he outclassed and outpaced some of Australia’s best on Lake Jindabyne.

BHP and Vale Agree New Framework For Samarco Disaster Settlement

The preliminary agreement could ease the passage of a compensation deal and avoid the neccesity of fighting a $47.5 billion claim in court. BHP Billiton and Vale could avoid lengthy and risky court hearings relating to a fatal 2015 dam burst in Brazil after cutting a preliminary deal that will group various claims, including a $47.5 billion compensation demand, into a single negotiated settlement.

Crews battle Sunshine Coast bushfire

While the fire service says there is no threat to property, the blaze is in the same area as the fire that took three days to contain a fortnight ago. “Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service crews are currently on scene at a vegetation fire burning near Arcoona Road, Coolum.

Car hits and kills herd of livestock

Police are investigating 50 sheep that were killed in a hit and run on the Wimmera Highway near St Arnaud. A car has ploughed into a herd of sheep killing up to 50 of the animals on the Wimmera Highway near Traynors Lagoon at 4.30am on Friday.

Union denies Vic ambos drugs claim

Victorian ambos sometimes use painkiller Fentanyl to deal with job stress – but the paramedics union denies 10 Geelong staff were sacked or disciplined due to the drug. Ambulance Employees Australia secretary Steve McGhie says about 20 paramedics were interviewed as part of an Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission investigation of Ambulance Victoria.

Tigerair to resume flights between Australia and Bali

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Live Cricket Score Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd ODI at Perth

Hello, good morning and a very warm welcome to you at CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates post of the third One-Day International at WACA, Perth between Australia and Pakistan . The ongoing five-ODI series is currently levelled at 1-1, and the visitors return to one of their most favourite venues in Australia.

Terrified British family trapped in house as angry kangaroo pounds on …

The raging roo pounds on a glass door with frightening ferocity, placing a mum and her two kids under ‘house arrest’ in Wallan, Australia The raging roo pounds on a glass door with frightening ferocity, prompting the mum who filmed the video to flee. The marsupial , dubbed Geoff by locals in the Australian town where he roams, appears to be trying to break in to the house.

NSW bushfires: Properties under threat as fires burn in Hunter Valley

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The Latest: Relatives unhappy Flight 370 plane search ends

In this March 22, 2014, file photo, Flight Officer Jack Chen uses binoculars at an observers window on a Royal Australian Air Force P-3 Orion during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Southern Indian Ocean, Australia. The Joint Agency Coordination Center in Australia said Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 that the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had officially been suspended after crews finished their fruitless sweep of the 120,000-square kilometer search zone west of Australia.

Zebra shark surprises scientists by giving birth without male

A female zebra shark in an Australian aquarium has astounded scientists by producing live offspring asexually, three years after being separated from her long-term mate. While scientists have previously observed “virgin births” in vertebrates such as sharks, rays and reptiles — a reproductive strategy thought to aid survival during periods of isolation — this is the first time a female shark has ever been observed reproducing asexually after previously mating with a male.

Monty Panesar to help Australian spinners ahead of India Tour

Melbourne [Australia], Jan. 17 : Cricket Australia has recruited England spinner Monty Panesar as a spin-bowling consultant for their upcoming tour to India in a bid to provide valuable tips to the Australian spinners as well as to the batters to tackle ace Indian spinners. Panesar has been recruited into the Australian ranks at the behest of Pat Howard, Cricket Australia’s high performance manager, whose team were whitewashed 0-4 on their last tour to India four years ago, and recently succumbed to a 0-3 loss in similarly spin-friendly conditions in Sri Lanka.

Billionaire Li Ka-Shing Sweetens Duet Offer to $5.5 Billion

Billionaire Li Ka-shing agreed to buy Duet Group in a A$7.4 billion deal, sweetening an earlier offer, as the Hong Kong tycoon seeks to expand his infrastructure assets in Australia to diversify away from Europe. In the revised bid, endorsed by Duet, investors will receive A$3.03 for each share in the energy company after including a newly announced special dividend of 3 cents a share, according to statements from the companies.

$1m Lotto prize remains unclaimed after a month

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Bill Shorten throws support behind federal ICAC following Sussan Ley scandal

Federal Parliament is set to conduct its first comprehensive investigation into the case for a national anti-corruption watchdog after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten threw his support behind an inquiry. Mr Shorten said reform needed to go beyond the independent parliamentary expenses system proposed by Malcolm Turnbull to also include “an open and honest discussion” about whether Australia should have a federal Independent Commission Against Corruption .

Australia’s Marsh out of Pakistan ODIs with shoulder injury

Australia’s fast bowling all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the remainder of the one-day international series against Pakistan with a shoulder injury, the country’s cricket board said on Sunday. Marsh has had problems with his right shoulder, which has restricted his bowling ability, and he pulled up sore after Australia’s six-wicket loss against Pakistan in Sunday’s second one-day international at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Freak storm brings ‘twister’ to Queensland

A FREAK storm caused flash flooding, mass blackouts, and a rare weather phenomenon resembling a twister in Queensland’s most populated areas on Sunday night. Massive thunderstorms moved across Brisbane and into Ipswich yesterday, where flash flooding was caused by 80mm of rain falling in an hour.

Man and dog found off Queensland coast after air and sea search

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Moss Vale woman records blood alcohol reading almost six times the legal limit

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New Australia Day lamb ad isn’t landing well with Indigenous Australians

The latest Meat and Livestock Association Australia Day ad has been widely hailed as diverse and progressive on social media, but many Indigenous Australians have reacted very differently. Ryan Griffen, creator of ABC drama Cleverman, believes the ad to be in “poor taste”, telling Daily Life: “as important as it is for Australians to celebrate multiculturalism, I feel for us to be able to appreciate an ad like this on screen a lot of work needs to happen off screen.”

Lake Hume gets better by the day

CRACKING CATCH: Jakson Franks caught this cracking yellowbelly around the 12 mile area, between Albury and Howlong, on a 100mm Oar-Gee. Lake Hume just keeps on improving, with stories of a few cod being picked up in the upper reaches of the Murray arm.

Lake Hume gets better by the day

CRACKING CATCH: Jakson Franks caught this cracking yellowbelly around the 12 mile area, between Albury and Howlong, on a 100mm Oar-Gee. Lake Hume just keeps on improving, with stories of a few cod being picked up in the upper reaches of the Murray arm.

Throwback Thursday – January 12, 2006 | photos

South Australian buyers Peter and Janice Ceete, left, with Elders Penola agent Steve Hill, paid $1180 for 16 joined Angus-Friesian heifers at the Warrnambool F1 sale last Friday. Julie Suter, from Port Fairy Rotary Club, and Mary Bishop, from the Port Fairy Quilters Group, look at a quilt made for Rhonda Coxall by her friends ahead of the annual Port Fairy quilt exhibition.

Rod Culleton’s last-ditch effort to stay in the Parliament

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the Naked Magicians to Bring Hot, Hilarious Magic to Chicago; Tickets on Sale Friday

Broadway In Chicago has announced individual tickets for the Chicago premiere of the world’s naughtiest and funniest magic show, THE NAKED MAGICIANS go on sale Friday, Jan. 13 for a limited one-week engagement at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place March 14-19, 2017. Direct from Australia, the show features magic, mirth and more than a touch of mayhem as these two hot and hilarious magicians say abracadabra and take magic to a whole new level.

SA vs SL: Hashim Amla seeks form in 100th Test

Hashim Amla’s career average of 49.46 in nine matches at the Wanderers almost exactly replicates his career average of 49.45. Hashim Amla will become the eighth South African to appear in 100 Test matches in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka starting at the Wanderers Stadium tomorrow.

Inside the tourist centre giving unemployed youths new direction

The Hunter Valley Tourist Centre in New South Wales is normally a hub for wine tasting and getting directions, but is now offering career routes for the region’s unemployed youth thanks to an innovative employment program. The Cessnock Council-run program at the visitor centre provides on-the-spot training and courses, such as the Responsible Service of Alcohol , to young people searching for employment.

Rail trail donation box stolen

Port Fairy police are appealing for witnesses after the box, estimated to have contained up to $500 in cash, was cut away from a metal pole sometime between Tuesday, January 3 and Saturday, January 7. Leading senior constable Glenn McDuff said the metal pole attached to the donation box had been cut with a tool such as a hacksaw or battery-operated metal grinder.

O’Keefe to prepare for India

Steve O’Keefe’s hopes of joining the Australian slow-bowling attack in the four-test series in India from next month have been boosted after the left-arm spinner was withdrawn from the remainder of the Big Bash League to prepare for the tour. The 32-year-old returned home injured after playing his third Test in Sri Lanka last July and was only recalled to the national team for last week’s final Test of the home summer against Pakistan.