Melbourn: Police believe they have thwarted a Mother’s Day massacre with the arrest of a 17-year-old boy at his family’s home in Melbourne’s north.It is understood police seized three pipe bombs from the boy’s bedroom.They were taken to a local park and detonated by the Victoria Police Bomb Squad. A computer and other material were […]
Guangzhou: An Australian man potentially facing the death penalty in China for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine says he thought he was merely carrying performance-enhancing peptides used for sport. In explosive and detailed testimony, Peter Gardner, 26, told a court in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou that he had been duped into being a drug mule by […]
Sydney’s trains are being fitted with sniffing technology to catch graffiti vandals in the act.More than 30 offenders have already been caught under the scheme, which the state government is calling “mousetrap”.”This is innovative technology,” said Transport Minister Andrew Constance. “Mousetrap is on-board technology designed to scent the vapours of permanent markers, providing real-time information […]
The auditor-general has rebuked the state government for its management of major construction projects, citing $900 million worth of recent blow-outs. A report released on Thursday by auditor Grant Hehir into large construction initiatives found that the cost of 50 major projects built between 2010 and 2014 increased by about 7 per cent, despite all […]
Myuran Sukumaran’s mother has written a heart-rending letter to Indonesian President Joko Wododo, the man who put her son to death. Her letter was both sorrowful and exacting as the grief that overwhelmed Raji Sukumaran during the traumatic hours before her son’s execution were fortified by anger.”I am not sure where you were as the […]