Sydney : A former financial officer of the Sydney Swans has been given only weeks to live after being diagnosed with a rare strain of mad cow disease. Peter Kogoy, a close friend of 63-year-old Frank Burton, has told the ABC Mr Burton has developed sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a one-in-a-million chance in Australia.Mr Burton […]
Melbourne : Children as young as seven have been caught helping to deal drugs, police say, following a series of raids in regional New South Wales last month. More than 40 people were arrested in Wagga Wagga last month with police laying more than 140 charges of drug dealing.Superintendent Bob Noble said some children were […]
Melbourne : The shooting of a police officer in Melbourne’s north-west may be linked to an earlier attack on the home of George Williams, the father of slain underworld figure Carl Williams, police say.A 31-year-old policeman was shot in the back of the head after he and his partner tried to pull over a car […]
Perth : Australian shares are down more than 1 per cent on increased ‘Grexit’ fears and the Australian dollar has fallen around two cents in two trading days to be at its lowest level since 2009.Fetching around 76.5 US cents as Australian traders ended their week, the local currency lost about a cent in European […]
Perth : Australian authorities cannot afford to let their focus on terrorism allow them to become complacent about the reach of the Calabrian Mafia, organised crime experts have warned.A joint Fairfax/ABC investigation into the Calabrian Mafia has further exposed the influence of the group across Australia and will air tonight on ABC.It found policing authorities […]