Roger Rogerson charged with murder of Jamie Gao
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Over the past decade most states in Australia have abolished or dramatically reformed the defence of provocation for murder. The reforms were aimed squarely at putting an end to men who kill their wives and girlfriends getting away with murder. New South Wales is now...
@Ausgrid Hey Ausgrid. Instead of these jolly hockey sticks tweets how about communicating with residents now into Day 3 of no freakin power. And FFS replace those ancient aluminium power boxes. Sick of being thrown into 3rd world chaos every coupla weeks. 😩
@jamie86 @Kate_McClymont No chance of a comeback sadly - he did a thug-diva turn of the heels and scuttled out of court in a grand fury. Deliciously embarrassing
Poor pet thought we were giggling over his doomed joust with a clearly pissed off judge. Well we are now. #courtlife
“What the f**k are you laughing at?” said a criminal lawyer to a group of journalists as he left the court room. Obviously not happy with the serve the judge just gave his client.
Minutes before American pilot Rick DeMorgan flew out on his final mission, he told a friend Australia's bushfires were "crazy" - then sent a video of himself driving on “the wrong side of the road”, the soundtrack of Crocodile Dundee blasting. https://bit.ly/2NTvsQg @australian
Charities chief Tim Costello says the "surreal" pile on against charities on the frontline of Australia's horrific bushfires a "depressingly familiar" response as shock gives way to rage and finger pointing after unprecedented natural disaster @australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/bushfires-charities-hit-back-at-critical-mps/news-story/a1739c2ec3d5ffabd52cd22ad9f007e0