By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) SYDNEY: Protesters brandished signs reading, “Abortion is healthcare”, “Keep your filthy paws off my silky drawers” and “Ovary-acting? I think not” as they congregated at Hyde Park on Sunday. Bella Ziade, a 17-year-old high school student, conceived the idea for the Our Bodies Our Choice March after …
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By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: ABC Managing Director David Anderson said it was “highly unusual for the national broadcaster to be raided in this way”. “This is a serious development and raises legitimate concerns over freedom of the press and proper public scrutiny of national security and Defence matters,” he …
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By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists his Government is committed to press freedom but “no one is above the law”, speaking in response to Australian Federal Police raids this week on the ABC and News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst. “My government is absolutely committed …
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By SJA Jafri + PR MELBOURNE: Australian authorities have seized the country’s largest ever onshore methyl-amphetamine (ice) consignment, after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers in Melbourne detected almost 1.6 tones of the illicit drugs – equal to almost 16 million drug deals – in stereo speakers originating from Bangkok, Thailand. …
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By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ SAINT PAUL: Former US police officer Mohamed Noor has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in jail for fatally shooting Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk through the side of his police car. Noor was convicted of third degree murder and second degree manslaughter for killing Ms Damond Ruszczyk …
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By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison has dismissed concerns about a police raid on a News Corp journalist’s home more than a year after a story she reported. Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers spent hours raiding Annika Smethurst’s Canberra home yesterday, alleging there had …
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By SJA Jafri + Agencies SYDNEY/ KABUL: Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers are raiding the ABC’s Sydney Headquarters over a series of 2017 stories known as The Afghan Files. The stories, by ABC investigative journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark, revealed allegations of unlawful killings and misconducts by Australian Special Forces …
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By SJA Jafri + Monitoring Desk DARWIN/ MELBOURNE: NT Police say four people have died and many more have been injured in a shooting at multiple locations in Darwin. The suspected gunman, aged 45, has been arrested and the ABC understands he was recently released from prison. It is just …
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By SJA Jafri + ABC News (Courtesy Messenger) MELBOURNE: Who authorized Australia? Who made world worst immigration laws? Who gave them permission to dishonor migrants? Who will answer the questions regarding severe crimes against refugees? Who will take strict action against Aussie authorities? Who sponsors immigration bureaucrats? Who allows them …
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(Courtesy ABC News) Followed by SJA Jafri MELBOURNE/ DAMASCUS: The first large group of refugees has been released from the camp in Syria that was established for Islamic State (IS) family members. About 800 people, mostly women and children, were allowed to leave the vast al-Hawl camp, which is also home …
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