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Union anti-bullying protest targets Wangaratta council
Wangaratta 3677 There were tense scenes at last night's Wangaratta council meeting, in north-east Victoria, with members of the Australian Services Union staging a protest over alleged bullying.Three union members sat at the back of the meeting, waving placards which read 'stop bullying' and 'stand up, speak out'.They repeated their call for councillor Julian Fidge to ...
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Coroner rules homebirth inquest can resume
Bendigo 3550 An inquest into the death of a boy delivered in a homebirth near Bendigo, in central Victoria, can proceed after a coroner ruled the baby was alive when he was born.Thomas Freemantle was born on his parents' farm in 2010 but was declared dead at the Royal Children's Hospital two days later.On the first day of an inquest into the death last month, a lawyer for a midwife ...
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Leuenberger a loyal Lion
Brisbane Lions have re-signed sought-after ruckman Matthew Leuenberger for two years and clever forward Dayne Zorko for another three, in a coup for Michael Voss's side.Leuenberger, 25, and Zorko, 24, both committed to the Lions in the midst of an underwhelming season that has spawned just three wins from 11 games so far.Brisbane football manager Dean Warren said the pair's commitment ...
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Adrian Bayley to be sentenced over rape and murder of Jill Meagher
Melbourne 3000 The family of murdered ABC staffer Jill Meagher will face her killer for a final time today when he is sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court.Adrian Ernest Bayley, 41, has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of the 29-year-old Melbourne woman in September last year.The case has been described by politicians, law experts and police as ...
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Melbourne will be IT capital of country
Melbourne has been selected by the federal government as the location where the NBN’s operations centre will be headquartered, setting the stage for the city to become the IT, technology and communications capital of Australia.
Melbourne has a long-running rivalry with Sydney and, to a lesser degree, Perth. The two biggest cities in Australia competed intensely to be designated the capital in the early 20th century and Canberra was built from scratch and designated the national capital in large part because of such rivalry, but now Melbourne is set to have something that Sydney will not, the city has been officially chosen as the centre of operations for the ground-breaking National Broadband Network. Analysts and city leaders see the decision as one which will in time make Melbourne the IT hub of the country. Read more
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