meanwhile back in australia

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Corby mother considers legal action
From: By Greg Stolz
February 01, 2006

SCHAPELLE Corby's mother yesterday slammed as "total lies" damaging new claims linking her family to the drug trade, and said she was considering legal action.

Rosleigh Rose returned from visiting her jailed daughter in Bali on Monday night, only to walk into a fresh media storm concerning her ex-husband and still close friend Michael Corby.
Mr Corby has been linked to a central Queensland man charged recently over a large-scale hydroponic marijuana growing operation.

Police raided the man's Gladstone property - next to one owned by Mr Corby - in September 2004, a month before Schapelle Corby was arrested in Bali with 4.1kg of marijuana in her bodyboard bag.

Mr Corby and the man, known only as Tony, were also friends, neighbours and workmates in the central Queensland mining town of Middlemount.

Mr Corby, who was fined for marijuana possession in the 1970s, later followed Tony 500km to Gladstone and purchased an adjoining property.

The association was revealed by the ABC's 7.30 Report, which also claimed Schapelle Corby's Balinese lawyers had rejected an Australian Federal Police offer to DNA-test the marijuana found in the bodyboard bag to determine the drug's origin.
Ms Rose said she and her family were furious at the latest allegations, which come two weeks after the arrest of her son James Kisina over a violent drug-related home invasion.

Police alleged Kisina was suspected of involvement in his half-sister's Bali drug run.

"I've just had a gutful of people telling lies about us," Ms Rose said yesterday at her home at Loganlea, south of Brisbane.

"I just feel sick. I'm sick of all the lies and I'm going to get legal action (sic) this time."

Ms Rose said her ex-husband, who was still in Bali, was in "disbelief" about the latest claims concerning the family.

She said he had not lived at the Gladstone property for more than two years after moving to the Gold Coast for cancer treatment.

"Of course he wouldn't be involved in that bloody stuff (marijuana cultivation)," she said.

"If my neighbours are growing dope, does that mean I am too? That I'm a drug person? It (Tony's drug charges) has got nothing to do with us."

Ms Rose said her family and legal team had pushed for the marijuana found in her daughter's bodyboard bag to be tested but the Indonesian Government had refused.

"We were pushing to get it done because we were positive the marijuana came from Indonesia," she said.

"There's been no investigation done (about the drugs' origin) whatsoever."

Earlier this month, Schapelle Corby had her 20-year jail sentence for drug smuggling reinstated after it had been reduced to 15 years on appeal.

[Jack Flanders]

A horticulture mystery!!!! I love it!!!!!! P.D. James lets go!!!

[zenbabe]

I am thinking that a prison in Bali probably isn't to much fun.

[madasacutsnake]

ANZAC Day.



the anzac legend neglected to mention, the mud, the fear, the blood, the tears, the tension

[madasacutsnake]

And while I'm on topic. This is my grandfather who thought the war was such a load of shite that after it was all over, he learned to speak German, travelled to Germany frequently and made friends with the Kommandant of the POW camp where his best friend had been interned.

[madasacutsnake]

Warwick's love life takes off
August 16, 2006 12:00am

PUNTED by his fiancee just last month, Warwick Capper has bounced back in a new relationship - and career - with a stripper.

The larrikin former Sydney Swans star has hooked up with former adult magazine cover girl Alicia Duvall and become a business partner and high-priced stripper in her company, Red Hot Strippers.

Capper would not comment on his new love interest yesterday, but it is understood the pair have only been seeing each other for a few weeks after meeting through a friend.

He was dumped by fiancee Jo Fuhrmann last month after an engagement that lasted barely three months.

But the former AFL high-flyer has landed on his feet with Duvall, a Queensland stripper who shares her name with a famous UK glamour girl.

Duvall has appeared on 32 magazine covers including Hustler, The Picture and People and was most recently a finalist in the Best Female Stripper category at the Australian Adult Industry Awards in 2003.

While he is tight-lipped on the romantic front, Capper is baring all in his new business partnership with Duvall, getting his gear off as the star attraction of her stripping venture.

And at $3000 for corporate events and $1200 for hen's night parties, he is charging plenty to get down to his famous Swans tight shorts.

"I was in Penthouse three times, so I don't mind (stripping). It is just a bit of fun," he said.

After stripping off, the Capper offer then includes a meet-and-greet session, posing for photos and signing autographs.

"We've had a few calls already. I've booked a job in Papua New Guinea next month and there are a couple of companies interested in using me for their corporate Christmas parties," he said.

[jasmina]

that was lovely!

[madasacutsnake]

Had $20 each way on Pop Rock and drew Delta Blues twice in the workplace sweeps.

[Jack Flanders]

So, I'm thinking that it was not a good thing.

[madasacutsnake]

Au contraire!

Japan finds joy of blues
By Andy Withers
November 07, 2006

DELTA Blues won the Melbourne Cup from stablemate Pop Rock in an historic one-two for Japanese-trained horses at Flemington this afternoon.

Yasunari Iwata pushed the winner Delta Blues into the lead approaching the 300-metre mark.

He then punched his mount out to win by a half-head after being joined by his stablemate Pop Rock, ridden by dual Melbourne Cup-winning hoop Damien Oliver for Katsuhiko Sumii, inside the final 100 metres.

"I'm so happy," Iwata said before returning to the winner's enclosure in tears, overcome with joy at winning the 'race that stops the nation'.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Croc-bitten tourist 'stupid'

Jano Gibson
November 9, 2006 - 1:33PM

A Belgian tourist who slapped a stick on the water to make a crocodile come closer for a better photograph should be nominated for an idiots' award after it bit him on the leg, says the doctor who treated him.

Because of the tourist's actions, authorities say the creature will have to be removed.

Stefaan Vanthournout, 24, was with a group of about six other tourists who ignored crocodile warning signs and waded into Masons Creek, on the south side of Cape Tribulation in Far North Queensland, after spotting the two-metre saltwater crocodile lying on the riverbank.

"They looked across the creek and they saw this crocodile there on the other bank," Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service spokesman, Mark Read, said.

"They then waded across the creek to the other side. It's pretty risky behaviour."

As they did so, the crocodile, which locals call Allan, slipped into the water.

"Then the gentleman in question wanted to get a better photograph of the crocodile, which by this stage had submerged.

"And the gentleman then picked up a short stick, approximately 30 centimetres long, and was tapping the water within about a metre and a half of the crocodile to try and get a better photograph.

[allflowerz]

ahhhhh

[zenbabe]

Australia : WA : Bunbury
Friday, 9 March 2007. 13:46 (AWDT)

Conservationist uses wine bottles to build energy-saving house
A house in Western Australia's south-west is being built entirely from recycled wine bottles.

Around 13,500 wine bottles will be used in the walls of the house, which owner Peter Little says will save energy.

He says by filling the bottles with water, the entire building will be insulated.

Mr Little has spent 30 years developing environmentally-friendly building methods and he says this one has potential for Australia's hotter regions.

"Water is probably, I think one of the miracle building materials of this century which nobody is using," he said.

"From our point of view it can store more energy, heat or cool than any material we know."

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Vegemites happy to claim roles
By Evan Schwarten
March 14, 2007 06:42pm

KRAFT is closer to identifying the original Happy Little Vegemites after a national call for the children who appeared in the iconic 1950s advertisement to come forward.

Some 13 people contacted the food producer today claiming they starred in the original Happy Little Vegemites commercial, although only eight children appeared in the ad.

Vegemite brand custodian at Kraft, Janice Falzon, said the Vegemites would need to prove their identity by answering a series of secret questions and providing a childhood photograph.

"We have had a number of particularly strong leads that we're very excited about, and we're still working to confirm the original eight Happy Little Vegemites," she said.

Neither Kraft nor the advertising company that created the commercial kept records of those involved.

Ms Falzon said the company wanted to track down the stars to say thank you.

"The reason we're searching for the original Happy Little Vegemites is to thank them for the role they've played in our history and to celebrate their stories since they starred in this iconic ad," she said.

She urged anyone with information on the original eight Happy Little Vegemites to phone the Kraft Customer Care team on 1800 033 275 with their details.

[Hyakujo's Fox]

Fire licks largest lollipop

April 20, 2007 - 11:05AM

Australia lost its largest lollipop in a store fire in the northern Victorian town of Echuca this morning.

The fire started in the heritage-listed Echuca Heritage Sweet Company at about 4am and damaged two adjacent shops, and led to the evacuation of 14 guests from a local bed and breakfast in the heritage-listed area of the town.

Fire authorities are still investigating the cause of the blaze, but estimate that it has caused between $300,000 and $500,000 worth of damage to the 90-year-old shop.

Country Fire Authority spokeswoman Robyn Hobbs said that the shop was popular with tourists and locals, but "especially with the kids".

However, Ms Hobbs said that the most well-known object in the shop, Australia's largest lollipop, had been damaged beyond the point of being salvaged.

"There's a lollipop in the front window that's been half burnt - that's Australia's largest lollipop.

"Anybody who's been to the Echuca Port Area will know. When you say the largest lollipop, they'll know exactly where it was."

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...697051739.html