Sydney, Oct 29 : A former high school student of Lebanese descent, who developed a phobia of “young Asian men” after allegedly being stabbed at school, is suing the New South Wales Government for negligence.
The 26-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons as he “feared for his life”, after he was stabbed in the playground in an allegedly racially motivated attack at Birrong Boys High School in 1998.
The man, whose name was suppressed in the District Court today by Judge Len Levy, is suing the NSW Department of Education for breach of duty of care.
Melbourne, October 29 : An Australian priest’s denial that Jesus was God in a booklet has instigated a debate over bedrock Christian beliefs among parishioners of several parishes in Queensland and New South Wales.
Peter Dresser of Coonamble in the Diocese of Bathurst insists in the booklet being sold at two Brisbane parishes—St. Mary''s and the Wooloowin/Windsor/Kalinga Parish of outspoken Brisbane priest Richard Pascoe—that he does not think Jesus was God.
Sydney, Oct 29 : The three Islamic militants, who are on death row after being found guilty for the Bali bombings killing 202 people, including 88 Australians, have reportedly sent a grim warning for the Australians, saying “don''t come back because we will strike again”.
Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra sent out the chilling message on the eve of their executions, in an exclusive interview with CNN to be broadcast in Australia next month.
The trio is presently held in their cells at a prison in central Java. They are due to be executed by a firing squad by early next month, with reports that it could take place as early as this weekend. Security has been beefed up around Cilacap, near Nusa Kambangan Island, where the bombers are jailed.
Sydney - A big bounce on Wall Street saw Australian stocks make gains Wednesday, halting a five-day losing streak that had taken the market to a four-year low.
The ASX 200 quickly rose 154 points, or 4 per cent, to 3,948, but the rally ran out of steam, with the index closing up 51 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 3,845.
A local rally had been expected after the US blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second-largest point gain in history, following strong stock gains in Europe and Asia.
Melbourne, Oct 28 : Aussie professional golfer Greg Norman’s ex-wife Laura Andrassy has blamed his friendship with former tennis player Chris Evert as being the cause of the break up of their marriage.
She made the revelation on TV on October 27, saying she “would love to have (her) family together”, while laying the blame for the split squarely on Evert.
Andrassy recalled a moment when she had met Evert while still married to the golfer, and how her “woman''s intuition” told her something was amiss.
“Probably the first time they came out to our ranch in Colorado, I felt there was something uncomfortable but I never felt it from Greg,” News. com. au quoted her as saying.
Sydney - A big bounce on Wall Street saw Australian stocks make gains Wednesday, halting a five-day losing streak that had taken the market to a four-year low.
