Sydney Brawl: Involving some up to 100 people who had gathered in MacBeth
| Jan 6, 2009 Australia
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SEVEN men have been injured during a large brawl in southwest Sydney with some suffering gunshot and stab wounds, police say.
Police were called to reports at midnight of a fight involving some up to 100 people who had gathered in MacBeth Way at Rosemeadow near Campbelltown. "Upon arrival police located three men suffering stab wounds and two men suffering head injuries," police said.
"One man had suffered a gunshot wound to the back, the second man suffered a gunshot wound to the buttock." The seven men were taken to hospital for treatment.
BUSTED: Undercover cops nab 37 at Summerfieldayze, Big (drug) Day Out on the Gold Coast.
| Jan 5, 2009 Australia
GROOVY undercover cops disguised as dance music lovers are crashing the party for drug-taking revellers at this summer's music festivals. The covert cops nabbed dozens of patrons for possessing ecstasy and other drugs at the Summerfieldayze festival on the Gold Coast at the weekend.
And they are warning the blitz will continue during upcoming music festivals like Good Vibrations and the Big Day Out.
Undercover and uniformed police charged 37 people with mostly drug offences during Summerfieldayze on the Southport Spit on Saturday. They also issued more than 100 liquor offence notices and evicted 16 patrons.
Gold Coast police superintendent Jim Keogh said police were not party-poopers but were determined to ensure the safety of patrons after a spate of drug overdoses at new year's dance parties in Melbourne.
SPOOKED: 100's of swimmers flee Coogee beach waters
| Jan 4, 2009 Australia
100's of swimmers flee Coogee beach waters, Calamari lunch removed, Sharks corralled out to sea, Beach reopened…
Lifeguards sounded the alarm just before midday.
"The boats are chasing it away now”
"I got out of the water and so did everyone else.
"The water's clear and the beach is full.
"They're all up and down the coast now – they're feeding and migrating."
Coogee Surf Life Saving Club secretary Jim Turney said.
Three Sydney beaches have been evacuated at different times today because of shark sightings. Hammerhead sharks were spotted off Maroubra, Coogee and Bronte beaches in the eastern suburbs by the Westpac Life Saver Helicopter.
Beach Street Coogee NSW
View Larger MapOne of the sharks was almost two metres long and was eating a large squid.
The shark alarm was sounded and swimmers left the water before life savers in inflatable boats and on jet skis removed the squid and chased the sharks out to sea.
Lifesavers scared the sharks back to sea and the beaches re-opened a short time later.
Virtual weapons practice for nervous NSW cops
| Jan 4, 2009 Australia
New recruits to the New South Wales police force will soon be able to practice using guns at a virtual shooting range. Senior officers claim a lack of practice venues has led to a number of new members being scared of using their weapons.
But Shadow police minister Michael Gallacher says a virtual experience is not the answer.
"I hope we don't end up seeing trainee police using a Playstation to learn how to drive vehicles at high speed.
Economists warn of ugly year ahead for Australia
| Dec 31, 2008 Australia
Economists are warning Australians they face an ugly year in 2009, with a recession inevitable as the global financial crisis continues. The fallout from turmoil on the global financial markets is expected to worsen over the next 12 months and into 2010 and Chris Richardson from Access Economics says the new year will see more people affected by the financial crisis.
"So far we've just seen sharemarkets halve, we've seen some sectors like retailers and car dealers hard hit, most people are still doing OK. 2009 will change that," he said. "This will be an ugly year.
Growth will slow, income growth will slow a lot, unemployment will rise, profits will fall quite sharply." Mr Richardson says it is inevitable Australia's economy will fall into recession.
Shark spotted with the body of a man in its jaws as witnesses look on in horror
| Dec 30, 2008 Australia
A HUGE SHARK - believed to be a great white - rolled over in the water with the body of a man in its jaws in a horror scene described by witnesses.
Bank officer Brian Guest, 51, was grabbed by the shark as he was snorkelling for crabs with his 24-year-old son Daniel off the coast of Western Australia today when the feared monster of the deep struck.
A shark pictured in the water off Port Kennedy Beach, where Brian Guest was attacked
The water turned red with blood as the shark carried the father of three away after the attack, just 25 feet from the beach at Port Kennedy, 20 miles south of the State capital, Perth. Witnesses on the beach told of seeing a 'flash of fin' but local man Luke Tubbs, who lives near the beach, described a horrific scene in which the shark could be seen with Mr Guest's body in its jaws.
While he did not witness the event personally, he said it had been described to him by another man who had run to his home to raise the alarm.
'He told me he just saw a big splash and then the shark roll over in the water with the guy - and then (he saw) no body or anything.
Unexplained: Victorian coroner can't explain Britt's death
| Dec 30, 2008 Australia
A SECOND post-mortem examination performed on the body of backpacker Britt Lapthorne has failed to show what caused her death after she went missing from a Croatian nightclub.
The 21-year-old Melbourne woman went missing from a nightclub in the Croatian town of Dubrovnik on September 18.
Her badly decomposed body was found floating in the sea on October 8.
The Victorian coroner has carried out a post-mortem examination on Ms Lapthorne's body, but it has failed to reveal her cause of death.
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