1. ICJ upholds whaling ban
Japan has said it will not quit the International Court of Justice after the UN’s top court ruled its Southern Ocean hunting program illegal.
Last night the ICJ upheld Australia’s case and demanded Japan cease its whaling program in the Antarctic “with immediate effect”.
Japan has said that it will abide by the decision despite deep disappointment.
For more read this post here.
2. Search for MH370
News overnight from Malaysia’s Defence and acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein that the last words from the cockpit of MH370 before it disappeared from civilian radar were actually, “Good night, Malaysian three seven zero”, not “all right, good night” as reported for the past three weeks.
The Minister also said that Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will travel to Perth on Wednesday, to see the search effort firsthand.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that the orange objects spotted yesterday in the ocean were not a part of MH370.
3. Alex McKinnon
In news that has shocked Australia’s sporting community, twenty-two year old Newcastle Knights back-rower Alex McKinnon has been told he may never walk again – and will live life as a quadriplegic after a tackle injured him eight days ago.
For more read this post here “Alex McKinnon told he may never walk again.”
4. AFP decline to help PNG police
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the AFP have declined to assist in the investigation into the death of asylum seeker Reza Barati on Manus Island in February.
PNG police have asked for help but the request has been declined, an AFP spokesman said, as they have no operational jurisdiction in PNG.
5. Breastfeeding mum given ticket
A young mother breastfeeding her baby has been given a parking ticket after she pulled to the side of the road to feed her infant.
The mother, from Blackpool in the UK said that her 5-month old was screaming and she pulled over to feed her in a taxi rank when she was photographed by a warden and given a ticket.
6. Elite school expels students
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that an exclusive Sydney boy’s school, Trinity Grammar, has expelled eight boys from year 8 after a drug-related incident in November last year on the school grounds.
7. Police believe body to be French student.
Police in Brisbane have said they believe the body of a woman found on the banks of the Brisbane River is that of a French student who has been living in Brisbane for a year.
Police say the attack which killed the woman was a ‘serious assault’.
8. Downer appointed to top gig
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has announced that Alexander Downer has been appointed high commissioner to London.
The announcement prematurely ends the term of former South Australian Labor premier Mike Rann who will now be ambassador to Italy.
9. Stolen crocodile
Kids’ Force manager Belinda Murray said the crocodile, named Barney, was an angry croc who was not afraid to bite.
He was stolen from an outside tank. The NT News report that the kids are devastated.
10. Students hindered by computer access
A submission to the review into the national curriculum has heard that many children are hindered as the curriculum unfairly assumes all students can do their homework using a computer.
The Smith Family have said in their submission that one in five children do not have access to the internet at home, and that figure rises to one-third of children aged 5 to fourteen in the most disadvantaged families.
“Curriculum, schools, teachers and educational systems now tend to assume that all children and young people have access to resources such as computers and the internet, but our analysis and experience working with disadvantaged families shows this is clearly not the case,” its submission said.
11. Boy bodybuilder
An eight-year old boy’s image is going viral after his hero bodybuilder Frank Medrano shared a picture of the eight-year-old on Facebook.
The boy is being called a ‘bodybuilding sensation’.
Brandon Blake from Ireland is not actually a bodybuilder – but a gymnast who says he prefers jumping on his trampoline than playing with toys.
12. Mums make the best spies
We already knew this — but it has been confirmed by a top British spy, who has told The Times that mothers make great spies because of their ability to understand emotions and to multitask.
“They [the terrorists] have mothers, sisters, daughters,” said the intelligence agent, who is married with young kids.
“I think they [women] are bloody good spies,” she said.
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Top Comments
As for the #5 - the mum given a ticket for breastfeeding - frankly I don't think its sad or bad that the warden hit her with one. She deserved that ticket. Call me heartless but at the end of the day, a mother and her baby are not A1 priority no matter what. I'm kind of tired of the whole 'mother's', 'breastfeeding' 'children' stuff that gets thrown up frequently as an instant justification for selfishness, or for higher priority over others. Families in Australia make up a minority percentage, yet all we ever see and hear in the media from the politicians is 'family this and family that'. Those of us who haven't got children are just as important - we are equally allowed our place in society and had I of pulled over into a taxi rank for ANY reason and parked the car there; I would have been hit with the fine and so be it!
I'm a mum and bread fed my daughter for 14months so even as a mum I think its fair she got the ticket. She seriously couldn't let her baby be hungry for a few extra minutes while she found a safe - LEGAL place to park???? I always managed to!!!
Either you weren't breastfed or you have no idea about what it takes to be breastfed.Yes, you should be 'hit with the fine' if you pull over to a taxi rank without a baby. How can you even know what it's like with a screaming infant in the back?
If you need to take a pee should parking restrictions be waived? What about if you need to take an urgent and important phone call?
Are you seriously suggesting that if you need to go to the bathroom you can just swerve into any illegal park and abandon your car while you go find a toilet?? Or that if you want to take a phone call that's more important the laws? Haha that's not how laws work!!!
Pretty sure the mother wasn't 'given a ticket for breastfeeding' as the tag to the photo says - she was given a ticket for parking in a taxi bay.