Australia

‘Sophisticated’ money launderer granted bail after police seize more than $10 million in assets

The ACT man was charged on Thursday with one count of dealing in property with proceeds of crime after eight ACT homes, four luxury cars and millions of dollars in cash and cryptocurrency were seized from them. Police said the combined cars were worth more than $800,000 and the man had 28 bank accounts and …

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Melbourne’s Fitzroy hides a past as a center of the Aboriginal civil rights movement

When Auntie Denise McGuinness looks up and down Fitzroy’s Gertrude Street, she sees the history of her community everywhere. “Fitzroy is so important to Aboriginal people … if you come from Perth, anywhere, you come straight to Fitzroy,” he says. Melbourne’s inner suburb is now dominated by expensive houses, trendy bars and designer homewares, gaining …

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Perth weather: Perth is set to endure up to 75mm of rain and damaging winds over the next three days

Down the hatches. Perth is set to endure up to 75mm of rain and damaging winds over the next three days. The bureau is predicting a very high chance of showers on Monday with a chance of thunderstorms. Damaging winds are also possible, the bureau warned, with up to 25mm of rain expected. Tuesday doesn’t …

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How hiking helped Chelle go from being a ‘functional alcoholic’ to addiction

An Albany woman has plumbed the lowest depths and scaled high peaks in a battle with the bottle. Key Points: Chelle Fisher battled alcohol and drug addiction from her teenage years He has climbed eight mountains in eight days to raise awareness and money for a WA family violence centre. Ms Fisher says hiking has …

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‘Trying to hide a bump?’: Kourtney photo has fans searching for hidden meaning behind model’s poses

Kardashian fans think Kourtney is hiding a baby bump after posing suspiciously. The mother of three posed her body in a way that covered certain body parts in new pictures, The sun reports Kourtney posted two photos of herself in a shiny black leather dress with a major slit on Instagram. She completed the look …

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Food and drinks have become sweeter over the past decade, and it’s a global problem

Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, such as fruit and honey, were an important source of energy for our ancestors. However, in the modern world, sweetened foods are readily available, very cheap, and widely advertised. Now, we are consuming too much sugar in food and drink, the kind that is added instead …

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Prince Charles “accepted money from the Bin Ladens,” reports the British newspaper

The Prince of Wales accepted a million pound payment from the family of Osama bin Laden, reports The Sunday Times in the UK. He says Charles got the money from Bakr bin Laden, the patriarch of the wealthy Saudi family, and his brother Shafiq, who are half-brothers of the former al-Qaeda leader. Clarence House says …

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