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Virtual reality to prepare Qld police to tackle terrorism

Virtual reality to prepare Qld police to tackle terrorism

Work will soon begin on a $46.7 million Queensland counter-terrorism hub, which includes a fake village and virtual reality suite.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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People leaving a council meeting regarding the proposal for an islaminc school in the area with a unanymous decision to block the development on planning grounds...pleased locals leave the meeting...Kate McCulloch speaks out against the development. SMH Picture by Ben Rushton, May 27 2008.

Meet 'the next Pauline Hanson': One Nation fights to reclaim a fourth Senate seat

Anti-Muslim campaigner could snatch another Senate seat for One Nation, restoring Hanson's bloc of four.

  • by Adam Gartrell
No Channel Seven, Cottrell is no 'right wing activist'

No Channel Seven, Cottrell is no 'right wing activist'

Men smart enough to present as having genuine alternatives to a failing system are more dangerous than all the idiots with death’s head tattoos.

  • by John Birmingham
Gold Coast cafe boss exploited staff to 'see what he could get away with'

Gold Coast cafe boss exploited staff to 'see what he could get away with'

A former manager of a Surfers Paradise cafe has been penalised $27,000 for exploiting staff members.

  • by Amy Mitchell-Whittington
David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin were charged after their children were found in captivity in California.

Thirteen siblings 'rescued from captivity, some chained to beds'

Their parents have been charged with torture, officials said.

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