Vast cache of child porn found on Albury man's computer and other top stories.

• Vast cache of child porn found on Albury man's computer

  

  An Albury man was arrested on Friday after police allegedly discovered a vast cache of 100,000 child pornography images on his personal laptop. Allan Darrell Blake, 56, was charged with producing, disseminating or possessing child abuse material. At a court appearance at Albury Local Court on Monday, Magistrate Tony Murray asked Blake's solicitor how many images were found. "One hundred thousand your honour," Sascha McCorriston replied. A representative for the Director of Public Prosecutions ..

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• Why women are missing from history on Wikipedia

  

  Why women are missing from history on Wikipedia By Laura Hartnell Posted March 07, 2016 12:57:40 A curious thing is happening over at Wikipedia: women are missing from its pages, both as subjects and editors.A 2010 survey found only 13 per cent of editors that contributed to Wikipedia identified as female. A follow-up study in 2013 found things were slowly improving, with women comprising 16 per cent of editors globally.In an eerie echo of this figure, a 2015 st..

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• Melbourne weather: heatwave set to scorch Victoria

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Victoria sweats through autumn heatwave Summer refuses to end in Victoria, with hot and humid conditions engulfing much of the state. While cool troughs bring some relief this week, the heat will make nights very uncomfortable. PT1M44S 620 349 A severe heatwave is set to scorch much of the state with no relief in sight until the middle of the month.Northern Victoria will swelter through the week with temperatures tipped to reach almost 40 degree..

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• Police investigate assault - Howlong

  

  Latest Media Releases Untitled Police investigate assault - HowlongMonday, 07 March 2016 01:58:04 PM Police are investigating the assault of a man at Howlong. Emergency services were called to a home on Victoria Street just before 7.30pm yesterday (Sunday 6 March 2016) where they found a man with serious facial injuries. The 49-year-old man was taken to Albury Base Hospital where he is expected to undergo surgery for multiple suspected fractures. Officers from Albury Local Area Command a..

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• Innovative business would add to diversity

  

  A new industry touted for Holbrook would be a unique addition to the region The big prawn, a new industrial estate or an arts-led recovery.All manner of proposals crop-up in regional towns and cities in the interests of economic possibilities.Many are the ideas of the local council keen to give its patch the edge when it comes to attracting the kind of investment that lessens the dependence on agriculture alone.But often it’s the business sector itself that gets this right. Albury..

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• Let's embrace the NBN to become a world leader

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Explainer: what will the NBN do for me? The NBN says it will deliver fast broadband to every home and business in Australia, but when will we get it, what's the 'technology mix', how fast will it be – and how much will it all cost? PT2M19S 620 349 Since last Monday, 45,000 more homes can now get fast broadband after being added to the NBN footprint. To put that in context, this is roughly the equivalent of adding all of the households of Albury..

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• Richmond's 1966 pre-season flashbacks: No. 2

  

  Richmond’s 1966 pre-season flashbacks: No. 2 Tony Greenberg  March 7, 2016 2:44 PM Fred Swift (pictured here with Tommy Hafey and the 1967 premiership cup) kicked 15 goals in the 1966 pre-season We continue our special series reflecting on Richmond’s 1966 pre-season, leading into the great Tommy Hafey’s debut season as the Tigers’ coach, courtesy of ‘The Age’ newspaper archives . . .   From ‘The Age’, April 4, 1966 . . . “Richmond’s..

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• Homeowners urged to test for loose-fill asbestos

  

  Homeowners urged to test for loose-fill asbestos March 7, 2016, 10:49 a.m. HOMEOWNERS in Southern NSW are being urged to take up the NSW Government’s offer of free sample testing for loose-fill asbestos insulation. HOMEOWNERS in Southern NSW are being urged to take up the NSW Government’s offer of free sample testing for loose-fill asbestos insulation.Ms Hodgkinson said that Albury City, Berrigan, Bombala, Boorowa, Cooma Monaro, Goulburn Mulwaree, Gre..

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• Powranna sale solid

  A smaller contingent of mainland buyers attended the sale compared to the month earlier when 60 percent of that yarding making the trip across Bass Straight.At this sale a reduced, 40 percent, made the crossing with principal buying support offered from Gunnedah, Dubbo, Walgett and the Albury/Wodonga regions. Gunnedah agent Luke Scicluna, Davidson Cameron was the principal mainland buyer securing 780 cattle on the day, with 580 steers from his haul headed for feed in the Walgett area of northern..

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• Wagga City Council senior staff and councillors attend 'retreat'

  Council retreat finds 'strategic direction'. Wagga City Council general manager Alan Eldridge and mayor Rod Kendall attended a council retreat on Sunday. ELECTED councillors and senior staff have found common ground on creating the city’s future direction at a special retreat at the weekend. Senior council staff, including general manager Alan Eldridge, and “the vast majority” of councillors attended Sunday and Monday’s retreat in Albury.“It was about coming together in a non-dist..

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