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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• Sydney weather: What's going to break the heat spell

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Sydney's godzilla spider season More heat means more insects, and that means more spiders... but the news in the world of creepy-crawlies is not as bad as it sounds. PT0M41S 620 349 Sydney's record-breaking warm spell has another week to run before a shift in winds to the south-east brings long-awaited rain to the region.The city's temperature climbed past 26 degrees by 9 am on Tuesday, marking the 33rd consecutive day of such warmth. The previou..

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• The problem with sex education for LGBTI women

  

  The problem with sex education for LGBTI women By Maeve Marsden Posted March 08, 2016 10:50:27 When you tell people you've spent the day fondling a watermelon, they tend to sit up and pay attention. Which is lucky, because attracting attention is exactly the aim of a new, not-quite-safe-for-work music video promoting sexual health for same-sex attracted women.With research from the Sydney Women and Sexual Health Survey revealing more than 40 per cent of lesbian ..

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• Blue-green algae outbreak spreading through the Murray River

  

  Blue-green algae outbreak spreading through the Murray River Updated March 08, 2016 13:45:04 Parts of the Murray are turning green as a blue-green algae outbreak spreads though out Australia's longest river. Northern Victoria is sweltering in a heat wave which is helping the outbreak to spread.Incident controller Stephen Grant said he expected the blue-green algae would spread from Albury-Wodonga to the South Australian border."It's not going to get better until either..

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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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• 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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• 'Unicorn of the river' under threat from new Canberra suburb, ecologists say

  

  Mae Noble holds a rare Murray crayfish uncovered in an alpine stream south-east of Tumut. Photo: Supplied The encroachment of Canberra's urban edge on the Murrumbidgee River could cause the disappearance of a "unicorn", ecologists have warned.The ACT government last week released plans to redevelop close to 90 hectares of river corridor and nature reserve between the river and Tuggeranong's town centre into a new suburb of Thompson. ..

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• Too ugly for science

  

  RESEARCH INTO AUSTRALIA'S mammal species can be roughly grouped into three categories – the good, the bad and the ugly, according to a recent review by Western Australian scientists. And, despite making up 45 per cent of the 331 species investigated in the review, those categorised as ‘ugly’– native rodents and bats – attracted disproportionately little study, resulting in poor conservation and management, the researchers argued. “Current global and national conservation funding largely overloo..

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• You can see Jupiter tonight

  

  Jupiter reaches opposition once every year, however this year will be a better opportunity than 2015, as there will be a New Moon, meaning Jupiter won’t be competing with light reflected from the Moon. And while Jupiter’s Galilean moons are always visible with a pair of good binoculars, they’ll be easier than usual to spot on this day.For an even better show, “get out to your local astronomical society, and with even a modest telescope you can see the Great Red Spot in Jupiter’s atmosphere as we..

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• Global spotlight on CSIRO cuts as work culture turns toxic, inquiry hears

  

  Global spotlight on CSIRO cuts as work culture turns toxic, inquiry hears Posted March 08, 2016 12:49:09 Australia's top marine scientists are warning that the country's international scientific standing will be damaged by the CSIRO's climate restructure. About 350 jobs nationally are expected to go by mid 2017, including an estimated 100 positions from the Oceans and Atmosphere Unit and 100 from land and water research. A total of 191 staff work in the Oceans and Atm..

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