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• Renewed warning as search continues for man who escaped ...

  

  Latest Media Releases Untitled Renewed warning as search continues for man who escaped Riverina prisonSunday, 10 April 2016 10:36:46 PM Police have renewed warnings not to approach a man who escaped from a correctional centre near Albury last week. Artur Wojik, 45, was last seen at the minimum-security correctional centre on Jingellic Road, Mannus, about 130km north of Albury, at 5.30pm Thursday (7 April 2016). The prisoner was noticed missing at 7.30am the following day (Friday 8 April 20..

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• Turnbull plan to put Australia back on the slow road towards high ...

  

  Proposals for high-speed rail along Australia's eastern seaboard have been revived by the Turnbull government. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's proposal to use "value capture" to kickstart the decades-old dream of building a high-speed rail line along Australia's eastern coast has been welcomed with the middling warmth of a mid-April morning breeze.Labor's transport spokesman Anthony Albanese backed the concept, while pointing out that it had released the d..

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• PET project still pollie's priority

  

  Solomon MP Natasha Griggs believes the NT will reap enormous medical benefits if Darwin can secure a PET scanner. PICTURE: Brendan RadkeSIX years after she first ann­ounced her ambition to bring a PET scanner to Darwin, Solomon MP Natasha Griggs says winning a machine for the Top End remains a top priority.The NT is the only Australian jurisdiction without a PET scanner, a diagnostic tool which uses radioactive dyes to track the spread of cancer.Member for Solomon Natasha Griggs.“I am working th..

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• Parkway Drive Unveil 'Name Parkway's Tour' Winner & Show Details

  

  tour > News Parkway Drive Unveil 'Name Parkway's Tour' Winner & Show Details Apr 11th 2016 | 12:30pm | Staff Writer Tweet Byron metalcore luminaries Parkway Drive have announced the winner of their #nameparkwaystour competition, giving the nod to fan Justin Fimmel for his suggestion, the All Aussie Adventure Tour. Fimmel's tour name took the win after 'hundreds of entries and hours of deliberating', the band wanting to turn naming rights for their forthcoming sojourn with Make Them Suffer ..

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• Turnbull floats high speed rail link

  

  Mr Turnbull wants a rail line to connect capital cities with regional centres such as Albury, Goulburn and Shepparton, in a plan that should raise their population ...

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• GeekCon a huge success

  

  ... Jordan Simonis). Stalls offered pop culture books and comics, grooming products for the bearded gamer, and a homegrown comic from Albury's Team SRBA.

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• Polocrosse is all in the family

  

  Shared passion: The Radford family from Trafalgar will be well represented in the national polocrosse championships in Albury later this month. Taylor, 19, Blake, 15, and Toby, 9, will saddle up, as will mother Annette. Picture: Greg ScullinTHE families who play together stay together.That certainly seems to be the case for polocrosse, where family members dominate both the Victorian and NSW teams heading into the national championships to be held in Albury later this month.The Radford family fr..

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• Celebrating rural life on Instagram | Photos

  

  An Instagram account and iphone are the tools of the trade for livestock agent Tom Boyle. Celebrating rural life on Instagram | Photos exitPICTURE perfect sunsets, massive yardings of sheep and cattle, and talented Kelpies can all be found on Tom Boyle’s Instagram account.The southern NSW livestock agent who calls Henty home captures highlights of each week on his iphone and shares them on social media.Despite “copping a bit of a stir” from his mates Tom’s #..

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• Thunder powers ahead of Bulldogs

  

  Thunder powers ahead of Bulldogs April 10, 2016, 8:15 p.m. Albury overcame a tight first half to score a 50-20 win over Cootamundra on Sunday. A powerful second half performance has seen Albury come away with a comfortable win over Cootamundra at Les Boyd Oval on Sunday.Albury's Andrew SmithAfter leading 20-8 at half-time, the Thunder crossed for five more tries in the second half to run out 50-20 winners.Despite going down, the Bulldogs showed plenty..

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• Ten Network has enlisted help from US-listed Brightcove to fix buffering on catch up TV service

  

  No buffering while watching Modern Family? Reason to celebrate.IF YOU consume your free-to-air television using an online catch up service, chances are you have encountered the spinning circle of death. Slow buffering caused by commercial breaks inserted into programs is the cause of great concern for people wanting a seamless streaming of their favourite television shows.To combat this issue, Ten Network has enlisted help from US-listed Brightcove to introduce anti-ad-blocking and server-side v..

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