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Post by wildoats on Feb 2, 2016 12:01:03 GMT 7
Maasai Warriors taking on Sydney Swans XI at SCG in campaign to address social issues. Maasai Warriors cricketers practising on the beach in Mombasa, Kenya. (AFP: Carl de Souza) A cricket match with a difference will take place in Sydney on Thursday night.Former members of the Sydney Swans will be in action against a team from Kenya, who tour the world to raise awareness of social issues in their home country. The Maasai Warriors campaign against female genital mutilation and substance abuse, while promoting conservation in their homeland.  The bare-chested Maasai Warriors team, dressed in their traditional tribal attire, certainly set themselves apart playing cricket, one of the world's most traditional sports. Maasai cricketer Sonyana Mike said members of the team grew up wanting to change what many consider to be culturally unacceptable. "We use cricket as a tool to spread the word on our citizens" he said. ABC News.
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Post by wildoats on Feb 5, 2016 6:44:40 GMT 7
Drink-driver nabbed by police in Darwin after falling asleep at fast-food drive-throughA 30-year-old drink-driver has been arrested in the drive-through lane of a Darwin fast-food restaurant after falling asleep behind the wheel while waiting for his order. McDonalds Ludmilla staff were unable to wake the man, who fell asleep in the driver's seat with the engine running at the pick-up window. Police and emergency services were called and after conducting a health assessment the man was breath-tested, returning a blood alcohol reading almost four times the legal driving limit. "Kudos to the staff who actually refunded his money before he was taken away by us but I suspect it's still probably the most expensive takeaway meal he'll ever order." EDIT:- ... I forgot the sauce.
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Post by me on Feb 5, 2016 10:13:11 GMT 7
Drink-driver nabbed by police in Darwin after falling asleep at fast-food drive-throughA 30-year-old drink-driver has been arrested in the drive-through lane of a Darwin fast-food restaurant after falling asleep behind the wheel while waiting for his order. McDonalds Ludmilla staff were unable to wake the man, who fell asleep in the driver's seat with the engine running at the pick-up window. Police and emergency services were called and after conducting a health assessment the man was breath-tested, returning a blood alcohol reading almost four times the legal driving limit. "Kudos to the staff who actually refunded his money before he was taken away by us but I suspect it's still probably the most expensive takeaway meal he'll ever order." EDIT:- ... I forgot the sauce. I hope they gave him something to eat at the station. |
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Post by me on Feb 5, 2016 10:18:42 GMT 7
From the only in Australia file ... Now, we can get a lot of interesting images from the Net, and feel free to post them, along with YouTubes etc but I reckon it's the stories behind the images which have the most appeal. . Not the greatest map Our babies in WA do not eat Dingoes....we are taught not to play with our food. But the bit about Hungry Sharks may be right Once a year some idiots who cannot afford fuel (Aussie Boat People) get out ol the house on Boxing day to avoid the drum kits and bagpipes the kids got for Christmas and spend all their time sitting on the side of the boat furthest from the water (they hope) to avoid the sharks and travel to that crude drawing of a female's private parys below Australia. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2016 11:01:23 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 18:26:28 GMT 7
Drink-driver nabbed by police in Darwin after falling asleep at fast-food drive-through The word "Darwin" in the story is quite fitting although as far as brain dead morons goes there was a much better example about a month ago when a young guy was doing "burnouts and donuts" in front of a Sydney police station. It was late at night and the station was closed and unattended so the idiot thought it was a great laugh................until he lost control of his hot-rod and crashed it through the front doors. |
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Post by wildoats on May 17, 2016 9:47:46 GMT 7
Aurukun elder calls on police to end street fights between localsCommunity elders in far north Queensland say they are appalled police do not stop regular street fights as footage of the violence emerges online. Recent video from the community of Aurukun shows police watching on as youths attack each other in broad daylight. It's the woman going for it here ... www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-16/aurukun-elder-says-police-must-stop-the-street-fights/7419376How common is it? Well, it's not titled Aurukun Street Fighting ... it gives the names like a titled fight. Frano vs Hilton ... Is this a recent phenomenal?
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Post by wildoats on May 17, 2016 10:24:23 GMT 7
Never knew of it's existence ... Queensland is finally moving to strike the 'gay panic' defence from its books, making it one of the last jurisdictions to do so. The Homosexual Advance Defence, known as HAD or gay panic, has been on Australian law books since the 1990s, as a provocation defence. BTThe gay panic defense is a legal defense, usually against charges of assault or murder. A defendant using the defense claims that they acted in a state of violent temporary insanity because of a purported psychiatric condition called homosexual panic. (WIKI) |
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Post by me on May 17, 2016 15:23:02 GMT 7
Aurukun elder calls on police to end street fights between localsCommunity elders in far north Queensland say they are appalled police do not stop regular street fights as footage of the violence emerges online. Recent video from the community of Aurukun shows police watching on as youths attack each other in broad daylight. It's the woman going for it here ... www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-16/aurukun-elder-says-police-must-stop-the-street-fights/7419376How common is it? Well, it's not titled Aurukun Street Fighting ... it gives the names like a titled fight. Frano vs Hilton ... Is this a recent phenomenal? Impressive. no real violence. Just one on one sorting out the problem in a straight clean fight. No head kicking or many on many. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 6:47:35 GMT 7
I went to work on Cape York Peninsula in 1989, driving a bulldozer cutting seismic lines, oil and gas exploration.
Flew from Cairns to Weipa, boss picked me up from the airport and drove me to the camp which was just outside Arukun mission. Boss said you should have been here last night, a few of the natives got p**sed up and went hooning around the mission, doing donuts and causing havoc, would not stop for anyone. Until the coppers came out and shot the tires out from under them. Funny place, but they are not all like that, some are "dry" areas, no grog allowed and the people are great, just fishing and living off the land. Remove grog from the equation and you have a different kind of people.
And I have witnessed their one-on-one fighting when I lived in the Kimberleys in WA. One fighter from one mob fights one from the other mob, the winner stays there and takes on another, and so on.
Very fair fighting, no weapons or dirty tactics, just boxing. Some of the white fellas these days in Oz cannot fight without using knives and guns. Prefer the blackfella way myself.
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