Swine flu: Swine flu has returned to prominence in the media with a number of confirmed Australian cases across several states, including three children in Melbourne, leading to the closure of the Primary School attended by two of the children, as the number of global swine flu cases went over 10,000.
Queensland storms: South East Queensland is yet again suffering through an extreme weather pattern, with massive storms and the worst flooding in thirty years taking one life and causing millions of dollars of damage, while several dams are overflowing less than a year after the breaking of the area’s worst drought on record.
Sri Lanka: There were celebrations in the capital of Sri Lanka after the government announced it had killed the Tamil Tigers leader and taken the final rebel stronghold in the north of the country, although international aid organisations warned of the massive humanitarian effort required to protect and rehome refugees from the thirty year long civil war.
Annice Smoel: Melbourne woman Annice Smoel received a huge amount of coverage across all traditional media after she was arrested for stealing a bar mat in a bar in Phuket. After pleading guilty she was released with a good behaviour bond and fine.
Cronulla Sharks: In the wake of the group sex scandal involving Matthew Johns and another ten unnamed Cronulla players in 2002, a current player has tested positive to a banned substance, the media uncovered a payment to a former employee injured in an incident involving the Club CEO and the club’s major sponsor announced they would not be renewing their sponsorship at the end of the season.
Quote of the week:
“Let's see if it ever happens” – Sol Trujillo’s view from San Diego on the Australian Government’s planned National Broadband Network
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