Death in this situation could be prevented as police and child protection should do there jobs when a dad picks up on problem were the child has been abused and hit and lock a child in a room for drawing on a wall needs great help that is low and the police should be ashamed of themself and dhs should have red faces as a child says to the farther that he is frightened of being near his mother and the farther trys to take control and the law stands in on the farther protecting his little boy as his farther has been fighting to make sure his little boy is safe and dhs throw him to the wolf what are wrong with this mob cant belieave it

66 Australians arrested as Canadian police smash 'horrific' child sex abuse ring

Sixty-six Australians are among more than 300 people arrested after Canadian authorities smashed what they say is one of the worst child sex abuse rings they have seen.

Canadian police say their investigation into a multi-million-dollar child sex abuse video website has led to the arrests of nearly 350 people internationally, including teachers, police officers, doctors and priests.

A total of 386 victims of the ring were rescued from harm worldwide, including six in Australia - five in Western Australia, and one in the ACT.

"It is alleged that officers located hundreds of thousands of images detailing horrific acts against young children, some of the worst that they have ever viewed," Toronto police spokeswoman Joanna Beaven-Desjardins said.

Arrests began in August during the Australian-based component of the operation, known as Operation Thunderer, with those charged facing a combined 399 charges of child exploitation offences.

The Australian suspects in the operation are aged between 25 and 72 and have been charged with a range of offences including accessing, possessing, producing and distributing online child exploitation material.

They include a Catholic priest, a former priest and two teachers, all from New South Wales. But Queensland is the state with the largest number of suspects, with 33 people facing charges.

Every image is a crime scene, says AFP's cyber crime boss

The AFP's head of Cyber Crime Operations, Commander Glen McEwen, says more arrests are expected as investigations continue.

"As you'd appreciate there's a lot of forensic analysis that needs to be conducted in these types of investigations, and we are expecting more charges to be laid," he said.

Commander McEwen said every child exploitation image found in the operation was a crime scene.

"Every piece of material is child sexual abuse and those who seek to access, produce and deal in such images are just as complicit in that abuse as the persons orchestrating the production of such mater

"This investigation is a powerful demonstration of what can and will continue to be achieved by law enforcement on a global scale to combat child sexual exploitation, protect our children and bring offenders to justice.

"The AFP and state and territory police worked relentlessly alongside international partner agencies to bring these offenders to justice," he added.

"This global investigation has disrupted a widespread international network of suspects, in a powerful demonstration of law enforcement working together to protect children around the world.

"If you choose to view and circulate child abuse images, you will be investigated, pursued and charged, regardless of where you are located."

The Department of Human Services, Victoria, offered a grieving mum $220,000 in hush money!

A heartbroken mother whose only son died in suspicious circumstances has been offered $220,000 by the Department of Human Services but only if she ends her fight for justice and keeps details of the deal secret.

Pensioner Michelle Stewart whose son Nathan was aged 16 when he died from a stab wound to the heart has received the six-figure offer in a legal letter from the DHS. But the letter linked the money to a confidentiality clause that would have barred her from talking about the details of the settlement. "It's all about the suppression to them, never speaking about it again," she said. 

In a brave move motivated by a mother's love for her son rather than money, Ms Stewart has turned her back on the hush fund and chosen to tell her story through the Sunday Herald Sun. 

"But it's about the principle, it's about doing what is right, it's about them being accountable to some degree and paying some respect," she said. 

Nathan died in a Melbourne hospital in April 2005, months after his family and school had raised concerns about his care. 

Ms Stewart has staged a six-year legal battle against the DHS and the Angliss Hospital where he was first treated for the fatal wound claiming negligence and failing in a duty of care. 

A letter from lawyers representing the DHS shows the department was willing to pay $220,000 on condition there was a confidentiality clause. 

Ms Stewart also claims the DHS told her at mediation she could never talk about what happened to her son under the terms of the deal. 

"They can't even admit that they made a mistake, they can't even say 'sorry'," she said. 

Ms Stewart said she was first offered $50,000 by Eastern Health in 2008 to sign a gag clause. That was later raised to $80,000, which she also refused.

"They want me to sign away my son's story pay me to sweep it under the carpet.

"Where is the dignity in that? It's saying 'shut up'." 

Bronwyn Perry, spokeswoman for Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge, refused yesterday to comment. "Given the litigation is ongoing, we are unable to comment," Ms Perry said. 

It's about them being accountable to some degree and paying some respect In April this year the DHS offered her $220,000 during mediation, on condition that the department denied liability and she sign an order "to keep the terms of the settlement of the proceedings and the terms of the compromise ... confidential". 

She was given two weeks to sign the DHS deal but declined. Last night she describing the offer as "blood money", adding: "You can't put a price on silence.

The Government has assembled a legal team to fight the case in the Supreme Court next year. Ms Stewart will represent herself in the three-week trial, but is unsure how she will pay for legal costs that already total more than $279,000. 

"You do feel powerless when you're up against such a big government body, but he was my son and I loved him so I can't give up the fight," she said. 

Ms Stewart said she wanted an apology from the DHS. 

"I have had to fight for the right to have my son's voice heard," she said. "My son has died in vain if his voice has not been heard. I often say the day Nathan died, I died too. I built my life around him this has torn me apart." 

In a 2008 investigation into Nathan's death, State Coroner Jennifer Coate described him as "an intelligent and articulate boy who had been exposed to a great deal in his short life". 

Ms Stewart said Nathan was taken out of her care because of domestic violence at home. 

No one has been charged in connection with Nathan's death. 

Labor's child safety spokesman Luke Donnellan slammed the DHS. "Mistakes have been made. Why not just admit that, learn the lesson and move on?" he said. "Nobody would ever want this to happen again."


Compo offered with unfair strings attached. The Department of Human Services should be ashamed of itself. Even for an organisation routinely exposed for its negligence and incompetence, today's revelations in the Sunday Herald Sun are astounding. 

As we report on today's front page, Nathan Stewart, 16, died in 2005. He had suffered stab wounds to the heart. 

The original DHS inquiry concluded there was nothing untoward about his death. It was just a tragic accident, the agency told the Sunday Herald Sura in 2005.

But Nathan's mother, Michelle, has never given up seeking answers. Questions remain unanswered about this young man's death.

The DHS has offered Michelle compensation for her loss. She says the first offer was only $50,000. That was later increased to $80,000. 

The most recent offer made in April this year stands at $220,000. 

But in return for the money, according to legal letters obtained by the Sunday Herald Sun, the DHS has demanded Ms Stewart sign a draconian confidentiality order that will prevent her from publicly talking about not only the compensation but also the "terms and Nathan Stewart conditions of the compromise". 

In other words, the deal was designed to silence Ms Stewart over the events surrounding the death of her son. 

The cash offer also includes a "no liability" clause to get the DHS off the hook. That is an absolute outrage. 

There is no question that Ms Stewart deserves compensation though the fact the DHS's original offer was only $50,000 gives some indication of the value this organisation places on a life. 

The money should be paid and without a gag order attached. 

To attach such an order reveals this as hush money aimed at allowing the DHS to avoid scrutiny.

As Ms Stewart says today, she's rejected the offer and intends pushing ahead with a lawsuit in the Supreme Court.

Her lawyers have urged her to accept the compensation, but she's not in this for cash. 

She wants to sue the DHS in a bid to get some answers and hold the organisation to account over Nathan's death. 

Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge has been in charge for almost a year. The $220,000 hush-money offer was made on her watch. 

Ms Wooldridge must intervene personally in this case, and demand her department provide answers for Nathan's mother and the people of Victoria. 

TAKE ACTION AND STOP THE EXPORT OF LIVE ANIMALS THEY DESERVE BETTER

The unfortunate bulls in Mauritius were delivered to this horror direct from the importer's feedlot — in blatant contravention of Australia's live export regulations. This industry cannot be trusted to play by the rules, let alone write them.

Our new Prime Minister says live export "is a good industry". But no government can support an industry that continually breaches regulations.

For the bulls who were abandoned to suffer in Mauritius, make your voice heard! Use this form to contact your MP and ask them how they can support an industry that is acting like it is above the law.

please visit to signe and speak your mind cheers

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A KURUPT POLICE FORCE ALL OVER THE WORLD LETS STAMP THIS OUT LET 'S PUT A STOP TO IT NOW

OFF-DUTY OFFICER DETECTED DRINK DRIVING WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE THIS OFFICER IS TO THE FORCE NOT

An off-duty officer has had his licence suspended after allegedly exceeding the prescribed concentration of alcohol while driving last night.

The senior constable from the southern region was tested at a booze bus site in Cranbourne North.

He recorded an alleged blood alcohol level of 0.119. 

He was issued a penalty notice and the incident has been referred to the Professional Standards Command as a matter of course.

CCTV search for rough police The West Australian The West Australian On camera: The CCC is reviewing CCTV footage. Picture: Supplied The Corruption and Crime Commission is "disturbed" by WA Police behaviour towards the public and has begun harvesting video footage from pubs and mobile phones to look for officers misusing force. The watchdog's dramatic escalation of its police oversight activities comes as Parliament's standing committee on the CCC announced it would launch an inquiry into the bad blood between WA's top crime-fighting agencies.

THIS ACCIDENT WAS COURSED BY THE OBSCURED VIEW OF THE DRIVER BY A ON DASH SPEED DETECTOR AND OTHER DEVICES MOUNTED ON THE DASH OF THE POLICE

THIS ACCIDENT WAS COURSED BY THE THE DRIVER HAVING OBJECTS ON THE DASH BOARD OBSCURING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER LOOK AT THE DASH BOARDS OF ALL POLICE CARS THEY ARE ALL UN ROAD WORTHY IT IS STATED IN A ROAD WORTHY OF ALL CARS THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO HAVE ANY OBJECTS ON A DASH BOARD OF A CAR OBSCURING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER WHY IS THIS THE CASE WITH POLICE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THERE DASHES FULL OF OBJECTS OBSCURING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER

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Must of been the fault of the crap the police use on there dashboards on there un road worthy cars that coursed another crash

THE BIG PICTURE ON MICROWAVE ON DASH SPEED DETECTORS A WARNING TO THE OPERATORS DO YOU GET HOT WHILE DRIVING YOUR POLICE CARS DO YOU SUFFER FROM BIG HEAD ACHES ALL THE TIME HERE IS WHY NOW READ THIS

Just get rid of these faulty and fraud units they are ripping the driver of the on dash mounted speed detector units are a danger to the driver this is emitting rf power in the cab and is like having a giant micro wave oven on wheels frying the driver and who ever else in the cab as for the system micro wave speed detectors they are only serviced once a year and when serviced they are not done by qualified people they are done by students at rmit now they are not aligned this is microwave and micro wave is one of the hardest band to aligne to a perfect setting this band to work perfectly uses vain s to produce less loss of signal and the size of the feed horn the devices are you using for micro wave are incorrect the way it set up behind the glass on the motor car has a lot to play with magnifying and distorting the micro wave single for this they are faulty before they start use they dont lock on the target how they should do they can injure spirus singles from heater and electronics as radios lights and any other electronics in the car such as  fuel injection gear boxes all these item threw electronic wiring emit some sort of small rf power to confuse the micro wave detectors units they can also send small signals to inter fear in pace makers as make them ivar miss a pulse or increase the pulse of pace makers the reason for this is the micro wave detectors do emit rf power and rf power can do strange things at the best of time remember back in the early seventies when cb radio came on the market when we were all watching analog tv the rf power out of an 11 metre radio used to go threw tvs and toaster and your radio you used to listen 11 metres just went threw any thing and every thing l can remember years ago visit some old radio site were they had these big antenna set up you could go up to different parts of the fence and listen to the radio because of all the rf power emitd from the transmitters for years had cause the wire to be radio so what makes it different today as it smaller and different bands with micro wave and its much more potent and this is what you cook food in and they are using this in motor cars for speed detector and on the street for these speed cameras lm sirslackcat and lm concerned and very desturbed that police forces around the world are using this band for the purpose of making money and also for not doing any study in to the long term effects of the units they are operating in motor cars as this is suicide to all around and should be stoped they are also are mounted on the dash of a car obscuring the view of the driver this is another bad point for they take the driver of the police cars mind of the road and will cause a major acident if they all ready havent as we the public will not no as they cover things up to suit themself as they are trying to cover the cat up from telling the truth so please go and signe the cats petition and make a noise thank you the link here  http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-use-of-un-patterned-speed-cams-and-on-dash-speed-detectors-and-hand-held-sspeed-detector-units-any-micro-wave-speed-detectors-units-in-australia.html?fb_ref=title_inline&fb_source=message

JUST ONE OF THOUSAND OF POLICE CARS OUT ON THE AUSTRALIA ROADS THAT ARE UN ROAD WORTHY AND THEY HAVE THE CHEEK TO PULL OVER THE PUBLIC AND SERVE UN ROAD WORTHY STICKERS TO THE CARS ONE SET OF RULES FOR THE FORCE AND A SET FOR THE PUBLIC THIS IS AN OUT CRY BALD TIRES DAM RIGHT STUPID POLICE ACTIONS

TAKE NOTE THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE A POLICE CAR ON THE ROAD HAVE A LOOK AT THE DASH BOARD JUST TAKE NOTE OF ALL THE GADGETS ON THE DASH AND TELL ME THEY ARE NOT OBSCURING THE DRIVERS AND OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER VIEW AS WE THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY THING ON THE DASH BOARD OF THE PERSONELY OWNED CARS FOR WHEN THEY DO A ROAD WORTHY ON A CAR THEY MUST NOT EVEN HAVE DASH MATS PLACED ON THE DASH AS WHY IS IT THE POLICE CAN GET AWAY WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING AS PUSH YOUR LIKE BUTTON AND GET BEHIND THE CAT ON THIS ALL POLICE CARS ARE UN ROAD WORTHY SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROADS

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ANOTHER POLICE BLUNDER AS THE TAX PAYERS PAY THESE BLUNDERS

 Have a look at this the tax payer is paying for these blunders

That's just bloody low !! Please keep a look out for this one Stolen from Lismore in Victoria last night

POLICE have slammed as "reckless" a magazine stunt that commissioned a foreign journalist to drive from Melbourne to Sydney above the speed limit police-slam-speed-stunt-melbourne-to-sydney-in-6.5-hours

In a campaign to increase the limit between the two capital cities, the latest issue of Wheels magazine boasts "we drove from Melbourne to Sydney at 130km/h, didn't die and didn't get booked".

Defending the stunt, Wheels editor Stephen Corby said: "We've been told for years drowsy drivers die, but increasing the speed limit would reduce fatigue.

"You're less likely to have a microsleep, less likely to wander off the road. We see it as a positive for road safety."

The magazine was prepared to pay for three speeding tickets before calling off the attempt, done on a Saturday, but was amazed to find it didn't once get stopped by police in Victoria or NSW.

Travelling 20km/h above the posted limit cut more than 70 minutes from the 800km journey between the northern outskirts of Melbourne and the south-western outskirts of Sydney on the Hume Highway, to just six hours and 23 minutes.

British journalist behind the wheel Ben Oliver slowed for more than a dozen speed cameras and stuck to the limit in all other speed zones except 110km/h sections.

"I've never arrived in a city with the sole intention of breaking the law before, but any sense of roguish glamour soon fades as I head out of Melbourne on the Hume Highway, flagrantly breaching Australian law by doing something that is considered perfectly safe and legal in other countries," wrote Oliver, even though he later admitted "I wouldn't advocate making the Hume 130km/h all the way".

Aside from speed-unlimited sections of German autobahn, most European countries have maximum speed limits of between 130km/h and 150km/h.

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lets all share it plzz !! If you know who these kids are please report them or repost lets get these idiots of the streets and held accountable for their action . Keeping sharing this you never know just how small the world of Facebook

Driver's body trapped in crushed truck this is a very old story that l came acrossMay 25, 2006 as this is just around the corner from sirslackcats place

It could take days to retrieve the body of a truck driver killed when the cabin of his semitrailer was crushed under a goods train in Victoria's south-west, police say.

Th truck and train collided at a level crossing on the Camperdown-Lismore Road near Lismore, 170 km south-west of Melbourne, occurred about 7.30am (AEST) today.

A spokeswoman for rail freight company Pacific National said the truck hit the side of the train and derailed two locomotives and 44 goods wagons.
The company and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are investigating, the spokeswoman said.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the wreckage of the semitrailer's cabin remained wedged under the train.

"It could possibly take days to retrieve the body," she said.

The train driver and his observer were not injured, and the driver phoned Colac police to alert them to the accident shortly before 7.30am (AEST), the spokeswoman said.

"The scene is currently being preserved until detectives arrive and diversions will be put in place to direct traffic around the scene for several hours," she said.

The rail line is a major freight route between Melbourne and Adelaide.
Police say the crossing has give way signs but no lights, bells or boom gates.

The accident is the second on an uncontrolled rural level crossing in a month.

Two train passengers died and dozens, including the train driver, were injured when their VLocity train struck a truck on a crossing at Trawalla, near Ararat in western Victoria on April 28.

The Pacific National spokeswoman said the train driver and observer in today's crash were receiving trauma counselling.

"This is a significant derailment for Pacific National with two locomotives and 44 wagons coming off the track," she said.

"The Pacific National train was travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne on the interstate track.

"The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau is conducting an independent investigation.

"Pacific National attended the scene immediately and will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.

Ariel Castro found dead in jail cell yay so the tax payer doesnt have to foot the bill for this and minds at ease

Ariel Castro breaks down while talking about the child that he fathered with Amanda Berry as he addresses the court while seated between attorneys. Photo: Reuters

Ariel Castro, who held three women captive in his Cleveland home for nearly a decade, has been found dead at a state prison facility, US corrections officials say.

Spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said Castro, 53, was found in his cell about 9.20pm on Tuesday local time at the Correctional Reception Centre in Orient, Ohio.

Prison medical staff performed CPR before Castro was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Castro is believed to have killed himself.

Michelle Knight reads her statement to court during Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing. Photo: Reuters

An official statement said Castro was in protective custody, meaning "he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals".

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Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. They escaped on May 6, when one of the women broke part of a door and yelled to neighbours for help. Castro was arrested that evening.

Castro was sentenced on August 1 to life in prison plus 1000 years on his guilty plea to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape.

Chains found in a bedroom are shown during Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing. Photo: AP

Castro was alternately defiant and apologetic while showing no remorse in a rambling final statement to the court. Although he said he was sorry for his actions, he insisted "I am not a monster".

"If you asked my daughter she would say, my dad is the best dad in the world," Castro said.

"All the sex was consensual," Castro told the judge before sentencing. "The girls were not virgins. They had multiple sex partners before me."

Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo, describing Castro as suffering from "extreme narcissism," said the crimes were so extreme that the former school bus driver should never emerge from prison.

Castro had pleaded guilty to hundreds of charges including murder for beating and starving Ms Knight to force her to miscarry during pregnancy.

'Years turned into eternity'

Ms Knight made a dramatic appearance in court before the sentencing and read a written statement saying that Castro had persecuted her, beginning with her abduction in 2002 until she was freed.

"Days turned into nights, nights turned into days. Years turned into eternity. I knew nobody cared about me. He told me that my family didn't care," Ms Knight said, choking back tears at the time of Castro's sentencing.

"I spent 11 years of hell. Now your hell is just beginning," Ms Knight said of Castro.

Wearing leg shackles and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, Castro sparred with the judge over some of the charges and listened to the testimony and sentencing without expression.

Ms Berry, Ms DeJesus and Ms Knight all went missing from the west side of Cleveland. They were discovered on May 6 after neighbours heard Ms Berry's cries for help from Castro's home.

Ms Berry has a six-year-old daughter fathered by Castro in captivity, according to DNA evidence.

The child had a "normal" life, Castro said. In court, he described the little girl as his "miracle child." The only point at which he became at all emotional was when he spoke about her.

"I heard I can file for parental rights," Castro told the judge at one point. The judge responded that he would not be allowed any contact with the girl.

House of horrors

Earlier in Castro's court hearing, prosecutors presented graphic evidence of the crimes, including a dollhouse-size replica of the home where he imprisoned the women. There were also photos of the interior of the house showing chains, boarded up windows, numerous locks and curtains separating rooms.

To the casual observer, it was an ordinary suburban house, the exterior a little weathered and run down, the yard bordering on neglect.

But as police and forensic investigators discovered to their - and the world's - horror, it was a house that hid dark secrets; a house filled with the vile manifestations of a depraved man.

Police photographs showed two rooms in which Ms Berry and her child were sometimes kept, with Disney film posters tacked to the pink walls, stuffed animals lined up on the bed.

In horrifying contrast, rusted iron chains were found on the floor and the windows boarded with heavy wooden planks.

The women were rarely given access to the bathroom, instead having to relieve themselves in plastic buckets that were "emptied infrequently", according to prosecutors.

More than 45 kilograms of chain was found in total throughout the filthy, darkened house.

Prosecutors told the court how Castro kept a "significant amount of cash" in a basement washing machine, which he would then throw at the victims after raping them.

The women could then use the money to beg him for food and small personal items.

The three women were often chained up for days at a time and were fed just once a day.

Based on diary entries, police told of how the women were chained to poles in the basement, or to a bedroom heater, or kept in a van for days on end.

One woman, after she tried to escape, had a vacuum-cleaner cord wrapped around her neck, according to a prosecution memo.

Castro also kept a motorcycle helmet in the basement, which he would force the women to wear, to muffle their screams as he repeatedly raped them.

STATE TROOPER LETS OLD MAN OFF THE OLD THOUGHT THEY WERE TRYING TO RETURN HI X MISSES LOL

A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little gray hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-94, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mp
h, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this," and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival. Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."
The old gentleman paused. Then he said, "Years ago, my wife
ran off with a State trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."

"Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper.

Police shoot and kill dog at Wendouree home a police blunder taking matters in there own hands and gun happy mungrels

WENDOUREE residents are outraged today after the shooting of a pet Bullmastiff dog by police at a house in Willow Grove.

Police said two members attended a Wendouree West property at 8.55am this morning to make inquiries in regards to an investigation.

WARNING: This story contains photos readers may find disturbing

Ballarat North Sergeant Nathan Gardiner said the members went through the front gate and were half way up the Willow Grove driveway when the dog allegedly ran out the front door in a "threatening manner".

"A police member was forced to take protective action and fire one shot," Sergeant Gardiner said.

"The member was fearful of being attacked.

"Police are conducting an investigation into the circumstances in accordance with Victoria police policy and reasonable force provisions."

Sergeant Gardiner said that offers were made to move the dog's body out of sight, but were declined.

A blood stain indicates the dog was halfway down the driveway when it was shot. 

The dog's body has been viewed by The Courier and the bullet entered the back of it's neck. 

Jessica Williams, who lives across the road, was walking out of her front door to take her young children to school about 8.58 am when the shooting occurred.

"I saw the coppers walk up and the dog hadn't even left the yard," Ms Williams said.

"They didn't say 'put the dog away' or anything. We just heard a bang and then we saw the dog just lying on the ground."

"They didn't say 'put the dog away' or anything.
We just heard a bang"

Owner Caroline Elliott has mental health issues and said she was dependent on six-year-old Bruiser's company. 

"I got nothing now, he was everything to me," a teary Ms Elliott said.

"I can't understand, in the whole time he has been here he has never bitten anyone. They shot him in my own driveway."

Renee Fraser, who is the partner of Mrs Elliott's son Craig, said Bruiser was registered and had never been aggressive in the past.

"It's wrong. They just shot him," Ms Fraser said.

Mrs Elliott's daughter Nyleakah said she and her father, who has recently had a heart attack, were left to move Bruiser from the driveway to the front garden and cover him with a blanket to avoid further upset to her mother and children in the house.

"Everyone in this street knows our dog. That's got to say something," Ms Elliott said, pointing to the crowd who had gathered outside their house to mourn Bruiser.

"He was so docile. There was no reason to kill him."

Ms Elliott held grave concerns for her mother's welfare.

"When my mum feels like killing herself, Bruiser isn't going to be there for her."

When police returned to the house, both Ms Fraser and Ms Elliott demanded answers as to why Bruiser had been shot.

When police said Bruiser had attacked a member, Ms Fraser said: "You can protect them but we've got a dead dog."

Ms Elliott said her father had asked police why Bruiser had been shot and was told: "It scared me.""He's never attacked anyone. He'd lick you to death first."Bruiser had to have been turned away to be shot like that and when I felt his body, he wasn't tense at all," Ms Elliott said.

"He growls and barks and that but that's all he would do."

Starving, neglected pets find no safety with the RSPCA

On Friday 30 November 2012, RSPCA NSW Inspectors and Shoalhaven Rangers attended a property in Terara in response to complaints of animal cruelty.

While on site, RSPCA inspectors seized;

- four Poodle crossbreeds
- two Poodle crossbreed pups
- four Cattle crossbreed pups
- a Silky Terrier crossbreed pup
- and a Maltese crossbreed pup

A total of 12 dogs. Inspectors also seized eight cats.

From the RSPCA NSW media release:

“Veterinary examination of the seized animals found several of them to be severely underweight and six tested positive for hookworm.”

Skinny, wormy pets entering RSPCA NSW care. Should have been a chance for some fantastic happy endings, no?

What happened next?

The pets were held, until an interim order was granted and the RSPCA took ownership of the pets in May 2013.

Another six kittens were born while in care.

During their six months in RSPCA custody, these pets clocked up $83,243 in animal care charges (this amount was awarded back to the RSPCA in Nowra Local Court this week).

Each of these dogs and cats needed vet treatment and assessment. They needed to be groomed, wormed and vaccinated. They will have been kept in kennels at the RSPCA, and maybe for the first time in their lives they will have had a warm bed and to have been given regular meals.

But what they needed most of all – as all dogs and cats from abuse, puppy farming or neglectful situations do – was the behavioural rehabilitation that would have allowed them to be placed with new families at the end of their time in care.

They could have received this from experienced foster carers specialising in dogs and cats who need extra care. They could have been passed on to a community rescue group known for rehabilitating ex-puppy farm or neglect cases. They could have even been put into a comprehensive shelter-based rehabilitation program.

Let’s face it – the RSPCA NSW had six months to take assertive, proactive action on behalf of these guys, to get them if not ready for a new family, ready for a halfway home in rescue or foster.

What actually happened after six months of RSPCA NSW ‘care’ at a cost of over $83,000 once ownership was transferred legally to the organisation?

8 of the 12 dogs, and 3 of the 8 cats were killed as ‘unadoptable’.

What the hell kind of ‘rescue’ is that?

Eight of the dogs were described in the RSPCA media release as ‘pups’ – meaning they were likely under a year old. They had their whole lives ahead of them. Most of these dogs were small and popular breeds.

Despite this, being killed was the most likely outcome of being ‘rescued’ by the RSPCA NSW.

‘unadoptable?’

The cats did fare a little better, with five cats adopted. The six kittens are currently still in care.

The culture of killing continues

People donate to the RSPCA because they want to see our most vulnerable animals protected. Yet time and time again, we see animals taken from places where they were not safe, to the RSPCA where they are even less safe – and that is where their lives are taken.

We must reject killing as an appropriate way to treat or manage our companion animals. We must demand better.

To kevin rudd oblish the carbon tax and the gst and ausys may be able to breath and live again with out fear of losing power and gas and water and the price of fuel may come down and food might be in reach for the little person feather the pockets of the struggling familys not the rich wake up as the australian dream is floating away kevin dont destroy the luky country to all my face book friends please copy and paste this to your status on your time line and lets be heard cheers

To kevin rudd oblish the carbon tax and the gst and ausys may be able to breath and live again with out fear of losing power and gas and water and the price of fuel may come down and food might be in reach for the little person feather the pockets of the struggling familys not the rich wake up as the australian dream is floating away kevin dont destroy the luky country to all my face book friends please copy and paste this to your status on your time line and lets be heard cheers

We would like to ask everyone to share this to your wall and ask your friends to share it too, we need to find out who she is and bring her to justice! "Lets Make Her Face Famous PLEASE"!!!!! We need to get her behind bars, we will make it happen just get us her name and address!

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Here is a scene from a legal, organised, QLD car show today.. 50+ police and Department of Transport, blocking both routes out of the event, specifically set up to target the vehicles going to this show. What are your thoughts on this? My personal thoughts are that this act by the QPS is extremely short sighted. While on one hand the Police will have had "great success" at defecting people and issuing fines, but have SEVERELY failed at one thing - These events are run, with part of the reason being - to get it's members to take it off the street, and take it to the track (check out their track days, run regularly). The ability for this organisation to 'convert' those people from 'car shows' to maybe giving 'track days' a go (and as such, driver education), is now greatly reduced. If people now think that they have less chance of getting nicked out back of the industrial estate or up the mountains, what motivation do they have to go to legally organised events? I remember running events way back when in VIC, the police (as 'hard arsed' as they are down there), still would come to the meeting places (invited), and EDUCATE the members, let people have an open Q&A, not treat it like a "fish in a barrel".. Very disappointed with QPS's display today, Very poor form.. What's your say? [Picture sent in from Scotty,

Variety Bash Episode 1: Bash Kick-Off - Stuart Telfer's Story get behind the variety bash and donate this is for the children of down under the cat says dig deep for them

SERIOUSE ACCUSSATIONS AND REPORTS ASSAD REGIME USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS TO KILL MORE THAN 1000 CIVILIANS CROSSING THE RED LINE

Serious accusations have been levelled at the Syrian government after reports the Assad regime used chemical weapons to kill more than 1000 civilians.

The alleged attack comes exactly one year after U.S. President Barack Obama warned the use of chemical weapons would be crossing a “red line”.

The United Nations is demanding access for an inspection “without delay”. Previous UN intervention has been stymied by vetoes from Russia and China, but early this morning the Russian foreign ministry agreed an independent investigation was needed.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said reports of chemical warfare were repugnant.

"The use of weapons of mass destruction in any circumstances is intolerable and unacceptable in any civilised nation," he told reporters on Thursday.

The Syrian civil war is into its second year, with more than 1 million children fleeing over the border to escape the violenc

Speeding car hits beer truck collide in south Tulsa Car driver hospitalized for neck, spine surgery

A man is fighting for his life after crashing his speeding car into a beer truck at 71st and South Yale.

A witness told police that the driver of the car was speeding westbound on 71st before he hit the truck that was turning northbound onto Yale.

Tulsa Police Corporal Ross Williams tells us, "The driver of the car had to be cut out, or extricated by the fire department and was transported to St. Francis (Hospital) in very serious condition. The last known update is he is currently in surgery."

We're told that the driver of the car may have been drinking before the collision happened about 11 p.m. Wednesday.

"The car was travelling westbound on 71st Street. The semi was travelling eastbound on 71st Street at Yale and was turning left."

Williams tells us that police cars had 71st Street shut down, but "a car actually drove around the police cars and headed in to the actual scene of the collision, but was stopped by more officers that were actually right in the intersection."

The driver of that vehicle was stopped by police.

Officers arranged for the driver's car to be towed away because the driver had no insurance.

 The driver of the beer truck was not injured in the crash.