And now for justice. He should be charged as an adult, as he committed an adult crime (just like the kid who blew someone’s fucking head off with a shotgun) and not get out scot free with it (like the aforementioned did) . Summary, and full story bit. A 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a fellow student at a Brisbane school has been refused bail. The boy, who cannot be named, is charged with the murder of 12-year-old Elliott Fletcher, who was stabbed in the chest at St Patrick’s College at Shorncliffe on Monday and later died in hospital. The accused year nine student did not...

Now for the cyber-bullying bit: Police are investigating offensive messages posted on a social networking site honouring the life of a 12-year-old boy allegedly stabbed to death by a fellow student at his north Brisbane school. Thousands of past and present students of St Patrick’s College at Shorncliffe, where the incident occurred yesterday morning, wrote moving tributes to Elliott Fletcher throughout the afternoon. But within hours the page had been vandalised with offensive messages and links to other sites, reported to include pornography. Police are this morning working to confirm the...

Here’s the first real school-yard murder, there was one where a child died after hitting his/her head, but it was really accidental. This of course is on purpose. Bullying is a problem, whether it be mental, or physical. You’ve probably already hears this, but it’s worth a post. And it’s from Brisbane. Police have charged a 13-year-old boy with murder after the fatal stabbing of Elliott Fletcher at St Patrick’s College north of Brisbane this morning. Elliott, 12, died of stab wounds after an altercation at the private Catholic boys’ high school at Shorncliffe...

This just in! More bullshit! The ACT economy is recovering from the financial crisis more quickly than expected with a $129 boost to the Budget bottom line. In last year’s Budget the Government predicted the Territory would end the financial year with a $135 million deficit. But now Treasurer Katy Gallagher has tabled a Budget update predicting the Territory will finish the year only $6 million in the red. Ms Gallagher says confidence is returning to the local economy, which has been helped by the recovery of financial markets and fortified by Commonwealth stimulus spending. She says the...

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has condemned the Prime Minister for failing to sack Peter Garrett over the Government’s botched home insulation program. Mr Abbott moved to censure Kevin Rudd in Parliament today after the Opposition bombarded Mr Garrett with questions over whether he acted adequately on safety concerns. The insulation can become electrified if installed incorrectly and four deaths have been linked to the program. “This minister must go,” Mr Abbott said. “This is about the deaths of four young Australians flowing from the maladministration of this portfolio...

The New South Wales Government has been accused of “reaching headlines” without doing its homework after incorrectly printing 650,000 brochures about its new transport ticketing system. Premier Kristina Keneally announced the new MyZone system earlier this month, saying many commuters will benefit from a fall in prices. But the glow of the announcement has been tarnished with the news that the first print run of brochures has to be pulped because the zone boundaries as printed were incorrect. The website map of the boundaries has also been changed. Opposition transport spokeswoman Gladys...

The peak in Australian government debt is projected to be extremely low when compared to other major countries, a Senate hearing has been told. Treasury official David Gruen said the forecast rise in net government debt is projected to peak at 9.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). “If we compare that to most advanced economies that is a very low number,” Dr Gruen told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday. “Most of the major economies of the world, their projections of net debt will reach a number like 90 per cent.” By the standards of most countries Australia had...

See: http://drews-place.com/politics/qld-governon-silent-on-judicial-corruption-claims-against-brother/ And: http://drews-place.com/uncategorized/armed-police-eject-mother-from-queensland-parliament/ Queensland Police Minister Neil Roberts says he hopes drug-related allegations involving Queensland officers will be dealt with as quickly as possible. The Surfers Paradise police station has been searched as part of Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) raids on the Gold Coast and Brisbane and a 27-year-old constable has been suspended pending further inquiries. Mr Roberts says any corruption must...

THIS JUST IN! In the face of a significant public backlash, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has backed down on plans to install speed humps on every Australian freeway. Last week Senator Conroy said he was confident that placing speed humps every 100 metres on all Australian freeways would protect children – reducing accidents by 100 percent with a “negligible” impact on traffic congestion and travel times. The plan was supported by traffic management trials which had only been conducted in suburban back streets. The plan to throttle Australia’s road transport system...

Another great idea from the wonderful Senator Conroy. What will this wonderful brain think of next? Oh wait, here’s one: In an ambitious plan to protect Australia’s children, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has announced plans to install speed humps every 100 metres on all Australian freeways. After a 12 month trial of speed humps in several suburban back streets, Senator Conroy says he is confident that placing speed humps on every Australian freeway will reduce accidents by 100 percent with a “negligible” impact on traffic congestion and travel times. “Australia’s...