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National LGBTIQ+ advocacy group just.equal have written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg following the announcement of a new Holocaust museum in Tasmania. Frydenberg spoke at Hobart Synagogue earlier this week reveal the plans, speaking on the horrors of the Nazi regime. “This is an example of what we can do, to ensure future generations say ‘never […]
Tags: Canberra, holocaust, Jewish, Josh Frydenberg, just.equal, Nazi, Rodney Croome, Tasmania
5 Mar 2021 /
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Mark Parton, a Liberal MP who serves in the ACT parliament, has apologised for describing a Greens candidate at the upcoming territory election as “too camp”. The serving MP told Jonathan Davis that he was “too camp for Tuggeranong” when the two met on the campaign trail over the weekend. Davis told The Canberra Times that he […]
Tags: ACT, Canberra, jonathan davis, mark parton
8 Sep 2020 |
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A political hopeful in the Australian Capital Territory has been dropped by the Liberal party just days after he was lauded as a quality candidate. On Sunday Peter McKay was announced as the Liberal candidate for the inner-city seat of Kurrajong for the upcoming ACT election. Liberal leader Aistair Coe described McKay as a passionate […]
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12 Aug 2020 |
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Three NSW teenagers have been arrested over the murder of a Canberra man. One line of investigation police are pursuing is that he may have been using a gay dating app in the lead up to his death. Police believe Peter Keeley, 56, may have been using the gay dating app Grindr to meet with […]
Tags: ACT, Broulee, Canberra, Dating App, Grindr, hate crime, murder, NSW, Peter Kelley, police
14 Feb 2020 |
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The Canberra man who was charged with causing an explosion outside the headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby has died. The 36 year old man was facing fight charged of arson and property damage in relation to the event last December, his lawyers had indicated he would be claiming he was suffering mental impairment at […]
Tags: ACL, Australian Christian Lobby, Canberra, explosion, Lyle Shelton
25 Sep 2017 |
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The ACT police have defended their decision to announce that an explosion in front of the headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby in December was not religiously, ideologically, or politically motivated. The damage occurred after a van containing six gas cylinders was set alight in front of the building. Later a man presented himself to […]
Tags: ACL, ACT, AFP, Australian Christian Lobby, australian federal police, Canberra, explosion, Jaden Duong
18 Aug 2017 |
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Jaden Duong, the man standing trial for the explosion outside the Australian Christian Lobby in December, researched the group, and how to create a bomb, prior to allegedly setting a van filled with gas bottles alight. The Australian Capital Territory Police had previously declared that the Duong was not “politically, religiously or ideologically motivated”, but […]
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17 Aug 2017 |
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The Canberra man responsible for the explosion at the Australian Christian Lobby will stand trial but he maintains that he was mentally impaired at the time. Jaden Duong, 36, is facing charges of arson and property damage, in relation to the incident that occurred at the Deakin headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby. It is […]
Tags: ACL, Australian Christian Lobby, Canberra, court, explosion, Jaden Duong
16 Aug 2017 |
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A Canberra teenager who blackmailed men he met on the social media app Grindr has avoided being sent to prison. The 16 year old, who was 15 at the time of the offences, worked with three friends to extort money from men they met through the popular dating app. Due to his age the boy […]
Tags: Canberra, extortion, Grindr
3 Jul 2017 |
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Police in the Australian Capital Territory have charged a 36 year old Canberra man with arson and property damages offences in relation to an incident that occurred at the headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) in December. Yesterday the police announced that they had delivered a brief of evidence to the Director of Public […]
Tags: ACL, attack, Australian Christian Lobby, Canberra, car bomb, car fire, explosion, Lyle Shelton, SKY News
25 May 2017 |
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