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definitely in the "shoos on" campShooey?
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92K views · 2.8K reactions | We didn't come to play. We came to slay. 🇦🇺 ●● ● ● ●● ●#olympicgames2024 #olympics #theolympics #summerheightshigh #mrg #breakdancing #chrislilley | Luke Austin | lukeaustinofficial · Original audio
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Influence of ‘Andrew Tate-types’ to be targeted in Victorian schools as government rolls out new materials
Respectful relationships content will teach students how to recognise hate speech and coercive control, education minister Ben Carroll says
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This is a pic I took while walking the dog in the park.
Australia - yer standin' in it!
Australia - yer standin' in it!
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Not everything is getting worse... your chance of surviving cancer is now about 33% higher than it was 30 years ago.
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Cool Cabanas: How beach tent sparked turf war in Australia
Hordes of shade covers have taken over beaches - stoking debate over the country's culture.
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"When you're… polluting the beach with your four cabanas next to each other, where is Guncle [Gay Uncle] Nic going to go,"
I learnt a new term. Guncle. Is that Aussie specific?
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Plant that reeks of gym socks, rotting garbage has thousands in Australia lining up for a whiff
Hundreds of devoted fans flocked to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday to smell the corpse flower, an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh
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Good map - I'd let WA fuck off too - to USA if Trump wants it -Gina can go too..
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Underworld hunt for ‘traitor’ who sold out Sam Abdulrahim
ByChris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola, Lachlan Abbott and Hannah Hammoud
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A frantic hunt is on for a traitor in Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim’s inner circle who is suspected of pinpointing his location for the hit team that killed him on Tuesday.
Underworld sources say there was only a small window of opportunity to target Abdulrahim, who had become cautious about disclosing his whereabouts after being on the run following a failed hit last May.
A hit team lay in wait for Sam Abdulrahim on Tuesday.CREDIT:JASON SOUTHAbdulrahim, who had been overseas and regularly changed accommodation when back in Melbourne, had been at the Quest serviced apartments in Preston for only a day when he was gunned down in the car park in a meticulously planned ambush.
The execution was apparently staged at short notice.
Abdulrahim had returned to Australia only a week ago, and changed accommodation at least once before checking into the serviced apartments where he was killed. He had been planning to fly out of Australia on Thursday, sources said.
Abdulrahim and his associates had been targeted in a blitz of arson attacks, shootings and other violent crimes over the past two years. The 32-year-old also had a $1 million murder contract on his head.
As a result, there were only a few people in the former boxer’s inner circle who knew his plans and whereabouts, a source said.
The suspected four-person hit team was lying in wait in the underground car park for Abdulrahim about 10.30am on Tuesday as he walked to a car with his girlfriend.
Underworld sources say there was only a small window of opportunity to target Abdulrahim, who had become cautious about disclosing his whereabouts after being on the run following a failed hit last May.
A hit team lay in wait for Sam Abdulrahim on Tuesday.CREDIT:JASON SOUTH
The execution was apparently staged at short notice.
Abdulrahim had returned to Australia only a week ago, and changed accommodation at least once before checking into the serviced apartments where he was killed. He had been planning to fly out of Australia on Thursday, sources said.
Abdulrahim and his associates had been targeted in a blitz of arson attacks, shootings and other violent crimes over the past two years. The 32-year-old also had a $1 million murder contract on his head.
As a result, there were only a few people in the former boxer’s inner circle who knew his plans and whereabouts, a source said.
The suspected four-person hit team was lying in wait in the underground car park for Abdulrahim about 10.30am on Tuesday as he walked to a car with his girlfriend.
He was shot several times, including twice in the head.
Access to the area is restricted to guests, who need to drive down a short section of ramp and swipe a card or fob to operate the electric roller door.
It is unclear how Abdulrahim’s killers gained entry. The garage is covered by CCTV.
After the shooting, the assailants fled in a stolen Porsche, which was set on fire in Reservoir before they changed to a second getaway vehicle that had been left parked in position.
On Wednesday, police said they believed they had found a burnt-out grey Ford Ranger used as the second getaway vehicle.
“We know that Ford Ranger has made its way to Western Avenue in Westmeadows, where that was set alight,” Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, the head of the homicide squad, told Nova FM.
The burnt-out car believed to have been used as a second getaway vehicle.CREDIT:PENNY STEPHENS“Now we’re working on the belief that that is involved, given the timing and location.”
Thomas said the Ford Ranger had a canopy with a distinctive sticker of bullhorns on its rear window. Anyone who saw it in the 24 hours leading up to Abdulrahim’s death is urged to contact police.
“This was very targeted at this particular individual,” Thomas said.
He described the shooting as brazen, but assured Victorians there was little threat to the broader community.
“It wasn’t a random sort of shooting. This was very targeted at this particular individual,” he said.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, speaking on the same radio station later on Wednesday, said it was “a totally natural reaction” for some people to fear accidentally getting caught up in such a public killing, but she emphasised the police advice that it was a targeted attack.
“It’s horrifying scenes. It must have been very distressing for the local community,” she said.
“[But] take the VicPol advice: they’re saying it’s targeted. They’re saying there’s no broader risk to the community. And we know that VicPol [have] got eyes on these groups. And they are throwing a lot of resources at this work.”
A video, shared on social media on Tuesday and verified by this masthead, shows Abdulrahim taunting his underworld nemesis Kazem “Kaz” Hamad on a video call after surviving the 2022 shooting at his cousin’s funeral in Fawkner.
“Hey, I’m still alive. Eight shots later and I’m still alive,” Abdulrahim tells Hamad, an underworld kingpin who has waged a bloody war for control of Victoria’s illicit tobacco trade after he was deported to the Middle East in mid-2023.
Hamad replies: “You’re lucky.”
It is unclear when the conversation occurred.
There have been at least 18 attacks against Abdulrahim, or directed at him by firebombing or shooting his friends and associates, since 2017.
He had amassed a list of enemies after Kadir “KD” Ors was shot dead in Campbellfield in 2016 by rival drug trafficker George Marrogi, with many believing Abdulrahim had helped lure Ors to the scene.
Abdulrahim survived being shot four times in the chest while leaving his cousin’s funeral in Fawkner in 2022. He was in an induced coma, had to learn to walk again and lived with the remains of a bullet lodged in his kidney.
In May last year, he narrowly escaped another ambush when shooters fired at him 17 times in Lalor after they had lured him out by torching a car at his parents’ house.
Access to the area is restricted to guests, who need to drive down a short section of ramp and swipe a card or fob to operate the electric roller door.
It is unclear how Abdulrahim’s killers gained entry. The garage is covered by CCTV.
After the shooting, the assailants fled in a stolen Porsche, which was set on fire in Reservoir before they changed to a second getaway vehicle that had been left parked in position.
On Wednesday, police said they believed they had found a burnt-out grey Ford Ranger used as the second getaway vehicle.
“We know that Ford Ranger has made its way to Western Avenue in Westmeadows, where that was set alight,” Detective Inspector Dean Thomas, the head of the homicide squad, told Nova FM.
The burnt-out car believed to have been used as a second getaway vehicle.CREDIT:PENNY STEPHENS
Thomas said the Ford Ranger had a canopy with a distinctive sticker of bullhorns on its rear window. Anyone who saw it in the 24 hours leading up to Abdulrahim’s death is urged to contact police.
“This was very targeted at this particular individual,” Thomas said.
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“It wasn’t a random sort of shooting. This was very targeted at this particular individual,” he said.
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, speaking on the same radio station later on Wednesday, said it was “a totally natural reaction” for some people to fear accidentally getting caught up in such a public killing, but she emphasised the police advice that it was a targeted attack.
“It’s horrifying scenes. It must have been very distressing for the local community,” she said.
“[But] take the VicPol advice: they’re saying it’s targeted. They’re saying there’s no broader risk to the community. And we know that VicPol [have] got eyes on these groups. And they are throwing a lot of resources at this work.”
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Abdulrahim was an underworld figure-turned-boxer who lived under the shadow of death threats for years, recovering after being shot eight times in 2022 and avoiding a 17-bullet hail of gunfire in 2024.Unmute
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A video, shared on social media on Tuesday and verified by this masthead, shows Abdulrahim taunting his underworld nemesis Kazem “Kaz” Hamad on a video call after surviving the 2022 shooting at his cousin’s funeral in Fawkner.
“Hey, I’m still alive. Eight shots later and I’m still alive,” Abdulrahim tells Hamad, an underworld kingpin who has waged a bloody war for control of Victoria’s illicit tobacco trade after he was deported to the Middle East in mid-2023.
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A video uploaded to social media shows the slain underworld figure, also known as the Punisher, speaking with his rival some time before his death in January 2025.
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It is unclear when the conversation occurred.
There have been at least 18 attacks against Abdulrahim, or directed at him by firebombing or shooting his friends and associates, since 2017.
He had amassed a list of enemies after Kadir “KD” Ors was shot dead in Campbellfield in 2016 by rival drug trafficker George Marrogi, with many believing Abdulrahim had helped lure Ors to the scene.
Abdulrahim survived being shot four times in the chest while leaving his cousin’s funeral in Fawkner in 2022. He was in an induced coma, had to learn to walk again and lived with the remains of a bullet lodged in his kidney.
In May last year, he narrowly escaped another ambush when shooters fired at him 17 times in Lalor after they had lured him out by torching a car at his parents’ house.
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Baby wombat-snatching US influencer apologises and says she was ‘concerned’ for Australian animal
Sam Jones, who left Australia on Friday, posted a 900-word statement questioning outrage in country where ‘slaughter of wombats’ is permittedNino Bucci Sat 15 Mar 2025 09.48 AEDT
A US hunting influencer who caused outrage in Australia after grabbing a baby wombat from its mother says she is sorry for the incident but was only trying to ensure its safety by removing it from a road.
Sam Jones left the country on Friday morning after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said immigration authorities were checking if she had breached the conditions of her visa.
Early on Saturday morning, she posted a 900-word statement on her Instagram account, claiming she had been subject to thousands of death threats, and questioning the outrage in a country whose government “allows and permits the slaughter of wombats”.
It is an offence to harm a wombat in Australia unless a permit is obtained from the government.
She also railed against the killing of kangaroos and brumbies.
Jones said she was “extremely concerned” when she found the wombats on the road, and stopped to ensure they were not hit by a car.
When she walked up to the baby and it did not move, she thought it may have been sick or injured, so decided to pick up the wombat to check.
“I ran, not to rip the joey away from its mother, but from fear she might attack me. The snap judgement I made in these moments was never from a place of harm or stealing a joey.
“While I was unbelievably excited to see such an amazing animal, I looked it over quickly and immediately returned it to its mother. I ensured that the mother and joey did reunite, went off together, and that they got off the road.
“I have done a great deal of reflection on this situation and have realized that I did not handle this situation as best as I should have … I have learned from this situation, and am truly sorry for the distress I have caused.”
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She insisted that the incident had not simply been confected for content.
“I want to make it absolutely clear that this was never about social media or getting likes.
“This was not staged, nor was it done for entertainment. In my excitement and concern, I acted too quickly and then failed to provide necessary context to viewers online.”
Burke, who is also the immigration minister, said on Thursday that he couldn’t “wait to see the back of this individual” and authorities were “working through the conditions” on Jones’s visa to determine “whether immigration law has been breached”.
The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said Jones’s actions were “an outrage” and suggested she should try to “take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there”.
RSCPA Australia said the footage showed a “blatant disregard” for native wildlife and the distress to the joey and the mother caused by the “callous act” was clear.
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I know that lunch spot on Rotto - and a quokka came in while we’re there a few years ago. I have better pics with the quokkas on my phone (including my first trip to the island in 1993, with Miki and Emma from Lush)
