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Australia Day · BayswaterThe City of Bayswater is the latest local government to push back against hosting its citizenship ceremony on Australia Day. The council voted 6-4 in support of an amendment from mayor Filomena Piffaretti to hold its Australia Day citizenship ceremony and associated event within the three days after January 26. Almost half of the 431 respondents to the community consultation wanted the city to continue holding the citizenship ceremony. At least a dozen other councils, including Mosman Park, Cambridge, Victoria Park and Fremantle, mark Australia Day on a different date.See the Story
Bayswater to change citizenship ceremony date
Australia Day · QueenslandSix-week adjournment granted for Travis Profke, 40, who is accused of spray-painting graffiti on Queensland Woolworths storeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man accused of an Australia Day-related graffiti attack on a Queensland Woolworths faces a six-week delay to the matter due to medical records and other information not being disclosed.Travis Prof…See the Story
Delay in court case for man accused of vandalising Woolworths over Australia Day stance
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Health · Western AustraliaDean Amos was paralysed from his armpits down after a freak surfing accident on Australia Day. He was dumped by a wave head-first into a shallow sandbar. The impact dislocated and broke his neck and he was immediately paralysed. His wife Becky said she was utterly devastated when she found out about the extent of Dean's injuries. The couple recently bought their first home built in the 1970s they were renovating themselves. However, the pair will now need tradesmen to help complete the renovations.See the Story
Freak accident leaves newlywed WA surfer paralysed
Australia Day · AustraliaMarc Kristian Mietus, then aged 21, was last seen alive on Australia Day in 2000 by friends at Booyal Dallarnil Road in Booyal, in Queensland's Bundaberg region. He disappeared 19 days after he moved from Melbourne to Brisbane and picked up a hitchhiker at a truck stop in Gilgandra NSW on January 6, 2000. The $500,000 reward is for any information that could bring closure to his family.See the Story
Queensland police raise reward to $500,000 in missing persons cold case
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