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What’s in the News?

Other than sports stars behaving badly, Politicians fighting over false emails and teenage girls bullying – We have a few thoughts on Australia and the role it hopes to play in the G20 – Check out The Australian :

www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26052196-601,00.html

 

The Worst Disaster to Hit Moreton Bay

Just north of Brisbane, 100,000 litres of oil and 32 containers of Ammonium Nitrate are currently being washed around Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River.

The pristine white sands of the sunshine coast, Bribie and Morton Island are under going a mammoth clean-up as the oil slick washes ashore.

During the wild weather of Cyclone Hamish at the end of last week, The Pacific Adventurer was headed from Newcastle (NSW) to Brisbane (QLD). As it was passing Moreton Island in high winds and rough seas, 32 containers of Ammonium Nitrate fell overboard. A falling container damaged the hull of the boat and caused the oil leak.
The Pacific Adventurer is now docked at Hamilton and is continuing to leak oil into the Brisbane River.
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