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Bligh defends Ferguson media coverage
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has defended media coverage of the release of convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson from prison.
Yahoo!7 Finance News - Published 2 days, 12 hours ago
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Refco ex-CEO gets 16 years in prison
PHILLIP Bennett, the former CEO of Refco, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for fleecing investors of more than $US2.4 billion, which destroyed the world's largest independent commodities broker.
Adelaide Now - Published 2 days, 19 hours ago
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Former Refco CEO sentenced to 16 years
Phillip Bennett, the former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for fleecing investors of more than $2.4 billion.
Sydney Morning Herald Business - Published 2 days, 22 hours ago
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Refco's Bennett gets 16 years jail
COMMODITIES broking king Phillip Bennett has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for fleecing investors of more than $US2.4 billion.
The Australian Business News - Published 3 days, 6 hours ago
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Top 10 unusual places to stay
amazing places to stay around the world from converted train cars to converted prisons..........yes prisons!
TravelMole - Published 4 days, 16 hours ago
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Queensland media froths over paedophilia case
The media is howling over the release of a man from prison after a Queensland District Court judge issued a permanent stay of his trial on paedophilia charges. What hypocrisy! Peter Faris QC laments.
Crikey - Published 4 days, 20 hours ago
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Barton beats prison despite second assault
Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was spared a jail term yesterday after admitting to attacking former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo during a training session. The 25-year-old - currently ser
Sport - Published 4 days, 20 hours ago
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Former Refco CEO sentenced to 16 years
Phillip Bennett, the former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for fleecing investors of more than $2.4 billion.
Fat Cat - Published 5 days, 18 hours ago
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People should know pedophiles location: Rudd
"pedophile, dennis ferguson, right to know, PM, kevin rudd, convicted, children, sex, abuse, prison, jail, queensland, civil liberties, terry o'gorman"
Scopical | scopical.com.au - Published 5 days, 18 hours ago
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Academic seeks answers to Indigenous deaths in custody
An academic is travelling overseas to see how other nations have tried to develop culturally appropriate prisons to reduce deaths in custody.
ABC Science - Published 6 days, 22 hours ago
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Prison smoke ban backlash
The head of WA's prison watchdog today acknowledged banning smoking in prisons could increase black market activity.
WA Today top headlines - Published 1 week, 3 days ago
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How Not to Retire Rich
We receive regular commentary from Weston Wellington in his "Down to the Wire" postings on Dimensional's secured site. Weston is a Vice President of Dimensional Fund Advisors in the US. His latest offering "How Not to Retire Rich" provides a stark example of how stock picking is not the best way to go. Please find following Weston's comments: The most recent copy of Fortune landed on our desk last week with an eye-catching cover?a prosperous-looking couple gazing serenely across sunlit ocean waters from what appeared to be the deck of an expensive yacht (presumably their yacht). Although the ambiance of comfortable wealth suggested by the photo seemed clear enough, Fortune editors took no chances?the typeface for the "Retire Rich" cover headline was so large that abundant future wealth appeared to be not just a possibility but a foregone conclusion. Inside this annual Retirement Guide issue, readers could find advice on housing bargains (try Las Vegas, Miami, or Phoenix); second career possibilities (executive matchmaker, animal rescue squad member, alpaca rancher); and where to obtain the best "executive" physical exam (Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic). Of course, no self-respecting retirement guide is complete without investment recommendations, and Fortune suggested forty stocks - ...
Financial Happenings - Published 1 week, 4 days ago
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Prison defends sex offender program
The Director of Prisons, Graeme Barber, says only a fifth of Tasmanian prisoners convicted of sex crimes take part in a sex offenders treatment program.
ABC News - the budget - Published 1 week, 4 days ago
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Indigenous Voices from inside the cells on 3CR
Indigenous people in three Victorian prisons will speak out in live radio broadcasts during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week.
radioinfo for broadcast professionals - Published 1 week, 6 days ago
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Pedophile could seek chemical castration
"chemical, castration, pedophile, queensland, Geoffrey Robert Dobbs, rape, molestation, prison, drugs"
Scopical | scopical.com.au - Published 2 weeks ago
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