# News Events

**URL:** <https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742>\
**Category:** Spy Lounge\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742 "2019-12-09T23:13:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![mubd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mubd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/mubd)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/1 "2019-12-09T23:13:07Z")

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> **[Red Cross lists ‘missing’ Australians](https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/victim-of-white-island-volcanic-eruption-named-as-local-tour-guide/news-story/92f7bb5a85a8c1755a2329036faa432d)**
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> More than 20 Australians, including a newlywed couple from Brisbane, are among those still missing after the White Island volcano eruption on Monday.

Anthony Langford of North Sydney is one of the names on the missing persons list. I’ve heard of that name before. There’s a Youtube channel with the same name which has posted various TV Christmas tapes as well as general old TV stuff. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same person.

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**Author:** ![Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sifon/32/65_2.png) [@Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sifon)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/2 "2020-03-27T23:49:00Z")

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> **[Man killed, two others injured in Central Coast shooting stand-off](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-18/man-killed-two-injured-in-wyong-shooting-standoff/12065792)**
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> A man is facing 13 charges, including murder, after tactical police and specialist negotiators are called to a shooting stand-off at Wyong, on the NSW Central Coast.

Normal news still happening.

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**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/3 "2020-03-27T23:52:51Z")

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That was over a week and a half ago?

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**Author:** ![Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sifon/32/65_2.png) [@Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sifon)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/4 "2020-03-28T00:01:50Z")

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I was looking for non-coronavirus related news

Has anything else happened in the last week?

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**Author:** ![mubd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mubd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/mubd)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/5 "2020-03-28T00:20:12Z")

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> [@Sifon](#):
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> Has anything else happened in the last week?

no

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**Author:** ![Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/troiboi/32/482503_2.png) [@Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Troiboi)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/6 "2020-03-28T02:56:33Z")

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Certainly doesn’t seem like it 🙄

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**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/7 "2020-03-28T03:01:44Z")

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With people self isolating and socially distancing, what other news do you expect?

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**Author:** ![Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/salty/32/71_2.png) [@Salty](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Salty)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/8 "2020-03-28T03:37:36Z")

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Apart from the pandemic…no nothing else!😐

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**Author:** ![MrJ](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/mrj/32/85112_2.png) [@MrJ](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/MrJ)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/9 "2020-03-29T01:33:52Z")

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Coronavirus had come at a very convenient time for the ADF. The Four corners episode of the war crimes in Afghanistan would have been much bigger news otherwise.

I get the feeling there will be a lot of scandals slipping under the radar at the moment. The Catholics would be hoping for a George Pell verdict before Coronavirus gets better.

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**Author:** ![Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sifon/32/65_2.png) [@Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sifon)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/10 "2020-03-29T08:43:04Z")

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> [@JBar](#):
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> With people self isolating and socially distancing, what other news do you expect?

Well looks like they’re running out of coronavirus news. There was a bit more normal news in tonight’s bulletins. Dog attack and tornado.

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/11 "2021-01-04T11:12:23Z")

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> **[Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder refused extradition to US, judge rules](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55528241)**
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> The Wikileaks founder is wanted in the US over the publication of thousands of classified documents.

News just minutes ago - more details to follow. “Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a court in London has ruled.”

> <https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1346050579357810688?s=20>

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/12 "2021-01-16T01:00:45Z")

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For anyone who has been following the international news-making story of Joe the pigeon, there is an unexpected twist to the story. With authorities set to euthanise the bird, it turns out the he had not from all the way from the US after all.

> A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.
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> The band suggested the bird found in a Melbourne backyard on Dec. 26 was a racing pigeon that had left the U.S. state of Oregon, 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away, two months earlier.
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> Acting Australian Prime Minister Michael McCormack had earlier said there would be no mercy if the pigeon was from the United States.

> **[Fake US leg band gets pigeon a reprieve in Australia](https://apnews.com/article/australia-joe-the-pigeon-faae5a66c336c8b2dc902b1ed4270345)**
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> CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.

> **[Pigeon’s life to be spared in Australia after leg band declared fake](https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/pigeons-life-will-be-spared-in-australia-due-to-fake-leg-band/)**
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> Joe the pigeon is off the hook in Australia. It turns out the bird — which had been declared a biosecurity risk after officials believed it had arrived from the US — was wearing a fake …

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/13 "2021-05-08T23:36:07Z")

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The Long March rocket [over Australia](https://mapshot.app/pkg/longmarch.html) at time of posting. So if it suddenly enters the atmosphere now it will splashdown south of India.

> <https://twitter.com/lisaharveysmith/status/1391149763752448001?s=20>

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**Author:** ![littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/littlegezzybear/32/219836_2.png) [@littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/littlegezzybear)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/14 "2021-05-09T01:11:32Z")

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Somewhere on Earth.

> <https://twitter.com/6NewsAU/status/1391164667465134080?s=19>

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**Author:** ![TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv_addict/32/317_2.png) [@TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV_Addict)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/15 "2021-05-25T04:45:27Z")

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Power outages all throughout the state of Qld for some reason. All good where I am.

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**Author:** ![Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/troiboi/32/482503_2.png) [@Troiboi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Troiboi)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/16 "2021-05-25T04:54:46Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/dominos_au/status/1397051383874949122?s=21>

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**Author:** ![littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/littlegezzybear/32/219836_2.png) [@littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/littlegezzybear)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/17 "2021-05-25T05:02:48Z")

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A power station shutting down appears to be the cause.

> <https://twitter.com/rhyschengg/status/1397054349503700994?s=19>

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**Author:** ![Techster](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Techster](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Techster)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/18 "2021-05-25T05:29:46Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/CSEnergyQld/status/1397057131656871942>

> <https://twitter.com/CSEnergyQld/status/1397057133808549891>

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/19 "2021-05-25T05:40:27Z")

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Seems to be mostly restored. Still 9,500 listed on Energex website.

> <https://twitter.com/Energex/status/1397059433381830656?s=20>

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**Author:** ![TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv_addict/32/317_2.png) [@TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV_Addict)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/news-events/11742/20 "2021-05-25T08:50:39Z")

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Weird centre of Rockhampton was without power but Yeppoon on the coast was not affected.

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