Wednesday, 5th December, 2012

Hello, here's what's been happening in the news today.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Today, students from Hunter Christian School at Mayfield, located in NSW's Central Coast, were forced to evacuate school grounds after a year five student brought in a World War II pineapple grenade for show and tell.

The child must have been thinking, "What can I bring in that would blow the competition away...Oh, I know!"

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Spirce: en.wikipedia.org

 

After a decline from around 2000 to 1200 in applicants this year, the Australian Antarctic Division has extended its hiring period for the 2013-14 season.

 

I guess one of the good things about global warming is that soon, the Australian Antarctic Division won't have to worry about the shortage of applicants.

 

 

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Photograph: Robyn Beck

 

Greyhound trainers in NSW are taking industrial action against TAB, over a dispute about the share of betting money that they are receiving from the betting agency.

 

Should the industrial action fail, well, to quote Mr Burns from the Simpsons,

http://springfieldfiles.com/sounds/burns/hounds.mp3

 

 

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And that's the news for tonight! See you all next time!