Out-of-favour Australia off-spinner Nathan Hauritz underwent a facial surgery after being hurt in a night club brawl recently in Hervey Bay, Queensland.
During the interview Haneef talks about his relationship with his cousins Kafeel and Sabeel, allegedly involved in the terror plot in the UK
A 34-year-old Indian man's throat was slashed at one of the busiest train stations in Australia's Queensland state following which a suspect was charged, amid allegations that police kept the latest in a slew of attacks against the community under wraps. Narenderkumar Patel was injured in the knife-attack during the peak commuter hours while he waited on Platform 9 at Brisbane's Roma Street Station at 4.20 pm (local time) on March 17, according to The Courier-Mail.
Two people, including a teenage boy, have been charged in connection with the robbery and assault of an Indian national in Brisbane, the first attack against the community in Australia's Queensland province this year. The 25-year-old Indian, whose name was not revealed, was using a telephone booth in Macgregor in Brisbane's south on Thursday night when he was attacked and punched on the side of his head and robbed of his wallet.
Stephen Keim, who successfully defended Haneef last year after he was wrongly accused of terror charges by Australian authorities in connection with the failed UK car-bomb plot, was cleared of any disciplinary action by Queensland's Legal Services Commission.
His lawyer Peter Russo said that the Indian doctor now wants to clear his name by releasing the full transcript of the interview.
A 37-year-old mother has been arrested on charges of killing eight children, including seven of her own, in the regional city of Cairns in north Queensland in Australia.
Tennis Australia are to beef up their integrity unit to fight corruption in the sport after their showcase tournament was blighted earlier this year by allegations of global inaction to combat it.
Australian police on Thursday made a series of arrests in a counter-terrorism operation after intelligence reports that the Islamic State supporters were planning a public execution in the country, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.
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