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Police have revealed their heartbreak at having to recover the body of a fallen colleague who died trying to save a woman who became caught in a whirlpool.

"It's a very sad time for the NSW Police Force and Kelly’s death is a loss to the whole community," he said. "Kelly was a highly regarded and dedicated officer who will be sorely missed by colleagues across the force." The other victim is believed to be an international student, 24, from Chiswick in Sydney. She is yet to be formally identified and police were waiting for confirmation that family members have been notified. Reports from witnesses indicate the younger woman was tipped off her inflatable lilo when it was swept into a whirlpool, NSW Police said. Senior Constable Foster was s...

ONCE upon a time, if you wanted a beer you went to Queanbeyan, simple. Thanks to King O’Malley, the federal Minister for Home Affairs of the day, Canberra was a dry town from 1911 to 1929.  King O’Malley… a fierce teetotaller, who called grog “stagger-juice”. O’Malley, a fierce teetotaller, who called grog “stagger-juice” and abstained from it, persuaded his cabinet colleagues to ban, in 1911, the granting of liquor licences in the Federal Capital Territory.  Queanbeyan resident Phill Hawke, who is researching O’Malley’s “flamboyant” life, says that at the time it w...