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Joshua Rini, 30, is applying to the NSW Supreme Court to be released on bail again after breaching the conditions imposed after his initial release.
Andi Daci left with little choice but to tend cannabis crop to repay debt to traffickers AN illegal immigrant in debt to his traffickers felt he had little choice but to follow instruction to tend a domestic cannabis grow, a court heard. Andi Daci was present at the premises when police, armed with a search warrant, visited a house in Craddock Street, Spennymoor, on January 20, this year. Durham Crown Court was told the officers found 108 cannabis plants in different stages of growth from various rooms in the property. Chris Baker, prosecuting, said they also seized sophisticated grow...
Enticing excerpts from Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford's autobiography
The worst sampled was Blenheim's Doctors Creek, with more than half its attributes falling below the national standard, including an ‘E’ for E Coli – a bacteria which indicated there was faecal matter in the water. To be given this grading, Doctors Creek’s faecal bacteria count exceeds the safe swimming levels more than 30 per cent of the time. Contaminants were likely coming from farm animals, ducks and maybe humans, according to a report from an environment meeting last month. The creek was also the only one to return high scores of phosphorus. The chemical was a favourite of al...
★★★★ Lawrence Lek makes music and is also a simulation artist who uses computer-generated animation and video game engines to explore socio-political virtual worlds. He collaborated with label boss Kode9 on the Notel audio-visual performances, a simulation of a post-apocalyptic automated hotel. Lek’s AIDOL film is a CGI fantasy telling the story of a fading superstar, Diva, who enlists an aspiring AI songwriter to mount a comeback performance at the 2065 eSports Olympic finale, set in a realm of architecture, drones and snow-deluged jungles. The soundtrack is a contrasting science f...