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1. Fifteen-year old girl allegedly raped by three boys at a party.

Warning: This item deals with sexual assault and may be distressing for some readers.

Police are appealing for information after a 15-year old girl was allegedly raped by three teenage boys at a party in the Blue Mountains in NSW last month.

The attack is said to have happened on Saturday, August 15.

The 15-year-old girl attended a party at Bellevue Road, Faulconbridge and another party that same night at a home on Crane Street, Springwood.

Police believe that three teenage boys, about 17 years old, sexually assaulted the young girl.

Police would like to speak to anyone with information or anyone who went to either party that night.

Contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or Blue Mountains Police on (02) 4751 0299.

2. Tony Abbott – to stay in parliament but where will he land?

There is speculation former Prime Minister Tony Abbott may be offered a Cabinet position with News Limited suggesting that senior Liberals see it as an olive branch for the right wing of the party if  Mr Abbott was offered a portfolio.

“The Right is going to be without a forceful senior voice in the Liberal Party and Abbott could fill that role.”a Senior Minister told The Courier Mail. 

With Cabinet positions set to be announced in the next few days it seems that Joe Hockey is certain to lose the Treasury portfolio to Scott Morrison, and Kevin Andrews and Eric Abetz are set to be dumped from their roles in Defence and Employment.

It is expected that the new Ministry will promote more women to senior roles with Michaelia Cash and Marise Payne in the running for promotion and Kelly O’Dwyer is likely to become a junior minister.

3. Poll shows Malcolm Turnbull has given party a life ahead of Canning by-election.

Labor is expecting a worth than previously thought result at tomorrow’s Canning by-election with support for the Government surging.

The Liberal Party holds Canning by a margin of 11.8 per cent but concern about the potential result was one of the factors in Malcolm Turnbull’s successful challenge to Tony Abbott’s leadership on Monday night.

The Australian reports that early hopes of a sizeable swing to Labor in Canning have now been dampened. Labor, however, still believes that a swing against the government around the 4 per cent to 5 per cent average in by-elections could still be achieved.

4. Australian dies in Bali holiday tragedy.

Daniel Evans from Perth crashed into a glass window of his Kuta hotel room.

He was rushed to hospital but died from his injuries.

Denpasar police chief, Anak Agung Made Sudana, said that Evans had been affected by alcohol and had crashed into a glass window. The glass struck a major blood vessel.

A friend he was travelling with wrote on Facebook:

“RIP Daniel Evans. You were so good to me. Had fun with you these past few months. We were brothers I miss you so much. Come, please just wake up. We family man. You mean a lot to me Daniel. I just want 1 more hug from you and take you for a drive and let you drive.”

5. Alleged victim of female genital mutilation said she was hurt “in her bottom.”

A young girl – now aged nine has told of how she was hurt in her bottom after an alleged female genital mutilation that took place in Sydney.

The girl’s mother and a nurse have pleaded not guilty to both her and her older sisters’ genital mutilation, which allegedly took place in separate ceremonies in NSW between 2009 and 2012.

The girl gave evidence in court yesterday evidence mostly responding in one-syllable answers or with “I don’t know.”

A recording of her police interview in 2012 was played to the court yesterday. The girl called, named C2 for the proceedings was asked if she was cut on her genitals. She said yes. She asked how it felt. She responded “hurting”. When asked where she felt the hurting, she said “in the bottom”.

She told police she had spoken to her father afterwards and he had told her “it is OK”.

Her father – a Sydney doctor allegedly told the girls that they needed a “check up” before they procedure.

The defence has previously given evidence that the ceremony which took place when each girl was seven years old, was “secret women’s business” and was not female genital mutilation, but instead the girls were “touched” on the genitals with forceps.

For more read this post here. 

6. Greens bill to stop the gender pay gap.

In Australia the gender pay gap is 17.9% that’s the highest it has been for two decades. Greens Senator Larissa Waters says it’s a “disgrace.”

“When pay is set in secret deals and employees aren’t allowed to discuss the outcome women lose out,” she said.

Private sector gag clauses often prevent workers from discussing their pay with one another.

“In my first legal job, I personally experienced being paid less than a male colleague doing the same job because our pay was set in secret.’ Senator Waters said.

“The gender pay gap is much smaller in the public sector at 12.2 per cent, where workers are allowed to talk about their pay, compared 21.3 per cent in the private sector, where these gag clauses exist.

Data collected by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) shows that where pay is set in secret, the gender pay gap is worse.

She says that by introducing the bill The Greens hope to end this widening gulf.

7. CCTV footage of woman using children to help steal handbag.

Police have released CCTV footage of a modern day Fagin type robbery with a woman using children to steal handbags.

The woman, aged 30 and 40 entered a Melbourne restaurant on the weekend with two young boys aged three and five.

Police said the woman acted as a decoy, telling restaurant staff she had friends inside the restaurant and pretended to look for them, while the two boys ran upstairs and stole a handbag from under a customer’s chair.

“It does look as though he’s been taught or trained to do it,” Constable Anthony Kilkenny said.

“Obviously we hold concerns for the kids if that’s the sort of lifestyle they’re being introduced into.”

Police said credit cards from that handbag were used later in the evening.

There are fears that they have committed a similar theft on Southbank earlier the same evening.

The woman is described as being Caucasian in appearance, aged between 30 and 40, with shoulder-length dark hair.

Anyone who recognises the woman in the image is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

8. 10 most sexist things women are asked to do at work.

A study has revealed the top ten most sexist things that women are asked to do at work after showing that nine in 10 women believe their gender is a barrier to progressing their careers.

The survey, by Stylist Live found 17 per cent of women believed they had been passed over for promotion just because of their gender.

One third of women say it is assumed their work is less “taxing” than a mans.

The top ten most sexist things women were asked to do at work were

1 Being expected to make the tea.

2 Enduring sexual innuendos.

3 Having appearance/clothing commented on.

4 Being accused of being pre-menstrual/menstrual.

5 Being presumed less competent than male colleagues.

6 Been joked about in a sexist way.

7 Being paid less than male colleagues for the same job.

8 Being presumed to be more junior than they are.

9 Being spoken over/patronised in meetings.

10 Being expected to keep the office tidy.

9. Watch out the Magpies are coming.

You can see them waiting… hidden in the trees seeking out small children and vulnerable cyclists. They watch and wait.

Targets already picked. Are you scared?

You should be bloody terrified because the Magpies are a-swoopin.

A leading eye surgeon has called for parents to “exercise extreme caution” around playgrounds after series of magpie attacks at a Gosford playground has left four children and a baby with serious injuries­.

News Limited reports that in just one week a magpie pierced a hole in a year one boy’s eye, as well as a 10-month old baby and two other children.

One resident says he has been forced to take another route to work after the same bird attacked both him and his partner going “straight for their eyes.”

Ophthalmologist Dr Michael Jones said it was a horrific start to the season.

“It is highly unusual to have so many serious eye ­injuries from magpie attacks in just one week, and this is only the start of swooping season which can last up to eight weeks.”

Experts say the best way to avoid a magpie attack is to run like hell screaming out he’s coming to get us all we are doomed  maintain eye contact if you can and walk quickly away.

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