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Newcastle City Council has already voted 12 times on the controversial fig trees which line Laman Street.
The handling of the ongoing issue has been criticised by numerous bodies and politicians.
Premier Barry O’Farrell has even offered to provide an arborist who could resolve the issue once and for all, but the Council has been unable to agree on whether or not to accept.
Now the trees have been saved for a bit longer by yet another injunction provided by the Land and Environment Court.
The injunction prevents the destruction or removal of the trees until the final determination of the proceedings, which will take place on December 5 and 6.
Save Our Figs Spokesperson, Fee Mozeley, said although this is good news for the Figs, some work still needs to be done.
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Updated: 04:15, Saturday February 4, 2012 Four people have died in renewed clashes between police and demonstrators in Egypt over the football riot in which dozens of fans lost their lives.Two protesters were killed in the port of Suez and a third demonstrator and an army officer in Cairo when violence erupted outside the interior ministry building.According to a doctor, the protester in Cairo died of wounds he suffered when police opened fire on…Read more...
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Updated: 04:09, Saturday February 4, 2012 A senior State Department official says the US is 'cautiously optimistic' of strong support for a new UN Security Council resolution condemning the violence in Syria and calling for a political transition in the country.The official said a draft resolution proposed late on Thursday by Morocco would likely clear a security council vote later on Friday or over the weekend, as it appeared to meet Russian concerns. The official spoke on…Read more...
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Updated: 04:12, Saturday February 4, 2012 British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a third unwanted shake-up of his government since 2010 after cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.Huhne, who will continue to serve in parliament with the Liberal Democrat party, will appear in court later this month to face a criminal charge of perverting the course of justice.TheRead more...
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Updated: 03:55, Saturday February 4, 2012 Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait's snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-member parliament.Official results released on Friday showed Sunni Islamists took 23 seats compared with just nine in the dissolved parliament. Liberals were the big losers, winning only two places against five previously.No women were elected, with the four female MPs of the previous parliament all losing their seats.Voters punished pro-government MPs, reducing them…Read more...
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Updated: 04:26, Saturday February 4, 2012 A tearful Melbourne mum has pleaded with her former neighbours to finally spill the story about her teenage daughter's presumed kidnapping and murder over 20 years ago.Homicide detectives are close to solving the cold case disappearance of Prudence Bird from her home in Melbourne's northern suburb of Glenroy.But police say they still need the cooperation of a remaining few residents of the area to achieve the final breakthrough.The 13-year-old schoolgirl known as…Read more...
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Updated: 04:21, Saturday February 4, 2012 Children as young as 13 are a target in the 'rampant' use of torture by Syrian forces battling opposition protests, says Human Rights Watch.The United Nations says hundreds of children have been killed in the crackdown over the past 10 months, and the rights group on Friday highlighted cases of children shot in their homes or on the street, or grabbed from schools.Human Rights Watch released 12 examples of children being…Read more...
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Updated: 04:29, Saturday February 4, 2012 Guests going to today's funeral of Diana Bliss have been asked to wear bright-coloured clothes for a celebration of her life.The 57-year-old's funeral will be held in Perth this morning, a week after she was found dead at the Perth mansion she shared with her husband, the former high flying businessman Alan Bond.A memorial service will also be held for Ms Bliss in Sydney at the West Epping United Church next Wednesday.Police…Read more...
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Updated: 03:32, Saturday February 4, 2012 A third British national has died from Legionnaires' disease while on holiday in Spain and 14 other people are being treated for the disease.The Valencia government said on Friday that the three, aged between 73 and 78, had contracted the disease at a hotel in the eastern town of Calpe.It said in a statement that a further 10 Britons and four Spaniards were being treated for the disease.TheRead more...
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Updated: 04:32, Saturday February 4, 2012 Same-sex couples in Queensland will be able to make a legally recognised commitment to each other from March.Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser has announced Queensland's Civil Partnership Act will start on February 23, with ceremonies able to be held as early as March 5.He says the legislation shows Queensland is a modern progressive state.Attorney-General Paul Lucas says the legislation will allow any couple, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation, to lodge…Read more...
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Updated: 07:36, Saturday February 4, 2012 Iran has its 'own threats' to respond to any military attack or sanctions against its oil exports, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says.'In response to threats of oil embargo and war, we have our own threats which will be implemented at the right time, if necessary,' he said in a televised speech as he led traditional Friday prayers in Tehran.His comments came amid heightened speculation that Israel -Read more...
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Updated: 06:58, Saturday February 4, 2012 A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police's cybercrime investigators has been recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers say.Hacking collective Anonymous published a roughly 15-minute-long recording of a conference call apparently devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loosely knit group.The FBI said the information 'was intended for law enforcement officers only and was illegally obtained.''A criminal investigation isRead more...
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Updated: 06:21, Saturday February 4, 2012 Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 per cent, its lowest point in nearly three years.The result pointed to a resurgent job market, and it sent stock futures surging. The Dow Jones industrial average futures, which were flat before the report, jumped more than 100 points.The economy created 243,000 net jobs in January, the…Read more...
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Updated: 06:48, Saturday February 4, 2012 Police in Cairo fired salvos of tear gas and birdshot at rock-throwing protesters as popular anger over a deadly soccer riot spilled over into a second day of street violence that left three people dead and more than 1500 injured.The protesters blame the police for failing to prevent the melee after a soccer match in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday killed 74 people. The violenceRead more...
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Updated: 06:19, Saturday February 4, 2012 The final report of the investigation into Labor MP Craig Thomson and the Health Services Union he headed may be kept under wraps.Since 2009 Fair Work Australia (FWA) has been examining allegations of financial irregularities at the union formerly headed by Mr Thomson, now the MP for the NSW seat of Dobell. It's been claimed Mr Thomson used union credit cards for prostitutes, lavish meals and cash withdrawals…Read more...
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Updated: 05:59, Saturday February 4, 2012 The New South Wales government is set to announce this morning that commercial solariums will be banned within three years.The state's Greens and opposition say banning tanning salons by late 2014 is too late and they want bans now.They say waiting till then means 54 more people will die in New South Wales.The Greens also want the sale of solariums for private use heavily regulated.Exact details of the…Read more...
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Updated: 05:40, Saturday February 4, 2012 Police are evacuating residents in low-lying areas of Charleville, with the Warrego River expected to breach the central Queensland town's levee.Police began door-knocking homes in the central Queensland town about 1am (AEST) on Saturday, advising people who live in areas devastated by the 1997 floods to head to a temporary centre at the town's racecourse. Floodwaters inundated the towns of Mitchell and Roma on Friday, with rescuers scrambling…Read more...
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Updated: 04:56, Saturday February 4, 2012 Temperatures have plunged to new lows in Europe, where a week-long cold snap has now killed more than 200 people as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend.In the Czech Republic, the mercury dropped to as low as minus 38.1 degrees Celsius overnight on Thursday while even Rome was sprinkled in snow.In the past seven days, a total of 218Read more...
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Updated: 05:40, Saturday February 4, 2012 NSW's State Emergency Service says flooding could continue to affect the state's north for weeks, with Moree hard hit.Moree, in the state's northwest, continues to bear the brunt of the inundations - though the town's mayor, Katrina Humphries, said on Friday night the water level was falling and rain had stopped. 'It is improving; the water's starting to go down very slowly,' she told AAP. 'Everyone's exhausted ...…Read more...
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Updated: 10:37, Friday February 3, 2012 Katter's Australian Party has been blamed for the demise of the Queensland Party which failed to gain registration ahead of the March 24 state election.Jim Nicholls was the party's candidate for Mt Isa, but while several members of the Queensland Party are still expected to run as independents, he announced this week that he would not be standing.He has accepted a role with the Northern Territory government in Alice Springs.Mr Nicholls…Read more...
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Updated: 13:53, Friday February 3, 2012 Israel could attack Iran this spring in a bid to stop Tehran from producing a nuclear weapon, an unnamed defence official has told CNN.The source was familiar with an assessment by Defence Secretary Leon Panetta that Israel could act this northern spring before Tehran advances further in its nuclear program.The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Panetta thinks there is 'strong likelihood' that Israel could order a strike in April, MayRead more...
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