There’s been a twist in the row over turning back the boats – with the Greens claiming Labor also paid off people smugglers, with reports it happened under the Rudd Government.
Lennox Head surfer Owen Wright has won the Fiji Pro by scoring a perfect 20 against fellow Aussie Julian Wilson in the final. It was his second perfect twenty of the competition.
And a 270 metre tall water tower has been toppled like a tree in Texas. It’s being demolished after 30 years of service.
